Feb 17, 2016
Quiet pump operation for oil and gas applications
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Feb 17, 2016
Pumps
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... [Read More]
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Feb 16, 2016
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... [Read More]
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Feb 16, 2016
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... [Read More]
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Feb 15, 2016
Other
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... [Read More]
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Feb 15, 2016
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”... [Read More]
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Feb 12, 2016
Other
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,... [Read More]
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Feb 11, 2016
Other
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... [Read More]
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Feb 11, 2016
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,... [Read More]
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Feb 10, 2016
Other
UK coupling manufacturer Renold Couplings will launch two new product ranges at the Drives & Controls exhibition, being held at Birmingham’s NEC this April.
Designed for industrial applications, the Hi-Tec RBI coupling range builds on existing RB offering by incorporating a new block profile to increase torque throughput by 50%.
As with the existing industrial... [Read More]
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Feb 10, 2016
Pumps
Franklin Electric Co., a manufacturer of complete pumping systems, will display two new pumping innovations at the WWETT 2016 Exhibition and Conference.
The new FPS IGPH Series of high head grinder pumps are engineered for the tough demands of higher head conditions found in many low pressure sewage transfer applications.
Available in an automatic or manual version, the... [Read More]
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Feb 9, 2016
Flowmeters
German flow solutions provider Festo has launched two new easy-to-use flow sensors with an IO-Link output that fast process status checks and increase production efficiencies.
Developed in response to the trend for increased monitoring and diagnostics, the new SFAW sensor is the first flow sensor from Festo for sensing liquid media, while the SPAU is a new modular system... [Read More]
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Feb 9, 2016
Valves
World demand for industrial valves is projected to climb 4.3% annually through 2019 to $98.5 billion (€87.7bn), a new market study says.
According to market research company Freedonia, market advances will be stimulated by growth in chemicals and other process manufacturing output, electric power generation, and construction activity in a generally healthy economic... [Read More]
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Feb 9, 2016
Other
Control and instrumentation company RCP, based in Aberdeen, Scotland, has been awarded a contract to supply and install integrated well control equipment for a Singaporean client.
The £300,000 (€386,600) contract will see RCP install and commission the systems on high-specification Chinese new build oil rigs, where they will streamline the well control process... [Read More]
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Feb 9, 2016
Pumps
US-based liquid handling equipment manufacturer Graco has released a new sealed four-ball lower, compatible with all Graco circulation pumps.
The model has longer maintenance cycles and does not require throat seal liquid (TSL), which reduces maintenance costs and unplanned downtime.
Common components also make the lower simpler to maintain and reduce inventory... [Read More]
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Feb 9, 2016
Pumps
Colorado, US-based centrifugal sealless magnetic drive pump designer Sundyne’s VapourView pump protection system has been cUL, ATEX, and IECEx approved.
VapourView monitors gas inside the process fluid as it passes through a Sundyne sealless magnetic drive pump.
When the probe detects the presence of gas levels – even as low as 1% per volume – a warning... [Read More]
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Feb 8, 2016
Other
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... [Read More]
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