Corus fined following steelworks fatality; outdated drives could be costing you dear; moving machinery causes most deaths in industry; how au fait with atex are you?
7 Would waste-to-energy schemes be a waste of time for you?
Jim Powis offers some advice to plant engineers facing up to the challenge of turning waste into usable energy.
8 Waste streams turn into a torrent
Companies will have to take extra care over disposal of industrial waste products when tough new regulations come into force.
9 Take it on trust?
Is self-certification really the best way of making products safe?
10 Why just sit back and wait for a breakdown?
Denis Miller, a retired plant engineer, argues that some principles of planned maintenance will always stand the test of time.
12 Big bang theory and practice
Anyone who designs, installs or runs industrial gas plant needs to be aware of new regulations that came into force last July. Geoff Winckles explains why.
15 Heating, ventilation & air-conditioning
Costly factory-cooling problems could soon evaporate; space-saving on a plate with Spirax Sarco heat-exchangers.
16 Lifting, handling & storage
Giant cable drums feel the big push; taking mezzanine floors to intricate new levels; more efficient loading, courtesy of a mobile-metering skid-row.
17 Pumps, valves & piping
Steam trap station cuts fitting and maintenance costs; drive needs less cable for hard-to-reach valves.
19 Manufacturing systems
High-speed quality control for label manufacturer; what Castrol means to Worcester’s well-oiled machines.
20 Health & safety
Paperboard mill finds the key to risk-free access; mobiles make for fast and accurate appliance tests.
22 Operations engineering
A plant engineer’s guide to the galaxy; modular conveyor boosts colliery output by 50 per cent.
22 Operations engineering
Reeling off the benefits of optical distance sensors; all geared up to deliver technical services support.
24 Process control
Nary a wobble for jelly plant’s heat exchangers; Fieldbus takes the temperature at over 200 points.
25 Product update
28 People
31 Events diary
