Around the Industry

The refurbishment of the famous Fraserburgh Fish Markets was part of a civil engineering project managed by The Halcrow Group of Glasgow on behalf of the market operators, The Fraserburgh Harbour Commissioners. Star Refrigeration were appointed as principal contractors for the project which, in addition to a refrigeration installation, also included the responsibility for the coordination of all associated works including building work, insulation, electrical, fire and security systems. Star Refrigeration specified BITZER compressor receiver sets for the refrigeration requirements of two fish market buildings each of approximately 4500m3 and having an operating temperature requirement of 0º- 2°C.

Seaward Electronic has upgraded its product literature in the form of a new catalogue detailing its full electrical safety testing range.

Hexis S.A. has won the prize Best Wide Format Outdoor Media of the Year 2008 for their V3000/V3100 vinyl film for solvent inkjet printers. The prize is based on the product’s “highly competitive price, compatibility and wide range of applications” says EDP (European Digital press Association) who each year select the winners of the prestigious award.

Pressworking specialist Bruderer UK, which is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, has further expanded its product portfolio by adding new metal stamping-related agencies. It is part of the reason that the company reported significantly increased turnover in 2007, not only in sales of its Swiss principal’s high-speed presses, but across all areas of its business including servo roll feeds, coil handling, tooling components and press ancillaries.

MAHLE Powertrain has relied on Crane Electronics’ torque control products for over a decade. Due to the increased level of testing required by MAHLE and their customers, they have decided to upgrade their equipment with the latest generation of Crane products. Dave Burton, Production Engineer, at the Wellingborough production plant in the UK explains: “We assemble engines and, depending on the project, typically checking one in 50 engines per shift basis to ensure high-quality tightening of nuts, bolts and fasteners.” Delivering the correct level of torque is crucial in the automotive industry: too little and joints may rattle and loosen with implicit safety implications. Alternatively, over tightening can mean fixings are taken past their yield point, which is just as dangerous, leading to early failure of the bolted joint.

Taipei benefits from a natural hot spring belt situated north of the city due to the island being located between an oceanic trench and volcanic system. This has proven to be a valuable resource for local residents, who utilise the source of hot water for everyday and leisure / spa usage. However, facilities staff at one of the newest housing developments have experienced severe scale build up due to the high levels of Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) in the water. The Tian Chuen Building suffered hard scale build up of 2mm in the hot water system’s stainless steel pipes, causing the pumps to become inefficient after only 6 weeks. Following research of the various options available, it was decided to trial Hydropath’s patented AquaKlear water conditioning unit for 4 months.

A new Customer Service Department has been created at Crane Electronics headed by new Customer Service Manager, John Bromwich. Under his leadership, the department is responsible for all UK customer support functions provided for end users and distributors of the company’s torque control products and services. These include the integration of training, commissioning, installations, technical product support, servicing and repair/ calibration activities.

Catalog Data Solutions today announced that Advanced Machine & Engineering has reported spectacular results from their CDS CAD Model download solution.

Ensuring that the physical layer of your data centre is working effectively and efficiently is now becoming a main priorty. As today it is not simply enough to hope that systems are performing productively, Rittal introduce RiView, a new service which offers existing data centres a comprehensive health review. The non-intrustive systematic analysis will identify any current or potential problem areas and offer recommendations to remedy the situation.

Thermal Energy International Inc. announced today it has entered into an agreement to acquire Bristol based Gardner Energy Management Ltd.