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biogas

Case study: slurry power

Added: 23 Feb 2016

A biogas plant is generating electricity from low-temperature waste heat.

Applied Weighing

Applied Weighing offers versatile solution

Added: 17 Feb 2016

Applied Weighing’s range of weight instrumentation, the Target 260 and Status 290 models, launched …

Auction kit

Auction for surplus processing kit

Added: 10 Feb 2016

An online auction consisting of equipment formerly utilised within a gasification plant is currentl…

DSSmith

Case study: a sense of security

Added: 9 Feb 2016

New sensors reduce reliance on field calibration at UK packaging company.

Calibration: monitoring the vital signs

Louisa Hearn | Added: 9 Feb 2016

As process control instruments proliferate in the plant, operators are turning to new technologies …

Valve repair

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…

electricity pylon energy

UK ‘facing an electricity crisis’

Added: 26 Jan 2016

A report published by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) suggests the UK is threatene…

Liz Fletcher, Beamex

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,…

Food farm image

Feeding the future

Louisa Hearn | Added: 19 Jan 2016

The food and drink industry is being squeezed from every direction. Will process innovation become …

Fluke maintenance tool

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

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…

Atlas Copco compressor

Compressor upgrade bucks energy costs

Added: 19 Jan 2016

A UK-based engineering firm has upgraded its fixed-speed compressor.

Schneider Electric

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…

Portable SmartFID TOC analyser

Gas analyser measures solvents

Added: 12 Jan 2016

Quantitech has been appointed exclusive distributor in the UK and Ireland for ErsaTec, a manufactur…

Vega training truck

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.

Heat exchanger

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…

Endress+Hauser RFID tags

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…

IoT

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

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.