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Robots the big cheese at Ilchester

Added: 15 Nov 2007

"Production errors have been greatly reduced, resulting in reduced wastage and increased yield on o…

Dosing pump provides 99% accuracy for milk processor

Added: 15 Nov 2007

Progressive cavity pump is designed to precisely dose dilute hydrochloric acid into the liquid milk…

Safe water to areas in need

Added: 15 Nov 2007

Technology to provide a reliable source of clean drinking water to communities without a safe water…

To Russia with valves

Added: 15 Nov 2007

ARI and Air Products team up for project at major float line glass-making facility

Emerson nets main instrumentation contract on China’s largest refinery/petchem site

Added: 15 Nov 2007

The Dushanzi project includes the construction of 20 refining process units and 12 petrochemical pr…

Wireless for world's largest cooper mine

Added: 14 Nov 2007

Interconnected network allow communication between equipment at Rio Tinto facility

Rockwell snaps up Pavilion Technologies

Added: 14 Nov 2007

Rockwell Automation has entered into a definitive agreement to buy Pavilion Technologies for an und…

Akzo on track to takeover ICI

Added: 14 Nov 2007

Akzo Nobel's £8 billion acquisition of ICI remains on track to go ahead on 2 Jan 2008 following str…

Southern Water cuts carbon emissions by 25% with real-time control system

Added: 13 Nov 2007

Traditional control systems did not enable treatment works to take account of the wastewater variab…

Surrey NanoSystems advances NanoGrowth technology

Added: 13 Nov 2007

Third system for fabricating carbon nanotube structures with a high degree of precision and repeata…

Stopping large steel pipes rolling down and causing damage at Cameron

Added: 13 Nov 2007

Device proves effective for storing a wide range of tubular steel pipes at flow equipment maker

Boddingtons cuts mesh drying time

Added: 13 Nov 2007

Previous method was unable to remove all the cooling water, resulting in product quality issues - a…

ATEX blowers kill all known germs

Added: 13 Nov 2007

EO sterilisation process means all electrical and mechanical equipment must comply with hazardous a…

Coriolis transmitter enhances process visibility at Manchester chemicals plant

Added: 13 Nov 2007

Engineers were having problems with a batch line for manufacturing various water treatment chemical…

UK's first major wood-burning power station opens

Added: 12 Nov 2007

£60m facility is claimed to be the UK’s first large scale wood burning power station, has officiall…

Warning over proposed HSE, HSC merger

Added: 12 Nov 2007

No explanation as to how the merger will enable smaller businesses to challenge the new body’s ruli…

Envirowise wants rapid response to new waste regulation

Added: 12 Nov 2007

Regulations represent the next step in the Europe-wide Landfill Directive2 and are likely to change…

Coatings company makes process heating gains

Added: 12 Nov 2007

Improved operating efficiencies, of over 80%, in burner installations from heat loss and immersion …

Caterpillar adopts DIY answer to hydraulic hose failure

Added: 29 Oct 2007

Move to produce replacement hoses on site quicker and less costly than mobile hose replacement ser…

Weighbridge control gets stone company rolling

Added: 29 Oct 2007

Ennstone Johnstone is now processing trucks eight times faster with new weighbridge control system