Editorial

KING depots in the UK hold vast stocks of pre-owned steam boilers of varied manufacture from 250lb/hr

BIB Cochran provides hot water solutions for both process and heating applications. BIB Cochran hot water plant is the trusted preference of many industries, ranging from hotel chains, bottling plants, food processing factories and a wide range of public buildings.

BIB Cochran hot water generating solutions employ high efficiency boiler designs from the Calpac, Clansman and Thermax HW ranges, plus advanced control options to ensure optimum efficiency throughout the boiler life.

Wellman Robey supply boilers and pressure vessels to a worldwide marketplace and provide CHP schemes, ultra low nox high efficiency boilers, steam and hot water boilers, pressure vessels and specialised solutions, as well as offering extensive aftercare relationships to our clients. We have achieved a reputation for providing quality products which meet future demands of economy, ecology and performance.

 

 

BABCOCK WANSON are specialists in industrial coil boilers offering a range of steam generators from 150 to 8000 Kg/h with operational pressures from 5 to 50 bar. The water volume is low and flows directly proportional to the desired steam output using a positive displacement water feed pump. In the high pressure HPVAP Series 100 bar is possible in a closed loop thermosyphon pumpless design offering very high overall plant efficiency without pressure vessels and suitable for a range of batch and variable process flow applications particularly in edible oil processing.

 

The next generation of CMMS has arrived!

Pirana is the revolutionary browser-based system for the integrated management of maintenance, materials, services and more. Streets ahead of the rest, Pirana sets new benchmark standards for CMMS simplicity, usability and affordability. Whatever the size of your organisation - micro-small to mega-multinational - Pirana can fit your needs like a glove. Internet, intranet and mobile phone deployment means you can access your system from anywhere.

The February 2010 edition of Engineering Maintenance Solutions magazine is now available to read online. This edition contains articles on achieving best practice in condition monitoring and plant maintenance. As well as special focuses on value driven  maintenance, ATEX Equipment and more as well as the latest industry news and products.

As assets become smarter and CMMS/EAM packages become more integrated across various asset classes within a manufacturing company, responsibility for facility management (including facility maintenance) has become spread over multiple departments. Historically, facility and plant maintenance were the sole responsibility of the Maintenance Department which ultimately reported to the Plant Manager or Works Manager.  However, plant equipment is the focus of most Maintenance departments in a manufacturing environment, except in the largest and most complex multi-site facilities.  

The contribution of maintenance to an organisation is unfortunately too often not fully understood until something goes wrong e.g. a failure of a significant plant item or asset.This will inevitably result in a consequential loss through the inability to produce or provide a service or the occurrence of an environmental health, safety or quality incident.

In Built to Last, authors Jim Collins and Jerry I. Porras determined that one factor in distinguishing a great company from a good one was what they called having “Big Hairy Audacious Ideas.” 

Companies that set almost inconceivable, outlandish goals tended to outperform those companies that toed the line and acted conservatively.  CWorks Systems, an 8-year-old software development company of CMMS (computerized maintenance management systems) with headquarters in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, is one company that believes in and is following this “big idea” road to success.

The versatility and simplicity of TCard systems makes them the most popular type of planning systems in use today.