Despite health and safety awareness being at an all time high, slips and trips are still one of the biggest causes of accidents and injuries in the workplace yet, as Dave Hale, general manager of DeckSafe Solutions explains, ensuring your workplace meets health and safety standards when it comes to non-slip flooring is surprisingly easy
Most palletiser-related injuries occur when people enter the machine and are trapped between its many parts. As palletisers transport a heavy and bulky load, operators are also exposed to potential hazards from loads falling off the moving pallets. Paul Laidler, business director for Machinery Safety at TÜV SÜD Product Service, explains more
Engineering adhesives specialist, Henkel, says that its structural bonding technology is increasingly helping robot manufacturers to reap the benefits of new materials by providing a means of joining dissimilar substrates while improving the strength and performance of the overall system.
2014 is a critical year for any business still operating air conditioning or refrigeration equipment designed to use the refrigerant gas HCFC R22, as from 1st January 2015 this refrigerant will be banned throughout Europe and can no longer be legally used for service and maintenance purposes.Mike Nankivell, marketing director of Space Air, comments
Northern Ireland bus manufacturer, Wrights Group, maker of a new fleet of London buses, has selected a Teseo aluminium pipework system for the compressed air delivery network at its new bus chassis production facility at Antrim.
After several years of economic depression in Ireland, the European Commission has predicted a healthy growth rate of 2.2% in 2014 and economic optimism is being seen by many companies trading across Ireland, including the Nilfisk-Advance Group
The British Compressed Air Society (BCAS) will be at Air-Tech 2014 (8th – 10th April 2014, NEC, Birmingham) and will be using to event to promote its services, including its range of training courses.
Nigel Coston, director of marketing, technical and logistics at Zehnder looks at the energy saving potential of ceiling mounted radiant heating and cooling systems for space heating, and explains how they can help companies and contractors meet financial and environmental objectives.
The use of electrical maintenance safety devices (EMSDs) is a hot topic. Their popularity is growing as companies strive to improve profitability, uptime and safety. Here, Martin Robinson, CEO of IRISS Inc, focuses on infrared inspection windows which allow the testing of fully energised electrical systems without risk to personnel.
Risks to health and safety are manifested in many forms, be they chemicals, high pressure fluids, extremes of temperature, molten metals, or a whole catalogue of further dangers. Here, Neal Hill of Casella explains how innovative technology can help to reduce the risks
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