Field service technicians can benefit from a new app that calculates the liquid level in fire extinguishers. Using knowledge of the fill weight, the app indicates the fill level of liquid CO2 in the cylinder so that technicians can easily locate the exact liquid/gas boundary using a level checking device.

The level checking device could be a temperature sensing strip for example or an ultrasonic liquid level indicator like the Link Instruments’ ULLC2001.

MSC Industrial Supply Co. (MSC) is supporting autonomous manufacturing disruptor CloudNC in its objective to revolutionise the subcontracting market. 

MSC has been appointed by CloudNC on a two-year contract covering vending solutions across metalworking and maintenance, repair and operations (MRO) categories. MSC will also provide engineering support to identify and deliver cost down efficiencies for CloudNC. 

Founded in 2015, CloudNC is on a mission to transform subcontract manufacturing activities. The UK-based precision engineering firm has introduced a pioneering artificial intelligence (AI) approach to manufacturing, using highly advanced CNC programming capabilities. 

AVT Reliability® has achieved a RoSPA Gold Award – the toughest health and safety award in the world – for the third year in succession.

The Warrington-based plant reliability specialist was recognised for its exemplary health and safety management systems, including practices such as leadership and workforce involvement, which help to ensure a safe environment for its colleagues and clients.

Managing Director of AVT Reliability®, Frederic Thomas, said: “We pride ourselves on ensuring that our clients’ critical assets are maintained to the highest standards so manufacturing environments remain safe and hazard-free.

Sheffield manufacturer, Mechan, is extending its portfolio of rail depot handling equipment, after developing a new product for longstanding client, Siemens Mobility Limited. 

The firm is now offering bogie lifters to the rail market, after designing and producing a set of 22 for a specialist overhaul facility in Lincoln. 

Bogie lifters work in pairs to raise a bogie frame to a comfortable height for maintenance and repairs to take place underneath. Siemens Mobility approached Mechan to tender for a set to replace aging equipment and the two firms worked together to perfect the design, ensuring it provided maximum efficiency and safety. 

With the UK Government continuing to ease lockdown measures, increasing numbers of companies and commercial premises are opening for business after a hiatus due to COVID-19.

To help protect the health of those making their way back to the office, factory, shop, pub, gym or any other place of work, a new ultra-effective surface sanitiser – Hi-KLEEN – is being introduced by Hi-line Industries. Spraying a single coating of HI-KLEEN on to surfaces such as doors, handles, handrails, chairs and desks will not only kill coronavirus, it will provide protection against further contamination for up to five hours.

Hi-KLEEN has been specially formulated to kill and inhibit both bacteria and viruses (including enveloped viruses such as coronavirus) on hard or soft surfaces subject to frequent contact. Simply spray at a distance of approximately 10–20 cm from the surface to be treated for effective protection. This odour-free, clear product is ideal for offices, factories (including food plants), conference centres, sports clubs, hospitals, health centres, educational facilities, care homes, entertainment/hospitality venues (including restaurants and pubs), and even transport. 

The Gerromatic radial shaft seal from Freudenberg Sealing Technologies comprises a stainless steel retaining element and a high-performance PTFE wave-shaped sealing lip that runs in a novel sinusoidal pattern on the shaft surface.

As the shaft rotates, each point of the sealing lip repeatedly covers a new area of the shaft that is wetted with medium. The Gerromatic radial shaft seal is available via Dichtomatik Ltd, the exclusive provider for Freudenberg’s food and beverage related sealing products in the UK.

The seal is intended for use in axially accessible installation spaces, whereby the metallic clamping ring enables an exceptionally tight fit. The Gerromatic rotary shaft seal withstands a high-pressure load of up to 8 bar, and temperatures of between  80°C and +200°C. In other applications, a sliding speed of up to 25 m/s can be achieved. 

For hydraulic torque wrench applications in areas hard to access with larger air powered pumps, the Enerpac LAT Air Hydraulic Torque Wrench Pump combines compact design and high productivity.

Featuring a proven Enerpac piston design, reinforced Filter Regulator Lubricator (FRL) support and air supply connection, the LAT Air Hydraulic Torque Wrench Pump will provide years of reliable service with fastening and break out speeds to keep jobs on schedule and under budget. 

Hart Door Systems, the Newcastle-based specialist engineering company, has won multi-door orders for export to Russia, Hong Kong and Kuwait.

The contracts, which cover a range of Hart Doors’ commercial doors, are welcomed by the company’s managing director as “very welcome and a boost for the hard-working team”.

C&P Engineering Services is proud to be appointed as an official Distribution Partner for Schneider Electric Process Instrumentation, supplying products and engineering services from their headquarters in South Wales.

The appointment officially came into effect on the 4th August 2020 and is an important addition to the Turnkey Electrical, Control & Instrumentation engineering solutions that C&P offer to their clients throughout the UK and internationally. 

Safety in workplaces has been brought to the forefront of business agendas in recent months, with the control of bacteria being more important than ever. Many facilities that relied on air conditioning to keep temperatures down have had to re-think their cooling solutions due to the hazards associated with the recirculation of air.

Thankfully for facilities managers, there is a cooling solution that is an effective alternative to air conditioning that will keep your people, processes and products cool, whilst diluting the bacteria in the air and creating a safer working environment. EcoCooling’s evaporative coolers use fresh air to cool large spaces and are the ideal solution for maintaining internal temperatures below 25°C all year round.