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One of the biggest challenges in maintaining a safe facility is information management. There are Lockout/Tagout procedures, confined space permits, maintenance schedules and other important documents. They all need to be regularly updated and reviewed. Discover how you can easily manage your safety procedures with LINK360 Software from Brady!

At Brady, we provide personalised consultation services to improve employee safety, productivity and equipment reliability, both today and down the road.

Link360™ Software is the first software to give you a complete view of the activities associated with creating, reviewing and updating visual information.

Link360 Software enables users to create, scale, update and validate visually instructive safety procedures. The software provides an easy way to keep safety procedures accurate, compliant and sustainable in multiple facilities.

• Create clear and easy-to-follow, visually instructive safety procedures
• Quickly scale and deploy standardised and approved safety procedures across facilities

Interested? Go for free 30 day trial!

Easily complete procedures using a smartphone

The Smart Lockout App sends the most recently approved, and relevant Lockout/Tagout procedures from LINK360 to the smartphones of coworkers servicing specific machines. Via their smartphone, coworkers receive one lockout instruction at a time and can confirm its completion before receiving the next step. The smart lockout app can send a report back to LINK360 including all lockout procedure steps marked as completed.

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Critical on-site inspection and removal of roller conveyors for ski-slope chairlifts high in the Italian Alps is being made easier and safer using a battery powered, Enerpac XC-Pump and torque wrench kit. Ensuring the smooth running of the roller conveyors used to support steel wire cable is essential to the safe operation and movement of chairlifts between the departure and arrival stations via intermediate pylons.

Inspecting the 16 pylon roller conveyors ahead of the skiing season involves checking the integrity of the conveyors bolting through torque checking and visual inspection.  A W2000X Enerpac Torque Wrench fitted with a hexagonal cassette in a range of sizes up to 46 mm is used, in combination with the XC-Pump battery pump. When inspecting the pylon roller conveyors, where the engineer is working at heights up to 25 m, the portability of the XC-Pump is vital.

“The XC-Pump is ideal for this kind of application in remote, and often difficult to access locations and where power may not be readily available,” says Silvio Di Matteo, Enerpac

Account Manager Tools – North Italy. “The combination of Enerpac torque wrench and XC-Pump allows both inspection and removal of the roller conveyors to be accomplished with a single tool set. It is also much safer for the operator by avoiding the use of manual wrenches with extensions to generate high torques (over 1200 Nm), especially when working at height.”

Typically, every five years the pylon roller conveyors assemblies are removed completely for detailed workshop inspection and maintenance, here too the Enerpac torque wrench and XC-Pump are used. In the workshop, the roller conveyors are disassembled to check the components that cannot be seen during interim inspections, especially the pins. Both visual checks and NDT (non-destructive testing) are carried out on the pins. Then, the pin bushings and the roller bearings are changed. In addition, all welds are checked with magnetoscopic and ultrasound examinations.

For more information on Enerpac Torque Wrenches and the battery-powered, XC-Pump, visit www.enerpac.com.

Leading global provider of mission critical air and gas handling products, technologies and services, Howden, has won two awards in the annual Hydrogen Future Awards: Hydrogen Rising Star Company of the Year and Hydrogen Transport of the Year.

The awards were presented at Connecting Green Hydrogen MENA 2022 on 30 March. The Hydrogen Rising Star Company of the Year award honours Howden’s role over the past year in providing reliable hydrogen compression solutions to a number of global projects. These major milestone developments are supporting key industries reduce their consumption and reliance on fossil fuels, including the world’s first green steel plant, the world’s first eFuels plant, Europe’s largest bio-fuels refinery, and one of the world’s first green oil refineries. A number of the projects were developed with the highest levels of safety considerations and are already in operation, working to reduce carbon emissions.

The Hydrogen Transport of the Year award recognises the solutions Howden provided to the world’s largest hydrogen refuelling station (HRS) for HyPower: the Beijing Daxing HRS in China. 

The installation, which was completed safely in January 2021, has enabled the HRS to compress 4.8 tonnes per day of hydrogen and refuel up to 600 hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, including large vehicles such as trucks and buses. This flagship facility is a crucial part of the Beijing International Hydrogen Energy Demonstration Zone, an innovative ecosystem that that integrates research & development, test and production related to hydrogen energy. Howden’s role for the HRS project confirms the company’s position as a leading provider of cost effective, reliable and safe hydrogen compression solutions in direct support of projects that address climate change.

Salah Mahdy, Global Director, Renewable Hydrogen at Howden, comments: “This is a proud moment for our hydrogen team as we receive global recognition for our achievements and for the investments we have made in innovation to support the energy transition. Our efforts in R&D are bearing fruit as we support the development and use of hydrogen and fuel cells into commercially viable technologies.

“At Howden, we consider every operator experience as unique and for Howden, the technology deployed is just as important as the way it is applied. Of particular importance to us has been the safe and efficient application of technology, enabling us to demonstrate our skills as a market leader in the sector.”

The Howden team in China responded to a short lead time requirement for the project and worked closely with HyPower to provide the solution necessary to keep this important HRS running. Howden has a long history and strong presence in China with over 1,000 employees operating in offices and service centres across seven cities and a large manufacturing centre that serves customers across the country.

Howden recently announced its target to be carbon Net Zero by 2035 through the purchase of renewable energy and carbon free energy; efficiency gains from energy conservation measures; and by renewable energy projects at its manufacturing facilities. The largest impact the business will have on global sustainability will be through its partnership with customers to supply equipment that will make a major impact on their carbon emissions and sustainability.

Connecting Green Hydrogen MENA 2022 (CGHM2022) is the premium conference and exhibition committed to expediting the development of green hydrogen in Middle East and North Africa, gathering international policymakers, power producers, investors, suppliers and technical service providers together to build business partnership. The Hydrogen Future Awards 2022 provide an annual opportunity to recognise excellence and achievement across the hydrogen sector.

Lithium-ion batteries are now an essential part of our everyday lives. They have proven themselves for many years due to their high efficiency as rechargeable energy storage in small appliances such as mobile phones, notebooks, cameras, tools and model making. Lithium-ion batteries have now also made their way into electric cars, bicycles, forklift trucks and battery energy storage systems (BESS).

Biological Service Ensures High Gas Yield of Waste Plant

A biogas plant of WELTEC BIOPOWER recently went live in Saitama Prefecture, 40 km north of Tokyo. The facility – which is equipped with a 450-kW cogeneration power plant – is the fourth project to be rolled out by the German manufacturer in Japan. In terms of substrates, the operator makes use of organic leftovers from the vicinity. Since the raw material mix varies, WELTEC ensures a steady biogas output with its biological service. This special service of the biogas specialist also comprises another plant of the same customer.

Even after the reactor accident in Fukushima back in 2011, Japan continues to use nuclear power. However, renewable energies are consistently expanded and already account for a fifth of the power generated. Above all, leftovers are the preferred substrates in Japan. The biogas plant in Saitama, too, digests some 12,000 t of organic waste into energy. The substrate mix consists of organic waste and cattle manure from a nearby farm that belongs to the operator. The largely liquid organics are introduced to the digester by means of a central pump. Solid feedstocks are transported by a dosing feeder with a capacity of 27 m³.

To ensure efficient digestion of this mixture, WELTEC BIOPOWER has set up a stainless-steel digester with a capacity of 2,823 m³. Its diameter measures 25.34 m, and its height is 6.3 m. The upstream substrate storage tank, which is made of stainless steel, has a capacity of 336 m³, a diameter of 9.31 m and a height of 5.03 m. The 525-m³ digestate storage tank (diameter 11.64 m, height 5.03 m), too, is made of high-quality stainless steel.

Onshore production of Oil and Gas is used for the extraction of Oil and Gas from reserves deep below ground. Responsible for approximately 2% of total UK supply, it is still a vital source of Oil, producing approximately 14000-15000 barrels per day. 

To achieve maximum recovery of oil from wells, water is injected into underground wells, flooding the area, and as oil is less dense than the water, oil is brought to the surface and recovered using Oily water separators.

The water used to undertake this process is known as produced water, where after recovery it is recycled and reinjected back into wells. Often Saline or Brackish in nature, it can contain dissolved solids, silt and other particles present within a wells environment.

The TTS family is getting a new member in the form of a color-customizable variant, called: TTS RGB. All TTS switches use the highly precise Time-of-Flight (ToF) technology. Light is emitted by a transmitter and reflected by one or more objects. The reflected light beams are then detected and the distance is determined from the time of flight.

Colorful ring illumination

In addition to the pre-programmed bicolor switches, which are available in "Momentary" and "Latching" versions, the new RGB variant makes things much more colorful. Depending on the wiring, the customer can easily set the ring illumination color as desired.

The flour milling industry plays a vital role in feeding the population but it hides an often-underestimated danger. Flour explosions are a risk to flour mills and can lead to the destruction of property and serious harm or death for workers. Here Isaac Noble, product manager at electrical connector specialist PEI-Genesis, discusses the hazards in flour mills and how connectors can be used to minimise the risk of explosion.

Flour explosions are typically caused by the build-up of flour particulates over time. The danger lies when airborne flour dust comes into contact with a spark from an ignition source, such as a faulty wiring circuit, which ignites the flour in the air. Flour is also 35 times more combustible than coal-dust. It’s mostly made of starch, a highly flammable complex carbohydrate that consists of glucose molecules. Only one to two grams of dust per cubic foot of air makes the mixture ignitable.

How can electrical connectors minimise flour explosions?

Preventative maintenance and consistent cleanliness are crucial to stopping dust build-up but plant operators can also take other measures to avoid incidents. Electrical connectors can minimise dust explosions by ensuring there won’t be any sparks coming from the connector to ignite the dust. Having a controlled and protected area where the wires go into the connector, or where the contacts mate, can reduce the chance of a spark. Connectors also need to be ingress protected to keep dust out of the connector.  

Statistics from the Department of Transportation reveal that 21,539 hazardous material incidents occurred within 2021 in the United States alone. These incidences can have a detrimental effect on the environment and public health, in the long and short term. With increasing scrutiny on companies and individuals to meet stricter environmental targets, mitigating and preventing hazardous material incidents is a key step to creating a cleaner, greener future.

To protect both the environment and public health, it is first important to identify what hazardous materials are and understand how they are categorised. Following this, examining what processes are currently in place, and how these can be improved to prevent hazardous materials from endangering people, entering waterways, and contaminating soil, is the crucial step to reducing the impact of hazardous material spills. 

Health and safety professionals are the key to understanding, maintaining, and reducing the risks associated. To reduce the rate of incidents, education and awareness of hazardous materials and their impact are critical tools that should be added to any health and safety professional’s toolkit.

ION Science, a leading UK OEM for gas detection instrumentation, has partnered with Health & Safety Matters to deliver a free webinar on this topic. The webinar will cover the importance of understanding the dangers associated with hazardous material spillages, and the consequences on public health, wildlife, and the environment.

This webinar will include focus on the following areas:

• How HAZMAT spills can occur
• Current HAZMAT processes
• The health effects spills can cause
• The environmental impact of spills (including soil contamination)
• How PID technology can identify and track spills and contamination
• Live Q&A session

Register for free today and join this webinar with ION Science and Health & Safety Matters on the 20^th April 2022 at 10.30am GMT. Find out more about how you can help prevent hazardous spills and identify, detect and prevent hazardous material spills from impacting the public and the environment.

Sign up today: https://events.streamgo.live/hazardous-materials-spills-soil-contamination-20th-april-2022/register

CheMondis, the leading marketplace for chemicals in Europe, has partnered with trustshare, an escrow infrastructure for online B2B marketplaces. CheMondis will offer all buyers and suppliers a simple, fast and cost-efficient way to pay while ensuring maximal protection for both parties.

The platform helps buyers and suppliers to establish new business relationships, it automates order flows for existing business relationships and it provides profound data insights for market participants to improve their business efficiency. The platform has now made the next step to facilitate digital trade: the launch of online payment and escrow services for their users.

The new feature is enabled by a partnership with trustshare, an escrow infrastructure developed primarily for B2B marketplaces like CheMondis. It allows buyers and suppliers to choose a safe way of payment directly embedded into the platform. Next to the mere transfer of funds, this payment service includes an escrow option, which adds extra security and trust to the network. The buyer pays in advance; yet funds are only released after successful and satisfactory shipment and delivery.