News Industry JTL launches female apprentice initiative


TRAINING CHARITY JTL recently launched its new programme to encourage more women into building services engineering apprenticeships. The initiative was backed by a range of cross party MPs, including the leader of the Labour Party, Ed Miliband.


JTL’s Apprentice Ambassador Initiative has been developed to give young women real life role models from within JTL’s group of female apprentices. JTL chairman Dr Ian Livsey said, “We wanted to highlight the issues which prevent women from entering these apprenticeships. We have helped more than 40,000 apprentices train over the last 24 years, but only a small percentage have been female. “This has been because women don’t see building services as something that they can do. This percep- tion is something we need to change. Hopefully, by hearing the stories from the ambassadors and by seeing that employers are willing to support female apprentices, more young women will want to take up apprenticeships in the electrical, plumbing and heat- ing and ventilating sectors.” www.jtltraining.com


High voltage maintenance contract for sustainable fish farm


PRODUCER OF SUSTAINABLY farmed sea bass, Anglesey Aquaculture, has contracted Quartzelec to deliver all its high voltage maintenance provision over the next four years, including an emergency response service. In addition to overseeing the regular preventative mainte- nance of the generators, Quartzelec will be responsible for maintaining other on-site HV (transformer) assets - switch room equipment and LV air cir- cuit breakers. Additional ser-


vices within the four year con- tract will include sub-inspec- tions, intrusive maintenance and oil testing.


“Our on-site generators and electrical systems are absolutely critical to our environmentally friendly fish farming process,” explained John Watters, managing director of Anglesey Aquaculture, “Quartzelec clearly demonstrated that it had the expertise, flexibil- ity, ability and geographical cover- age to meet all our ongoing electrical requirements.”


Protecting Britain’s maritime heritage


FLEXICON HAS SUPPLIED 150m of flexible conduit to pro- tect critical power and data cables during the restoration of a Brixham sailing trawler, which first entered service in 1895. Andy Keatley, a key member of the restoration team, commented, “Because the Pilgrim is a wooden sail boat, the vessel is able to breathe, meaning that damp and condensation can be a problem. With so much data and power running through the vessel, the supply of the flexible conduit that met our demanding specifi- cation was a huge help in the overall restoration.”


The risks of data and power interruptions are highlighted when considering the harsh envi-


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ronment of a boat at sea, particu- larly a wooden vessel. The damp, vibration, condensation and high risk of salt corrosion presented many different cable protection hazards, for which over 150m of Flexicon’s FPAS flexible conduit and fittings provide protection. The FPAS system was specified because of its vibration and shock resistance, having been tested to EN 61373 Cat 2. The nylon sheath provides corrosion and condensa- tion resistance while its tempera- ture range allows optimum operation between -50°C to 135°C. Andy Keatley, a key member of the restoration team, commented, “Because the Pilgrim is a wooden sail boat, the vessel is able to breathe, meaning that damp and condensation can be a problem. With so much data and power running through the vessel, the supply of the flexible conduit that met our demanding specifi- cation was a huge help in the overall restoration.” www.flexicon.uk.com


Eden Project gets greener


THREE YEARS ON from the installation of intelligent BMS technology from Priva, the Eden Project in Cornwall has revealed a reduction in its carbon footprint and cost savings of £457,000 over the three year period.


The full story of Quartzelec’s contract with Anglesey Aquaculture can be seen at www.connectingindustry.com/ angaqua. www.quartzelec.com


The Eden Project has ambitious targets to cut its carbon dioxide emissions by 30% by 2014 and by a further 50% by 2015. Yet Eden staff found that main- taining the delicate climate inside Eden’s huge domed ‘Biomes’ required an enormous heating load that created a carbon foot- print at odds with its green ethos. It was then that Eden under- took a project to control its indoor climates more efficiently by updating its Building Management System (BMS) from Priva Building Intelligence. To find out more about the BMS installation at the Eden Project visit www.connecting industry.com/eden. www.priva.co.uk


New safety training course


PILZ HAS LAUNCHED a new safety training course which aims to give an understanding of the legal and best practice require- ments for the use and supply of packaging machinery and contin- uous handling equipment. The course firstly gives a gen- eral overview of the European Directive affecting supply of equipment; the UK National Regulations affecting the use of equipment; risk assessment and reduction and guarding, and safety related control system requirements. It then goes deeper into the specific C-standards for Packaging Machinery (EN 415 series) and Continuous Handling Equipment (EN 617-20 series).


The course is aimed at users of machinery and anyone responsible for redesigning/modifying or inte- grating these types of machines within factory lines. It would also be beneficial to those responsible for purchasing machines looking to become better informed about the safety requirements of the machines they purchase prior to taking delivery and thereby responsi- bility for compliance - particu- larly if sourcing machinery from outside of the EU. The course will be delivered at Pilz Corby HQ by in-house machinery safety experts. www.pilz.co.uk


SEPTEMBER 2013 Electrical Engineering


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