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08/08/2011
Energy event 2011
The upcoming Energy Event promises a packed agenda focused on optimising energy management, procurement and efficiency. Laura Cork reports
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08/08/2011
Sound measures
Noise and vibration beyond allowable limits can leave managers on shaky ground. No wonder then these issues are climbing plant engineers' priority lists. Steed Webzell reports
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08/08/2011
The master forgers
Employee safety remains paramount and the legislation around personal protective equipment reflect that. But how do you tell counterfeit goods from the authentic? Brian Wall reports
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08/08/2011
Turbine towers
British manufacturing is on the mend. Alan Fitzpatrick reports from a site in Wales capitalising on the rush for wind power
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08/08/2011
Necessary evil
Poorly managed MRO stores are costing plants serious money. Brian Tinham examines systems, methods, equipment and services that claim to help plant engineers work smarter and faster
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08/08/2011
Fresh pair of eyes
Most plants might benefit from an energy audit, but many could also do with a review of operations, aimed at improving everything from efficiency to product quality. Dr Tom Shelley reports
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08/08/2011
Feet flat on the floor
Last month's introduction of legislation concerning new electric motor efficiencies should be focusing minds on cost and carbon saving projects. Brian Tinham reports
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08/08/2011
Step up to the skills challenge
With UK manufacturers continuing to report the welcome news of increasingly healthy order books and predicting further growth in production output for the months to come (according to latest figures from the CBI, the self-styled voice of ...
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07/06/2011
Making light work
There's more to cutting lighting energy costs and carbon emissions than the luminary technologies themselves. Brian Tinham reports
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07/06/2011
Green without eco-bling
As energy saving climbs up plant engineers' agendas, Dr Tom Shelley reviews some of the good and not so good technologies for heating, ventilating and air conditioning
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07/06/2011
Head for heights
There are many concerns when it comes to working at height, not least cheap inferior products now flooding the UK market. Brian Wall reports
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07/06/2011
Good for everyone
Workplace regulations may not be facing radical change, but their implementation and policing certainly are. Brian Tinham reports on the price of the cuts
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07/06/2011
Wired for water
Technologies available to cut the cost of treating waste water, by improving efficiency and obviating practical problems, are many and various. Dr Tom Shelley explains
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07/06/2011
Vane engineering
With plant engineers' focus strictly on costs, uptime and efficiency, it's worth reviewing your pumps and fans – and what's on offer from variable speed drives and associated equipment. Brian Tinham reports
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07/06/2011
Picture perfect
With so much publicity surrounding infrared cameras as very effective plant condition monitoring tools, Steed Webzell looks at the substance behind the hype
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07/06/2011
A case of too little, too late
With the HSE's consultation period now closed on the proposal to change employers' statutory reporting requirements, under RIDDOR (Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations), from over three days to seven for ...
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