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2021: The year industry turns the corner on AI

Added: 13 Jul 2021

Capital intensive industries can benefit from accelerated digital strategies to improve efficiencie…

Valves seal the deal for award-winning pumps project

Added: 20 Jun 2021

Anglian Water’s award-winning project improves performance and control of sewage pumping stations, …

Lighting’s vital role in safe HMI

Added: 16 Jun 2021

Electro-sensitive protective equipment provides safe, barrier-free access in an era of human-machin…

Robot ready manufacturers can take on the skills gap

Added: 16 Jun 2021

The pandemic has highlighted the importance of technology in the manufacturing industry. Continued …

Quality straining deals with rigours of fast flowing water source

Added: 3 Jun 2021

When you depend upon a river for your water source and it’s one of the strongest and fastest flowin…

Landia chopper pumps provide effluent solution twice over

Added: 5 May 2021

Landia’s expertise in treating effluent and waste provided answers for two food producers and their…

Why it pays to take your tools to the repair shop

Added: 21 Apr 2021

Updating or repairing an injection mould tool can be complex yet helps extend lifespan and quality …

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Procurement, the vital link in the supply chain

Added: 21 Apr 2021

Procurement is often the weak link in the supply chain, warns Nick McGrane of K3 Syspro. It needn’t…

Wearables bring agility to post-Covid logistics

Added: 7 Apr 2021

Logistics and supply chain managers may need to prepare for the next crisis on the horizon. Agility…

Modern control systems can provide the means to tackle cost cutting and Covid

Added: 7 Apr 2021

Cost savings battle Covid safety for priority on the factory floor. Yet, far from making manufactur…

Listen for emission and you reap the benefits

Added: 10 Mar 2021

Acoustic emission testing detects incipient defects in pressure equipment and reduces the risk of f…

Sulzer expertise helps bring water to Saudi's growing population

Added: 1 Mar 2021

Sulzer delivered nearly 300 pump packages for Saudi Arabia’s west coast satellite desalination proj…

How pumping is priming the lithium revolution

Added: 15 Feb 2021

China’s largest lithium battery materials manufacturer turned to Watson-Marlow for Bredel APEX pump…

Controlling fluid flow variables for smooth production

Added: 15 Feb 2021

Fluid handling variables can all have a detrimental impact, resulting in batches having to be destr…

Understanding the machinery risk assessment process

Added: 10 Feb 2021

The machinery risk assessment process can be complex and once completed may result in significant c…

If you invest in asset data extraction, you must make it work

Added: 10 Feb 2021

More efficient supervision of plant assets enables better collection of relevant data but what matt…

Landia dives deep for Scottish Water

Added: 8 Feb 2021

Scottish Water consumers expect a lot from their utility companyand Landia has been in at the deep …

Digital is the gamechanger for plastics recycling

Added: 5 Feb 2021

Recycling is well established on Government and industry agendas, but to make the most of the oppor…

When wholesale pumping automation is costly, cook up a remedy

Added: 1 Feb 2021

Meeting hygiene and food safety regulations is a challenge for any bakery but when budgets don’t pe…

Getting your eggs in one basket the fast and accurate way

Added: 2 Dec 2020

Robot palletising technology is transforming industry and as CKF shows, it can even cope with the d…