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Plant and Equipment Guides
Detailed images of typical plant and equipment used in industry, together with the applicable UK and Ireland legislation.
Boiler/Pressure
Aftercooler

Air Filter

Air Receiver

Autoclave (desktop)

Autoclave (industrial)

Biomass Boiler

Blowdown Tank

Boiling Pan (Steam Heated)

Compressed Air System (Medium Sized)

Economiser

Fire Tube Waste Heat Boiler

Pressure Fryer/Deep Fat Fryer/'Henny Penny'

Pressurised Hot Water Boiler (High Temp)

Pressurised Hot Water Boiler (Medium Temp)

Pressurised Hot Water Boiler (Low Temp)

Safety Valves

Steam/Café Hot Water Boiler

Vertical Steam Boiler

Water Level Indicator

Wet Back Boiler

Electrical/Mechanical
Air Compressor

UK: PUWER and EAWR applicable
Automatic Gas Burner

UK: PUWER and EAWR applicable
Control panels, switchboards and switchgear

UK: EAWR applicable
Diesel Engine and Alternator

UK: PUWER and EAWR applicable
Electrical Power Transformers

UK: PUWER and EAWR applicable
Fan

UK: PUWER and EAWR applicable
Gas Engine

UK: PUWER and EAWR applicable
Motor

UK: PUWER and EAWR applicable
Motorised Valve

UK: EAWR applicable
Oil Burner Unit

UK: PUWER and EAWR applicable
Playground Equipment

UK: EAWR applicable
Pump (Centrifugal)

UK: PUWER and EAWR applicable
Refrigeration Compressor

UK: PUWER and EAWR applicable. For refrigerant systems over 25KW total combined input power, PSSR is applicable.
Steam Turbines

UK: PUWER and EAWR applicable
Water Turbine/Generator

UK: PUWER and EAWR applicable
Lifting
Accessories for lifting (Lifting Tackle)

Axle Stands

UK: PUWER applicable
Block (Electric)

Block (Pneumatic)

Blocks and Winches (Manual)

Boat Mover and Boat Hoist

UK: PUWER applicable
Breakdown Crane

Builders Platform Hoist

Bulldozer

UK: PUWER applicable
Cantilever Crane

Container Transporter Crane

Crawler Crane (Diesel)

Davit

Derrick Type Tower Crane

Dragline Excavator (Diesel)

Dumper Truck (Small)

UK: PUWER applicable
Dumper Truck (Large)

UK: PUWER applicable
Electric Magnet

UK: PUWER applicable
Engine Crane

Escalator

Floating Crane

Fork Lift Truck (Reach)

Fork Lift Truck (Rough Terrain)

Fork Lift Truck (Sideloader)

Fork Lift Truck (Counterbalanced)

Goliath Crane (Goliath)

Goliath Cranes (Semi-Goliath)

Grabbing Crane

Grabs

Hydraulic Scissor Lift

Hydraulic Excavator (360 Degree)

Inclined Hoist

Jack

Loading Shovel with Back Actor

Loading Shovel

UK: PUWER applicable
Lorry Loading Crane

Man Basket

Manual Platform Lift Truck

Manual Gantry Crane

Mobile Elevating Work Platforms

Mobile Crane

Mobile Crane with Grab

Motor Vehicle Lifting Table - Four Post

Motor Vehicle Lifting Table - Two Post

Order Picker

Overhead Travelling Crane (Electric)

Overhead Travelling Crane (Manual)

Pallet Truck

UK: PUWER applicable
Passenger Lift

Types of lifts can include:
- Electric goods and passenger lift (usually of larger capacity and not usually computer controlled)
- Electric goods lift (intended for goods only and without the in car controls)
- Home lift (found in homes for domestic use. Also found in some residential care homes and occasionally small hotels)
- Service lift (electrically powered or manually operated by the use of a continuous rope, they are used in hotels and factory stores for transporting food/small parts between floors)
- Hydraulic goods and passenger lift (similar in use to the electric, version but powered by a hydraulic ram)
- Hydraulic passenger lift (similar in use to the electric version, but powered by a hydraulic ram which can be directly mounted or indirectly via a system of ropes or chains)
Patient Hoists

Pedestal Crane (Electric)

Portal Crane

Rope Blocks

Runway Track

Scaffold Jib Crane

Sheer Legs

Ship-Shore Container Crane

Shower Trolley

Stairlift

Straddle Carrier

Suspended Access Equipment

Swing Jib Crane (Pillar/Wall)

Telehandler

Tool Balancer

UK: PUWER applicable
Tower Crane (Luffing)

Tower Crane (Saddle Jib)

Tower Crane (Self Erecting)

Trolley

Vehicle Tailboard Lifts

Wheelchair Lift

Winch (Powered or Manual)

Power press
Blow Moulding Machine

Friction Screw Press

Guillotine (Electric/Hydraulic)

Horizontal Diecasting Machine

Horizontal Injection Moulding Machines

Hydraulic Press (Fixed Guards)

Hydraulic Press (Interlocking Guards)

Pneumatic Press

Power Press (Electric - Automatic Guard)

Power Press (Electric - Fixed Guard)

Power Press (Electric - Enclosed Tool)

Power Press (Electric - Interlocking Guard)

Press Brake (Electric - Distance Bar Trip Guard)

Press Brake (Electric - Photo Electric Guard)

Rotary Indexing Machine

Universal Metalworker

Vertical Injection Moulding Machines

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