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Technology company Honeywell has launched Honeywell Forge for Industrial, an enterprise performance management software for operational technology.
The platform leverages process and asset digital twins, advanced data analytics and process industry knowledge to help industrial manufactures achieve peak performance.
Honeywell Forge for Industrial collects and integrates information from a…
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Pumps
To optimise metering performance, Flowrox has designed next generation metering pumps with integrated Smart Solutions features.
All pumps in the company’s FXM2 and FXM3 series are now IIoT (Industrial Internet of Things) ready.
Users are able to use the Flowrox Malibu portal to remotely manage, measure and analyse process remotely with a computer or handheld device with an internet…
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Huco has launched an e-commerce service that allows end users to order precision couplings direct from the company’s manufacturing headquarters.
The online platform allows small volume orders to be delivered globally, with next day shipping on standard orders.
Huco, which is a brand of Altra Industrial Motion, offers a range of precision couplings for industrial and commercial applications,…
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Valves
Zahroof Valves (ZVI) has partnered with Burckhardt Compression Services to enable the provision of ZVI’s valves to nations in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC).
The new agreement will allow Burckhardt to offer ZVI products within the GCC, including Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman and Bahrain.
Under the terms of the partnership, Burckhardt will offer ZVI valves…
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Pipelines
Cranfield University has announced a partnership with IntecSea to test the viability of a new in-pipeline liquid removal unit.
Intec has developed the new capability within a pseudo dry gas system, with support from the Oil and Gas Technology Centre (OGTC) and industry sponsors.
The tests are attempting to prove the capability of the device, using Cranfield University’s pilot scale pipeline…
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Pumps
AxFlow Italy has acquired Generalcontrol, an Italian distributor of positive displacement (PD) pumps, instruments, vacuum pumps and compressors.
"The acquisition of Generalcontrol is well in line with AxFlow Group's strategy for growth based on distributing international premium brands and value-added selling through competence and local in-depth customer knowledge," said Ole Weiner, CEO of…
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Pumps
Oorja Development Solutions, a spin-out company from Imperial College London in the UK, has been awarded $100,000 (€89,000) to develop solar pumping systems in rural India.
The company was named the winner of this year’s Cisco Global Problem Solver Challenge for its work developing and operating pay-as-you-go community solar pumping systems in India.
Oorja, which was co-founded by…
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Pumps
Minnesota, US-headquartered Wanner Engineering has introduced its new Hydra-Cell D66 Series seal-less positive displacement pumps.
The new pumps, which can be used in a range of processing, municipal and commercial applications, offer a maximum flow capacity of 65.7 gallons per minute and pressure ratings up to 700 psi (for models featuring metal pump heads) or 250 psi (for models with…
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Pipelines
Royal Dutch Shell subsidiary Equilon Enterprises LLC d/b/a Shell Oil Products US has reached an agreement to sell the Martinez refinery in California to PBF Holding, a subsidiary of PBF Energy.
The sale has been agreed for a consideration of $1 billion (€0.88 billion) plus the value of hydrocarbon inventory, crude oil supply and product offtake agreements, in addition to other…
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Pumps
Armstrong Fluid Technology has introduced a new self-regulating, variable speed fire pump, which is reportedly the first fire pump to meet NFPA-20 (2019 Edition), Section 4.8 standards.
“The new Design Envelope Fire Pump will provide safe, reliable performance in fire suppression systems, along with complete transparency into the operation of the pump,” said Steven Baird, marketing…
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Valves
Metso has announced its decision to develop the businesses of Minerals and Flow Control segments separately, in addition to the appointment of Olli Isotalo as president of the Valves business area.
The announcement was made after the board of directors ‘defined its view on the company’s portfolio strategy’, deciding to develop the two businesses as separate divisions.
”All…
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Valves
Rotork has announced that its intelligent electric actuators are being used to control penstock gates at a sewage treatment plant (STP) in Australia.
The company’s IQ3 multi-turn electric actuators are installed on eight penstock gate valves, controlling the flow of wastewater entering the plant in Murrumba Downs in Queensland, Australia.
The end user, Unitywater, operates 15 STP sites…
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Pumps
German pump manufacturer Netzsch Pumps & Systems offers insight into the highly efficient multi screw pumps for oil and gas applications, regardless of viscosity.
What is particularly important in the oil sector however – even more important than efficiency – is the flexibility that displacement pumps provide when it comes to the viscosity of the medium. Whilst centrifugal pumps…
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Valves
Actuated valves manufacturer Valworx has announced the introduction a new line of PVC butterfly valves, which feature lightweight PVC body construction with a polypropylene (PP) disc.
The valves are NSF 61 certified for potable drinking water. Other features include expanded size range, with valve diameters from 2–12 inches; actuator-ready with 316 stainless steel; ANSI 150 wafer style…
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Pipelines
Researchers at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) Sydney have received funding from Sydney Water to test the ability of optical technology to detect water leaks.
Sydney Water has provided funding to Professor Francois Ladouceur from the UNSW School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications and partners from Thales Underwater Systems and Zedelef to test whether their patented optical…
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Pumps
Indian pump manufacturer EKKI Pumps and Germany-based HOMA Pumpenfabrik are investing in a new factory in Coimbatore, India under their joint venture (JV).
The factory will manufacture parts for HOMA’s production lines, as well as producing wastewater pumps for India and neighbouring markets.
It will be EKKI’s fourth factory in Coimbatore, with production anticipated to begin within…
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Valves
Rotork has announced that its intelligent full-turn electric actuators have been supplied to a customer’s upstream shale gas production wells in the US.
The company’s IQTF actuators provide reliable flow control for oil and gas operations, with accuracy to 0.3% and resolution to 0.1%.
The US customer has ordered the actuators to carry out modulating duties on wellhead rotary…
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Valves
Flow control product manufacturer CIRCOR has signed an investment agreement to build a new facility in the Weihai Economic & Technological Development Zone (ETDZ).
The agreement supports CIRCOR’s strategy to support customers in China and Asia Pacific.
“CIRCOR has a long relationship with Weihai ETDZ and we are excited to work together in expanding our China footprint to support…
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