Safety in workplaces has been brought to the forefront of business agendas in recent months, with the control of bacteria being more important than ever. Many facilities that relied on air conditioning to keep temperatures down have had to re-think their cooling solutions due to the hazards associated with the recirculation of air.

Thankfully for facilities managers, there is a cooling solution that is an effective alternative to air conditioning that will keep your people, processes and products cool, whilst diluting the bacteria in the air and creating a safer working environment. EcoCooling’s evaporative coolers use fresh air to cool large spaces and are the ideal solution for maintaining internal temperatures below 25°C all year round.

Hi-line Industries, the UK’s leading designer, manufacturer and installer of air/gas dryers and nitrogen generators, is lending its support to the NHS in combating the current COVID-19 pandemic.

The company’s fabrication department have been working round the clock to build and despatch medical gas dryers for a number of new NHS Nightingale and existing hospitals, supplying equipment against stringent deadlines. As key workers in the crisis, their service department is remaining open to support the NHS and customers in essential industries such as medical, healthcare and food manufacturing.

Process steam and heat transfer specialist Fulton has launched SCOPE, an all-new, PLC-based boiler sequencing control system that can optimise installations to ensure energy efficient operation and improve boiler longevity.

With many facilities operating multiple boilers for their processes, SCOPE is a universal control system suitable for sequencing up to four steam boilers, which can be retrofitted to existing vertical and horizontal fuel-fired boiler installations, including Fulton’s own range of existing and planned products and those manufactured by other boiler OEMs.

King’s Boiler Hire have worked tirelessly throughout the COVID-19 pandemic keeping hospital, care home and food processing clients running during this difficult time.

Offering boiler units ranging from 1,500lb/hr to 17,500 lb/hr with fast, Nationwide delivery available 24/7,  King’s Boiler Hire is the UK’s No.1 choice for emergency boiler hire.

Specialist PPE for highly advanced hearing protection, face protection and communication solutions. 

Using high quality materials, all Hellberg Safety products are developed and independently tested in “real-life” situations for optimal performance to deliver products that are comfortable and reliable in any risk environment. 

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Everyone needs to be cool, dry and safe at work this summer - to maintain wellbeing and working efficiency on site. That’s why Snickers’ new Topwear will make work this summer a real breeze! 

By Emma Ryde, Rittal’s Product Manager Industrial & Outdoor Enclosures

Food and beverage manufacturers of all sizes are facing huge operational challenges right now. 

Sudden increases in consumer demand, shifting expectations, changes in food safety legislation, and emerging technologies, all require companies to be responsive, agile and flexible.  There is also the matter of ensuring seamless production continuity, to ensure consumer confidence around maintaining food and beverage supplies.

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Problem

Across all  their Water Utility sites, the number one cause of system failure is bearing faults. Over 90% of cases failure was due to the lubrication condition/deterioration. The clients challenge, in between visits from a Vibration Consultant, is to find a low cost, easy to use, method to measure and ensure that the new grease is getting to the bearing. And where a risk is found a method to monitor the risk of failure. Failing to ensure this is resulting in unscheduled, extremely costly, bearing replacements and secondary damage. A bearing change onsite is £3,000, if they are unable to be replaced on site the cost can be upwards of £15,000 (consider the downtime and risk to the plant if the asset needs to be sent away). Therefore, by knowing the bearing condition and changing on demand in a controlled situation would save a lot of money and reduce the risk of system failure to the business.