July/August 2019

Maintenance Matters July/August 2019 www.pwemag.co.uk Plant & Works Engineering | 13 ENDRESS+HAUSER says it has been designing and manufacturing DP flow devices in the UK for over 20 years, and the company’s manufacturing facility in Manchester is named in the Shell Enterprise Framework Agreement. The company says the UK production centre has now been chosen to supply DP flow primary elements to Endress+Hauser Group companies around the world. Venturi meters, Pitot tubes, cone meters, orifice plates, wedge meters – all are made by Endress+Hauser in Manchester in accordance with ISO 5167. It can also supply transmitters and accessories, all perfectly matched to their application. Established and experienced The company says the engineering team’s wealth of experience has been recognised by the Endress+Hauser Group, which has selected the UK to manufacture all its DP flow primary elements and decades of expertise in DP flow has also earned Endress+Hauser the trust of some high-profile customers. ‘The Shell Enterprise Framework Agreement states that differential pressure Venturi flowmeters should be sourced from the Endress+Hauser UK Centre of Competence,’ explains David Knight, product marketing manager for temperature and DP Flow. ‘We have a proven track record of designing and producing high-quality primary flow elements.’ t | 0161 286 5050 w | www.uk.endress.com/uk RRC is a leading UK HSE training provider, and says having helped well over a million students achieve professional success it leads the way in health and safety training. RRC says achieving any of the NEBOSH Certificates is a huge success and can improve future career prospects and another benefit is that if students have been awarded the NEBOSH National or International General, Construction or Fire Certificate in the last 5 years they are exempt from Unit IGC1/NGC1, and can gain a further NEBOSH Certificate by simply ‘topping-up’ by completing the appropriate second unit. RRC says its NEBOSH General, Fire and Construction Certificate courses are unitised so can be topped up by classroom training or an online course. w | www.rrc.co.uk PULSAR INSTRUMENTS has announced that one of its most popular interactive noise warning signs, the Pulsar SafeEar, has now been reinvented to be weatherproof and dustproof. The company says this new SafeEar IP65 Weatherproof Noise-Activated Warning Sign works just like its original signs that light up when a pre- set noise level is reached to warn workers and visitors when they need to put on their hearing protection or when noise levels need to be kept down. Pulsar says wearing hearing protection all the time is never popular with workers, so with these signs, it means mandatory hearing protection zones can become ‘Mandatory Hearing Protection When Signs Are Lit’ zones, with the result that workers only need put on their hearing protection when it’s noisy. t | 01723 518011 e | sales@pulsarinstruments.com w | www.pulsarinstruments.com Noise-activated warning signs International supply chain solutions provider TouchPath has announced it is launching ‘Touch Facility Evacuation and Verification’, a system that uses Active RFID (radio frequency identification) badge-and-reader technology to record and track personnel entering, leaving and using warehouse and logistics, manufacturing or other supply chain facilities. In an emergency the system ensures that all badged employees, contractors and visitors are identified immediately. The same system can be integrated with other applications to reduce the loss of tools, equipment and other physical assets, and to monitor employee time and attendance. ‘Touch Facility Evacuation and Verification’ uses RFID antennas placed near entrances and exits and other strategic locations to track when badged personnel enter and leave a building, to identify who is present at fire muster points and to track the exact location of those who are not. w | www.touchpath.com Evacuation and verification system NEBOSH Top up Certificates Home-grown DP flow solutions PROMAT UK says the importance of supply chain traceability and quality consistency in delivering peace of mind in the application of fire, thermal and acoustic insulation is at the heart of its new initiative. Following its success in raising awareness in the building industry about the fire safety risks posed by supply chain failures, the insulation manufacturer is extending the roll-out of its ‘360° Wheel of Assurance’. The company says this assures designers, engineers and contractors that the insulation solutions needed for critical applications to control fire, heat and noise risks conform to the highest technical standards with clear visibility on the origin and quality of manufacture and processing. Promat says it is able to offer this 360° oversight of the whole supply chain because it is both a manufacturer and a processor. w | www.promat-industry.co.uk ‘360° Wheel of Assurance’