Ongoing quest to boost crane safety
Chris Lindley-Smith, sales and marketing director at Street Crane Company, outlines some of the ways in which today’s cranes are being made safer and more reliable
BSIF gets political
While recent HSE statistics show that the UK has a lot to be proud of in terms of safety and health, they also confirm that we still have a long way to go in conquering long term latency diseases. Alan Murray, CEO of the BSIF comments
Storage: Three steps to safety
Matt Grierson, president of SEMA (Storage Equipment Manufacturers’ Association) is urging everyone in industry to get involved in making storage areas zero-accident places to work
Healthy, but not without risk
The big event for the UK in 2015 is likely to be May’s General Election, and it already appears that it’s going to be the economy that will play centre stage. With claims and counter claims likely to be in abundance, the MTA’s economic expert Geoff Noon takes a look at the evidence and what this will probably mean for Advanced Manufacturing
On track to zero-carbon
With help from Biffa’s waste innovations, Arla Foods’ Aylesbury is on its way to becoming a zero-carbon milk processing facility
Smart cameras need skilled operators
Thermal imaging has become widely adopted for preventative inspections. However,although the technology is easy to apply, Flir believes it is vital that the camera user understands the science behind thermal imaging. Otherwise thermal images may be virtually meaningless and findings at risk of serious misinterpretation
Mobilised for major stator failures
When a machine in the Cold Mill at Tata’s Port Talbot works failed, Quartzelec worked 24/7 to get it operational.
Simple steps to reduce slips
The risk of slips and trips in the workplace could be reduced through the implementation of simple safety measures such as safety matting, as Arco explains
NDT: Looking ahead
The 2014 report ‘A landscape for the future of NDT in the UK economy’ identifies fundamental opportunities and challenges for the NDT community in the UK, and prescribes several key enabling actions as part of its detailed vision for the next 20 years
Quietly meeting dry air demand
As part of an upgrade to its production facility MERU, a producer of disability equipment, wanted to improve its compressed air set-up and opted for a Mark MSM 4kW DX compressor
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