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When it comes to better maintenance, look to your legacy assets
Added: 13 Mar 2019
Yes, it’s a challenge and a necessity to embrace 4.0 technologies for maintenance needs but the ben…

Efficiency of costly compressed air is vital
Added: 6 Mar 2019
Compressed air is a key utility for manufacturing but it doesn’t come cheap. That’s why it’s import…

Removing the risk: Downstream oil and gas embraces digitalisation
Added: 6 Mar 2019
Downstream oil and gas can embrace change that respects its safety-first, risk-avoiding approach. D…
Ten ways to work smarter and increase output
Added: 6 Mar 2019
Improving efficiency and optimising performance is a constant concern for the process industries. W…

Heavy duty pumps enable eco-friendly solution for cement slurry
Added: 26 Feb 2019
You need tough pumps to handle the abrasive cement slurry that European materials specialist Xella …

Have we underestimated the impact of filter medium resistance?
Added: 26 Feb 2019
Only lately have we begun to appreciate fully the impact of filter medium resistance. Josef W Tichy…

Automation in the pumps for food and drink sector is set to reap dividends
Added: 20 Feb 2019
Automation will be the watchword for the pumps industry in 2019. Nowhere more so than within the fo…

Pump Industry Awards 2019 – pick your winner
Added: 20 Feb 2019
With a total of 37 finalists included in the shortlist of Pump Industry Awards entries for the seve…

Ensuring your diesel-fuelled generators are compliant
Added: 13 Feb 2019
Emissions legislation doesn’t spell the end of the diesel-fuelled generator, says Jason Harryman of…

Do the maths: Fresh angles on the correct approach to explosion safety
Added: 13 Feb 2019
Fuel, oxygen and spark provide the means for fire in the workplace but attending to the basics – an…

What is powering the growth of the global heat exchanger market?
Added: 6 Feb 2019
Energy efficiency, eating habits and global industrialisation are among several factors helping cre…

What signs are there that the process food and drink sector is adapting to Brexit realities?
Added: 6 Feb 2019
The issues facing the food and drink sector are not new but national and international conditions m…

As 'B-Day' looms, supply chains will provide your Brexit lifeline
Added: 6 Feb 2019
With the clock ticking on the Brexit endgame, HSO's Sam Rothwell, recommends manufacturers need to …

Conservation-focused project gives maximum effectiveness for minimum visibility
Added: 30 Jan 2019
Processing waste is hard enough when there is no mains sewerage available but what about when the p…

How collaboration can engage staff in making better safety choices
Added: 23 Jan 2019
Ensuring that workers are properly protected and fully engaged in safety procedures is a primary ob…

Cloud advances push condition monitoring to new limits
Added: 23 Jan 2019
Across the process industries condition monitoring is playing an ever vital role. Lucky then, repor…

Harnessing AR and VR is key for training the UK’s millennial workforce
Added: 16 Jan 2019
Our workforce is increasingly tech savvy so it makes sense, says Honeywell’s Sudhir Kamath, to inco…

Interface level measurement can be a challenge but solutions exist
Added: 16 Jan 2019
There isn’t a one-size-fits-all level measurement solution for tackling multi-interface levels of l…

Pumps to sustain a business and the environment
Added: 16 Jan 2019
On a remote farm, sustainability is a business as well as an environmental choice and it has to wor…

Avoid generator fuel tank contamination and unnecessary downtime
Added: 14 Jan 2019
The introduction of bio-content in fuel creates potential for generator contamination issues. Steve…