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When there were repeated breakdowns at Europe’s first fully-looping rollercoaster, they needed a head for heights as well as their usual engineering know-how...

Lost production is the problem no-one wants to have. Whatever the cause, it’s always essential to get your line back up-and-running as soon as possible....

…the chances are you’d find numerous leaks, many old hoses overdue for replacement, and several corroding connections. Or, countless accidents waiting to happen

If you enjoy a whisky now and again, you probably also enjoy a top-up. But when you’re responsible for lubricating your mechanical assets, topping-up is just on

Improve efficiency. Maximise reliability. Employ innovative technology. Seek continuous improvement. They’re not things ERIKS recommends only for customers...

‘If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it’ is not a valid philosophy for any organisation concerned about its energy efficiency and carbon footprint. So even though a...

Being responsible for supplying drinking water is something we as consumers take for granted, and any interruptions to the supply is a massive problem, the...

Failures can be presented from a variety of scenarios - incorrect maintenance activities, lack of regular maintenance schedules, improper installation, or the..

With severe commuter delays and distruption to the local community, a complex sheave redesign, from scratch, was required to recommission a public ferry...

For an engineer, what’s worse than an asset failure? Repeated failures of the same asset. But what’s even more frustrating, is repeated asset failures with no..

Asset failures are one of the biggest burdens for engineering managers and manufacturing plants in their attempt to drive down costs and overheads. Failure to..

Apologies to engineers across the country. But depending on where you work, you’ll know that a Birmingham, Glasgow or Manchester screwdriver is a hammer...