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Valves
Metso, a Finnish valve solutions provider for pulp and paper industries, has signed a comprehensive framework agreement with Metsä Fibre to supply valve solutions for the world`s first next-generation bioproduct mill.
Metso`s valve solutions will be used in all process phases of the mill, located in Äänekoski, Finland.
The delivery includes more than one thousand valves and…
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Pumps
Curtiss-Wright Corp. (CW) has successfully completed the shipment of the first pair of AP1000 reactor coolant pumps (RCPs) for Sanmen Unit 1 in China, the world's first AP1000 nuclear power plant.
The two RCPs are expected to be on-site in December 2015, in support of key project milestones.
CW also expects to complete production and shipment of the remaining two RCPs for Sanmen…
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Pumps
Amarinth, a UK-based pump manufacturer, has delivered a bespoke 2.8m vertical hydrocarbon condensate pump to a Sonatrach refinery in Algeria.
The delivered pump will act as a direct plug-and-play replacement for an existing unreliable pump.
The replacement pump required rapid delivery due to concerns that the refinery could be shut down if a catastrophic failure of the old pump…
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Honeywell Process Solutions has implemented its Experion PKS R.410 distributed control system (DCS) at Angarsk Petrochemical Company (APC), the largest oil refining and petrochemical complex in the Irkutsk region of Eastern Siberia, Russia.
The DCS will simplify operations and improve the process efficiency of the refinery’s delayed coking unit, which extracts valuable fuels from heavy…
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Valves
The JSC Taneco Oil Refining and Petrochemical complex located in Nizhnekamsk, Russia has purchased Auma’s new actuation solution for lift plug valves.
The established supplier of modular, electric actuation technology supplied actuators for 28 lift plug valves to SchuF, an international industrial valve company.
Construction of the refinery complex commenced in 2005 and commissioning is…
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Pumps
Armstrong Fluid Technology (AFT) has introduced its generation Design Envelope pumps.
The new pump range features 33 advanced energy savings models ranging in sizes from one to 75HP, AFT says.
The new pumps are designed to increase energy savings while providing more sustainable solutions.
‘The Design Envelope (DE) technology integrates the latest selection, control, and hydronic tools into…
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Pumps
BBA Pumps has introduced a new design of its B Series self-priming pumps.
The design of the larger B pumps (6" to 10") has been modified to provide higher pump efficiency and a larger passage for solids.
The production process of the pump range’s smaller models, such as the electrically driven B40 to B70, has also been enhanced, BBA reports.
The company aims to reduce its ecological impact…
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Robix Alternative Fuels has demonstrated its patented C160 oil spill recovery vessel in open water testing in Mexico.
The C160 is capable of recovering up to 160m3/hr of spilt oil off the surface of water.
The vessel exceeded expectations in terms of its oil recovery performance and operation in open water testing conditions.
The next step is to complete independent 3rd party testing by local…
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Shimadzu, an analytical instrumentation manufacturer, has introduced a new model of the i-Series integrated (Ultra) High Performance Liquid Chromatograph (UHPLC/HPLC) systems family.
The new Prominence-i version named LC-2030 LT is a detectorless model giving the users the flexibility of adding any detector of their choice and allows even inexperienced operators to obtain high quality data…
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Yokogawa Electric Corporation has released Centum VP R6.02, a new version of its integrated production control system with enhanced functionality.
Yokogawa has developed a number of new operation and monitoring functions for Centum VP, the latest generation in the 40-year-old Centum series, that will make it easier for operators to keep track of what is happening in a plant.
Oil refineries,…
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Indonesia's state-owned PT Pertamina and Saudi Aramco, the state-owned oil company of Saudi Arabia, have signed a Heads of Agreement (HoA) to formalise key business principles for joint ownership, operation and upgrade of the Cilacap Refinery.
The contract was signed during the inauguration of the newly commissioned Residual Fluid Catalytic Cracking (RFCC) facility at the Cilacap Refinery, and…
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Honeywell has introduced its new Amplified Basic Pressure (ABP) Series of board-mounted piezoresistive pressure sensors.
The new sensors, among the smallest in their class, offer a ratiometric analogue or digital output for reading pressure over the specified full scale pressure span and temperature range.
The ABP Series is fully calibrated and temperature compensated for sensor offset,…
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Electronic Temperature Instruments has introduced a new budget differential thermometer kit to meet the needs of HVAC engineers and plumbers.
The ETI differential thermometer measures temperature over the range of -99.9 to 299.9°C with a 0.1°C resolution or 300 to 1372°C with a 1°C resolution.
The thermometer features a custom, LCD display with °C/°F, T1, T2, diff, hold,…
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Pumps
Franklin Electric has expanded its line of VR Series vertical, stainless steel multi-stage pumps.
The booster pumps are now available in 3, 5, 9, 15, 20, 30, 45, 65, and 95m3/h options with a flow range up to 600 gpm and 750ft of total dynamic head (TDH).
The VR Series was manufactured to be the most durable booster pump on the market, according to Franklin.
Each pump features all 316…
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Fluid Handling International is participating in Tank Storage Germany in Hamburg on 25-26 November!
Come meet Chris at our booth C17 and pick up a free copy of the magazine.
You can also follow our twitter feed @FluidHandIntl for event updates.
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Armstrong Fluid Technology has introduced the IPS 4000 integrated pumping system, an advanced multi-zone control.
The new system directly integrates with pumping units to optimise energy performance, system handling, and installation.
Designed with the ‘sensor within’, the IPS 4000 series offers a comprehensive control solution that does not rely on remote sensors to…
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Emerson has released new features to its Rosemount 3051S pressure transmitter to allow new measurement possibilities in high process temperatures or changing ambient conditions
The new Rosemount 3051S thermal range expander with new UltraTherm 805 oil fill fluid enables pressure measurements by direct-mounting a diaphragm seal system to processes that reach up to 410°C without requiring…
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Valves
Rotork Skilmatic electro-hydraulic valve actuators have been ordered for increased safety emergency shutdown duties on two new oil pipelines in China.
Owned by the China National Petroleum Corporation, the Mahui and Yunnan Pipelines are attached to the network bringing oil and gas to China from offshore fields in the Bay of Bengal.
The Skilmatic actuators will be installed in automated and…
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Pumps
A Bredel 40 hose pump from Watson-Marlow is the latest arrival at Farécla Products, a world-class manufacturer of cutting compounds and finishing products, where it is being used on a mobile platform to serve filling lines.
The pump joins existing Bredel 65 and Bredel 100 pumps on site that are being deployed to transfer a number of extremely abrasive, highly viscous products.
Based at…
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