Around the Industry

Hunmanby based noise measurement instrument manufacturer Cirrus Research plc has successfully achieved registration to the internationally recognised internal quality management standard ISO 9001:2000. The revised ISO 9001 has a much greater focus on the management and measurement of business processes and their continuous improvement

General Monitors is pleased to announce its partnership with ELPRO Technologies (Stafford, Australia) in offering wireless technology and communications for its advanced gas and flame detector product lines, which provide critical protection to people, equipment, and plants engaged in hazardous industries worldwide.

Grace Engineered Products’ Phil Allen recently returned from a trip to China where he addressed more than 150 Chinese college business students on the issues pertaining to American small business owners.

QuickSilver Controls now has solid models for its motors and controllers. These models allow the designer to easily drop our motors and controllers in into their application’s solid model. They are available in STEP format (.stp). 3D views which allow rotation and zoom are available in Acrobat 3D format.

As part of MoMA’s “Design and the Elastic Mind” exhibition, Hoberman Associates chose QuickSilver Controls to move the panels on its Emergent Surface sculpture. Emergent Surface is a transformable wall of 26 panels each controlled by a QuickSilver servo motor. The sculpture consists of 7 floor to ceiling poles each affixed with 3 or 4 servo controlled panels. The poles are of varying slopes such that the wall appears flat or twisted depending on your perspective. The wall can transform from solid to nearly invisible in a few seconds. Each panel is individually controlled allowing for a myriad of patterns.

Global demand for industrial valves is forecast to increase 4.4 percent annually through 2011 to $77.6 billion. Gains will be driven by a healthy outlook for the global economy, leading to increased fixed investment activity in key valve markets such as the US, China and Germany. Valve demand in the energy production sector will also benefit from a pickup in primary energy consumption in mature markets like North America, as well as in developing valve markets such as Latin America. These and other trends are presented in World Industrial Valves, a new study from The Freedonia Group, Inc., a Cleveland-based industry market research firm.

The mining industry of South Wales today may be a fraction of its former self, but the region’s days as an important energy producer are not yet over. When competition from large scale open-cast mining elsewhere forced the majority of the deep underground mines that once littered the valleys to close, millions of tonnes of high quality coal was left in them. Today, with energy prices at record levels and a new focus on reduced reliance on imported oil, entrepreneurs are revisiting the UK’s coal seams to see if they can once again be exploited profitably.

With international competition continuing to bear down on UK manufacturing industry, Birmingham City University’s Technology Innovation Centre (TIC) is helping companies strengthen their position on every front.

Red Rooster Industrial (UK) Ltd have expanded their operation by the opening of a new branch in the West Midlands, and are pleased to announce the appointment of Andy Palmer as Depot Manager.

Finding an alternative to the Carcinogen Trichloroethylene for critical degreasing is no longer a challenge. Aerospace approvals recommend EnSolv 5408 as the popular choice.