NEWS KEEP MEETING AIR CLEAN
he return of office workers presents a new challenge to businesses seeking to protect their staff and visitors from the risks posed by SARS-CoV-2, its variants, and other microbiological hazards. “It’s not as simple as turning up the ventilation, or installing new ventilation,” claims indoor air quality expert Keith Esdon. “Viruses are spread by infected, possibly asymptomatic, people, so it will be necessary to remove infectious particles from expired air when people meet, and that is why we developed Meeting-Air, a low-cost but high- specification air filtration device that sits in the middle of a meeting room table, drawing air from meeting participants and removing potentially hazardous particles.” Meeting-Air has a 360-degree inlet at the base which draws air through 2.8m2
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medical grade (H14) pleated HEPA filter which removes all particles over 0.3µm. There are three speed settings – the two lower speeds are designed to minimise disturbance during a meeting, and a third ‘boost’ speed (up to 250m3
/hour) is
available for removing excess aerosols before or after a meeting.
Esdon summarised: “The Covid pandemic has highlighted the need for microbiological risks to be included in Health & Safety policies, and whilst new disinfection procedures...will all play important roles; meeting rooms and offices represent an ideal opportunity for disease transmission, unless technology such as Meeting-Air is deployed.
www.safe-airuk.com.
FREE TRIAL OF HMI/SCADA SOFTWARE I
ndustrial automation specialist Novotek UK and Ireland, in partnership with GE Digital, is calling for food, beverage and consumer packaged goods (CPG) manufacturers to bolster their operational efficiency with modern automation software. Novotek is offering UK companies a free trial of the latest version of GE Digital’s iFIX HMI/SCADA software, which gives operators
real-time visibility into equipment and processes on the plant floor with a streamlined interface. Engineers can register for the trial on the GE Digital website. For many food and beverage manufacturers and CPG companies, most of the workforce is on the plant floor, working at individual pieces of equipment or on production lines. Establishing real-time visibility into equipment and processes with iFIX can empower operators to quickly identify problems and decrease unplanned downtime.
GE Digital’s iFIX HMI pulls together key operational and performance data from connected systems and equipment into a simple user interface with visualisations of data. The streamlined interface makes it easier for engineers to respond to abnormal operating behaviours and manage system alarms.
George Walker, managing director of Novotek UK and Ireland, said: ““In plants that adopt iFIX, we’ve already seen 50 per cent decreases in cycle downtime, 25 per cent reduction in plant downtime and 150 per cent increases in output capability. iFIX can also help plant operators meet emissions and sustainability guidelines, reducing furnace emissions by up to 80 per cent.”
Further results from iFIX in food and beverage plants include $5M annual quality improvement savings, five per cent increased production, 25 per cent defect reduction, 70 per cent data quality increase and five per cent reduced raw material waste.
The free trial consists of the standard iFIX software, including sample systems and templates for CPG, food and beverage manufacturers. These templates are based on industry standards, allowing them to be deployed right out of the box to reduce setup time in fast-moving businesses.
To register for the free trial of iFIX, visit the GE Digital website:
www.ge.com THORITE INSTALLATION AT UNIVERSITY’S CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE O
ver the years, Thorite has completed numerous specialist projects for universities throughout the UK, with the latest being an installation of a series of compressor systems and Nitrogen generators for brand new laboratories at The University of Liverpool. The University is leading pioneering research into
coronaviruses and antimicrobial resistance to antibiotics from the new Centre of Excellence for Infectious Diseases and Research building. Thorite had already completed similar installations at The University of Liverpool and had worked closely
with HPC, Parker, and University project managers. However, the Centre of Excellence was a major expansion to current facilities, and the new development required multiple nitrogen outlets for the research laboratories, which are used in liquid chromatography, mass spectrometry and a range of analytical instruments. Thorite's installation is based on a Parker NITROSource system which consists of three, N2-80PALY nitrogen
generators in a two on-duty, one standby configuration. This set-up provides outputs of up to 100³/h of nitrogen at 100ppm. Each generator is supported by a Parker OFAS pre-treatment package and in addition to the nitrogen generators, Thorite also supplied and installed three HPC Kaeser CSD(X) Series rotary screw compressors. These are individually controlled by Kaeser SIGMA AIR MANAGER 4.0 units which monitor the compressed air supply from each compressor. The whole installation is exceptionally energy-efficient, with the Parker NITROSource system providing savings in compressed air usage of
around 25%. Being a modular system, additional capacity can be easily added if required. Similarly, the HPC CSD compressor's SIGMA control enables compressor performance to be precisely matched to actual air demand, thereby allowing additional energy savings.
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