News

Corus Process Engineering (CPE), part of Corus Northern Engineering Services (CNES) has successfully completed the manufacture and assembly of two, six-metre diameter steel lifting girdles that will be used to remove (lift and tail) the 400-tonne heat exchangers from the reactors at Calder Hall nuclear power plant in Cumbria.

Each reactor has four vertically mounted heat exchangers. These are located externally to the reactor building and were clad for insulation and weather protection. The heat exchangers weigh around 400 tonnes and measure 27m in length with a diameter of 5.5m. This will represent the largest ever lift in the UK nuclear industry. CPE delivered the lifting girdles to its customer Nuvia Limited (formerly NUKEM Limited) at the end of February 2008. Nuvia is one of several contractors chosen by Sellafield Limited to decommission the Calder Hall site.

CG Flooring Systems (CGFS) provided the perfect solution to a flooring problem for a multi-metal and steel stockholder, Aalco, at their Halesowen plant.

Aalco contacted CGFS with their flooring brief which required an initial survey. The                recommendation by CGFS was for slab and joint repairs, to be followed by the installation of a 10mm fast track cementitious pump screed for the warehouse flooring area.

It was discovered during the initial slab repairs that the concrete slab was not thick enough or strong enough to meet the client

CG Flooring Systems (CGFS) has successfully completed its biggest and most demanding project

When communication problems occur on a CAN-bus a powerful diagnostic tool is required, as many tools actually require the physical layers to be up and running before they can be used. The Fluke 120 enables a detailed investigation of the ‘physical layer’ bus signals themselves, to find the cause of communications problems. A free, downloadable Fluke Application Note ‘Verifying CAN bus signals with a Fluke ScopeMeter 120 Series’ explains how the 125 ScopeMeter, with its dual-input and steady signal display capability, can display, measure and zoom in on the bus signals. This can be downloaded via the Applications drop-down menu on the www.fluke.co.uk homepage.

The unique ‘Connect-and-View’ hands-off trigger functionality of the Fluke 125 recognises signal patterns and automatically sets up correct triggering. It provides a stable and repeatable display of virtually any signal. On-screen cursor measurements offer more detailed analysis of scope waveforms.
TrendPlot™ enables the Fluke 125 to act as a ‘paperless recorder’, capturing minimum and maximum peak values and averages over time for up to 16 days. The two inputs can plot any combination of volts, amps and temperature, with time and date stamps, to help to locate even the most intermittent of faults.

More information about Fluke products can be obtained from Fluke authorised distributors or via the Fluke UK web site at www.fluke.co.uk.

Infrared Thermography is the technique that uses a remote infrared imaging camera to record the invisible infrared energy being emitted from an object into a two dimensional picture.Thermal, or infrared energy, cannot usually be detected with the human eye because the wavelength is too long for the sensors in our eyes to detect it. Infrared radiation forms part of the electromagnetic spectrum and we often perceive it as heat.

 All objects above absolute zero emit infrared electromagnetic energy. Even cold objects, such as ice cubes, emit infrared radiation, but, the higher the temperature of an object, the greater the amount of infrared radiation that is emitted. The Infrared camera allows us to see what our eyes cannot!

Speedy Compressors, part of the Speedy Power Division, is committed to

UK businesses that fail to maintain their industrial doors, could not only be breaking the law but could also be at risk of lost production time, expensive breakdown costs, potentially serious accidents and even invalidating their insurance cover.  

Under the Workplace (Health, Safety & Welfare) Regulations 1992 employers are obliged to ensure that all machinery, including industrial doors, are fit for purpose, are in good repair and subject to a programme of regular maintenance carried out by a competent person with written records kept.  By neglecting the maintenance of industrial doors not only are employers, building owners and managers breaking the law, but they are also increasing the risk of a potentially serious accident. 

UK businesses that fail to maintain their industrial doors, could not only be breaking the law but could also be at risk of lost production time, expensive breakdown costs, potentially serious accidents and even invalidating their insurance cover.  

Under the Workplace (Health, Safety & Welfare) Regulations 1992 employers are obliged to ensure that all machinery, including industrial doors, are fit for purpose, are in good repair and subject to a programme of regular maintenance carried out by a competent person with written records kept.  By neglecting the maintenance of industrial doors not only are employers, building owners and managers breaking the law, but they are also increasing the risk of a potentially serious accident. 

The new PocketVibra from UK company C-Cubed allows maintenance personnel to easily track bearing performance, identify bearing faults and check mechanical systems for misalignment, balance and hotspots.  
Previously the domain of outsourced consultants, new technology, new PDAs and some good old British innovation now permit service managers to analyse vibration issues on the spot - for themselves - and to automatically trend results to allow predictive maintenance.