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Sailing home
Added: 4 Mar 2014
Are manufacturers really returning to the UK, and are they doing so in the process industries?
Brave new world: Industry 4.0 technology
Added: 17 Sep 2013
Wireless devices are common in all workplaces these days, including process plants. But what would …
Biofactories of the future
Added: 7 Aug 2013
Scaling-up synthetic biology from the lab bench to the process plant presents both challenges and o…
Getting on with wireless
Added: 6 Sep 2012
London – Even the more optimistic among proponents of convergence between WirelessHart and ISA100.1…
Big tanks go for advanced level sensing
Added: 4 Sep 2012
London – ?Tank-fill level can be a relatively straightforward parameter to monitor, but level senso…
Waiting for a single wireless standard
Added: 17 Aug 2012
?Imagine you have just powered up a brand new smartphone, say the popular Samsung Galaxy, only to f…
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…
Thermal imaging for hazardous environments
Added: 19 Jul 2012
?Thermal imaging offers clear advantages in ATEX-rated and other hazardous environments, but the la…
Reducing pumps energy use at chemicals facility
Added: 2 Jul 2012
London – ?Solvay Fluor GmbH has reduced power consumption by a quarter at a modernised re-cooling s…
Chemical tank cleaning: Small things make a big difference
Added: 24 Jun 2012
Technical article by Ivan Zytynski, marketing director of BETE Ltd:
The cleaning of tanks and vessel…
Major Dounreay hazard destroyed
Added: 19 Jun 2012
One of the most dangerous legacies of Britain’s early atomic research has been destroyed
Apps ease maintenance woes
Added: 1 Nov 2011
While CMMS (computerised maintenance management system) software helps maintenance managers to trac…
Bayer tracks down hidden efficiencies
Added: 15 Mar 2011
Bayer Technology Services (BTS) has developed a process optimisation programme that is being applie…
Skills Academy, chemicals industry link to improve process safety management
Added: 17 Aug 2010
London – The National Skills Academy Process Industries and the Chemical Industries Association (CI…
