Maintenance, Repair and Operations Feature Library
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08/03/2024
Measuring isocyanates
Making appropriately informed decisions when selecting methods for measuring airborne concentrations of isocyanates is vital to ensuring awareness of how to work under the Group Authority Licence (GAL)
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08/03/2024
The importance of measuring
Industry faces mounting pressure to prioritise decarbonisation for the Government’s 2050 Net Zero targets. But how can businesses begin reducing energy consumption if they aren’t measuring?
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08/03/2024
Demolition of industrial chimneys
Given the risks posed to surrounding buildings and infrastructure, the demolition or dismantling of industrial chimneys is a task that puts a whole new spin on risk management
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08/03/2024
All about battery regulation
Sustainability and safety are two major metrics by which any business, product or process is judged today – and batteries are no exception. By Marcus Sampson, business line manager, transport at TÜV SÜD
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08/03/2024
Comment: The dangers of duplication
You may have seen the communication from the HSE last October regarding radiographic duplication and falsification? If not, I recommend a read: http://tinyurl.com/5ef2bkn8
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08/03/2024
Understanding variance
Mains power is supplied with voltage that varies by the time of day and by location. Most machinery can cope with the variation, but not all. Dr Jody Muelaner reviews causes of variance, how it affects common equipment such as motors and ...
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08/03/2024
Legal Report: On the back foot
The arbitration process has been the cause of concern across a number of industries in the past. Philip Harris, partner at Wright Hassall, believes it might be time for a re-think
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08/03/2024
Shuttle or stack?
When considering automated warehousing, stacker cranes have often been the default storage and retrieval choice for pallets and bins. Shuttles, however, are increasingly being seen as the more efficient, flexible and sustainable alternative
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06/02/2024
The impact of discharging sewage
2022 figures from UK environmental regulators revealed untreated sewage was discharged into UK rivers and coastlines at the very least 399,864 times; that’s 1,091 times a day. That’s most likely a huge underestimation of the scale of the ...
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06/02/2024
All about compliance
Operations engineers responsible for mid-sized boiler plant are facing a flurry of forthcoming regulatory deadlines. So, what needs doing and by when?
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06/02/2024
Quantifying performance via OEE
Overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) can be a powerful way of looking at – and quantifying – the performance of any process or industry. Toby Clark explains how it works
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06/02/2024
Opting for infrared
With the goal of locating and identifying pedestrians at night even in weather-degraded conditions, Owl AI has developed a new image sensor based on diffraction-limited, high-resolution imaging in the LWIR band. This white paper explains ...
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06/02/2024
Zero liquid discharge
In 2021 the global market for zero liquid discharge (ZLD) technology was forecast to grow at almost 12% over the next ten years. The rise is being driven in particular by an increase in adoption of the technology by the food and drink and ...
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06/02/2024
A new direction for reverse osmosis
At a molecular level, the natural process of osmosis normally causes water to move through a semipermeable membrane from an area of low solute concentration to an area where the concentration is higher, moving the concentrations into ...
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06/02/2024
Preventing sewage discharge
We’ve all read the headlines about the amount of sewage being discharged into the UK’s rivers and beaches, but what technologies are the water companies implementing to reverse this trend? Tom Austin-Morgan finds out
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06/02/2024
On display at SPS 2023
With automation a major theme, the 32nd edition of German trade fair SPS, Smart Production Solutions, provided a space for 50,000 interested parties to learn more about developments in November 2023
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06/02/2024
Switching phone lines
The Fit to Switch industry awareness campaign has highlighted the importance of the retirement of the public switched telephone network by the end of 2025; see also http://tinyurl.com/mvbve4cb
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08/01/2024
Testing AI regulation
Artificial intelligence is starting to enter the nuclear sector with substantial investment. The UK nuclear regulator, ONR, convened its first regulatory sandbox to learn more about how it might manage the technology
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08/01/2024
When a professional gets it wrong
Professionals provide vital guidance to us and enable us to make decisions with confidence on many important matters. But what if that advice or guidance turns out to be wrong? What is the extent of a professional’s duty to us, and are we ...
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08/01/2024
All about EV chargers
An increasingly common piece of electrical infrastructure are electric vehicle chargers. These devices are fast becoming a crucial component of the electricity grid of tomorrow, finds Will Dalrymple
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