Plant Equipment Feature Library

Operations Engineer's library catalogues editorial features going back five years.

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07/10/2019 Going to great lengths The Historic Dockyard Chatham, situated on the River Medway in Kent, has been handed funding for conservation and repair works to machinery within its working Victorian Ropery. OE’s deputy editor made his way along the ropewalk to find out ... » Read More


01/03/2010 Corus opens doors on high power gearboxes Hybrid gearboxes, installed to open and close fume capture doors at Corus steelworks' iron desulphurisation plant in Scunthorpe, have proved themselves strong, durable and capable of very high torque, despite low energy input. » Read More


01/12/2008 Plant life matters Although the cost of components - such as rolling element bearings, rotors and fasteners - in hydraulic pumps is usually very small, compared to the list price of the pumps themselves, the cost of stopped production and any consequential ... » Read More