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Compressed Air Filter Replacement: More Safety and Efficiency

july13-15Compressed Air Filter Replacement: More Safety and Efficiency

The right timing is what matters

It could all be so simple in compressed air filtration: The comparison of filter performance data is today possible with standard ISO 12500 and registering operating hours is as easy as reading the differential pressure indicator. However, the energy conditions of air filtration still receive very little (Read More)

Dialight Launches Emergency Version of its SafeSite® Stainless Steel ATEX/IECEx LED Linear Luminaire

july13-14Dialight Launches Emergency Version of its SafeSite® Stainless Steel ATEX/IECEx LED Linear Luminaire

Next generation Zone 1 LED fitting delivers three hours of illumination on battery backup for superior safety and reliability in hazardous areas.

Dialight has launched an emergency version of its SafeSite® Stainless Steel LED Linear Luminaire with integrated battery. The new LED emergency light operates from -20°C to +60°C and will deliver at least three and up to eight hours (Read More)

Problem Solved

july13-13Problem Solved

Once you’ve filled a drum or intermediate bulk container (IBC), how are you going to move it? Cornwall, UK-based Bespoke Handling Equipment (STS) has the answer.

Producing highly innovative materials handling products for numerous applications within the chemical, petrochemical, paints, inks, offshore and pharmaceutical industries among others, STS is enjoying ongoing growth despite the prevailing economic mood, even taking on new staff at a time when many others are shedding theirs. (Read More) 

Intertek opens licensed CompEx centre in Scotland

Intertek opens licensed CompEx centre in Scotland

Intertek, a leading provider of quality and safety solutions to industries around the world, announces the opening of their new hazardous area competency validation centre in Grangemouth, Scotland.

Scotland has long been a strategic location for the oil and gas sector with many of the worlds leading energy brands, operating out of the region. The CompEx facility, which is currently Scotland’s only centre offering CompEx units Ex12 ‘Application Design Engineers’ and Ex11 Mechanical.

Talban Sohi, Director of Intertek’s UK operations said “ We are pleased to open this new competency validation centre in the heart of the oil and gas community, which joins Intertek’s facilities in our global network across more than 100 countries. Ensuring staff competency in hazardous locations, is key to our clients reducing (Read More)

Denso Products Chosen For New Scrabster Harbour Quay

july13-12Denso Products Chosen For New Scrabster Harbour Quay

R J McLeod have recently completed a £16.93M contract to replace the existing quay at Scrabster Harbour in the north of Scotland to provide a multi-function quay to serve oil and gas, renewables and fishing industries.

Several types of Winn & Coales Denso protective tapes were used in the total project.

The works included demolition of existing (Read More) 

Bifold, Official Partner Of The Marussia F1TM Team Have Developed Sophisticated Configurators To Make Valve Selection Effortless

july13-11Bifold, Official Partner Of The Marussia F1TM Team Have Developed Sophisticated Configurators To Make Valve Selection Effortless

Unique Valve and Manifold Configurators: With Bifold, you can use our unique online drag and drop Modular Manifold Configurator to design highly bespoke manifold systems effortlessly.

The manifold can be designed from the circuit sequence down to the orientation of individual modules to your (Read More)

Thermal Imaging for Predictive Maintenance and Fault Finding In Zone 1 Hazardous Areas

july13-10Thermal Imaging for Predictive Maintenance and Fault Finding In Zone 1 Hazardous Areas

For general industry, the last ten years has seen a revolution in the power of thermal imaging cameras and a dramatic decline in the cost of thermal imaging cameras.

Cameras have reduced from shoulder mounted monstrosities to almost “pocket” size over the last 20 years, and they are usable for anyone who can operate a digital camera – and that means everyone. That is not to say that there (Read More)

Looking Forward To The Next 50 Years

july13-9Looking Forward To The Next 50 Years

Over the past decades, Aberdeen has grown confidently into its role as Europe’s capital of the oil and gas industry.

In the early days of the UK offshore industry in the 1970s and 80s, Aberdeen was one of the centres from which global companies made numerous North Sea oil and gas discoveries and then went on to develop one of the UK’s major industrial and commercial success stories. In recent years, the city has also transformed into a (Read More)

Functional Safety Engineer (TÜV Rheinland) Training Manchester, October 14-17.

july13-8Functional Safety Engineer (TÜV Rheinland) Training Manchester, October 14-17.

Exloc Instruments UK Ltd was formed in 2012 to bring to the UK the success that Exloc Instruments Inc have been enjoying in North America for many years.

Based in the North of England, Exloc Instruments provide instrumentation products for the process industry, specialising in the supply of interfacing, display and alarm solutions. (Read More)

GexCon Has A Staff Of Highly Qualified Personnel, Which Can Offer Safety Services For All Types Of Installations where flammable or hazardous materials are handled or present a danger, or where the consequence of gas dispersion, fire, explosion in

july13-7GexCon Has A Staff Of Highly Qualified Personnel, Which Can Offer Safety Services For All Types Of Installations

where flammable or hazardous materials are handled or present a danger, or where the consequence of gas dispersion, fire, explosion including civil contingency and emergency planning needs advanced modelling.

Having the legacy of being owned by a highly respected research institute and providing solutions to understanding (Read More)