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Eriks publishes legislation-based PPE catalogue

Plant maintenance and repair specialist Eriks UK has launched a PPE (personal protection equipment) catalogue that centres on relevant industrial legislation.

Personal Protective Equipment
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ECS gets RoSPA Gold for sixth year running

ECS Engineering Services has been presented with the RoSPA Gold Award for Occupational Health and Safety – the sixth consecutive year it has achieved this accolade.

Occupational Health
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Engineering firm fined after workers suffer nerve damage

SPS Aerostructures has been ordered to pay more than £190,000 in fines and costs for failing to protect its employees from the effects of vibration, after 24 workers were diagnosed with debilitating...

HAV
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British Sugar turns to Amarinth for syrup pumps

British Sugar has taken delivery of bespoke designed centrifugal pumps from specialist Amarinth for its sugar production process at the Newark factory in Nottinghamshire.

Pumps
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Sellafield sets up to demolish tallest historic chimney

Sellafield is finalising plans to demolish an iconic 61-metre chimney that sits on top of a main 11-storey reprocessing plant at the site – making it the tallest historic structure at Europe's oldest...

Ageing Plant
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Llwyn Onn WTW gets Mitsubishi DR treatment

The £17 million Dee Valley Water's (DVW) Llwyn Onn, North Wales, water treatment works, which opened in March 2014, is controlled by a Mitsubishi Electric redundant Q series PLC, chosen for its...

Water Treatment
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Combine safety valves with bursting discs, urges Fike

Fire, explosion and pressure relief systems specialist Fike UK is alerting plant engineers to the benefits of using bursting (rupture) discs with PRVs (pressure relief valves) in the process...

control valves
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Wolds smells secrets of success with peristaltic pumps

Fragrances producer Wolds Manufacturing says that installing a Flexicon PF6 peristaltic filling machine has enabled capacity and sales growth, thanks to its rapid changeover capability.

Pumps
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Ashtead creates NDT centre of excellence: spends £1m

Rental instruments specialist Ashtead Technology has invested £1 million in new NDT (non destructive testing) equipment in a bid to create an NDT Centre of Excellence.

Instrumentation
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Oil analysis service reduces machinery downtime

To help plant managers tackle the problem of contaminated oil causing hydraulic system failures, Bosch Rexroth has launched an oil analysis service.

Oil Analysis
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Shell selects ABB for LV switchgear and MCCs

Shell has signed a five-year deal with ABB, which becomes its global single-source supplier of low-voltage switchgear, motor control centres and related services.

Motor Control
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Festo to launch process automation technology roadshow

Festo announces that its Process Automation Mobile will start the UK leg of its European tour, visiting industry sites between 8 and 19 September 2014.

Pneumatic Components/Equipment