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AUMA electric actuators replace pneumatic technology

High maintenance costs of pneumatic actuation technology for valve control, with its associated compressed air supply, were reviewed as part of a modernisation initiative at the Schmidtsche Quelle water treatment plant in Heidelberg, Germany. As a result, the public utility, Stadtwerke Heidelberg replaced approximately 50 pneumatic devices with AUMA SGC electric actuators. Leakage in the compressed air system was recognised as representing an ... [more]

New Fluke Energy Efficiency portal

Fluke has developed an Energy Efficiency portal on its UK web site to help maintenance professionals understand ways to manage energy efficiency in a facility in order to save money. It provides guidance in the use of Fluke tools to identify electrical waste, production process waste and building infrastructure waste and ways in which to minimise them. Just one of a series of ‘Solution Centers’ which contain a library of information and programs,... [more]

Opus Energy portal gives energy brokers complete control

Energy brokers are being offered greater control and transparency with an innovative new online portal from business energy supplier Opus Energy, which is set to transform the tendering process. The new portal allows energy brokers to track the entire tendering process easily and view real-time statuses online. Brokers are also able to request to re-quote and accept quotations via the portal, instead of using the traditional approach of phonin... [more]

IRISS WINS INDUSTRY AWARD FOR UNIQUE SAFETY DEVICE

More than 70,000 people involved in the specification of health and safety products for manufacturing facilities of all sizes were asked to vote for their top safety products. The poll was conducted by US industrial magazine, ISHN, which provides a combination of product news and detailed insight into new health and safety regulations. The winners have now been announced and IRISS is delighted to confirm that its CAP-4-US was judged to be the... [more]

New Fluke Connect™ system transfers measurement data from test tools to smart phones and the cloud

The largest system of connected test tools in the world The new Fluke Connect™ system allows maintenance technicians to wirelessly transmit measurement data from Fluke test tools to their smart phone for secure storage on the cloud, thus enabling access by any team member in the field. The Fluke Connect app can be downloaded free from the Apple App Store and the Google Play Store. More than twenty Fluke tools connect wirelessly with the Connec... [more]

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