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Getting on with wireless
Added: 6 Sep 2012
London – Even the more optimistic among proponents of convergence between WirelessHart and ISA100.1…

Proactive maintenance key to plant safety
Added: 25 Jul 2012
?Process operators, it seems, are starting to realise the close relationship between safety and the…

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

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

Modular biomass avoids trouble in the fields
Added: 9 Jul 2012
London – The startup of a new biomass plant in Bagnolo di Po, Rovigo in Italy, scheduled soon, coul…

Major Dounreay hazard destroyed
Added: 19 Jun 2012
One of the most dangerous legacies of Britain’s early atomic research has been destroyed

Machine tool aids repairs in hazardous environments
Added: 18 May 2012
A miniature machine tool developed at Nottingham University could help improve power plant repairs

Apps ease maintenance woes
Added: 1 Nov 2011

While CMMS (computerised maintenance management system) software helps maintenance managers to trac…