Fortress celebrates Queen’s Award hat-trick

Fortress Interlocks, experts in automation safety and interlock systems, has been awarded its third Queen’s Award for International Trade, recognising the outstanding growth in overseas sales over the last three years.

Fortress Interlocks is amongst 230 businesses nationwide recognised this year in categories that include sustainable development, promoting opportunities through social mobility, innovation (Read More) 

The Complexity Of Modern Material Selection

One of the key decisions in the development of every product is the selection of the materials of which it will be constructed.

But as new materials and manufacturing methods have proliferated, this decision has become more complex. Here, Joshua Devlin, materials scientist at Matmatch, explains why material selection has traditionally been so difficult, and the importance of other factors involved in the decision-making process. (Read More)

Climate change will lead to higher UK water costs

• Water treatment plants will have to run at peak rates for longer
• Pipework replacement needs to be increased significantly
• More investment required in sustainable urban drainage

Britain’s water industry will face higher costs for treating and managing water supplies due to the increasing occurrence of drought and flood resulting from climate change, according to a new report from the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.

As summers become longer and hotter, water treatment plants will be required to run at peak flow rates for longer, (Read More) 

Rudridge promotes Paul Duke and Emma Taylor to operational roles

Groundwork and materials supplier Rudridge has promoted Emma Taylor and Paul Duke to jointly take on the day to day running of the business.

Emma Taylor, who joined the company as Financial Controller two and a half years ago, will take up the role of Commercial Finance Manager. She will be responsible for overseeing the finance, credit services (Read More) 

4 Hidden Ways Of Improving The Energy Efficiency Of Your Process Cooling System

Industrial cooling and refrigeration equipment accounts for up to 50% of a plant’s total electricity cost. However, while targeting the mechanical elements of a chiller – such as compressors, pumps, and fans - is a well-known way of cutting a process cooling system’s energy consumption, there are a few lesser-known tactics that can be employed to maximise marginal efficiency gains for industrial end-users. (Read More)

As The Heat Rises, Your Industrial Cooling Costs Don’t Have To

A breath of fresh air from EcoCooling: specialists in direct evaporative cooling

Many industrial and commercial spaces are now suffering the effects of heat, particularly in areas where mezzanine floors have been built or in new warehouses that have been well insulated for the colder months.   EcoCooling evaporative coolers offer a balanced ventilation scheme which can ensure full compliance with typically only (Read More) 

Resistor liquid cooling boosts 3.3kV medium voltage loads

In motor driven applications like cranes, lifts, hoists and conveyors, air cooled resistors are common, but in medium voltage, high power applications liquid cooling wins out. A medium voltage drive running off a 3.3kV supply to turn a 500kW motor will put a severe heating load on the application’s power transistors – hence the need for water cooling, as David Atkins, projects director at Cressall Resistors explains. (Read More)

Keep Learning with CBM CONNECT

If you are involved with condition monitoring and reliability improvement, you know there is a lot to learn, and there is so much at stake. As they say, “you are only as good as your last recommendation”. But how do you keep learning? Do you randomly ask google and keep your fingers crossed (that you find what you want and that it is accurate and up-to-date)?  Well, now there is a much better way to stay ahead, and to contribute if you are willing to share.

CBM CONNECT is a new website that is filled with videos, tips, articles, and mini-courses that covers the topics you need – well, assuming you are interested in the following technologies: Alignment & Balance, Condition Monitoring Management, Lubrication, (Read More)

Condition monitoring solution for gearboxes provides six-figure savings in six months for steel tube producer

By implementing condition monitoring based on FAG SmartCheck units from Schaeffler, a steel tube producer has saved a six-figure sum (approx. 126,000 euros) after just six months. (Read More)

Smart just got smarter with Filtertechnik’s new Particle Pal Life

Filtertechnik has developed what it describes as a world first with its new Particle Pal Life self-contained portable measuring system.

Building on the success of the award-winning Particle Pal, this new offering provides real-time ISO cleanliness readings, together with water content and oil condition information for over 500 commonly used oils all within one compact kit. (Read More)