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Tech brings environmentalism and effectiveness to micropollutant fight

Added: 15 May 2019

Technological advances have paved the way for environmentally-friendly and increasingly effective w…

GE Maintenance

The six rules for successful reactive maintenance and emergency repair

Added: 1 Apr 2019

While much effort in the process industries is placed on predictive maintenance, reactive maintenan…

Efficiency of costly compressed air is vital

Added: 6 Mar 2019

Compressed air is a key utility for manufacturing but it doesn’t come cheap. That’s why it’s import…

What is powering the growth of the global heat exchanger market?

Added: 6 Feb 2019

Energy efficiency, eating habits and global industrialisation are among several factors helping cre…

Bedford knowhow secures a multimillion entry to a new global market

Added: 28 Nov 2018

When one of the world’s biggest fertiliser companies turned to Bedford Pumps for help, it opened up…

Don’t overlook those pipes in the workplace

Added: 7 Nov 2018

Greg Pitcher asks whether the seemingly nondescript tubes spread across your plant could be working…

Technological advances are bringing greater precision to mixing and blending

Added: 2 Oct 2018

Hard-pressed engineers facing mixing and blending challenges should forget traditional models and f…

On the boil: How strict are the new emissions rules for medium combustion plant?

Added: 5 Sep 2018

Legislation governing emissions on medium combustion plant – such as boilers – came into effect at …

Box it clever: Enclosures are vital and so is their need for evolution

Added: 22 Aug 2018

Enclosures are at the heart of the engineering industry but these vital pieces of kit must continue…

It's time for oil and gas to embrace the cost benefits of non-intrusive inspection

Added: 26 Jun 2018

Oil and gas operators are missing a prime opportunity to save on downtime inspection costs yet stil…

How holistic analytics saved a company from losing business worth millions

Added: 20 Jun 2018

Honeywell expertise helped save one client business worth $20 million a year by rapidly identifying…

A guide to picking the right blower for wastewater aeration

Added: 12 Jun 2018

Aeration is a key process within wastewater treatment plants, forming the secondary treatment stage…

Low on energy: advances in compressor technology continue apace

Added: 5 Jun 2018

Michelle Knott takes a look at how advances in compressor technology continue to drastically improv…

Turck Banner new lines get "down and dirty" on the factory floor

Added: 16 May 2018

Dirty, dangerous, distant and dull – the 4Ds of industrial life continue to drive innovation in ind…

3D is revolutionising manufacturing for metal components

Added: 17 Apr 2018

The way we manufacture is changing. Additive manufacturing (or 3D printing) is a quickly growing ar…

The new face of oil & gas – recruiting for 2020

Added: 4 Apr 2018

The future of oil and gas depends upon recruiting more millennials as engineers. The sector’s failu…

Weighing the contents of large vessels? Then get the approach right…

Added: 4 Apr 2018

Weighing is an excellent option for monitoring the contents of silos and large vessels, but, as Mic…

Netzsch tackles an ATEX pumps challenge for chemical manufacturer

Added: 29 Mar 2018

European commercial and industrial companies must comply with strict regulations regarding manufact…

Biogas solution saves on downtime and boosts environmental returns

Added: 29 Mar 2018

One of the largest French biogas plants, commissioned in 2017, is set to produce 2.2 million m³ of …

Project execution: Removing automation from the critical path

Added: 18 Mar 2018

Today’s projects are increasingly complex, and may involve dozens or hundreds of equipment manufact…