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Boosting productivity? Then look to your fluid system
Added: 29 Jan 2020
Maximising your fluid system efficiency is a must if you want to boost productivity and reduce cos…
Industrial wearables are getting smarter - in both senses
Added: 8 Jan 2020
Gone are the days of clunky steel-toe capped boots, oversized fluorescent jackets and poorly fittin…
Upgrading sewage works for rapid population growth
Added: 8 Jan 2020
Rapid population expansion doesn’t just put pressure on a town’s schools and housing stock. There a…
Effective calibration ensures top quality instrumentation
Added: 18 Dec 2019
The long-standing relationship between materials expert Solvay and process automation leader Endres…
The hazardous limits to bringing your own device to the workplace
Added: 11 Dec 2019
Sophie Hand of EU Automation, assesses whether personal devices are equipped for hazardous environm…
Equipment counts for fall safety protection but so does training
Added: 11 Dec 2019
When working at height, quality training is every bit as important as providing suitable fall prote…
Control strategies are vital for rapid temperature changes
Added: 27 Nov 2019
Manufacturing processes that rely on rapid temperature change can easily result in bottlenecks in a…
Company reaps the real-time benefits of IT-OT convergence
Added: 20 Nov 2019
Companies understand the need for IT and OT convergence but can be thwarted by their fragmented inf…
Clean steam provides a green option to counter contamination
Added: 13 Nov 2019
The Natural Fruit & Beverage Co. embarked on a project to transition to clean steam generation for …
Predictive strategies always produce a process benefit
Added: 13 Nov 2019
Adopting an effective predictive maintenance strategy not only slashes production costs, it also me…
Retrofit saves Wessex Water recycle site from population overload
Added: 5 Nov 2019
When a fast growing West Country town put a strain on the water recycling plant, it was an opportun…
Quality pumps extract the best from hazardous by-products
Added: 22 Oct 2019
In the aluminium refining process, scrap is melted in rotary or reverberating furnaces under a bath…
Seal solution sustains pump reliability for dairy firm
Added: 22 Oct 2019
Sustaining pump reliability was a challenge for an environmentally conscious dairy until AESSEAL ex…
Severn Glocon valve technology aims for maritime safety advance
Added: 22 Oct 2019
Extreme technical demands associated with a critical safety system on an offshore platforms are bei…
IT/OT convergence: greater accuracy, agile responses and happy stakeholders
Added: 18 Sep 2019
Novotek’s George Walker explains how, as with smartphones, modern industrial firms’ IT and OT opera…
Michele Windsor on the overlooked element for effective industrial logistics
Added: 11 Sep 2019
While we know reliable power is essential for effective logistics, we tend to ignore the role of ba…
How monitoring advances are aiding maintenance today
Added: 11 Sep 2019
Adopting a condition-based maintenance approach is becoming simpler and more cost effective as new …
Nuclear know-how gets to heart of a critical pumps issue
Added: 19 Aug 2019
By asking the right questions, Sulzer helped reduce power demand for a critical pump serving a nucl…
Precision flow cuts costs for water authority
Added: 15 Aug 2019
Keen to put an end to expensive, time consuming calibration and measurement methods to maintain wat…
Rotating machinery is getting wise to 4.0 maintenance
Added: 14 Aug 2019
As Industry 4.0 takes hold, predictive maintenance for crucial rotating machinery is gaining promin…
