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Industry Guide: Manufacturing
An expandable list of manufacturing sites and the typical types of plant and equipment that you might expect to find.
Bakeries
- Steam oven
- Refrigeration plant
- Hot water heating/supply systems
- Fork lift trucks
- Pallet trucks
- Passenger/goods lifts
- General electrical/mechanical plant (e.g. motors, pumps)
- Electrical installations (e.g. fixed wiring)
- Catering equipment (e.g. mixers)
Breweries
- Steam boiler
- Steam oven
- Air/steam pressure plant (e.g. steam-heated vessels (coils))
- Refrigeration plant
- Hot water heating/supply systems
- Vats
- Pressure vessels (CO2)
- Tankers
- Storage tanks
- Steam coils (fuel oil tanks)
- Fork lift trucks
- Craneage
- General lifting equipment (e.g. blocks, runway tracks)
- Lifting tackle (e.g. slings)
- Pallet trucks
- Passenger/goods lifts
- General electrical/mechanical plant (e.g. motors, pumps)
- Electrical installations (e.g. fixed wiring)
Building Contractors
- Air pressure plant
- Hot water heating/supply systems
- Fork lift trucks
- Tower cranes
- Roof hoists
- Builders hoists
- Excavators
- Piling rigs
- Scaffolding
- Craneage (mobile, lorry-mounted)
- General lifting equipment (e.g. blocks, gin wheels)
- Lifting tackle (e.g. slings)
- Pallet trucks
- Passenger/goods lifts
- General electrical/mechanical plant (e.g. motors, pumps)
- Portable apparatus (welding sets, tools)
Chemical Works
- Steam boiler
- Other steam process plant e.g. vessels, steam coils
- Pressure plant (gases)
- Hot water heating/supply systems
- Chemical storage vessels
- Reactors
- Oil heaters
- Pipelines
- Fork lift trucks
- Craneage
- Lifting plant (e.g. blocks and tackle, slings, etc.)
- Passenger/goods lifts
- Local exhaust ventialtion plant (e.g. dust and fume extraction)
- General electrical/mechanical plant (e.g. motors, pumps)
- Stand-by generators
- Diesel engines
- Electrical installations (e.g. fixed wiring, hazardous areas)
- High voltage systems
Clothing Manufacturers
- Steam boiler
- Other steam process plant (e.g. garment presses)
- Air pressure plant
- Hot water heating/supply systems
- Fork lift trucks
- Lifting plant (e.g. blocks and tackle, slings, etc.)
- Passenger/goods lifts
- Local exhaust ventialtion plant (e.g. dust and fume extraction)
- General electrical/mechanical plant (e.g. motors, pumps)
- Electrical installations (e.g. fixed wiring)
Docks
- Air pressure plant (e.g. air receiver)
- Refrigeration plant
- Hot water heating/supply systems
- Fork lift trucks
- Pallet trucks
- Cranes (e.g. portal/dockside/overhead/mobile)
- Lifting plant (e.g. blocks and tackle, slings, etc.)
- Vehicle lifting tables
- Passenger/goods lifts
- General electrical/mechanical plant (e.g. motors, pumps)
- Electrical installations (e.g. fixed wiring)
Dry Cleaners
- Steam boiler
- Other steam process plant (e.g. garment presses)
- Air pressure plant
- Hot water heating/supply systems
- Passenger/goods lifts
- General electrical/mechanical plant (e.g. motors, pumps)
- Electrical installations (e.g. fixed wiring)
Electroplate and Metal Finishing
- Steam boiler
- Other steam process plant (e.g. vessels)
- Air pressure plant (e.g. air receiver)
- Hot water heating/supply systems
- Fork lift trucks
- Pallet trucks
- Craneage
- Lifting plant (e.g. blocks and tackle, slings, etc.)
- Passenger/goods lifts
- Local exhaust ventilation plant (e.g. dust and fume extraction)
- General electrical/mechanical plant (e.g. motors, pumps)
- Electrical installations (e.g. fixed wiring)
Engineering and Machine Shops
- Air pressure plant (e.g. air receiver)
- Hot water heating/supply systems
- Craneage
- Fork lift trucks
- Pallet trucks
- Window cleaning equipment
- Lifting plant (e.g. blocks and tackle, slings, etc.)
- Passenger/goods lifts
- Local exhaust ventialtion plant (e.g. dust and fume extraction)
- General electrical/mechanical plant (e.g. motors, pumps)
- Electrical installations (e.g. fixed wiring)
- Power presses
Farming
- Steam boiler (e.g. vertical steam boiler)
- Air pressure plant (e.g. air receiver)
- Refrigeration plant
- Hot water heating/supply systems
- Fork lift trucks
- Lifting plant (e.g. blocks and tackle, slings, etc.)
- Personnel lifts
- Excavators/loading shovels
- Telehandlers
- General electrical/mechanical plant (e.g. motors, pumps)
- Electrical installations (e.g. fixed wiring)
Food Processors
- Steam boiler
- Other steam process plant (e.g. vessels)
- Autoclaves/sterilisers
- Air pressure plant
- Hot water heating/supply systems
- Refrigeration plant
- Fork lift trucks
- Pallet trucks
- Lifting plant (e.g. blocks and tackle, slings, etc.)
- Passenger/goods lifts
- General electrical/mechanical plant (e.g. motors, pumps)
- Electrical installations (e.g. fixed wiring)
Foundries
- Air pressure plant (e.g. air receiver)
- Hot water heating/supply systems
- Cranes (e.g. overhead travelling)
- Fork lift trucks
- General lifting plant (e.g. blocks and tackle, slings, etc.)
- Passenger/goods lifts
- Local exhaust ventialtion plant e.g. dust and fume extraction
- General electrical/mechanical plant (e.g. motors, pumps)
- Electrical installations (e.g. fixed wiring)
- Power presses
Garages/Motor Trade
- Air pressure plant (e.g. air receiver)
- Refrigeration plant
- Pressure washers/steam cleaners
- Hot water heating/supply systems
- Cranes (e.g. engine cranes)
- Lifting plant (e.g. blocks and tackle, slings, etc.)
- Vehicle lifting tables
- Jacks and axle stands
- Breakdown crane/spectacle lift
- Fork lift trucks
- Passenger/goods lifts
- General electrical/mechanical plant (e.g. motors, pumps)
- Electrical installations (e.g. fixed wiring)
- Local exhaust ventilation plant (e.g. fume extraction)
- Power presses (e.g. bearing presses)
Laundries
- Steam boiler
- Other steam process plant (e.g. vessels)
- Air pressure plant
- Hot water heating/supply systems
- Fork lift trucks
- Pallet trucks
- Lifting plant (e.g. blocks and tackle, slings, etc.)
- Passenger/goods lifts
- General electrical/mechanical plant (e.g. motors, pumps)
- Electrical installations (e.g. fixed wiring)
Metal Workers
- Air pressure plant, e.g. air receiver
- Hot water heating/supply systems
- Cranes (e.g. overhead travelling/swing jib)
- Fork lift trucks
- General lifting plant (e.g. blocks and tackle, slings, etc.)
- Passenger/goods lifts
- Local exhaust ventialtion plant (e.g. dust and fume extraction)
- General electrical/mechanical plant (e.g. motors, pumps)
- Electrical installations (e.g. fixed wiring power presses)
Plastics Industry
- Air pressure plant (e.g. air receiver)
- Hot water heating/supply systems
- Cranes (e.g. overhead travelling/swing jib)
- Fork lift trucks
- General lifting plant (e.g. blocks and tackle, slings, etc.)
- Local exhaust ventialtion plant (e.g. dust and fume extraction)
- Plastic injection moulding machines
- General electrical/mechanical plant (e.g. motors, pumps)
- Electrical installations (e.g. fixed wiring)
Printers
- Air pressure plant (e.g. air receiver)
- Hot water heating/supply systems
- Cranes (e.g. overhead travelling/swing jib)
- Fork lift trucks
- Pallet trucks
- General lifting plant (e.g. blocks and tackle, slings, etc.)
- Passenger/goods lifts
- Local exhaust ventialtion plant (e.g. dust and fume extraction)
- General electrical/mechanical plant (e.g. motors, pumps)
- Electrical installations (e.g. fixed wiring)
- Guillotines
Woodworkers
- Air pressure plant, e.g. air receiver)
- Hot water heating/supply systems
- Cranes (e.g. overhead travelling/swing jib)
- Fork lift trucks
- General lifting plant (e.g. blocks and tackle, slings, etc.)
- Local exhaust ventialtion plant (e.g. dust and fume extraction)
- General electrical/mechanical plant (e.g. motors, pumps)
- Electrical installations (e.g. fixed wiring)
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