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Rotork valve actuators assist high-tech upgrade at sewage membrane treatment plant
The Wessex Water sewage treatment works at Swanage utilises state-of-the-art membrane bioreactor technology to produce high quality effluent that exceeds EU standards and is cleaner than the sea into which it is discharged.
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Schaeffler’s bearing expertise helps achieve major engineering breakthrough in wave power technology
Working closely with engineers from Pelamis wave power, Schaeffler’s bearing specialists have enabled a major breakthrough in the design of the next generation of renewable wave energy converters. By pushing the boundaries of bearing and seal technology and by thinking ‘outside the box’, a new renewable energy solution has been made possible by the cooperation of two companies both keen to leave a long term legacy of clean energy.
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New design approach to slitting and rewinding delivers increased efficiencies
Ipswich-based Ashe Converting Equipment has set a new standard for film slitting machinery with the launch of the Jade series, which incorporates numerous innovative design features to address the problems associated with conventional machines. Helping enable many of these innovations are linear drives, ballscrew and pneumatic cylinders from Matara.
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Dry ice cleaning cuts packing machine maintenance downtime by 60% at Turners PPL
By utilising cryogenic (dry ice) cleaning technology from Polar Intelligent Cleaning Solutions (Polar ICS) on its weighing and packing machines, fresh produce pre-packer Turners PPL Ltd has reduced the overall time it takes to strip down, clean, refurbish and reassemble machines by 60 per cent, from five days down to two days, maximising machine availability and minimising production downtime costs.
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RAPIDSHIELD MAKES DISTRIBUTION CENTRE SAFER AND MORE PRODUCTIVE
Alan Phillips and his RapidShield team at Universal Highways have been working with a leading supermarket chain to revolutionize the way storage bay lines and safety symbols are applied in their distribution centres. As a result they have been able to provide operational cost savings, massive performance and life time benefits and created a more efficient and safer workplace.
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BDI hosts “historic” meeting between Britain’s leading universities, designers and innovators
“A unique opportunity for international designers and top universities to create world-changing innovations together”
Leading international designers and senior representatives from dozens of universities across the UK are to attend an inaugural meeting to consider how they can create world-changing innovations, products and processes together.
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