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Machine guards and gating may not be high profile but they are vital in process safety
Added: 12 Jun 2018
Machine guards, risk assessments and gating equipment offer essential protection – but these crucia…
Valves need to guarantee workplace safety without leaking money
Added: 30 May 2018
Pressure Relief Valves perform an essential role in ensuring safety in the workplace but leakage is…
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…
Industry 4.0 and motion control
Added: 22 May 2018
We know Industry 4.0 is changing the way we do things but how precisely will these changes affect m…
Temporary builds can help minimise Brexit trading risks
Added: 21 May 2018
As Werner Heisenberg observed back in 1927 with his Uncertainty Principle, it can be hard to totall…
Turck Banner new lines get "down and dirty" on the factory floor
Added: 16 May 2018
Dirty, dangerous, distant and dull – the 4Ds of industrial life continue to drive innovation in ind…
The emerging impact of batch analytics
Added: 15 May 2018
Many big chemical companies are investing in a strong specialty chemicals portfolio, notes Artur Be…
Sheffield AMRC gets safety compliance under the COSHH
Added: 9 May 2018
The Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) specialises in carrying out world class research …
3D is revolutionising manufacturing for metal components
Added: 17 Apr 2018
The way we manufacture is changing. Additive manufacturing (or 3D printing) is a quickly growing ar…
Following the right electrical safety procedures can save lives
Added: 11 Apr 2018
Nothing can be taken granted when it comes to electrical safety, writes Michelle Knott, not least w…
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…
Netzsch tackles an ATEX pumps challenge for chemical manufacturer
Added: 29 Mar 2018
European commercial and industrial companies must comply with strict regulations regarding manufact…
Project execution: Removing automation from the critical path
Added: 18 Mar 2018
Today’s projects are increasingly complex, and may involve dozens or hundreds of equipment manufact…
KSB enables Mumm producer to service drinks market
Added: 16 Mar 2018
Rotkäppchen-Mumm’s Eltville site in Germany’s Hesse region produces the new product Mumm Dry Alcoho…
When retention is the best cure for machine downtime
Added: 14 Mar 2018
Manufacturers and distributors of computer numerical control horizontal and vertical machines and t…
Small Modular Reactors: into the energy mix?
Added: 13 Mar 2018
A common denominator among UK nuclear projects at Hinkley Point, Wylfa, Sizewell and Moorside has b…
Preparing for explosive situations saves resources
Added: 14 Feb 2018
A better understanding of safety legislation and improved plant design could help mitigate the risk…
AODD pumps can solve pump leakage from aggressive liquids
Added: 10 Jan 2018
Leaky pumps create unscheduled downtime but aggressive acids and slurries can cause them to leak mu…
Preventative measures – the new safety certificate winning cross-sector approval
Added: 9 Jan 2018
Process industries are high risk, so a new qualification created by two leading safety organisation…
Pump saves village sewage station from being priced out of existence
Added: 4 Jan 2018
The environmental horrors created by blockages accumulating in the sewage systems of major cities a…
