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Endress+Hauser has acquired SensAction, a manufacturer of innovative systems for measuring the concentration of liquids.
With this move, the Switzerland-based group intends to strengthen its quality measurement portfolio. SensAction will remain headquartered in Coburg, Germany and keep the current staff of 13 employees.
SensAction will operate as a division of the Endress+Hauser center of…
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Total US crude oil production in 2016 was below its 2015 level, despite increasing crude oil prices throughout most of 2016, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA).
However, according to the organisation, monthly production began growing in the fourth quarter of the year after declining over the first three quarters.
Total 2016 production remained above the five-year…
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Pipelines
BP is in talks with chemicals giant Ineos to sell the North Sea’s largest and oldest oil pipeline, which is used to transport the crude that prices the global Brent benchmark.
The pipeline system is around 100 miles long. It transports oil from the unmanned offshore Unity platform in the North Sea to the onshore terminal at Cruden Bay near Aberdeen. From here 130 miles of onshore…
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Flowmeters
Flow measurement specialist Krohne has introduced a new Optimass 2000 S400 16-inch Coriolis mass flowmeter.
According to the company, the large diameter mass flowmeter is ideal for bulk measurement of petroleum and oil, as well as syrup, molasses and raw chemicals.
The meter has been approved for custody transfer of liquids and gases.
The Optimass 2000 S400 features the smallest installation…
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Alicat Scientific has been selected by analytical instrumentation manufacturer Valco Instruments Company (VICI) as one of its preferred suppliers for gas flow controls in its Dynacalibrator Calibration Gas Generators.
Alicat’s range of Basis OEM mass flow controllers provide the control required by VICI to create gas mixes down to fractions of a nanogram per minute, in a compact footprint…
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Wales-based Huntingdon Fusion Techniques (HFT) has unveiled a range of lightweight inflatable stoppers for pipes up to 120” diameter to prevent the entry of debris into pipes.
Ron Sewell, chairman for HFT, said: “For pipe diameters of 36” and over, not all applications require expensive and very robust, heavy rubber plugs, nor is it always necessary to use mechanical plugs which…
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AxFlow, a Swedish positive displacement pumps and fluid handling systems specialist, is offering a compressor system as an alternative to centrifugal pumps for emptying liquefied gas from storage tanks, vessels and mobile tankers.
In a statement, AxFlow said: “Unlike pumps, which can only unload around 85% of the liquefied gas, the compressor system will easily transfer more than 99%…
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Pumps
Thompson Pump & Manufacturing, a US pump maker, is planning to move its headquarters to a new location in Port Orange, Florida.
According to media reports in the Daytona Beach News Journal, the hydraulic pump maker will move next to a retail hub called The Pavilion in Port Orange.
The city announced Monday (13 March, 2017) it had closed on the sale of 15 acres off Williamson Boulevard to the…
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Flowmeters
Titan Enterprises, a developer of flowmeters and flow instrumentation, has launched a new responsive website
Speaking about its new website, Dee Stapley, sales manager said: "The clean design of the new Titan website allows visitors to simply and quickly locate pertinent product information including the full technical specifications of our extensive range of ultrasonic, oval gear and turbine…
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Pumps
Fluid Components International (FCI), a global flow sensing and measurement company, has introduced a new technology that protects water pumps from getting damaged.
The new device is called FlexSwitch FLT93 Flow Switch. In a statement, the company said the technology will help engineers responsible for municipal or industrial water storage, disinfection or effluent treatment systems.
Municipal…
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Pumps
Water technology company Xylem is launching a new ‘Smart Pump’ range.
The Lowara Smart Pump range is equipped with built-in ultra-premium efficiency IE5 motors to achieve optimal performance in water supply and HVAC applications for commercial buildings.
According to the company, the IE5 motor delivers the “highest level of performance, exceeding current IE3 legislative…
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Pipelines
Pipes in New Zealand's capital are leaking a million litres (220,000 gallons) of water a day as a result of the powerful November 2016 earthquake, according to media reports in the BBC.
The authorities in Wellington can't fix the problem yet because they don't know where the leaks are located, the Newstalk ZB reports.
Utility company Wellington Water says that meters are going to be fitted…
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Pumps
Thailand’s water pump market accounted for $16.7 million (€15m) in 2014 and is projected to reach $25.6 million by 2021, in terms of revenue, according to a new report.
A new report by Persistence Market Research, maintained that factors fuelling the market include low manufacturing costs, expansion of water supply network, massive urbanisation and industrialisation, increasing arable…
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Valves
Asahi/America, a producer of thermoplastic fluid flow technologies, has revealed the next generation Omni Type-27 ball valve with updated performance features and improved actuation capabilities.
A new smooth ergonomic handle with open/shut indication tops the Omni Type-27, while the rugged, injection-moulded one-piece body includes a single-threaded and sealed end carrier.
Double stem O-ring…
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Pumps
Hugo Vogelsang Maschinenbau is presenting the newly developed RoadPump Plus system for hygienic wastewater disposal from intercity buses.
With new products, Vogelsang tackles the problems concerning the emptying of bus toilet tanks, where there is still a lack of wide-ranging waste disposal stations for the high number of long-distance and intercity bus journeys in Germany.
"With the RoadPump…
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Flowmeters
With its ExactRead technology, the new all-in-one FlowConnect from McCrometer automates data collection for the Mc Propeller and Water Specialties meters to provide reliable information for water resource management.
Featuring a streamlined design, FlowConnect includes powerful next-generation built-in communications for transmitting accurate, reliable…
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Flowmeters
To help find out where water is being lost from the Wellington City Council’s water supply network in New Zealand, Wellington Water is installing 11 bulk water flowmeters.
“We know that there is drinking water loss in the central business district (CBD) but it’s really hard to quantify and to locate. Leak detection is tricky at the best of times but in the CBD where you have…
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US fuel injections systems company Fluid Mechanics has become part of L’Orange, the German specialist in electronically-controlled, high-pressure injection technology for diesel and heavy fuel oil engines.
Fluid Mechanics celebrates its 60th anniversary this year and will continue in North America to use the same name and personnel, only now as a fully functioning operation of…
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