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CMMS boost for proactive maintenance

Added: 12 Dec 2018

Installing a new CMMS at Wavin’s UK site proved its worth with a boost to preventative maintenance.…

How an industrial setback produced a heat transfer solution

Added: 10 Dec 2018

An industrial accident caused serious damage to a plant but opened the way for a redesign of proces…

AR and VR are the key to 21st century process training

Added: 6 Dec 2018

Our workforce is increasingly tech savvy so it makes sense, says Honeywell’s Sudhir Kamath, to inco…

Valves industry chief calls for more focus on training existing workforce

Added: 29 Nov 2018

Valve and actuator businesses employ 9,000 people and the industry contributes £3bn to the UK econo…

Bedford knowhow secures a multimillion entry to a new global market

Added: 28 Nov 2018

When one of the world’s biggest fertiliser companies turned to Bedford Pumps for help, it opened up…

Show Preview: WWEM 2018 and AQE 2018 under one roof for the first time

Added: 29 Oct 2018

Two events will take place at Telford International Centre from 21-22 November, providing process e…

The impact of VFDs upon analytics is a game changer

Added: 17 Oct 2018

GE’s Azeez Mohammed outlines how analytics are giving the process industries the edge, thanks to as…

Something can look like a valve but that doesn't mean it is one

Added: 5 Oct 2018

Ken Roberts of Satron Instruments returns to the subject of field instrument installations with a l…

How protector seals slash pump bearing failure rates

Added: 20 Sep 2018

With advanced retrofittable bearing protector seals readily available on the market, pump bearings …

LED lighting

Lighting as a service - the breakthrough model for industry

Added: 19 Sep 2018

The legacy approach to lighting is outdated. We need a new process model that treats it as a servic…

Modern mandrels create faster factory flow

Added: 14 Sep 2018

Manual coil changes can be time consuming, not least when a plant is alternating production between…

Thickness profile measurement system provides Liberty from manual approach

Added: 18 Jul 2018

Liberty Speciality Steel produces high value, precision-engineered alloy and stainless steel produc…

How holistic analytics saved a company from losing business worth millions

Added: 20 Jun 2018

Honeywell expertise helped save one client business worth $20 million a year by rapidly identifying…

Sine pumps optimise high viscosity resin delivery

Added: 24 May 2018

One of the world’s largest wind turbine manufacturers, Enercon, relies on its pumps to deliver prot…

Emerson Global Users Exchange EMEA 2018, The Hague

Added: 9 Apr 2018

Size, as they say, isn’t everything. Yet, with 1600 attendees from more than 50 countries and aroun…

Spirax Sarco solves metal refiner's carbon efficiency challenge

Added: 31 Oct 2017

The precious metal refining industry notoriously consumes significant amounts of heat and chemicals…

Industry 4.0: the antidote to supply chain disruption

Added: 31 Oct 2017

Industry 4.0 and smart use of data is not disrupting the supply chain, says LLamasoft’s Michael Wal…

Process safety: smart enclosures

Rob Smith | Added: 4 Apr 2016

Materials specification and innovative design are modernising the enclosures market, writes Robert …

Liz Fletcher, Beamex

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,…

Process safety engineer

Process safety: cleaning house

Rob Smith | Added: 19 Jan 2016

Failure to recognise hazards in process plants could prove fatal, writes Robert Smith.