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Industrial equipment, services and inspection news and information for manufacturing, process, facilities and related fields.

04/02/2015 WEG water delivers 40% higher inverter drive power Electric motors and drives specialist WEG says its new CFW11W water-cooled drive offers up to 40% higher power in a more compact footprint than conventional air-cooled inverters. » Read More

04/02/2015 Work warning on World Cancer Day The British Occupational Hygiene Society (BOHS) has marked World Cancer Day – February 4 – by calling for far greater acknowledgement of the role of work-related factors in causing cancers, and warned that that neglecting to understand and ... » Read More

03/02/2015 Chemical engineer Robert Langer wins QE Prize for Engineering The 2015 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering has been awarded to the chemical engineer Dr Robert Langer for his revolutionary works spanning chemistry and medicine. » Read More

03/02/2015 ABB and Boulting power ahead on LV switchgear design A 100kA LV (low voltage) switchboard, developed by system integrator Boulting for building services and industrial facilities requiring high fault protection, was developed with the help of ABB engineers. » Read More

03/02/2015 Bespoke gearbox with three online meetings Swiss food processing equipment manufacturer Bühler is reporting that Renold Gears designed a bespoke gearbox for it in record time – and with just three online meetings with its engineers. » Read More

02/02/2015 Bridgend firm fined for safety failings A Bridgend engineering company has been fined £4,000 and ordered to pay costs of £1,200 after an employee's hand was crushed in an unguarded hydraulic press. » Read More

02/02/2015 Automation firm publishes energy efficiency report Industrial automation components supplier European Automation has compiled a report containing advice for manufacturers who want to become more energy efficient. » Read More

02/02/2015 Brose UK invests in training academy West Midlands automotive supplier Brose UK has announced it is investing up to £3 million in its training academy between now and 2018. » Read More

30/01/2015 North East gets manufacturing and engineering event Findlay Media – which publishes Plant Engineer, Works Management, Eureka, FAST, Machinery and New Electronics – is launching Manufacturing & Engineering North East (MENE). » Read More

30/01/2015 New guide set to ease manufacturers into ESOS A free new guide has been published by EEF, the manufacturers’ organisation, aimed at helping to ease Britain’s manufacturers into compliance with the government’s mandatory Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (ESOS). » Read More

29/01/2015 Mentor launches first IOSH forklift safety qualification Mentor Training has launched the first- IOSH-accredited (Institution of Occupational Safety and Health) safety management course aimed at those responsible for overseeing forklift operations. » Read More

28/01/2015 Archimedes screw pumps double capacity at Bangor As part of a £3 million investment, Northern Ireland Water is upgrading equipment at Luke’s Point pumping station, installing two Archimedes screw pumps to improve the water and sewerage infrastructure serving the Bangor area. » Read More

28/01/2015 Norgren changes name to IMI Precision Engineering All of IMI’s fluid power businesses – including Norgren – have been brought under a single new division: IMI Precision Engineering. » Read More

28/01/2015 Endress and Hauser releases 100 technical videos Process transmitters specialist Endress and Hauser has launched more than 100 free, instructional videos for engineers and technicians to its YouTube channel. » Read More

28/01/2015 Tour JCB's world-beating excavator plant at BFA Conference 2015 WM and Cranfield School of Management are offering you the exclusive opportunity to tour JCB's world-beating manufacturing centre of excellence in Rocester, Staffordshire at this year's Best Factory Awards (BFA) Conference on 10-11 March. » Read More

27/01/2015 Electric vehicle batteries to improve electrical power grid Redundant batteries from electric vehicles are at the heart of a project launched by the Second Life Batteries alliance that aims to form a large-scale energy storage system in Hamburg. » Read More

27/01/2015 Furniture firm prosecuted over worker's injury A Rutland company which manufactures children's bedroom furniture has been fined £20,000 and ordered to pay £4,449 in costs after a machine operator suffered serious hand injuries in a makeshift vacuum cleaner. » Read More

26/01/2015 Nuclear plant decision support system in new project Lloyd’s Register Consulting is working with the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority (SSM) to improve diagnosis and decision-making for nuclear emergency management. » Read More

26/01/2015 BOHS claims worker health protection is international human rights issue BOHS, the Chartered Society for Worker Health Protection, has welcomed a new Corporate Human Rights Benchmark that will assess and rank the human rights performance of international companies, and urged employers to recognise worker health ... » Read More

26/01/2015 Compressed air controller solves energy and condition issues Compressed air users are being offered a device that not only saves energy by switching off machines and shutting down supply when demand stops, but also checks for leaks and runs condition monitoring routines. » Read More

26/01/2015 Review of business and university links calls for evidence A review of how government can support more effective collaborations between business and university researchers has been set up by Greg Clark, Minister for Universities, Science and Cities. » Read More

26/01/2015 Semta's new CEO & COO set to engineer skills for future Semta, the sector skills council for science, engineering and manufacturing technologies, has appointed an all female team to combat the skills gap and champion vocational training. » Read More

23/01/2015 Bakery saves €27,000 per year with NSK bearings NSK is reporting that an unnamed “major food producer” is achieving annual savings of more than €27,000 on main bakery make-up conveyor since swapping to its Molded-Oil technology bearings. » Read More

23/01/2015 Apprentices experience ABB advanced learning Automation and electrical power giant ABB is opening its Aberdeen advanced learning facility to apprentices from the UK Upstream Oil and Gas Industry technician training scheme (UOGITT). » Read More

23/01/2015 Brewery fined £20,000 after vessel stirrer breaks foot Herefordshire-based Wye Valley Brewery has been fined £20,000 plus £9,632 costs for safety failings that resulted in a worker suffering a broken foot when it became trapped in a rotating stirrer. » Read More