University Of Huddersfield Secures New £30 Million For Future Metrology Research Hub

The new Research Hub is one of six created by funding from Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

THE University of Huddersfield is to lead a new £30 million research centre to help transform UK manufacturing. (Read More)

Mark Provides Cooling For Candle Factory

Mark Climate Technology provides cooling for the factory Parcan BV in the hot summertime.

As one of the larger European candle producers, Parcan BV has a large and modern machinery. Together with the paraffin, this causes a high heat emission, which results in high indoor temperatures in the summer months. Mark Climate Technology has taken up the challenge (Read More) 

Top 5 Maintenance Tips For Your Cooling System

You’d be surprised if we compared a cooling system to a human! But in fact they aren’t too dissimilar...

Especially when you think that both man and machine need regular exercise, a proper looking after, the right food and good rest to be on top form. With that in mind, here are our top tips for keeping your cooling system in top-performing shape. (Read More)

Resistor Liquid Cooling Boosts 3.3kV Medium Voltage Loads

Slashes resistor footprint in industrial and marine applications

In motor driven applications like cranes, lifts, hoists and conveyors, air cooled resistors are common, but in medium voltage, high power applications liquid cooling wins out. A medium voltage drive running off a 3.3kV supply to turn a 500kW motor (Read More) 

Fresh Air Cooling Solution For Computer Room Cuts Energy Running Costs For Hospital

Klima-Therm has delivered a high efficiency cooling solution for a computer server room at Salisbury District Hospital that uses fresh air to augment mechanical cooling.

The computer room is the nerve centre of the hospital, and vital for all aspects of its operations. (Read More) 

Steam Versus Thermal Fluid

Steam has been a valuable servant to the human race, from a means of powering engines to a method of cooking food.

However, there’s one area where steam has been outdone in recent years – heat transfer using thermal fluid. Here Clive Jones, CEO of Global Heat Transfer outlines the benefits of using thermal fluids instead of steam in a heat transfer process. (Read More)

Innovative All-Welded Plate Technology Drives Growth In The Mature Heat Exchangers Market

Asia-Pacific energy sector offers strong opportunities for heat exchanger units, finds Frost & Sullivan’s Industrial and Process Control Team

Innovation is the key to stronger growth in the mature and traditionally risk-averse heat exchangers market. End users require energy efficiency, ease of maintenance, reduction of corrosion, (Read More) 

ABB Harmonics Surveys Keep Distortion In Check On-Site Surveys Ensure Companies Understand Their Harmonics Challenges

ABB offers harmonics surveys that help companies reduce the risk of harmonic distortion and ensure they comply with G5/4-1 recommendations.

The surveys, which are carried out by ABB or a member of its network of authorised value providers (AVPs), (Read More)

Variable-Speed Drives Boost Hotel Water Supply While Reducing Running Costs

Daresbury Park Hotel & Spa halves energy use and improves pump system uptime.

A 53 percent cut in energy use and a significant improvement in the uptime of a hot water pumping systems is the result of installing ABB drives at hotel in Warrington. (Read More)

The Season For Giving

REO UK donate to local cancer relief charity

Shropshire-based power quality specialist REO UK has traded in its Christmas cards for charity this year, donating the festive funds to Lingen Davies Cancer Fund. The donation will go towards the charity’s ongoing projects with the radiotherapy department at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital. (Read More)