All Plant & Equipment
Case study: slurry power
Added: 23 Feb 2016
A biogas plant is generating electricity from low-temperature waste heat.

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 for surplus processing kit
Added: 10 Feb 2016
An online auction consisting of equipment formerly utilised within a gasification plant is currentl…

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 …

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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