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Chemical attack
Added: 19 Nov 2014
As the cost of corrosion eats into precious budgets, some companies are seeking out new methods to …
Diverting disaster
Added: 10 Jul 2014
In the wake of an industrial disaster, updating plant safety technology is often the first port of …
Greater graduates
Added: 9 Jun 2014
High-quality engineering graduates are in demand now more than ever, but are UK universities delive…
Engineering champions
Added: 3 Jun 2014
This summer will be the busiest for major sporting events since the London 2012 Olympics. John McKe…
Gas detectives
Added: 20 May 2014
Tighter safety regulations are forcing companies to consider new ways of keeping tabs on gases.
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…
