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Viewpoint: analysing a pump’s life cycle is a good investment
Added: 28 Mar 2017
Lifecycle costing can help to reveal the true cost of a pump, writes British Pump Manufacturers Ass…
Options open – choosing between sealed and sealless pumps
Added: 28 Mar 2017
Michelle Knott takes a look at the strengths and weaknesses of sealed and sealless pumps and which …
Case study: lobe pumps keep the sun cream process in motion
Added: 21 Mar 2017
Hygienic lobe pumps help to smooth the sun cream process.
Case study: gas pipeline benefits from alarm system revamp
Added: 21 Mar 2017
Integrated data analysis improved safety monitoring for the Bacton-Zeebrugge bi-directional pipelin…
PUWER up – how predictive checks underpin electrical safety
Added: 21 Mar 2017
Electrical safety enforcement has got tougher. Avoiding injuries won’t suffice if you can’t prove c…
Case study: brewery benefits from embracing robotics
Added: 14 Mar 2017
A busy family-run Belgian brewery has used industrial FANUC robots to process, fill and palletise i…
Viewpoint: a trio of automation trends for 2017
Added: 14 Mar 2017
COPA-DATA UK’s Martyn Williams examines three of the most prominent automation trends of 2017 and d…
How digitisation is enhancing flow measurement
Added: 13 Mar 2017
In the last two decades, digitisation has changed the face of analytics. Susan Fearn Ringsell repor…
Viewpoint: the virtues of combined heat and power
Added: 8 Mar 2017
Managing, maintaining and making the most of a Combined Heat and Power system can offer huge saving…
Plant maintenance: remote monitoring leads to smarter processes
Added: 7 Mar 2017
A conceptual framework of predictive manufacturing begins with data that can be sourced via remote …
Plant Equipment: giving tanks and vessels a clean bill of health
Added: 1 Mar 2017
If tanks and vessels are to be cleaned effectively, it’s essential to pick the right cleaning head …
Editor’s comment: chemicals sector awaits May's post-Brexit prescription
Added: 1 Mar 2017
As Michael Caine might have said, not a lot of people know that the small Scottish town of Prestonp…
Chemicals & materials: the challenges EU withdrawal will create
Added: 1 Mar 2017
Adapting to changing circumstances will be a key requirement for the chemicals sector, post-Brexit.…
Show Preview: Maintec 2017
Added: 22 Feb 2017
The Maintec exhibition returns to Birmingham’s NEC, supported by a programme of educational content…
Case study: SCADA system puts robots on a roll
Added: 22 Feb 2017
Low-cost system brings robot control to tissue packing line.
Handling humidity in process is a hot topic
Added: 22 Feb 2017
To avoid the effects of temperature and humidity fluctuations in the production and process environ…
Show Preview: Hazardex 2017
Added: 15 Feb 2017
The Hazardex 2017 international conference and exhibition returns to Runcorn, Cheshire for the seco…
Viewpoint: use cyber sense to safeguard industrial control networks
Added: 14 Feb 2017
MAC Solutions’ Tim Ricketts provides some useful tips for businesses looking to improve the securit…
Minding the gap between being data rich and insight poor
Added: 14 Feb 2017
In the new frontier of engineering technology, collecting data is everything. Yet the path to disco…
Viewpoint: gas tech innovations bring speedy safety solutions
Added: 7 Feb 2017
Honeywell’s Thomas Negre identifies the latest trends in gas detection technology.
