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Understanding powder testing techniques and their application
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THERE is a recurring number that despite magnificent developments in technical safety doesn’t seem to go away. That number is 80, and it relates to the percentage of incidents that in some way has been contributed to by a human. It is a recurring average across industry and in different settings. Looking on the bright side, it means that there is huge scope to make a significant improvement.
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The chemical sector and its digital journey
THERE has been a lot of media attention regarding the term Industry 4.0, what it means, and how it will revolutionise manufacturing in terms of flexibility, productivity, efficiency and customer interaction.
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Celebrating six decades of UCD Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering
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Three Problems and the Nanoscale Solution
Functional nanomaterials could tackle some of the world’s biggest problems
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Interreg FCE – Funding Cross-Channel Collaboration
Funding up for grabs for Anglo-French projects
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Process Safety Models: Cheese, Chains or Cords?
Harvey Dearden offers an alternative to the 'Swiss cheese' model for representing process safety. The ‘suspended load’ might be considered as more complete in representing the idea of an integrated system.
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Don’t let your organisation drift into failure through normalisation of deviance
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A look at how the Loss Prevention Bulletin and its Editorial Panel operate
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Common Working Practices Risk Home Office Enforcement Action
While hiring engineers from overseas is helping to ease skills shortages in the UK, employers need to check they are not falling foul of their compliance duties.
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Chemical Decommissioning: Safety Challenges
What are the most significant safety hurdles in chemical decommissioning?
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Careers in Chemical Engineering: Matt Longley
From working in water treatment to paving the way for film productions including Harry Potter
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Book Review: A Guide to Hazard Identification Methods, Second Edition
Frank Crawley; ISBN: 9780128195437 (paperback); Elsevier; 2020; £117.30
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Tom Baxter argues the case for leaving the UK’s inert oil and gas architecture in place, rather than paying a hefty price for decommissioning
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Rules of Thumb: Pump and System Curves
Stephen Hall provides practical insights into on-the-job problems
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