Jan 12, 2017
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Jan 12, 2017
Pumps
Japanese pump manufacturer Ebara has donated pumps to a Vietnamese university as part of its international cooperation activities through technical guidance.
The Industrial University of Ho Chi Minh City (IUH) has a department to study the engineering aspects of turbomachinery, such as pumps and chillers, with about 150 enrolled students.
Students have had to date few... [Read More]
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Jan 12, 2017
Pumps
Technavio has announced the top five leading vendors in its recent global pumps market for the oil and gas industry report until 2020.
Flowserve, ITT, KSB, Sulzer, and Grundofs are expected to have the largest impact on the market during the forecast period.
The oil industry is currently in need of improved and enhanced oil recovery processes.
The... [Read More]
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Jan 12, 2017
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Rapid growth in automobile, textile, food, and chemical industries is projected to upsurge the demand of high pressure pumps through 2026, according to a new market study.
Persistence Market Research expects dynamic high pressure pumps to dominate the global high pressure pump market during the forecast period, but positive displacement (PD) pumps are also projected to... [Read More]
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Jan 11, 2017
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The Sharjah Executive Council (SEC) in the United Arab Emirates has approved a $73.7 million (€70m) drainage network and water treatment plant in Kalba city.
The project was approved during the council’s meeting in early January, where Ali bin Shaheen Al Suwaidi, chairman of Sharjah Public Works Department, stressed the importance of the project in improving... [Read More]
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Jan 11, 2017
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Colonial Pipeline Co., a US fuel transfer company, is working to respond to a petrol leak on its Line 19, a 12” line near Chattanooga, Tennessee.
The Colonial line 19, which delivers petrol into the Nashville market, sprung a leak that was reported over the last weekend.
Crews are working to drain, remove, and replace the affected segment of piping, but Colonial... [Read More]
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Jan 11, 2017
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East African countries Uganda and Tanzania have awarded a contract to US-based Gulf Interstate Engineering (GIE) to design a crude oil pipeline running through both countries.
The front-end engineering design contract involves helping with project construction specifications, a plan for project execution and schedule, and drafting bid documents to select the developing... [Read More]
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Jan 11, 2017
Pumps
MV Products has introduced a full line of vacuum inlet traps and filter media for protecting vacuum pumps employed in research and production atomic layer deposition (ALD) processes.
MV vacuum inlet traps for ALD processes range from 4" to 16" in diameter with port sizes from NW-25 to ISO-160 for protecting vacuum pumps in applications with vacuum flow... [Read More]
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Jan 11, 2017
Pumps
The global liquid ring vacuum pump (LRVP) market is expected to reach a worth of $2,871.3 billion (€2,723.3bn) through 2024, a fresh market study says.
According to Persistence Market Research, the market will exhibit promising growth in the first half of the forecast period at 5.5% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), which will incur a slight dip post-2020 to 4.9%... [Read More]
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Jan 10, 2017
Valves
Nordson Corp., an Ohio, US-headquartered machinery manufacturer, has introduced a new patent-pending motorised back pressure valve assembly for extrusion coating and laminating.
The new EDI PolyStream is the first such system to provide closed-loop control, minimising human error and the possibility of injury when making manual adjustments, according to a company statement.
“The... [Read More]
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Jan 10, 2017
Valves
Bournemouth Water in the UK has redesigned much of its network to use intelligent network calming and pressure management valves produced by IVL Flow Control to reduce leakage.
Bournemouth Water provides drinking water to nearly half a million people on the southern coast of England.
Initially, 13 of the company’s district metering areas (DMAs) were set up, with... [Read More]
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Jan 9, 2017
Flowmeters
VSL, the National Metrology Institute in the Netherlands, has proved flare gas flowmeters from Fluenta can operate with an uncertainty of 1.5% even at low flow rates.
Extensive testing at the VSL facility in the Netherlands demonstrated that calibration of the Fluenta 160 flare gas meter can double its accuracy, from 3 to 1.5% uncertainty.
Fluenta’s gas flowmeters use... [Read More]
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Jan 9, 2017
Valves
Hantemp Controls, a manufacturer of stainless steel liquid control devices, is now offering the model S4At stainless steel solenoid valve.
While ideal for ammonia, these solenoid valves can also control CO2, fluorinated refrigerants, glycols, pure water, light oils, and other approved liquids.
For ammonia refrigeration systems, they can be used for overfeed/recirculating... [Read More]
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Jan 9, 2017
Valves
IMI Precision Engineering has expanded its valve product offering with the addition of the new IMI FAS 6.5mm Flexisol, a direct acting two-way or three-way valve.
Developed to deliver optimum performance and all-round efficiency and designed for compact environments and easy installation, Flexisol incorporates a host of functional and practical features.
With a footprint... [Read More]
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Jan 9, 2017
Valves
Heerema Marine Contractors has chosen Emerson Automation Solutions to provide a valve remote control (VRC) system for the world’s largest semi-submersible offshore crane vessel
SSCV Sleipnir, currently under construction at Sembcorp Marine’s shipyard in Singapore, is a 220m long vessel designed for the installation and removal of large offshore structures.
These... [Read More]
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Jan 9, 2017
Flowmeters
Endress+Hauser has released Proline 300/500, a family of industry-optimised smart Coriolis mass and electromagnetic flow instruments that simplify installation, speed up commissioning, and streamline both operation and maintenance.
The Proline Promass Coriolis mass flowmeters are available in 11 models ranging in sizes from 1/24” to 14” in diameter, for measuring... [Read More]
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Jan 9, 2017
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Altra Industrial Motion Corp., a global manufacturer of electromechanical power transmission and motion control products, has closed on the acquisition of the Stromag business from GKN.
Stromag generated approximately €131 million in revenue in 2015, and the acquisition is anticipated to be accretive to Altra’s earnings in 2017, excluding any one-time or acquisition-related... [Read More]