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Members of the Audit Bureau of Circulations Contents…


Industry news 4. Demand for UK goods strengthens


FACTORY FOCUS: WASTE MANAGEMENT & RECYCLING


11. Integration is the future for waste-to-energy sector 12. Wear protection solves abrasion problem during glass recycling


Features Energy management... 6. Variable speed drives make jeans with less energy for Levi Strauss


Ask the expert... 9. Is there a difference between a warning and a danger?


Production machinery...


15. MACH 2012: MACH attracts new technologies 16. MACH 2012: Exhibition preview


Security... 18. Spotting and preventing the insider threat


Health & safety... 19. Smallest portable gas detector


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Exhibition previews... 21. DFA Media shows: One-stop shop for manufacturing 22. Plant & Asset Management 2012 preview 27. Sensing Technology: The industrial event of the year


Dust & fume extraction...


25. Dust in the factory – an explosive subject 26. Extraction system eliminates carbide dust


Seals & bearings... 25. Cage selection: the secret to good bearing performance 31. Slim bearings minimise telescope weight


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Editor Heather Ramsden


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Next month... Features in the April 2012 issue of Factory Equipment will include: Handling & storage • Hire equipment • Inspection & measurement • Compressed air • Sustainability Live preview • Factory focus: Health & Safety with Safety & Health Expo preview


MARCH 2012


SOLUTIONS FOR INDUSTRIAL EFFICIENCY


EXHIBITION PREVIEWS


manufacturing at NEC DUST & FUME EXTRACTION


One-stop shop for


Dust in the factory – an explosive subject


automation delivers more COVER STORY


Smarter, faster technology to process offers at distribution and fulfilment centres has finally arrived with the emergence of mobile-robotics, according to senior director of marketing for Kiva Systems, Peter Blair


Kiva Systems T: +1 781 2214640 www.kivasystems.com


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