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News Release from: Process Engineering | Subject: PE March issue 08
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 25 March 2008
Solving process skills shortages
The March/April issue of the Process Engineering Journal from the UK provides a review of the causes of processing skill shortages from Dr Stan Higgins of the North East Polymer Industries Cluster
Dr Higgins warns that the new National Skills Academy represents a key opportunity for the process sector to get its act together on skills and training Then there is a review of the future for MTL within their new owners, Houston-based Cooper Industries
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 1 Feb 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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A special Process Engineering feature on asset management discusses alternative options to paying up-front for compressors and other machinery items, and explains that several large turbo-machinery customers are moving to integrated systems from single service providers, such as Emerson Machinery Health Management, Yokogawa, Honeywell Process Systems and SKF, for monitoring heavy rotating machinery.
In the Process Design section, the roles of simulators in APC, and smarter, faster P+ID software are reviewed.
The challenges faced by British Sugar in adapting its massive handling facilities to the latest ATEX safety regulations are explained: these required a GBP3M investment.
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