Plant Equipment Feature Library
Operations Engineer's library catalogues editorial features going back five years.
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08/05/2019
Ploughing forward with safety
Industry bodies are pushing ‘best practice’ to improve health and safety on farms. So, what are the issues for off-road agricultural vehicles and machinery and what safety checks should operators carry out?
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07/03/2019
Where there’s smoke…
Recently-published HSE guidance has set the first UK limits for workplace exposure of nitrogen dioxide and nitrogen monoxide, as well as lowering the carbon monoxide value: that means that employers whose workers come into contact to ...
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04/01/2019
Bright sparks
Skanska and Volvo Construction Equipment have been testing the viability of an ‘electric site’ at a quarry near Gothenburg, Sweden. The results are in...
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04/01/2019
ProMOTEed
Changes have been made to the MOT, which have impacted on plant operators more than any other sector
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05/12/2018
Saving lives
In a unique collaboration, a mining equipment manufacturer worked with a charity to adapt its rock crusher technology for destroying elusive land mines in Zimbabwe
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01/03/2010
CV Operator show
There are good reasons for plant engineers to get to this year's CV Operator Show - particularly if your responsibilities include mobile equipment. Brian Tinham explains.
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01/08/2008
Good vibrations
Now that both noise and vibration are being seen as less acceptable - thanks to legislation limiting exposure (the Control of Noise (April 2006) and Control of Vibration (July 2005) at Work Regulations) - technology is emerging not only to ...
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01/08/2008
Flying without wings
Mobile plant takes some stick in the armed forces. It's not just that it's required to do the job it was designed for - loading baggage, bombs or weapons on and off aircraft; transporting and lifting materials, equipment and people, both ...
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01/04/2007
Prevention or cure
Inadequately designed and/or poorly maintained car transporters and tipping trailers are presenting increasing and potentially serious risks to drivers and operators. And they're not alone: there also remain worries with lifts and ...
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01/04/2007
Moving engineers
Operations, plant and transport engineers with an eye to the future would do well to get to the Commercial Vehicle Show (CV 2007) at the NEC Birmingham, 24-26 April. The transport industry is adopting newer technologies and that has ...
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04/04/2005
SED Preview - The great outdoors
If you want to see construction plant and machinery demonstrated in as near as possible realistic working conditions, as opposed to simply static displays, Site Equipment Demonstration (SED) is the show for you. It has the largest assembly ...
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