Magazine Features

Accurate Through-Coating Metal Thickness Inspection
Cygnus Instruments, the leading manufacturer of ultrasonic testing equipment, offers an extensive range of digital thickness gauges employed the Cygnus-pioneered Multiple Echo Technique to give accurate, error-checked measurements of remaining metal thickness through coatings. (Read More)

MISTRAS Pocket UTTM System
MISTRAS offers the innovative Pocket UTTM, a battery-operated, hand- held, stand-alone, full C-Scan data acquisition system.
Its portability and ease of use, coupled with its full A, B and C-Scan capability and optional TOFD capabilities, make the Pocket UTTM System (along with available companion scanners or other compatible (Read More)

OMS completes pipe end measurement surveys for GRTgaz
Speciallist pipe measurement technology company for the oil and gas industries, Optical Metrology Services (OMS) Ltd, has successfully completed
a series of pipe measurement surveys for GRTgaz, France’s largest natural gas operator.
GRTgaz operates and markets natural gas to the Public Distribution Systems in France
and to consumers (Read More)

Justification Of Planners
Planning is here defined as defined as the work done to decide: What work to do, How it will be done and How long time it will take.
Christer Idhammar is a world-renowned and multiple award winning Reliability and Maintenance Consultant and Guru. He
is the Founder and CEO of IDCON, INC in Raleigh NC, USA; (Read More)

Wanted – 350 senior engineers!
350 senior engineer vacancies were up for grabs at a recruitment event supported by the Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB) held by the global engineering firm Jacobs Engineering Group inc. at Middlesbrough F.C Riverside stadium yesterday.
Jacobs have 350 vacancies across all sectors of the business including; Piping & Mechanical, Project Controls and Project Management.
Don Atkinson the ECITB’s Regional Account Manager for the North East
said: “There are 2.58 million unemployed people in the UK but we are seeing unprecedented growth and investment in the engineering construction industry - the government recently announced a guaranteed £40 billion in 500 projects for the nations’ infrastructure. (Read More) Now the government has taken this step more and more engineering construction companies will be recruiting, it is an exciting time for the industry.
Projections show that the UK will need 40,000 more skilled people by 2020. It’s our role to work with organisations like Jacobs to attract, develop and qualify people for a career in the engineering construction industry. The ECITB invests about £20 million each year supporting apprentices, graduates and up-skilling the existing workforce.”
For more information about the ECITB go to: www.ecitb.org.uk
For more information about Jacobs Engineering, please go to: jacobs.com/ careers
Available for interviews:
Don Atkinson, Regional Account Manager for the North East, don. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 01642 777 719

Flexicon Integrate Bulk Handling Systems at PPMA
Flexicon Europe will deliver the greatest insight into its comprehensive range of bulk handling equipment and systems on stand F27 at the forthcoming PPMA exhibition taking place 25-27 September 2012 at the NEC, Birmingham. Production directors and managers looking to improve in-house efficiencies in the handling and transference of powders, flakes and granules should make the Flexicon stand F27 an essential scheduled stop.
On stand F27 Flexicon will introduce a number of bulk-bag delivery systems including a combination Bulk Bag Filler with Pallet Dispenser and Powered Roller Conveyor for safe high capacity, simultaneous filling of two bulk bags. There will also be an opportunity to see the latest pneumatic gain-in-weight filling system designed to automate delivery of free-flowing bulk solids from down-stream silos or processing lines to individual bulk bags. (Read More)

Hussmann Corporation selects aPriori’s Product Cost Management Platform
aPriori (www.apriori.com), a provider of product cost management software solutions, has announced that Hussmann Corporation,
a manufacturer of refrigerated and frozen food merchandising equipment, has selected aPriori’s software platform to help identify product cost savings and eliminate unnecessary costs earlier in the (Read More)

Pumps Can Run Dry Indefinitely
Pumps failing through running dry is not an uncommon problem but one that can be eliminated by using Hydra-Cell seal-less pumps from Wanner.
All pumps with dynamic seals could fall foul of the dry running problem. The liquids that these pumps move also act as the lubricant and cooling system for the pump. Friction of the mechanical seal faces running together without (Read More)

Trelleborg Sealing Solutions Is Looking For Ideas: Launching The Trelleborg Sealing Solutions Innovation Award
Trelleborg launches the Trelleborg Sealing Solutions Innovation Award. As Trelleborg continues to pioneer new sealing developments, ideas are being sought that can provide engineering, technology and design solutions for today and tomorrow. The competition is open to anyone, (Read More)

New Multi-Compartment Fume And Dust Extraction Filter Bags From Flextraction
Flextraction Ltd, supplier and manufacturer of Local Exhaust Ventilation (LEV) products has designed a new low cost, multi-compartment filter bag with an innovative folded construction, labyrinth, designed to fit into existing laser and solder fume extractors being used on laser, solder and other industrial fume and dust extraction applications. (Read More)