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Digitalisation is crucial for oil and gas as the industry moves to a new era
Added: 12 Oct 2022
Data is eclipsing oil as the global economy’s prime resource. In the meantime, though, it’s the ver…

Replacement mixer yields productivity benefits
Added: 28 Sep 2022
With Landia input, a state of the art energy-from-food waste operation has upped its yields by near…

High level solution keeps vibration at bay
Added: 23 Aug 2022
The demanding levels of isolation required for sensitive scientific equipment required an innovativ…

New approach to data analytics provides the way forward for UK chemicals
Added: 10 Aug 2022
The chemicals sector can look forward to a boom period if it adapts to new-era analytics and finds …

Looking for further efficiencies in your company’s pumping systems
Added: 27 Jul 2022
The relationship between pump system efficiency and effective use of energy is well documented but …

Automation enables firm to drive contract storage ambitions
Added: 13 Jul 2022
Britain’s largest bottling and storage independent wanted to ramp up its customer supply. Automatio…

In-situ tech makes big improvement in field measurement
Added: 13 Jul 2022
Accurate measurement in field conditions is difficult, says guest contributor Dr Bruno Pinguet, yet…

Mechanical trapped key safety interlocks offer a way round human error in production
Added: 29 Jun 2022
Mechanical trapped key safety interlocks have a vital role in reducing scope for human error and av…

International Women in Engineering Day #INWED22
Added: 22 Jun 2022
#INWED22 – International Women in Engineering Day is an occasion to mark the progress of females in…

Process firms need to look to themselves for energy savings
Added: 15 Jun 2022
Striking that essential balance between affordable, secure and sustainable energy became harder tha…

Talking factory sense in every language
Added: 1 Jun 2022
Language barriers provide obstacles to safety and efficiency in the industrial workplace but techno…

Optimising equipment to extract the best AD performance
Added: 1 Jun 2022
Anaerobic digestion plant performance depends on reliability and getting the most out of the feedst…

Safety and efficiency: collaborators, not competitors
Added: 10 May 2022
Protecting staff should be a priority for all businesses, but how can it be done so that productivi…

Always suit the materials to the industrial application
Added: 9 May 2022
Using operating parts made of high-quality materials is crucial to ensure reliability and stability…

Precision, service life and accuracy are the valve essentials
Added: 4 May 2022
Accuracy may be key for a continuous control valve, but so is maintaining precision and service lif…

Pumping systems make big contribution to preventative maintenance in chemicals sector
Added: 4 May 2022
Seen in isolation, many of the improvements in pumps, valves and flow systems offer small benefits …

How policing the ’chain’ gangs became a lot smarter
Added: 20 Apr 2022
Counterfeit products are a greater threat than ever before, warns Domino Printing Sciences' Adem Ku…

Time-Sensitive Networking: the gamechanger for Industry 4.0
Added: 20 Apr 2022
Christian Bergdahl of HMS Industrial Networks explains why Time-Sensitive Networking is a gamechang…

Strengthening the supply chain
Added: 6 Apr 2022
Ongoing disruptions continue to impact companies and customers, says Tim Doggett. Here he explains …

Why process safety and preventative maintenance go hand in hand
Added: 21 Mar 2022
When operating a heat transfer system, the key to maintenance is dealing with the problem, not the …