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Ashtead critical care

Critical care

Added: 17 Dec 2015

There are real advantages to be gained from renting specialist equipment, writes Will Russell of As…

Additive manufacturing

Additive manufacturing: new frontiers

Added: 10 Nov 2015

From humble beginnings, additive manufacturing has evolved into a process that impacts almost every…

Burkert dosing and dispensing

The right chemistry

Added: 16 Jun 2015

Avoiding the most common mistakes when dosing chemicals is a simple case of using the right tools.

Atlas Copco Z compressor

Compressing costs

Added: 20 May 2015

New energy-efficient technologies mean compressors needn’t cost the earth.

Ed Miliband

Election skills

Added: 6 May 2015

Following tomorrow’s general election, key engineering issues such as skills shortages look set to …

Buncefield2

Process safety: barely begun

Added: 11 Mar 2015

Ten years on from the Buncefield explosion, only small steps have been taken to establish a process…

Stan Higgins

Gone from the wind – industrial CCS

Added: 4 Feb 2015

Almost half of the emissions that need to be captured to battle climate change come from the proces…

money trees skills wealth

A wealth of opportunity

Added: 14 Jan 2015

Chemical engineering graduates earn some of the best salaries in the country. But does this stop th…

Buncefield fire

Diverting disaster

Added: 10 Jul 2014

In the wake of an industrial disaster, updating plant safety technology is often the first port of …

Pharma

Welcome tonic

Added: 23 Apr 2014

A series of recent investment announcements has shown pharmaceuticals to be one of the key growth s…

David Cameron World Economic Forum Davos 2014

Sailing home

Added: 4 Mar 2014

Are manufacturers really returning to the UK, and are they doing so in the process industries?

Bionic handling assistant

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 …

Cell adhesion

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…

Chocolate manufacturing plant

Maintaining a controlled diet

Added: 29 Jul 2013

Controlled diet Sensor technology is a critical component in many food production processes.

Drax Power Plant

Burning matters

Added: 14 Sep 2012

Converting coal plants to burn biomass has tested the ingenuity of process engineers. Patrick Ralei…

Heart surgery

Engineer sans frontiers

Added: 17 Aug 2012

When process engineers apply their skills to other fields, remarkable results can be achieved. Elli…

CPI

Bridging the divide

Added: 23 Jul 2012

The UK process industries need to resolve long-standing differences between academics and businesse…

Apps ease maintenance woes

Added: 1 Nov 2011

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

plant

Steaming ahead at Dalkia biomass plant

Added: 22 Jul 2011

Energy services company Dalkia, owned by Veolia Environnement and EDF, has recently commissioned on…