Safety and the human touch Luis Duran, Global Product Line Manager for ABB, explores how the latest generation of automated safety systems are helping to improve safety, while also addressing new and emerging risks, and the role of humans in managing safety. Mission critical computing systems have been introduced in…
RS Components broadens PPE offering as key Needlers ranges introduced to RS website Recent acquisition of PPE specialist and online range expansion provide unrivalled customer choiceRS Components ( RS) has broadened its PPE offering with the addition of product ranges from Needlers, the food manufacturing PPE specialist acquired by Electrocomponents in December 2020. The…
Registration opens for UK’s largest engineering event Tickets are now available for Advanced Engineering UK in November 2021Advanced Engineering UK, the country’s largest gathering of engineering professionals, has opened visitor registrations for this year’s event, which is set to go ahead on November 3 and 4 2021 at the NECin Birmingham. The…
How to protect electrical enclosures at water treatment plants By Emily Newton, Editor-in-Chief at RevolutionizedKeeping industrial electrical equipment well-protected at wastewater treatment plants is essential for helping the facility operate safely and reliably. Here are some practical ways to achieve those goals. Incorporate Temperature Control…
Can hiring equipment bridge a skills gap? The UK skills shortage has been amplified as a result of COVID-19, after research has found that site managers are not confident in the ability of their team to operate or fix a steam boiler. In the recent survey, 99% of industrial workers said it is either very difficult or somewhat difficult to…
Better Together: Co-located trade shows for the manufacturing and engineering sector Messe Frankfurt UK, Nineteen Group, and Rapid News Group are pleased to announce a 3-year partnership to collocate their UK manufacturing and engineering events. The new collaboration will see Automechanika Birmingham, Design Engineering Expo, Engineering Expo, Manufacturing Expo, Med-Tech…
Plucky poultry company trims seasoning weight waste When one of the leading British chicken, turkey and duck suppliers discovered it was wasting over half of the dry seasonings manually scattered on its oven-ready birds, it needed an automated solution fast. In stepped Sparc Systems, introducing the poultry company to Hera, the checkweighing…
Manufacturing activity stays near record high as UK eyes continuous recovery Written by Kunal Sawhney, CEO, Kalkine GroupManufacturing production has invariably corroborated the economic recovery in the United Kingdom, with June’s final reading staying near a record high. The economic growth has been apparently keeping up the pace and will likely continue the momentum…
The All-Party Parliamentary Manufacturing Group recommends a national ‘Made Smarter’ service to put UK manufacturing at the heart of recovery from the pandemic and beyond to net-zero Policy Connect welcome Secretary of State Kwasi Kwarteng MP to the launch of their new report on the future of the UK’s manufacturing sector Manufacturing Resilience, Driving Recovery towards Net Zero. The new report by the Manufacturing Commission, the research arm of the All-Party…
Reducing risk in water/wastewater through integration By Mazhar Hussain, Business Unit Manager, SolutionsPTThe water/wastewater sector is a constant - unaffected by many of the market forces that affect other industries, water has always, and will always, be needed. This stability doesn’t translate directly to immunity from risk for operators.
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