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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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