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Swiss pump maker Sulzer has received an order for the delivery of an extensive process pump package to Metsä Group’s next generation bio-product mill in Finland.
Construction work at the Metsä Fibre mill, located in the town of Äänekoski in Central Finland, is scheduled to be completed during the third quarter of 2017.
The investment of €1.2 billion put into the…
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Star EnviroTech has won the final US “nitrogen smoke” leak detection patent challenge by Redline Detection in the US Federal Circuit Court of Appeals.
In a precedential 33-page opinion, the Court fully upheld Star's patent, used by every major automaker (OEM).
Previously, STAR prevailed against three other Redline Detection challenges for the ownership of the nitrogen smoke…
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Pumps
Centrifugal pump manufacturer Amarinth has designed a bespoke vertically mounted API 610 OH 1 pump with Plan 13 seal support system.
The pump was created for AI Energy Solutions (AIES), the specialist process engineering division of the Arabian Industries Group, to use with its nutshell filters for cleaning produced water. AIES approached Amarinth, which has delivered pumping solutions for…
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Endress+Hauser has introduced Cleanfit CPA875 and CPA871 sensor assemblies that allow pH, ORP, oxygen, and NIR sensors to be installed or removed during operation.
By moving the sensor from the measuring position to a service position, these retractable assemblies allow the sensor to be cleaned, calibrated, or replaced without interrupting the process.
The retractable assemblies permit removal…
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Flowmeters
The Avanti Co., representatives of flowmeter and accessories company Liquid Controls, has recently acquired Avery-Hardoll and its metering product line by Liquid Controls.
Avery-Hardoll has a worldwide reputation as the standard in bulk fluid metering and fluid measurement accuracy.
It has been around since the 1930s and besides its bulk meters, it also designs and produces valves, couplings, and…
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Valves
Hantemp Controls, a US-based manufacturer of stainless steel valves and controls for the food and beverage industries, has expanded its line of ball valves for corrosive and harsh environments.
Featuring all stainless steel construction ensuring high resistance to corrosion, the Cobra-Neck ball valves are now available in a wider range of sizes (3/4” to 4” connections) to meet a…
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Pumps
Bornemann, part of ITT Corp., has launched the SLH-4U, a new type of the company’s SLH series hygienic twin-screw pump.
The SLH-4U is a single-flow, self-priming positive displacement pump that can handle high viscosities, high pressures, and sensitive media.
The twin-screw pump technology utilised in the SLH series pump has become popular in the food industry as it provides the ability to…
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Germany-based EagleBurgmann Espey has introduced the WD200/500 series of carbon floating ring seals for nearly all machine types with a rotating shaft.
The seal type is used in industries such as chemical, metal, cement, and food industries (with FDA certificate), power station technology, and mechanical and plant engineering.
It typically seals all kinds of gases, flammable (Atex), acidic,…
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Toshiba International Corporation (TIC) has introduced the new Petrochem SD+ medium voltage motor for tough material processing applications.
The totally enclosed and fan cooled motor package features rugged construction and durable design, and it is built with certain IEEE Std. 841™-2009 specifications.
The SD+ motor is aimed at the oil and gas, mining and mineral, and pulp and paper…
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Nidec Motor Corporation has launched a new motor for variable torque pumps, fans, blowers, farm vents and hydronic pumps.
The US Motors brand 3-10hp electronically commutated (EC) motor, with an IE4 (Super Premium efficiency) rating, comes integrated with a tuned variable frequency drive (VFD) and is part of the Accu-Series line of variable speed products. The new motor is the only integrated EC…
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Valves
UK-based Parker Bestobell Marine, a manufacturer of liquefied natural gas (LNG) cryogenic valves, will supply cryogenic globe and check valves for five floating storage regasification units (FSRUs).
Hoegh LNG, operator of the FSRUs, owns and operates floating LNG import terminals worldwide, but these FSRUs are being built at the Hyundai shipyard in South Korea.
The valves, which were manufactured…
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Pumps
UK-based pump manufacturer Tomlinson Hall’s liquid ring vacuum pump, Liquivac, is to be distributed in Scandinavia by Swedish company Lyma Kemiteknik.
Part of the Indutrade group, Lyma Kemiteknik is a specialist in corrosive and abrasive flow technology.
It offers a range of products from leading pump brands, as well as valves and pipes, and has a long-standing relationship with…
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Almatec, part of PSG, a Dover company has received 1935/2004/EC safety certification for its plastic and metal AODD pumps.
The 1935/2004/EC is the common name for European Commission Regulation No. 1935/2004, which is the European safety standard for materials that come into contact with food during the production process.
With this certification, Almatec AODD pumps are now available for use in a…
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Motion Industries, a wholly owned subsidiary of Genuine Parts Co., has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Missouri Power Transmission, a power transmission equipment distributor.
Execution of the transaction is expected to take place on 1 March, 2016.
Missouri Power Transmission specialises in chains, sprockets, bearings, seals, electric motors and controls, belting, and related…
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Pumps
Edwards has launched a special variant to its XDS range of dry scroll pumps, suitable for use in more aggressive applications.
The new XDS-C dry scroll pumps are fitted with a Chemraz gas ballast non-return valve pad and exhaust valve pad, and stainless steel exhaust flange.
These new features enable them to be used on applications where the exposed standard fluoroelastomer valve pads may…
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Pumps
A well-known Korean group producing lithium-ion batteries has awarded a contract for the supply of vacuum systems to Oerlikon Leybold Vacuum.
The company will equip several production lines with vacuum pump systems for electrode drying by summer 2016.
With a system combination of the dry compressing screw vacuum pump Dryvac DV 450C and the Roots Ruvac WH2500, the customer will optimise its…
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Emco Wheaton has launched of two new products, the EW Selector and the Combi-Cabinet, to make the process of delivering bulk liquids safer, quicker, and more effective.
With the selector and cabinet, operators will no longer have to travel along the API envelope of a vehicle in order to operate the system as all the controls are at hand.
Driver coach Bobby Blair, based out of BP's…
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Bearings Plus, a Waukesha Bearings business, has received ISO 9001:2008 standard certification for its quality management system at Dover Pearland Operations (DPO).
DPO is a 150,000ft2 facility shared by Bearings Plus and fellow Dover companies Cook Compression and Midland Manufacturing.
The shared services strategy exemplified at DPO provides not only internal efficiencies but also enhanced…
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