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Cash in on waste strategies at RWM ‘08 conference
15 August 2008
Want to discover waste technologies and approaches that save money and protect the environment? Then visit the Recycling & Waste Management Conference at the NEC, Birmingham.

Per Una brings fashion to energy
15 August 2008
Fashion house Per Una, which supplies M&S, says it is cutting energy usage at all sites, despite doubling in size.

Warning over regulators and flashback arrestors
15 August 2008
Engineers involved with gas welding and cutting are being reminded that elastomeric components on pressure regulators and flashback arrestors do deteriorate with age.

Flying high with Morris Material maintenance
15 August 2008
The maintenance services division of Morris Material Handling, which looks after Westland Helicopters’ cranes, and lifting and material handling equipment in Yeovil, has secured another two year contract, extended to include facilities management.

Lots of scope with new tool
15 August 2008
A high-tech videoscope, hired from Ashtead Technology Rentals, has helped an environmental services company to slash downtime during health and safety checks.

Dow Chemicals gets 5.2% gas cost saving
15 August 2008
Dow Chemicals in Kings Lynn reports fuel savings of 5.2% and commensurate CO2 emissions reductions since installing a Maxsys magnetic fuel treatment system for use on its process boiler.

Check out your energy usage
15 August 2008
Facilities managers are being urged to take advantage of energy surveys to counter spiralling fuel costs.

Calor ramps up forklift safety
15 August 2008
LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) supplier Calor says it has improved safety and cut costs by converting standard forklift trucks to ATEX hazardous area compliance, using Pyroban.

Conveyor plant supports extreme spec
8 August 2008
A conveyor, designed to move 2,000kg stainless steel drums containing intermediate radioactive waste, has been successfully installed by engineering firm Nuvia for the UKAEA Harwell decommissioning project.

Parliament cool on low carbon HVAC
8 August 2008
Energy efficient HVAC specialist JET Environmental says it is disappointed with a report just out from the all party parliamentary Urban Development Group, aimed at cutting carbon footprints.

Art reaches new heights
8 August 2008
A group of art galleries that looks after one of the world’s finest collections has invested in a British invention for safe working at height.

Hazard area service now without hot work permit
8 August 2008
Skelmersdale-based valves manufacturer Asco Joucomatic says users no longer need a hot work permit before doing maintenance work.

No return valve
8 August 2008
Design student Nathan Wright will be celebrating his graduation as his first invention rolls off the production line.

GE burns clean
8 August 2008
Independent power producer Powerfuel has selected GE Energy technology to drive its planned 900MW combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) plant at Hatfield, South Yorkshire – the first of its kind to integrate CO2 capture.

IOSH demands clarity from ICL Plastics disaster inquiry
8 August 2008
IOSH is urging the inquiry into the 2004 ICL Plastics blast, in which nine died and 33 were seriously injured, to challenge the Glasgow plant’s safety culture and uncover the real causes.

Motor saves Anglian £1,400
1 August 2008
Anglian Water reports significant energy savings as a result of replacing old, screw pump gearboxes with planetary gearboxes and Eff1 motors, using energy saving plasma lubricant.

Airbus wing assembly is well oiled
1 August 2008
Upgrading to a Bielomatik MQL (minimal quantity lubrication) machine tool lube system is improving manufacturing efficiency of wing panels for the A380 Airbus at Broughton, according to the firm.

Milford Haven goes wireless
1 August 2008
Total’s Milford Haven refinery is now safer and more efficient, thanks to a wireless network in its Zone 1 and 2 hazardous areas.

JCB digs cool factory plant
1 August 2008
JCB Transmissions in Wrexham says that switching to Breezair evaporative cooling plant has reduced temperatures in its gearbox plant by 10oC.

RNLI saves on compressor
1 August 2008
The Royal National Lifeboat Institute’s (RNLI) Inshore Lifeboat Centre at Poole reports a 70% saving in air generation costs, due to a Hydrovane unit from CompAir.

Profibus exhibition shows record numbers and record nodes
1 August 2008
A record number of delegates attended last month’s Profibus and Profinet user conference in Stratford on Avon – reflecting growth in these digital plant fieldbus communications standards.

Ciba dye plant dies death
1 August 2008
Decommissioning and levelling of Ciba’s 18-hectare chemicals plant in Manchester was completed on-time and on-budget in May, after nearly a century of dye making.

European agency to demystify workplace risk assessments
1 August 2008
The European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) has launched a campaign to counter the current safety record, which shows a death every three-and-a-half minutes from work-related causes.

Corus Scunthorpe’s control system provides real blast
1 August 2008
Corus Scunthorpe’s new control, information and automation system, for its massive integrated steelworks’ turbo boiler house, has been built with re-usable software ‘objects’.

President blames incestuous engineering for skills shortages
1 August 2008
Society of Operations Engineers (SOE) president Ian Ling is calling for more respect and more money for engineers – as well as better promotion of engineers by the professional bodies.

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