The British Compressed Air Society is urging the industry to ensure that all employees that are responsible for maintaining compressed air systems are fully trained on the requirements of the Pressure Systems’ Safety Regulations 2000 (PSSR), and in particular, the importance of the written scheme of examination.
South West Water (SWW) has saved up to £25,000 on the running costs of its variable speed drives (VSDs) following a series of optimisation projects that have also avoided the added expense of needing to replace drives early.
Operating Germany’s largest escalator network in Munich, which transports over half a billion people through the Bavarian capital’s subway system every year, means the scale of any technical innovations can be immense.
Additive manufacturing is becoming more commonplace across a wide range of industries, but is still subject to porosity, a well-known issue that causes leak paths and results in high-value components being scrapped.
DPA speaks with Tom Alexander, President of Trio Motion Technology, and Dave Greensmith, Product Manager, about the expansion of its motion controller range, business during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the importance of the UK market.