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Is your storeroom a profit centre?

Through careful planning, organisation, workflow management, inventory control and staff training, the engineering storeroom can enjoy maximised efficiency. What’s more, it can become a profit centre in its own right, says Julia Mullar, business unit manager of ERIKS.

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Automation in intralogistics

A discussion paper released by Crown looks at the current state of forklift automation and outlines considerations to be addressed prior to adoption.

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Test, measure and control

Sensors & Instrumentation opens for business in Hall 3 of the NEC, Birmingham, on Wednesday 25th and Thursday 26th September 2013, offering visitors the chance to view and discuss many of the latest products designed for test, measurement and control purposes.

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Latest drives boost process efficiency

Are you getting the best from your drives? Replacing them with more modern products that offer better efficiency and more capable software could transform your process and save even more energy, as Neil Ritchie, local business unit manager, drives & controls, ABB explains explains

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Dew point instruments:  Selection matters

Selecting the right dew point sensor and transmitter to meet the exact needs of your installation is essential. To help with the selection process, Senja Leivo, application engineer at Vaisala Oyj identifies four key questions to consider.

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A chance to air your views

Georgina Bisby speaks to Mark Dealtry, the managing director of Reference Line, the independent body which runs the AirSAFE Register about the challenges of running such a scheme, and how it is helping to raise standards in the industry.

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Spare parts – genuine concern

Using non-genuine spare parts in place of the manufacturer’s original components can be detrimental to the performance of air compressors, warns Colin Mander at compressor manufacturer, Gardner Denver. Here, he outlines the issues that the use of non-genuine parts caused one customer – Suffolk Yacht Harbour – and the steps necessary to rectify the problems.

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Working together to reduce risk

Christa Sedlatschek, Director of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work, talks about the agency’s Healthy Workplaces campaign – Working together for risk prevention.

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