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Tank patrol: keeping manways safe
Added: 8 Apr 2016
Whether they are high-pressure feats of specialist engineering or standard storage facilities, tank…
Boilers: ageing doesn’t always mean old
Added: 7 Apr 2016
Global Heat Transfer managing director Clive Jones explains why boiler maintenance is essential for…
Process safety: enclosures firm goes double Dutch
Added: 5 Apr 2016
One enclosures manufacturer creates solutions for two very different companies.
Enclosures: material man offers equipment view
Added: 5 Apr 2016
Material selection plays a pivotal role when choosing an enclosure, says Deltron’s Darren Fuller.
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Process safety: smart enclosures
Rob Smith | Added: 4 Apr 2016
Materials specification and innovative design are modernising the enclosures market, writes Robert …
The ebb of flow computers
Added: 29 Mar 2016
Does the growing trend of metering devices capable of monitoring multiple variables spell the end f…
Case study: the power of pumps
Added: 29 Mar 2016
Pumps firm helps food manufacturer become energy compliant.
Case study: pumping solution
Added: 29 Mar 2016
Wastewater firm upgrades its sampler system with peristaltic pump.
Case study: weighing solution offers ground control
Added: 22 Mar 2016
Flooring manufacturer finds firmer footing with new weighing installation.
Batch production: weighing it up
Added: 22 Mar 2016
Accurate weighing is the key to effective batch production within a process, writes Michelle Knott.
The small matter of nanomaterials safety
Rob Smith | Added: 21 Mar 2016
Nanomaterials have the potential to ignite, explode and cause serious damage to human health. There…
Viewpoint: control room interaction
Added: 14 Mar 2016
Control room planners are now incorporating every aspect of human, machine and environment interact…
Case study: acid test for Orion
Added: 14 Mar 2016
ICL Brasil named as the first to deploy Honeywell’s new Orion
Console, as it seeks to increase chemi…
Remote controllers at the helm
Louisa Hearn | Added: 14 Mar 2016
Control rooms are changing shape to accommodate a new breed of knowledge workers located far and wi…
Case study: kudos to Qdos
Added: 7 Mar 2016
Peristaltic pumps have made maintenance simpler at German effluent plant.
Viewpoint: Sliding fortunes
Added: 7 Mar 2016
While falling oil prices are welcomed by many, they may spell serious issues ahead, writes North Ea…
Land of opportunity
Rob Smith | Added: 3 Mar 2016
With offshore exploration in the UK faltering, could decommissioning and greater investment onshore…
Show Preview: March of Maintec
Added: 25 Feb 2016
The Maintec exhibition is set to return to Birmingham’s NEC next month.
Age defying assets
Rob Smith | Added: 24 Feb 2016
Operators need more robust strategies when maintaining ageing equipment, writes Robert Smith.
Energy focus: power play
Louisa Hearn | Added: 24 Feb 2016
Energy efficiency hasn't always been top of mind for plant managers tasked with keeping process equ…
