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22/04/2021 Sellafield selects Aquila for nuclear laboratories upgrade Aquila Nuclear Engineering has been selected by the Sellafield Programme and Project Partners (PPP) to support the design and build of replacement nuclear laboratories. » Read More

22/04/2021 Airtightness sensor from Coltraco Coltraco Ultrasonics has launched a portable building airtightness sensor. The Portascanner Airtight 520 is said to be able to detect air leaks with a diameter as small as 0.5mm. » Read More

21/04/2021 Verlinde gantry crane lifts Italian helicopters Helicopters sometimes do not lift themselves. Elifrulia, a long-established operator in Italian helicopter services and flight school market, has taken delivery of a gantry crane on steerable wheels for its hangars. » Read More

21/04/2021 NSK training resolves bearing failures at steel plant Maintenance technicians at the plant of a steel manufacturer were facing regular bearing failures and the need to source high-cost urgent replacements. However, the intervention of NSK – via best-practice training sessions – soon resolved ... » Read More

20/04/2021 SPIE takes charge of Mersey road tunnel ventilation switchgear installation Merseytravel has awarded energy and communications technical services provider SPIE UK a new contract. » Read More

20/04/2021 Crosby buys BlokCorp, maker of crane hook camera Rigging hardware company The Crosby Group has acquired BlokCorp Ltd. » Read More

19/04/2021 WEG project replaces critical London supply pump with minimal disruption Next to Battersea power station, Battersea shaft pumping station serves the Thames Water Ring Main, a critical component in London’s water infrastructure. Motor manufacturer WEG and Bedford Pumps supplied motor technology for this colossal ... » Read More

19/04/2021 Festo launches pneumatics training Drawing on its experiences as a manufacturer and employer, Festo has been running training courses for many years that take engineers through the fundamentals of pneumatic system design and operation. It has recently added a new course, to ... » Read More

16/04/2021 Pump supplier finds a test rig technology that talks the torque To analyse the long-term performance and reliability of valves and pumps, Manchester-based Bifold Group has adopted radio frequency based torque transducers from Sensor Technology Ltd for two of its specialist test rigs. » Read More

16/04/2021 Ultimo and UReason partner on asset solution Enterprise asset management (EAM) platform provider Ultimo and asset performance management (APM) specialist UReason are integrating their functionalities to provide real-time asset condition monitoring. » Read More

16/04/2021 Composite wrap repairs damaged chemical tank The ability of online repair specialist Hydratight to repair a chemical tank at speed with the LOCTITE Composite Repair System, saved its customer from serious consequences. » Read More

15/04/2021 Dunkermotoren improves functional safety Just a few decades ago, fast-rotating saws without guarding or goods transport according to the principle ‘size has right of way’ were common. Today, even working alongside powerful collaborative robots is safer than with a capricious ... » Read More

14/04/2021 New roles at Northern Industrial Northern Industrial has made two new appointments and one promotion in its sales and customer service team to support ongoing expansion: Keith Gledhill joins as customer service account manager, Clive Piercy as sales account manager, while ... » Read More

14/04/2021 ELGi offers compressor to Italian Red Cross to maintain critical COVID-19 ... ELGi Compressors Europe supported the Italian Red Cross with an urgent compressed air requirement. It contributed an air compressor package for one of Italy’s Red Cross logistics hubs serving the Turin area. » Read More

13/04/2021 In-situ yaw brake disc grinder developed for wind turbines When damaged yaw brake discs were preventing a number of wind turbines to operate in optimum conditions, their operator was looking for an economical maintenance service that would ensure the turbine’s availability. » Read More

13/04/2021 Atlas Copco launches G2-7 screw compressor range for workshops Atlas Copco’s latest G2-7 models are now the smallest, oil-injected rotary screw compressors in the company’s professional portfolio. » Read More

12/04/2021 New managing director at Sycamore Process Engineering The leadership team at the Somerset-based company, which serves dairy, food and beverage industries in the UK, has shifted: the company’s operations director Jerry Redman has been appointed as managing director. » Read More

12/04/2021 Formosa Plastics Group selects Lloyd’s Register’s AllAssets to optimise ... Professional services company Lloyd’s Register is to deploy its asset performance and risk management solution AllAssets across 94 of Formosa Plastic Group’s Taiwanese plants. » Read More

09/04/2021 Vert unveils new 100% duty compressor for hand tool market Compressor technology pioneer Vert Technologies has launched the new A200 mobile compressor. » Read More

09/04/2021 Signal Group launches detachable tablets for gas analysers Following an intensive development programme, the company has announced that all of its main line S4 gas analysers are now available with a detachable tablet instead of the traditional built-in screen. » Read More

08/04/2021 ChampionX wins North Sea contracts for non-toxic corrosion inhibitor ChampionX has secured two contracts worth a combined £2.8 million for non-toxic chemicals to two major North Sea operators. » Read More

08/04/2021 Construction starts on new plastic recycling plant UK start-up Mura Technology plans to commission the first commercial plant using a new plastic recycling process in 2022. » Read More

07/04/2021 Vienna’s climate-neutral wastewater treatment plant gets efficiency boost from ... The E_OS (Energy Optimization through Sludge Treatment) project on the edge of Vienna is a pioneering facility designed to transform the Austrian capital’s wastewater treatment plant from a major energy consumer into a net producer. ... » Read More

07/04/2021 Seepex to showcase digital pump technology solution at the Water Equipment Show At the virtual Water Equipment Show (12-13 May 2021), Seepex will showcase its latest innovations. The company is a designer, manufacturer and applications engineer of progressive cavity (PC) pumps, macerators and digital technology. » Read More

06/04/2021 HBK buys VR simulation provider Hottinger Brüel & Kjær (HBK), a subsidiary of UK-based Spectris plc, has acquired Concurrent Real-Time, Inc., a global provider of high-performance, real-time computational hardware and software solutions, from Battery Ventures, a ... » Read More