All Plant & Equipment

Maintenance: the end of repairs?
Added: 26 Jan 2016
Using technology to predict and prevent failures of equipment is a well-known and growing trend. Bu…

UK ‘facing an electricity crisis’
Added: 26 Jan 2016
A report published by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) suggests the UK is threatene…

Calibration: Field factors
Added: 22 Jan 2016
The case for calibrating equipment in either a workshop or the field is not always black and white,…

Feeding the future
Louisa Hearn | Added: 19 Jan 2016
The food and drink industry is being squeezed from every direction. Will process innovation become …

Preventive maintenance tool ‘for all managers’
Fluke UK Ltd | Added: 19 Jan 2016
The Fluke Connect Assets wireless system is designed to make preventive maintenance practices possi…

a1-cbiss offers gas detection service
Added: 19 Jan 2016
The engineering team at a1-cbiss offer technical knowledge regarding gas detection products and the…
Compressor upgrade bucks energy costs
Added: 19 Jan 2016
A UK-based engineering firm has upgraded its fixed-speed compressor.

Speed drives range boasts energy efficiency
Added: 12 Jan 2016
Schneider Electric has launched its Altivar Machine range of variable speed drives, capable of savi…

Gas analyser measures solvents
Added: 12 Jan 2016
Quantitech has been appointed exclusive distributor in the UK and Ireland for ErsaTec, a manufactur…

Measurement training truck to tour UK
Added: 12 Jan 2016
The VEGA Training Truck will visit 10 locations throughout the UK during February and March.

Step change for heat exchangers
Added: 11 Jan 2016
The transition from shell-and-tube to plate heat exchangers is gathering pace, writes Michelle Knot…

RFID tags reduce maintenance costs
Added: 11 Jan 2016
Endress+Hauser has launched a range of RFID tags that are designed to ease the identification of me…

Outlook remains bleak for manufacturing
Added: 11 Jan 2016
Manufacturers in the UK are expecting 2016 to be fraught with tough decisions and risks, one indust…

UK launches IoT research hub
Added: 6 Jan 2016
A £23 million Internet of Things (IoT) Research Hub led by University College London (UCL) has been…

SICK launches 3D vision sensor
Added: 6 Jan 2016
SICK has launched the TriSpector 1000, its first ‘plug-and-play’ 3D vision sensor in the UK.
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Cleaning service for condenser tubes
Added: 6 Jan 2016
Corroserve is offering a dedicated condenser tubes cleaning service performed by its team of engine…

Clean screens
Louisa Hearn | Added: 6 Jan 2016
Self-cleaning filters are making steady inroads into production processes, writes Louisa Hearn.

Critical care
Added: 17 Dec 2015
There are real advantages to be gained from renting specialist equipment, writes Will Russell of As…

Online calculator combats grit costs
Added: 17 Dec 2015
Hydro International has launched an industry tool to help assess the full operating cost impact of…

Eclipse to showcase magnetic solutions
Added: 9 Dec 2015
Eclipse Magnetics will be at the Southern Manufacturing and Electronics exhibition 2016, showcasing…