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Major new additions to the FibreGrid range

sept-15-m-26Major new additions to the FibreGrid range

Since the year 2000, FibreGrid has been leading the way in GRP safety flooring products: stair tread covers, step nosings, flat sheets, grating and more. FibreGrid also manufactures FibreRail – the bestselling ‘warm to touch’ handrail.

Now, to provide the ultimate one-stop shop, FibreGrid is expanding its range to include anti slip paints and coatings for floors and decking, safety tapes, anti slip sheets, rolls and treads. (Read More)

New Infrared Sensor Lets Engineers Check Temperatures with a Smartphone App

sept-15-m-25New Infrared Sensor Lets Engineers Check Temperatures with a Smartphone App

Calex Electronics Ltd announces the new PyroNFC, a small, low-cost infrared temperature sensor that lets engineers and machine operators use a smartphone app to check temperature measurements on the production line.

The PyroNFC sensor measures the temperature of surfaces in industrial processes without contact, and at just 29 mm in length, (Read More) 

Is Your Bekomat Condensate Drain Being Cared For?

sept-15-m-24Is Your Bekomat Condensate Drain Being Cared For?

It is widely accepted that the BEKOMAT condensate drain from BEKO TECHNOLOGIES Ltd is the world’s most reliable condensate drain.

With over three million fitted worldwide, it is also the most prolific by a long way.

The problem is that BEKOMAT is so reliable that customers often neglect to undertake the simple servicing requirements- indeed we have seen many examples of BEKOMAT’s functioning reliably (Read More) 

How Competent Is Competent?

sept-15-m-23How Competent Is Competent?

When millions of pounds worth of facility, equipment and production is reliant on the competency of the staff in that environment, it is fair to ask the question, actually how competent is ‘competent’ and what does that mean for potentially explosive environments?

The question is often asked “What is meant by competence?” Competence is commonly regarded to be the ability to perform the activities within an (Read More) 

New Surface Tolerant Technology Solves Maintenance Dilemma

sept-15-m-22New Surface Tolerant Technology Solves Maintenance Dilemma

Leaking oil tanks repaired in-situ with fast-curing epoxy composite

A UK oil supplier was faced with a major dilemma when a transformer oil storage tank began to leak in several places. As the tank was located in a confined space, it would be highly dangerous to repair the damage in-situ using hot work. If the tank was removed and repaired offsite, not only would this incur large amounts of downtime, (Read More) 

Composite Technology Doubles Life of Pipework

sept-15-m-21Composite Technology Doubles Life of Pipework

Severe corrosion kept at bay with hard-wearing epoxy material

The pipework at a coal fired power station in the UK was experiencing severe corrosion issues caused by abrasive limestone slurry material. Due to the extent of the damage, the average lifetime of the pipes had been dramatically reduced to less than six months before the pipe spool pieces had to be completely replaced. The station required a repair solution that would provide extremely (Read More) 

FLIR Systems Releases Groundbreaking High Definition Handheld Thermal Camera

sept-15-m-20FLIR Systems Releases Groundbreaking High Definition Handheld Thermal Camera

FLIR T1K Offers the Highest Quality Performance for Thermography Experts

West Malling, UK – September 8th, 2015 – FLIR Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: FLIR) today announced the release of the FLIR T1020, also known as the FLIR T1K, a premium thermal camera for use in a multitude of industrial and building diagnostics applications. The T1K is a high definition handheld instrument featuring (Read More) 

E2S Warning Signals launches two new product families at ADIPEC 2015

sept-15-m-19E2S Warning Signals launches two new product families at ADIPEC 2015

ADIPEC, Abu Dhabi, is a premier global show for the oil and gas industry and certainly the most important platform in the Middle East

At this year event on Stand 8320 in the UK Pavilion, E2S is launching two brand new families of alarm horn sounders and light strobes and introducing two ranges launched earlier in 2015. (Read More) 

Altitude™ Height Safety

sept-15-m-18Altitude™ Height Safety

Many professions, work environments and tasks involve activity above or even below ground level, meaning workers are exposed to the risk of falling a distance liable to cause injury – or even death.

As well as a moral obligation to ensure those workers’ safety, employers must comply with myriad legal duties with regard to work at height. (Read More)

A+A: Maximum load support with the new safety harness from Capital Safety

sept-15-m-17A+A: Maximum load support with the new safety harness from Capital Safety

Capital Safety, the world’s leading designer and manufacturer of height safety and fall protection equipment, will for the first time be presenting the most comfortable, lightest-wearing, truly innovative safety harness ever created at the A+A Work Safety trade fair in Düsseldorf. (Read More)