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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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