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  • Wastewater treatment: all-in-one headworks systems

    Integrating screening, grit removal, and grit washing into a single, efficient unit, simplifies design, reduces installation time, and lower long-term costs. highlights Rich MacGregor features like configurability, component compatibility, and built-in safety, while emphasising benefits for engineers, contractors, and municipalities seeking reliable, high-performing, and easy-to-maintain solutions The need for effective headworks systems has become more…


  • Predictive maintenance using IIoT data in manufacturing

    Predictive maintenance and virtual twins are no longer future aspirations. They are necessities for manufacturers who want to stay competitive. Louis Columbus reports Manufacturing is entering a transformative era where technology-driven solutions are redefining how factories operate. Efficiency is no longer about merely maintaining production quotas — it is about predictive insight, sustainability, and operational…


  • Industrial three-axis accelerometer has high offset stability

    Murata has introduced a three-axis accelerometer for the industrial market that combines high offset stability over temperature and time, good linearity, low noise density, and excellent robustness. The SCA3400-D01 XYZ accelerometer is meant for use in industrial applications such as structural health monitoring (SHM), machine control, inertial measurement units, and construction tools and systems. The offset stability of…


  • What domestic manufacturing means for long-term stability and innovation in the U.S.

    James Sturgeon explains how domestic, vertically integrated manufacturing boosts resilience, agility, and innovation in the U.S. industry. In-house operations — from casting to testing — enable tighter quality control, faster lead times, and greater supply chain stability The value of domestic production has become clearer than ever in today’s manufacturing climate. From global supply chain…


  • Portable dual-gas detector

    Teledyne Gas & Flame Detection (Teledyne GFD) is unveiling its PS DUO, a portable dual-gas detector set to enhance personal safety in gas monitoring applications. This handheld device features real-time monitoring with audible, visual (bright LED) and vibrating alarms, providing immediate alerts when gas levels exceed safety thresholds. The new PS DUO uses passive diffusion sensing for…


  • Infrared pyrometers for non-contact temperature measurement

    Micro-Epsilon has launched a new portfolio of 100% in-house developed non-contact infrared temperature sensors (pyrometers). The new portfolio represents a total refresh of 20+ year technology and consists of three core series – thermoMETER UC, thermoMETER SE and thermoMETER FI. These new models offer many technical and performance improvements as well as the integration of…


  • Fugro to conduct work on RWE and TotalEnergies’ offshore wind farms

    Published:  25 June, 2025 Fugro has announced it has been awarded contracts to conduct both geophysical and geotechnical site investigations for the development of two large-scale offshore wind farms in the German North Sea. The project, known as Windbostel Ost and Windbostel West, is a joint venture between RWE and TotalEnergies, with a combined generating…


  • New leadership forum

    New leadership forum

    Published:  25 June, 2025 Global Underwater Hub (GUH) has announced it has strengthened its board with the appointment of a senior industry figure. Steve Wisely joins the board of the trade and development body which represents the country’s £9.2billion underwater industry He will also lead GUH’s new Contractor Leadership Forum which will be launched later…


  • GBR needs an engineering strategy

    Listen to this article The creation of Great British Railways (GBR) to eliminate industry fragmentation by bringing track and train together has been universally welcomed. Yet it is taking some time to achieve this. Following problems implementing the 2018 timetable, Keith Williams was tasked with recommending a new industry structure. His report recommended the creation…


  • 40 years of RETB

    40 years of RETB

    Listen to this article In 1985, Radio Train Despatch, technically known as ‘Radio Electronic Token Block’, was introduced on the single line between Dingwall and Kyle of Lochalsh. Prior to the introduction of RETB, a driver could not proceed onto a single line section unless the signaller had given him/her a brass key token for…