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13/06/2014 Rosemount 5300 GWR certified for safety-critical level Emerson Process Management's Rosemount 5300 guided wave radar (GWR) process level transmitters have now been certified to IEC 61508 for safety instrumented process plant functions to SIL 3. » Read More

12/06/2014 Davyhulme waste to energy plant boilerhouse complete The £1.5 million boiler house for United Utilities' innovative £4.3 million waste-to-energy plant, at Davyhulme in Manchester, has completed final testing and been handed over for operation by Spirax Sarco. » Read More

12/06/2014 HSB honoured by ASME for 100 years of boiler safety Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company (HSB) has been cited by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) for 100 years of creating, adopting and enforcing the national code for the construction and inspection of ... » Read More

12/06/2014 Siemens appoints Juergen Maier as new UK chief executive Juergen Maier, managing director of Siemens Industry, has been appointed chief executive of Siemens in the UK from July 1. » Read More

11/06/2014 WEG opens European drives automation centre Drives, inverters, soft starters, servo drives and electric motors specialist WEG has opened a European automation centre at its site in Unna, Germany. » Read More

11/06/2014 Honeywell to automate Canadian Oil Sands project Suncor Energy has selected Honeywell Process Solutions to provide automation systems for its new multi-billion dollar Fort Hills Oil Sands project, in Alberta, Canada. » Read More

10/06/2014 Ofqual set to axe manufacturing qualifications Engineering and manufacturing GCSEs and A Levels could be axed under new proposals from England's exam regulator Ofqual. » Read More

10/06/2014 ‘Boost engineering by gaining professional status’ call Britain's engineers can play a key role in boosting their role by signing up for professional status, according to Chris Allam (pictured), engineering director of BAE's military air and information business. » Read More

10/06/2014 Company back in court for safety failings A Tyneside company was fined a total of £5,000 and ordered to pay £3,824.45 costs for safety breaches for the second time in less than a year after a forklift truck overturned at its factory in Burnopfield. » Read More

09/06/2014 ABB’s UK drives recycling hits 100 tonne milestone ABB has now recycled 100 tonnes of old variable speed drives (VSDs), since starting its recycling scheme in 2003. » Read More

09/06/2014 New coils boost output of geothermal generator The generator at Palinpinon geothermal power plant, in the Philippines, has been successfully rewound by Sulzer, with coil design and construction by its service centre in Birmingham. » Read More

09/06/2014 Two engineering firms sentenced after worker’s hand crushed Two engineering businesses have been fined for safety failings after a worker's hand was crushed while unloading steel beams. » Read More

06/06/2014 Radioactive sludge handling plant ready at Sellafield A new £240 million sludge packaging plant, built at Sellafield to handle radioactive waste from one of the most hazardous decommissioning projects in the UK, has now been handed over. » Read More

05/06/2014 Turbine Efficiency slashes engine refurbishment times and costs A £1 million expansion at the Lincoln works of Turbine Efficiency has seen the installation of two stands for testing powergen gas turbines after they have been stripped down, repaired and rebuilt. » Read More

04/06/2014 Bradford motoring on automotive brakes research The braking research centre at the University of Bradford has recently replaced an old servo motor on one of its test beds with a standard Weg 15kW ac motor intelligently powered by a Weg CFW11 variable speed drive. » Read More

04/06/2014 Essex manufacturer in court after workers’ fall An Essex firm which makes precast concrete stairs has been fined £12,500 and ordered to pay £1,357 in costs for safety failings after four employees fell when a stair mould collapsed beneath them at the company premises in Earls Colne. » Read More

03/06/2014 Honeywell project system to cut costs by 30 per cent Honeywell Process Solutions has launched its LEAP project services, aimed, it says, at helping manufacturers in the processing industries get plants up and running faster and at lower cost. » Read More

03/06/2014 British Safety Council launches 2014 safety and health awards The British Safety Council has formally launched its 2014 Sword of Honour and Globe of Honour awards, to celebrate exemplary management of health, safety and environmental risks. » Read More

02/06/2014 SynRM2 motor is IE5 efficiency without rare earth magnets Building on the current IE4 'super premium efficiency' standard, ABB's 'ultra-premium efficiency' IE5 SynRM2 technology is claimed to reduce energy losses by a further 20% – and without rare earth magnets. » Read More

02/06/2014 Quilt and pillow firm in court over worker’s injuries A Middleton company has been fined £12,000 and ordered to pay £718.50 in prosecution costs after a worker suffered severe injuries when his right hand was trapped in a moving machine. » Read More

30/05/2014 Lasting safety lessons as Flixborough is remembered Next Sunday (1 June 2014) will mark the 40th anniversary of the Flixborough disaster – the UK's worst ever mainland process plant explosion, which still influences chemical and process industry safety thinking today. » Read More

30/05/2014 £3m engineering department opens in Cambridge A £30,000 robotic arm controlled by MP Julian Huppert has officially opened a £3 million engineering and manufacturing department in Cambridge. » Read More

29/05/2014 ECS delivers new weir gates for Iffley Weir refurbishment The Environment Agency has completed refurbishment of the historic Iffley Weir – part of the flood defence scheme on the River Thames near Oxford – with the installation of new weir gates, which replace wooden sections, fitted in the 1980s. » Read More

29/05/2014 360 degree spy alarm tracks almost anything Thermal imaging systems specialist HGH Infrared Systems has launched Spynel-X, the world's highest definition IRST (nfrared search and track) device, capable of capturing full panoramic images in real time to 120 megapixels. » Read More

29/05/2014 Clariant and Siemens to launch sour gas shift technology Speciality chemicals firm Clariant has signed a deal with Siemens Fuel Gasification Technology to cooperate in the commercialisation of a new, jointly developed sour gas shift (SGS) technology for coal gasification. » Read More