Light towers have long been used to monitor the functionality of machinery in the workplace, and alert engineers and operators to any stoppages on the production line. Practical and simple to operate and maintain, they are a popular and cost effective tool for minimising downtime.
Suppliers of bespoke industrial solutions, Motion29 Ltd, now stock PATLITE’s full range of AirGrid products - a system designed to receive and transmit light tower status wirelessly, circumventing any issues relating to the traditional hard wired system.
Maintenance budgets are set to remain buoyant and focus on improving plant productivity, even in these times of austerity, research from MAINTEC 2012 show organiser easyFairs has revealed.
Nearly eight in 10 maintenance and engineering managers interviewed by easyFairs ahead of the 28 February – 1 March NEC exhibition say they expect their budget to remain the same or increase over the coming year. Additionally, over a third (36 per cent) said that improving plant productivity is the main driver behind their maintenance spend.
Storage tank and gas holder specialist Motherwell Bridge is embarking on a groundbreaking alliance with professional services firm PROjEN and will become the first contractor to offer a complete suite of tank storage services from concept to handover.
Formed in Lanarkshire over a century ago, Motherwell Bridge is one of the world’s foremost tank storage providers and employs over 450 full time staff in its UK workforce.
ASPEN Stainless has enjoyed a close working relationship with the food industry for over 25 years. During this time, ASPEN has provided many different stainless steel engineered solutions to suit the changing demands of the catering, food and brewing industries in the UK and abroad.
Industrial stainless steel drainage, kerbing, protection and other products that comply with all specifications and engineered to withstand the rigours of hygienic environments.
Working alongside architects, specifiers and contractors, the ASPEN engineering team design customised drainage systems and stainless steel equipment for hard working manufacturing operations.
Machine monitoring and protection specialists SENSONICS have recently completed a project for the Chongqing steel company in China. The contract for the supply and installation of Sentry G3 Protection Monitors and Proximity Probes was successfully completed in conjunction with Sensonics Shanghai based partners, Star Royal Industry & Engineering Co Ltd.
Leuze electronic’s next FREE OF CHARGE “Introduction to Machine Safety” training workshop is on Tuesday 31st January, at the offices of the HMK Direct in Congleton, East Cheshire. Thanks to the support of HMK this is the first time these popular half-day training workshops have been held in the North West.
Control and quality engineers seeking best match leak test solutions can now rely on Uson’s no-cost videoconferencing consultations to facilitate discussions and visual inspection of leak-proof products and components for which the appropriate leak detection equipment, fixturing and all other leak test specifications are required. Uson’s videoconferencing capability is especially designed for companies that either do not want the delay in time-to-market that shipping parts to outside facilities involves or in cases where release of a proprietary design is against company policy and non-disclosure requirements.
In a carefully synchronised operation, Crown Oil has removed 6.4 million litres of surplus gas oil at Derwent Power Station in Derby releasing a substantial sum for the generator in the process. The programme began on site in June, concluded in October and required 200 tanker movements.
The problem of cleaning tenacious residues from the moulds used in cheese manufacturing has been solved comprehensively and effectively by the new range of purpose-designed cheese mould washers from Industrial Washing Machines (IWM). These compact and energy-efficient machines are available with throughput capacities of up to 800 moulds per hour and can accommodate moulds of almost any type, size and shape.
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