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The makers of a well-known chocolate ice cream on a stick wanted to maintain high-volume production levels, but reduce their compressed air consumption.

Compressed air is an essential part of the diet of any production facility – and the food manufacturing sector is no exception.

When there’s an issue of repeated gearbox failure, the obvious route to resolving it is via the gearbox. But the obvious answer is not always the right answer..

The fact of the matter is that there is never a good time for equipment failure, which is particularly true when you are a leading cereal manufacturer, and...

Working to provide tools that exactly fit your customer’s needs has always been the driving motivation of Piab’s research and development ethos, and their...

It’s a situation any engineer will relate to. A failed asset. A constantly evolving situation. The costs of downtime rapidly racking-up. You’re in it up to...

Although most conveyor chains these days are wedge riveted as standard, the option to specify spin riveting is an important one and should be considered for...

All mechanical components have a finite life, determined by factors like design, quality, operating conditions, and load cycles. In today’s high-volume and...

Most industry experts agree: 8 out of 10 bearing failures are not the result of bearing faults. They’re caused by poor lubrication management and...

Listen to any interview with a Government spokesperson or, on the increasingly rare occasions they’re allowed to be interviewed, a Government Minister, and...

Corrosion, erosion, cavitation and mechanical damage all cause wear to pump castings, impellers and volutes. But they can all be effectively and economically...

There’s steam and there’s high-quality steam. There are pump solutions and intelligent pump solutions. ERIKS and Grundfos proved the difference at a distillery.