PRECISION ENGINEERING GROUP SECURES AIRBUS CONTRACT
A global precision engineering group has secured a £884m contract with Airbus to make key components at its facility in Birmingham where it employs almost 500 workers. Arconic's Airbus contract will
begin in January 2017 and make the manufacturer the sole supplier of a number of products to the aerospace giant including wing, fuselage and structural components. The aluminium sheet will be produced in Kitts Green which is
home to the UK's largest aluminium rolling mill. "This large contract is a further
important step to expand our leadership position in the aerospace industry,” says chairman and chief executive Klaus Kleinfeld. "We are proud that Airbus has chosen us to support their fastest growing, technologically advanced programs. Partnerships like this with industry leaders are core to our strategy and this contract is another
proof point of the potential that lies in it. We continue to focus on developing products and technologies that take all of our aerospace customers to new heights." Alcoa acquired historic engineering
brand Firth Rixson (now Arconic) for £1.4bn in 2014. In early November the Alcoa group split into two parts: Alcoa and Arconic and the Kitts Green contract is the first announced since the official separation. Arconic now has more than
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INTERTEK APPROVED FOR NON-ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
Intertek is now an approved International Electrotechnical Commission Explosive (IECEx) Certification Body and Test laboratory and can provide global third party approval on non-electrical equipment for use in hazardous areas. This will give confidence to the
global petroleum, chemical and pharmaceuticals and food industries in the safety of non-electrical equipment on their sites. Intertek’s UK Chester and Leatherhead laboratories have tested
European equipment under the ATEX Directive for over 10 years and with the recent arrival of ISO/IEC 80079- 36 and ISO/IEC 80079–37 standards and their incorporation within the IECEx certification scheme these laboratories are now approved to accept global applications from equipment manufacturers, package assemblers and end users for certification to these standards. They can provide guidance on the
application of the IECEx scheme and discuss individual manufacturers’ responsibilities and routes to compliance within the scheme. “In a market where safety is
paramount site operators look to mitigate the risk to people and plant through third party approvals of equipment or accreditations,” says Andrew Austin, Intertek’s UK head of
ATEX Notified Body. “With the extension of the IECEx scheme which is well-established for electrical equipment, Intertek can give them the confidence that non-electrical equipment on their site does not pose an explosion safety risk.” Until now there was only a
European Directive, the ATEX Directive, addressing the explosion safety risk associated with non- electrical equipment with no international third party approval route for global supply and the existing IECEx scheme only covered electrical equipment. The aim of the IECEx scheme is to have one Certification scheme for any hazardous area product recognised and accepted throughout the world.
www.intertek.com
T EMF MACHINERY SAFETY SERVICE LAUNCHED
his month we address the energy implications of Brexit
and how they are likely to affect managers of industrial premises. Features include preparing for
winter in terms of avoiding problems when switching on boilers after a summer shutdown; advice on specifying infrared windows and non- contact displacement sensors; and a review of BCAS’ best practice in ensuring the quality of compressed air. Maintenance issues such as tackling shaft seal failure and extending tool life by means of simple cleaning procedures offer practical help for busy production managers,
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TÜV SÜD Product Service has launched its electromagnetic fields (EMF) machinery safety service which will help both machinery manufacturers and end-users ensure that they comply with the Control of Electromagnetic Fields at Work Regulations. The regulations set the minimum health and safety requirements for the exposure of workers to potentially hazardous electromagnetic fields. TÜV SÜD’s service will include EMF
measurements and risk assessments of the machinery environment to ensure compliance against a wide range of legislation and standards including CE marking, the Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC and the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 (PUWER).
“Exposure to unsafe levels of EMF can cause a rise in body temperature, burns, shocks and other adverse conditions,” says business line manager for machinery safety Neil Dyson. “It can affect people indirectly if they wear implantable electronic devices such as heart pacemakers. “The Regulations state that a
dedicated competent person undertakes a workplace assessment who must be fully trained in order to deliver against compliance requirements. TÜV SÜD’s service solves this issue and minimises costs as our innate expertise means that we can efficiently and effectively measure EMF levels to fully assess the risk represented by a machine or assembly in the workplace.”
www.tuv-sud.co.uk
Leading precision engineering specialist Dawson Shanahan has opened a dedicated apprentice training school at its Welshpool- based engineering facility. The company works closely with local colleges to provide apprentices with the training and skills they need to pursue a fulfilling and successful career in the engineering sector. Working alongside experienced
engineers, Dawson Shanahan’s apprentices work on real projects lead by senior engineer Ken Toop who was responsible for the development of the training school. Apprentices now have access to a
dedicated classroom to learn about the theoretical side of engineering. In an area featuring different types of machinery the apprentices can put theory into practice and hone their skills in a range of areas. In addition, the extra space will
allow the company to increase its intake of apprentices; it currently has five training for NVQs but the company expects to take on more to meet the growing demand for its scheme among young people keen to explore an engineering career. “Training the next generation of
engineers is an incredibly important responsibility for all of us at Dawson Shanahan and the new apprentice training school helps us to do this to the best of our ability,” concludes Toop. “Apprentices now have greater access to everything they need to develop their skills and earn their engineering qualifications.”
www.dawson-shanahan.co.uk
42,000 employees working across 156 locations and supplying products for aircraft, trucks and commercial buildings. In the UK the company employs
approximately 2,800 workers. In addition to Birmingham the business has operations in Leicester, Exeter, Glossop, Bradford, Matlock, London, Redditch, Runcorn, Rotherham, Tamworth, Telford, Welwyn Garden City and Sheffield.
www.arconic.com
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