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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…

‘Food manufacturers must take the lead on salt and sugar levels’
Added: 30 Oct 2019
Calls for manufacturers to do more to address public health concerns around salt and sugar are righ…

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…
On the level: Different techniques employed for non-contacting radar transmitters
Added: 11 Oct 2019
Non-contacting radar transmitters use either pulse or frequency modulated continuous wave modulatio…

Automation has transformed hazard safety approaches
Added: 9 Oct 2019
The influence of automation is being felt throughout the process industries. That includes safety a…

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…

Once 3D vision fell short but not any more
Added: 21 Aug 2019
It used to be too expensive and too slow to suit many industrial applications, but now there are te…

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…

Understanding Arc Flash jargon can help you save lives
Added: 2 Aug 2019
Arc Flash is a daily risk for those working in the utilities sector. So it’s essential, says ProGAR…

Why packaging mustn’t become the weak link in your cold chain
Added: 31 Jul 2019
Cold chain technology is vital for efficient food production, says Advanta’s Miguel Campos. It’s ti…

Robot pulling power gives traditional brewer the edge on loading
Added: 29 Jul 2019
Sometimes, it’s the most traditional brands that are at the cutting edge of automation. Adnams was …

How process optimisation promotes workflow
Added: 24 Jul 2019
Bürkert’s Greg Wainhouse examines how the wastewater and brewing sectors employ process optimisatio…

Delivering a better SAP system without harming product line or the bottom line
Added: 22 Jul 2019
Installing a new SAP system at short notice to boost stock management was a tall order but CSB mana…

Blockchain will release the energy industry's potential
Added: 17 Jul 2019
The energy industry is understandably cautious about blockchain technology, but we should heed the …

Sympathetic actuators provide an answer to Britain’s ageing pipework
Added: 15 Jul 2019
AUMA Actuators’ Paul Hopkins explains how the Victorian’s visionary approach is causing headaches f…

State of the art burners enable brickworks to build on efficiency
Added: 10 Jul 2019
A traditional manufacturer found a cutting-edge solution when its furnaces needed to adapt to diffe…