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The International Society of Automation (ISA) is proud to announce the winners of the 2011 ISA Educational Foundation Scholarships.

The paper and pulp industry is an energy and emission intensive industry. Steam is an essential part of the paper making process with steam boilers, steam distribution systems and other processes accounting for a large percentage of a paper mill’s energy costs. Useful energy is often lost from boilers and process equipment such as heat exchangers, dryers, evaporators etc, as well as from transporting steam from boilers to different areas of th...

A performance analysis carried out by Queen’s University, Belfast into efficiency of steam traps has shown that, over varying condensate loads and steam pressures, the GEM venturi trap, manufactured by Thermal Energy International Inc., is the most efficient steam trap available. The testing was undertaken under the supervision of Dr Gavin Walker BSc, MSc, PhD, Senior Lecturer in Chemical Engineering at Queen’s University, Belfast and carrie...

Joanna Canton has been appointed Marketing Communications Manager for Atlas Copco Compressors UK Ltd. Commenting on her new position, Joanna said: “I am looking forward to returning to Atlas Copco Compressors in the UK and leading its communications activities. I aim to show how Atlas Copco has emerged from a tough economic situation still as a leading supplier to the manufacturing, process and construction industries, and how the company’s p...

Atlas Copco Compressors has made major investment in its UK CustomDesign engineering facility based in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire. As one of the strategically located CustomDesign engineering centres, the UK workshop now plays a major role in the supply of bespoke solutions across the globe. The end products are modular ‘plug and play’ packaged solutions, custom built and shipped with all components, such as compressors, air treatment, dr...

Local Wolverhampton firm, Medical Devices Technology International Ltd has successfully reached the final stages of judging in the West Midlands’ annual Lord Stafford Awards.

Accelerating biomarker identification for cancer and other diseases may speed development of diagnostic tests that enable earlier disease detection

Jena Tec has secured a long term contract with a customer in China for the supply of a high precision spindle used in an accurate CNC turning machine. The Asian customer will be producing highly accurate machine tools principally for export to Europe and North America and will utilise Jena Tec’s high performance spindle to satisfy the demanding requirements of small precision turned components.

Micronor’s MR318 MRI-compatible Fiber Optic Rotary Encoder has won Control Engineering magazine's 2010 Engineer's Choice Award for Motion Control products. With a combined print and e-zine readership of nearly 90,000, CE readers voted for the best products in 29 different subcategories. The honor recognizes Micronor continued leadership in all-optical, 100%-passive fiber optic encoders for motion control and position sensing.

SKF has sponsored one of the winning teams at this year’s Formula Student competition, which saw over 100 teams of undergraduate and graduate engineers from all over the world compete with a car they had designed and manufactured. With SKF support, the UH Racing team, based at the University of Hertfordshire, left Silverstone with class wins in both the Best Developed Class 1-200 and the new Class 1A alternative fuelled cars, with the Class 1 t...