New Combustion Dynamics Instrumentation Brochure

PCB Piezotronics announces the release of a brand new Combustion Dynamics Instrumentation brochure highlighting application-specific solutions for monitoring gas turbines.

The brochure features sensor placement illustrations and is designed to help gas turbine operators select the optimal pressure sensors and accessories for monitoring gas turbines. (Read More)

Jacob Food Grade Range - New Products – Higher Standards

JACOB (UK) has introduced a new food grade range of modular stainless steel pipework which is the first in the market to meet the stringent requirements of the European EC 1935/2004 standard, as well as the American FDA food regulations. (Read More)

Bray Gravels Water Pumping Station Gets An Upgrade

South East Water’s Bray Gravels pumping station has an essential role to play in supplying fresh water to around 300,000 homes immediately to the west of London.

Built more than 30 years ago, the pumping station draws water from boreholes close to the River Thames at Maidenhead and pumps it to the Surrey Hills and Crowthorne Reservoirs some 10 miles away. (Read More) 

New Dosing Performance Pumps Launched

Wanner International has introduced two new Hydra-CellR Dosing Performance Pump ranges with mechanical flow rate adjustment.

Because seal-less Hydra-Cell pumps are true positive displacement pumps, flow rate is directly proportionate to input shaft speed and virtually independent of system discharge pressures. (Read More) 

Cable Entry Systems For Potentially Explosive Atmospheres  

Selected products from the icotek cable entry systems available from M Buttkereit Ltd have been certified to comply with the EU Directive 94/9/EC (ATEX), for equipment intended for use in potentially explosive atmospheres of zones 1 and 21. (Read More)

Spidex Releases New Accident Reporting Software

Spidex has announced the release of Adverse Event Reporting, the latest software module from its comprehensive new ISIS health & safety management suite.

Adverse Event Reporting provides the means for companies to fulfil their statutory duty to record, report and investigate accidents and also enables recording and analysis of hazards, (Read More) 

CMMS: a planned attack

It has been said that ‘any tool is a weapon if you hold it right’, and this is never more true than when treading the minefield of choosing a computerised maintenance management software (CMMS) system.

Selecting the right system for your facility can pay dividends in increased productivity, higher quality of work and improved service levels but, in order for the benefits to be realised, it is essential that the product is (Read More) 

Harvest Energy selects Mainsaver CMMS for UK’s largest biodiesel plant

Harvest Energy, one of the UK’s largest independent suppliers of road fuels, has implemented Mainsaver CMMS from Spidex Software to help support a best-practice maintenance program at its production plant on Teesside. (Read More)

The Flange Protection Challenge

The integrity of flanged connections is critical to the containment of fluids in a piping system.

Loss of containment, whether in chemical lines such as hydrocarbons and gas systems or water distribution lines, will have significant environmental, operational and commercial impact, and could pose a serious safety risk. (Read More)

Worldwide MSX Demand Fuels Cost Reduction

The patented multi-spectral imaging (MSX) capability of the FLIR E-Series has proved significant both to customers worldwide and to FLIR Systems’ pricing.

This feature is standard on the entire FLIR E-Series of electro-mechanical troubleshooting cameras and it is now one of the main reasons why customers choose this brand.  (Read More)

Indeed, MSX has resulted in huge demand for the FLIR E-Series in general and the FLIR E8 in particular and this, in turn, has enabled FLIR Systems to make this model even more attractive from a price perspective.

Based on current economies of scale and therefore valid until 30th September 2014, the FLIR E8 now carries a price tag of just £3,035 (3,995 euros in Ireland).  This represents a cost saving of around 37% on the original manufacturer’s recommended price.

MSX has proved so popular because it provides exceptional image quality in real time.  It extracts the outline detail from the visual image and blends it with the thermal profile.  This makes it so much easier for the camera user to diagnose the problem.  
Its effect is particularly striking on the high resolution, 320 x 240 pixels, images produced on the FLIR E8.  Such is the clarity of the MSX enhanced image that a supporting visual image isn’t needed.  MSX can also be applied to stored visual and thermal JPEG images after inspection.

For further details on the FLIR E-Series and its unique MSX technology go to:
www.flir.com