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Process safety: smart enclosures

Rob Smith | Added: 4 Apr 2016

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

Case study: weighing solution offers ground control

Added: 22 Mar 2016

Flooring manufacturer finds firmer footing with new weighing installation.

Batch production: weighing it up

Added: 22 Mar 2016

Accurate weighing is the key to effective batch production within a process, writes Michelle Knott.

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Case study: slurry power

Added: 23 Feb 2016

A biogas plant is generating electricity from low-temperature waste heat.

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Case study: a sense of security

Added: 9 Feb 2016

New sensors reduce reliance on field calibration at UK packaging company.

Calibration: monitoring the vital signs

Louisa Hearn | Added: 9 Feb 2016

As process control instruments proliferate in the plant, operators are turning to new technologies …

Valve repair

Maintenance: the end of repairs?

Added: 26 Jan 2016

Using technology to predict and prevent failures of equipment is a well-known and growing trend. Bu…

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,…

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Feeding the future

Louisa Hearn | Added: 19 Jan 2016

The food and drink industry is being squeezed from every direction. Will process innovation become …

Heat exchanger

Step change for heat exchangers

Added: 11 Jan 2016

The transition from shell-and-tube to plate heat exchangers is gathering pace, writes Michelle Knot…

Clean sweep

Clean screens

Louisa Hearn | Added: 6 Jan 2016

Self-cleaning filters are making steady inroads into production processes, writes Louisa Hearn.

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Critical care

Added: 17 Dec 2015

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

Bruce Calder, CTO Honeywell Process Solutions

Small and potentially mighty

Added: 20 Nov 2015

Big data, the industrial internet of things, smart integration and the cloud are all buzzwords we c…

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Battle stations: industrial cyber crime

Rob Smith | Added: 19 Oct 2015

As computer hackers set sight on industrial targets, cyber security experts are throwing their weig…

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Hot spot: thermal monitoring technology

Added: 28 Sep 2015

Food manufacturers use thermal monitoring technology to control a wide variety of their processes. …

Safety systems

Under control

Added: 8 Sep 2015

Safety systems are the first-response unit when things go wrong in a process plant, preventing smal…

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A sense of danger

Added: 5 Aug 2015

Can a new generation of detection devices mitigate the risk of catastrophic gas leaks within the pr…

Boiler

Biomass boilers: what are the boiling points?

Added: 1 Jul 2015

With maintenance issues and capital costs causing concern, Robert Smith finds out whether biomass b…

Lubricant

Smooth operators

Added: 1 Jul 2015

Ensuring high lubrication quality should be at top priority within almost every process plant.

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What goes around

Added: 24 Jun 2015

Prevention is far better than a cure when it comes to safeguarding critical rotating equipment.