Capital Equipment

Based in Lincolnshire, major integrated waste management facility (IWMF) discovered that the alternator mounted on the rear of its main steam turbine was becoming increasingly contaminated with dirt and dust, so the plant´s technical team took the decision to commission a total overhaul of the system.

The UK’s largest independent petrol station and forecourt retail company, MRH, has signed a three-year deal with national water retailer Wave to supply water and wastewater services which will deliver cost savings of least £67,000. The company owns more than 489 sites in England and Scotland, most of which are branded Esso, BP or Shell.

Boilers are used by many industrial and commercial businesses as an integral part of their operations and very often they are one of the larger costs for the business. In many cases, the flue chimney is fitted with an economiser which reuses some of the heat energy in the flue gases to heat the boiler feed water. Understanding the design and operation of the economiser helps when assessing equipment for repair, refurbishment or replacement.

Awarded a £1,000,000+ contract to manufacture and install the structural steelwork package, A&J Fabtech will be working with the UK’s largest membrane bioreactor (MBR) system at a sewage treatment works on the South coast that is being upgraded to accommodate the population growth in its catchment area.

Switching water and wastewater supply for all 27 of its sites in England, Roadchef has turned to Wave after it achieved efficiency savings of more than £90,000 across its three Scottish sites in just three years. A new three-year contract with Wave consolidates all 30 of Roadchef’s sites in England and Scotland under a single deal for all water and wastewater services, including monthly meter reads.

There is always the chance that economisers will slash the energy and environmental costs from boilers, as they have the potential to do so. However, the way economisers are designed and manufactured plays a major role in determining to what extent they can lower a boiler’s energy requirement and environmental impact.

When you need to build new loading bays, the disruption that comes with it can be a daunting prospect for some owners and operators of logistics centres and manufacturing plants. An option that may be an attractive alternative is precast concrete loading bays, suggests Paul Rudge, Area Sales Manager with sara LBS.

It is not always that often that building projects run to plan, therefore contractors need to be flexible and ready to adapt to changing circumstances. Guy Windle, Area Sales Manager for sara LBS (Loading Bay Specialists) explained how his company’s proactive approach to installations helps main contractors maintain smooth and efficient progress.

Used around the world for a variety of applications, pressure vessels can be found in water treatment, food manufacture, scientific research and industrial manufacturing. Such diversity means that the designs for individual applications are often unique or built in very low volumes, so creating these vessels requires flexibility as well as considerable manufacturing expertise.

When is a door not a door? This is not a trick question, as according to Nick Cox, a manager with sara LBS, the answer is when it is a high-performance business asset. For business premises and other work-related buildings, such as hospitals, schools, theatres and sports venues, doors must provide security against unauthorised access as well as fire safety, without compromising the efficient passage of people, products and equipment.