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12/12/2012 BSI seeks input into asset management standards BSI is calling for input into the new ISO 55000 series of international standards aimed at promoting best-practices in plant maintenance and asset management. » Read More

11/12/2012 Slip rings bring festive cheer to Bury Garden Centre Mini carousels and slip ring units from Movetech UK re bringing festive fun to Summerseat Garden Centre, in Bury, by animating Christmas trees and Santas. » Read More

11/12/2012 Forklift operator warning as winter dark poses risks Materials handling training group Mentor is urging plant managers with forklift trucks to ensure their staff are fully trained to work safely as winter arrives. » Read More

10/12/2012 Red Arrow dumps capacitance for radar level technology Red Arrow Products has replaced what it sees as unreliable capacitance-based level measurement devices with guided wave radar transmitters from Emerson Process Management. » Read More

10/12/2012 Carl Stahl Evita reaches 500 milestone on LEEA training scheme Carl Stahl Evita is celebrating the delivery of LEEA (Lifting Equipment Engineers Association) accredited training to its 500th delegate. » Read More

07/12/2012 ABB unveils 8MW high-voltage flameproof motor Reduced vibration and maintenance requirements are being claimed by ABB for its new IEC frame size 900 8MW, high-voltage flameproof motor, which is aimed at the chemical, oil and gas industries. » Read More

06/12/2012 Industry bank won’t directly aid SME’s frustrated by securities, Cable says The government's new industry bank won't offer any direct aid to SME manufacturers whose borrowing plans are being frustrated by securities, Vince Cable has told WM. » Read More

06/12/2012 Coriolis meters are Turkish delight for Unilever plants Unilever is reporting that Micro Motion Elite and F-Series Coriolis flowmeters are providing accurate results under vacuum conditions, despite challenging two-phase flow conditions involving entrained gas. » Read More

05/12/2012 Veolia wins three major MBBR water treatment contracts Three water companies have adopted advanced MBBR (Moving Bed Biofilm Reactor) technology from Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies, based on technology developed subsidiary AnoxKaldnes in the late 1980s. » Read More

05/12/2012 Atlas Copco helps with London Underground upgrade Taylor Woodrow BAM Nuttall is reporting reliable service from Atlas Copco compressors, which are driving concrete spraying for the £500 million upgrade of London's Tottenham Court Road underground station. » Read More

05/12/2012 Fine for manufacturer after forklift accident at cardboard factory Cardboard manufacturer Smurfit Kappa has been fined £8,000 plus £14,000 costs after forklift reversed and hit a worker at its Caerphilly factory. » Read More

04/12/2012 Young shun 'boring' engineering as 'a world of lumpy objects' Young would-be engineers need "space age inspiration" to stop them being discouraged by the idea that industry is dull and stifled by rules. » Read More

04/12/2012 Amarinth sets standard in ZADCO for API 610 VS4 pumps Oil and gas industry pump manufacturer Amarinth has delivered a new bearing flush monitoring system to ZADCO for API 610 VS4 pumps, which it says sets new standards. » Read More

04/12/2012 Royston worker loses fingers on unguarded power hammer Johnson Matthey has been fined £20,000 plus costs of £2,194 after an employee sustained serious hand injuries at a plant in Royston, Herts, operated by the company. » Read More

03/12/2012 Weg energy-efficient motors claim 40% less losses Electric motors specialist Weg has launched a range of "breakthrough" motors that it claims provide ultra- high energy efficiency. » Read More

03/12/2012 Bosch Rexroth helps Fiennes’ Antarctic Expedition Bosch Rexroth is providing back-up generator drive equipment to Sir Ranulph Fiennes' polar expedition, The Coldest Journey – the first attempt to cross the Antarctic during the polar winter. » Read More

03/12/2012 Oil in water detection prevents steel plant failure Installation of a continuous oil-in-water monitor in coolant water at an unnamed steel reprocessing plant has prevented downtime and avoided costly and time-consuming laboratory analysis, according to Hach Lange. » Read More

30/11/2012 Huge motors to transform Alexandria’s public health Regal is supplying seven enormous motors for a new wastewater pumping station being built in Alexandria, Egypt's second largest city. » Read More

29/11/2012 ABB drives save Tata Steel £250,000 on fume extraction The Aldwarke Bloom Caster complex in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, is set to save £250,000 a year, following the installation of variable-speed drives on its fume extraction system. » Read More

29/11/2012 Rotor insertion flowmeter can be installed live A rotor insertion flowmeter that can be installed 'hot' into live pipework has been introduced by Spirax Sarco. » Read More

29/11/2012 Cranfield opens clean energy research centre Cranfield University's new £2 million energy laboratory was opened on Tuesday 27 November (2012) by Jonathan Holyoak, head of policy for the Office of Carbon Capture and Storage. » Read More

28/11/2012 Faversham factory fined for injuries from unguarded circular saw Kentish engineering firm BMM Weston has been fined £2,400 with £1985 costs, after one of its factory workers suffered severe injuries while operating an unguarded circular saw on a broken machine. » Read More

28/11/2012 Sellafield sludge retrieval gets successful mammoth lift One of the most technically challenging crane lifts ever performed on the Sellafield site passed off without problems recently. » Read More

28/11/2012 The Skills Show brings inspiration to thousands The first Skills Show, held at the NEC in Birmingham from 15—17 November 2012, saw more than 70,000 visitors, according to figures released by the show's organiser, just released. » Read More

27/11/2012 High-temperature synthetic oil demand soars as supplies dry up High-temperature synthetic oils for heat transfer will soon be in short supply as a world-wide shortage looms. » Read More