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Mixing and blending up with the curve

Added: 2 Feb 2022

Whether making, moving or cleaning with an eye for health and safety, there are plenty of useful in…

Innovation is essential if the food and drink sector is going to keep up with global change

Added: 2 Feb 2022

Automation and process control that was once the stuff of film fantasy is now reality in the food a…

Five smart steps to improve your manufacturing future

Added: 19 Jan 2022

Many companies have not reaped adequate outcomes from their IoT investments. FPT’s Nguyen Duc Kin o…

Condition monitoring: AI has raised its game massively

Added: 19 Jan 2022

Condition monitoring has moved light years from the ‘see, hear’ days with first automation and now …

Aerators boost treatment plant's year-round effectiveness

Added: 28 Dec 2021

Landia aerators played an important role in the upgrade by Phoenix Engineering of Yorwaste’s Harewo…

Bespoke response enables plant to go with the flow

Added: 24 Dec 2021

When a Dutch salt extraction plant ran into production difficulties, Celeros Flow Technology came u…

Address neurodiversity and you tackle the challenge of apprentice retention

Added: 23 Dec 2021

The number of people taking up apprenticeships is falling substantially. In 2022 we must ensure the…

Chemical pump solution keeps environment on the radar

Added: 14 Dec 2021

As a leading chemical process plant operator, INEOS is conscious of the importance of heeding envir…

Dairy producer turns disaster into opportunity for efficiency boost

Added: 9 Dec 2021

A disastrous fire destroyed milk producer Imlek’s production site but it turned back to KHS for a s…

The pathway to digitised heating and cooling

Added: 8 Dec 2021

While it may be a traditional aspect of every process industry sector, heating and cooling is movin…

R-AMP up the pressure in the water industry

Added: 8 Dec 2021

With each new asset management period, UK utility companies have faced further commercial and regul…

How phased system upgrades can save on downtime and money

Added: 24 Nov 2021

While most firms working in the food processing industry want to upgrade their systems, doing so ra…

AI brings fresh eyes to condition monitoring

Added: 24 Nov 2021

Condition monitoring has moved light years from the ‘see, hear’ days with first automation and now …

Pumping systems receive a boost as the oil and gas sector responds to post-Covid change

Added: 10 Nov 2021

More than most sectors, the oil and gas industry has been impacted by the effects of social distanc…

Flow technology overcomes a salty problem

Added: 10 Nov 2021

When a salt extraction plant ran into production difficulties, Celeros Flow Technology came up with…

Better pump control ensures skid accuracy

Added: 9 Nov 2021

When a specialist industrial skid builder sought to enhance accuracy and sustainability, it determi…

Launching a tech innovation? Have your patents in place first to protect your IP

Added: 5 Nov 2021

Demand for climate tech solutions has never been greater. That’s a wonderful opportunity, says Jim …

Soap manufacturing needs adaptable pump systems

Added: 3 Nov 2021

Soap manufacturing is no longer one-size-fits-all. So the pumps you employ need to be adaptable, ex…

Think of AI as investment in productivity and efficiency rather than cost

Added: 27 Oct 2021

Concerns about AI’s investment should be offset benefits in terms of efficiency, productivity and c…

Machine vision gets more sophisticated and accessible too

Added: 27 Oct 2021

Once groundbreaking, traditional approaches to machine vision are being supplanted and enhanced to …