All Control & Instrumentation

Chemicals maker tracks turbo issue
Added: 3 Aug 2012
Florence, Kentucky – Torque-monitoring systems are widely used to identify gradual efficiency loss …

Legionella outbreaks spark industry response
Added: 2 Aug 2012
London - The recent outbreaks of legionella in Stoke-on-Trent and Edinburgh have led to a spike in …

Huntsman automates remote tank gauge monitoring
Added: 1 Aug 2012
Mountain View, California – Huntsman Corp. has installed an expanded wireless system of tank gauge …

Chemicals maker warms to wireless
Added: 30 Jul 2012
West Bromwich, UK – Robinson Brothers is employing energy-harvesting technology to make remote wire…

SSE expands wireless at UK power plant
Added: 30 Jul 2012
Slough, UK – SSE has extended its use of wireless technology at its Slough Heat and Power energy f…

Tata drives down pump energy costs
Added: 30 Jul 2012
Rotherham, UK – Tata Steel expects to reduce energy costs by £68,000 a year following the installat…

Salamander goes mobile
Added: 27 Jul 2012
London – Salamander markets a range of high quality water care products in hard water areas across …

Machine protection for Asian power plant
Added: 25 Jul 2012
?Condition monitoring company Sensonics has reported growing demand for machine protection systems …

Level acquisition
Added: 25 Jul 2012
?Emerson Process Management has acquired ISE Magtech of Pearland, Texas, in a move to strengthen it…

Flexible automation of hygienic processes
Added: 25 Jul 2012
?In the food and beverage sector Analysing each individual part of a plant or installation will sho…

Sensing safety
Added: 25 Jul 2012
?Recent advances in the field of sensor technologies are proving timely for process operators in th…

Analysis of petroleum soil contamination
Added: 24 Jul 2012
A new hand-held device for rapid on-site analysis of petroleum soil contamination could facilitate …

Bridging the divide
Added: 23 Jul 2012
The UK process industries need to resolve long-standing differences between academics and businesse…

Thermal imaging for hazardous environments
Added: 19 Jul 2012
?Thermal imaging offers clear advantages in ATEX-rated and other hazardous environments, but the la…

2,000 actuators for RWE coal plant
Added: 19 Jul 2012
Altdorf, Germany – SIPOS Aktorik has received confirmation of an order for the commissioning and DC…

Research hub to address burning bioenergy issues
Added: 17 Jul 2012
David Willetts has launched a research hub dedicated to exploring bioenergy processes and techniques

Sensors show set for Silverstone
Added: 16 Jul 2012
London – The Sensors + Systems Show for control and instrumentation is this year being held, 24-25 …

Flow meter research to benefit process industries
Added: 13 Jul 2012
A new type of flow meter could facilitate the measurement of multiple velocities in a pipeline

UK units to protect Middle East pumping projects
Added: 9 Jul 2012
Great Yarmouth, UK – East Anglian electrical engineering firm Softstart UK is involved in two water…

Wireless limits security costs at US paper maker
Added: 9 Jul 2012
Stevenson, Alabama – Rock-Tenn is a major US manufacturer of paperboard and paper-based packaging, …