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The traditional role of an engineer now involves a broad range of job functions. Plant and Works Engineering's editorial features reflect the multi-tasking culture that now exists in the work place and meets the needs of today's engineering professionals.
Three additional water heating appliances from Andrews Water Heaters and Potterton Commercial, both part of Baxi Commercial Division, have been supplied for installation in Manchester United’s Old Trafford Stadium.
Nick Campey, national accounts director of heating and cooling hire specialist, Watkins Hire, outlines the pitfalls of managing temporary heating equipment on site and the help on hand from GSM telemetry technology.
Featuring constantly in the headlines, environmental sustainability has never been so important for organisations of all types. Such pressure is leading many plant engineers to explore ways to reduce boiler house energy consumption. A common idea is
G.P Burners, part of the Wellman Group, has been instrumental in helping Syngenta - a leading agribusiness committed to sustainable agriculture through research and technology - in achieving a 26% reduction in energy consumption by its boiler plant.
It may be time to invest in a new compressed air system but in the current economic climate is this a viable option? Would it be cheaper to make do with your existing system for a bit longer - or is running an ageing compressor more expensive in the
Despite the skills and expertise required for servicing, maintaining and repairing a compressed air system, an engineer doesn’t need any specific qualifications or certificates to carry out these tasks – meaning that anyone owning a compressor can’t
Understanding the basics of compressed air filtration is essential to be able to specify a solution that optimises the uptime of machinery, and ultimately, minimises costs. PWE reports.
Eric Starkloff, National Instruments (NI) director of product marketing for Modular Instrumentation and Instrument Control, responds to a series of questions on the changes impacting instrumentation and automated test, and how National Instruments’ L
With so many automation technologies now regarded as commodities, barely distinguishable even in price, are there any real differentiators any more? Mitsubishi Electric's John Browett argues that astute buyers need to consider a new factor: stability
Motors are everywhere in industry and business, powering everything from pumps and fans to compressors. They are also major energy users and offer enormous potential for energy saving. PWE looks at the issue of energy efficiency for motors and whet
Graham Mackrell, UK sales manager of Harmonic Drive UK, discusses how harmonic drive gear technology can offer an effective replacement for conventional high ratio or two stage planetary gearboxes in plant applications.
Hovair air film technology by Movetech UK, combined with new flooring from Sika UK, has provided London & Cambridge Properties (LCP) with a practical and cost-effective solution to LCP’s need to double capacity at their specialist warehousing facilit
Pickerings Lifts Supply Chain are pleased to confirm they are now sole and exclusive distributors in the United Kingdom for KELLEY® and SERCO® Loading Dock Equipment,
Plant and works operations can eliminate double handling and substantially reduce the movement of stock around a warehouse area by using pallet and carton flow racks, writes Ed Hutchison, managing director of BITO Storage Systems.
PWE takes a snap shot look at some of the latest advances in the forklift truck market, including new energy saving developments which were apparent as this year's leading intralogistics show - CeMAT - in Hannover.
A multifunction steering wheel and a new range of quiet IC engine-powered counterbalanced lift trucks featuring a hydrostatic drive were recently announced by Jungeheinrich at an official launch in Hamburg. PWE reports.
Aaron Blutstein spoke to Martin McVicar, managing director and co-founder of Irish forklift truck manufacturer - Combilift - about its recent success and the concept of long and awkward load handling.
UK dairy company, Yeo Valley has taken advantage of a new approach to training projects offered by Festo Didactic, the professional training and consulting division of automation company Festo.
If the UK is to compete globally to become the key hub for the Knowledge Economy there is an urgent need to create a highly skilled workforce of engineers and engineering technicians.
Carrier Rental Systems has identified an increase in sales enquiries of its hire fleet of process chillers and industrial air-conditioning systems as a direct result of the impending phase out of the refrigerant R22.
LDC, the private equity arm of the Lloyds Banking Group, has invested an additional £8.3m into Microlease Limited, the European provider of Rental and Asset Management Services to the Test Equipment market.
HSS Hire, has launched LiveHire - a free online hire management system.
HSS Livehire is a secure and personalised extranet that allows large customers to hire and off-hire in real time, control entire registers of assets by site or by account and t
On Thursday, May 28th, Wellman Robey boiler hire division had an emergency call-out to provide hot water to 182 flats in Brixton, South London. The flats in three low rise blocks are presently under refurbishment while the tenants remain in residence
For many years companies have realised that renting buildings, vehicles and equipment is tax efficient and supports cash flow. PWE looks at some of the latest developments in this versatile sector.
Forklift options Is acquiring a forklift truck as an outright purchase better than hire or is leasing best? Richard Strange, sales and marketing director of Samuk+HC takes a look at the pros and cons.
Works engineers may be unaware of the nuisance odours, grease, fat and other contaminants routinely exhausted from site canteens until they receive an unwanted visit from Environmental Health. The correct application of kitchen filtration systems ca
Tennant Company has announced the results of an independent third-party study by Elliott Affiliates on the effectiveness of Tennant’s ec-H2O technology.
ec-H2O converts plain tap water into a powerful cleaning agent without any added chemicals.
The Centre for Alternative Technology first installed its Photovoltaic (PV) roof over 15 years ago. When it was first built it was the largest PV array in the UK, covering up to 112sq meters and generating up to 13.5 kilowatts
Breaking out old Terrazzo tiling is both expensive and time consuming. Project managers faced with removing old, cracked tiling are forced to contemplate a limited range of options.
Flexibility has always been a major attraction of Revlok mezzanine floors whose adaptable modular design reflects the experience of Lancashire-based parent company Doity Engineering Ltd.
Although Kemperol is known for its flat roof waterproofing capabilities, the benefits of using it for pitched metal roof repairs are perhaps less well known.
With all businesses under pressure to reduce their environmental impact and their carbon footprint there are very good reasons for looking at renewable energy sources for your heating plant. Ian Dagley of Hoval explains how fossil fuels and renewable
Polymer specialist igus has developed a new tooling method for injection moulding which can get custom designed parts delivered in less than 24hrs. As there are no minimum order quantities, speedigus is suitable for one offs, prototyping, low volumes
Phil Burge, marketing manager at SKF, discusses how the latest developments in automated centralised lubrication systems can make a considerable contribution to the improvement of production processes throughout a plant.
NSK is providing improved sealing and life performance across its range of RHP Self-Lube mounted bearing units - including high and low temperature HLT versions - with the introduction of the company’s robust S-design seal on all inserts with diamete
SKF has launched an Oil Conditioning Unit designed to enhance oil lubrication in a range of demanding applications across industries including cement, mining and quarrying.
Brammer, supplier of maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) products and services, has reminded UK manufacturing companies of the threat posed by counterfeit engineering spares and the importance of only sourcing spares through authorised distributor
The issue of counterfeit bearings cannot only have serious economic impacts but can have extremely serious consequences for the companies that purchase them. In many applications the use of failure prone counterfeits can risk catastrophic consequence
Will the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme deliver what is promised? Callum F. Stuart, international project development manager for the Energy and Environmental Services Division of McKinnon & Clarke, reports
Liquefied Petroleum Gas is well known as being the cleanest off grid fossil fuel, but what about the companies behind the LPG brands? Flogas has taken the lead in the industry by becoming the first non-mains energy company
Energy costs have risen more than a 100% in the past 12-months while businesses are now bracing themselves for further electricity hikes with the introduction of new legislation to cut the amount of CO2 we omit. CHP is almost twice as efficient as co
Physical water conditioners for controlling limescale have quite a patchy reputation. PWE asked Paul Spencer of Fluid Dynamics how his company is able to predict performance with confidence.
Engineering companies are facing challenges on new fronts. As well as the enduring drive to improve commercial performance and deliver to the bottom line, companies now need to respond to regulatory and societal pressure to improve their carbon emis
