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Gardner Denver High Pressure Solutions has expanded its suite of pump offerings for the horizontal directional drilling (HDD) market with its new GD 800HDD pump.
The American-made pumpfeatures an extremely high flow rate of more than 1000 gpm, making it suitable for the most demanding horizontal drilling projects.
Its light weight eases transportation between work sites and its extremely high…
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Valve specialist Schubert & Salzer Control Systems has developed a compact, lightweight and energy-efficient solution for all areas of the process industry with its new type 8028 sliding gate valve.
In addition, with a pneumatic 80-millimetre diaphragm actuator and digital positioner, the control valve allows for a low-noise operation.
The sliding gate technology used in the type 8028 controls…
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Globally, there are few resources as essential as water.
As the fluid of life, water is needed and used by every single person on the planet, but with the growing impacts of climate change being felt across the worldwide water sector, action is required now to reduce demand, increase supply, and apply the principles of a circular economy to the way water is managed and shared.
Meeting the…
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Petrotec and Flowserve have jointly opened a new dry gas seal repair and testing facility in the Salwa industrial area of Qatar.
The new facility, the Petrotec Service and Technology Centre, expands Petrotec’s existing wet seal repair and testing capabilities in Qatar and adds local compressor seal commissioning, inspection and repair capabilities.
Dry gas seals are an integral part of…
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Pump supplier for the energy sector Hayward Tyler has announced an agreement with Ruhrpumpen, a leading manufacturer of pump systems, to better serve customers in the conventional power and industrial markets.
Under a license agreement, Ruhrpumpen will exclusively manufacture, sell, and supply parts and services for Westinghouse and Babcock & Wilcox pumps, using Hayward Tyler’s Intellectual…
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Vanni Vignoli was elected as the 30th president of Europump - the European pump industry association.
The election was undertaken digitally as part of the association’s Virtual General Assembly.
An engineer in the pump sector for over 20 years, Vignoli has held various positions with Italian pump manufacturer, Caprari, best known for its centrifugal pumps, submersible motors, and integrated…
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Many companies may have pipework systems that are full of water or other fluid that need to be completely drained for the smallest of repair.
Companies facing system downtime can drastically reduce pipe and valve repair and maintenance costs with Accu-Freeze available from the Pipestoppers Division of Huntingdon Fusion Techniques HFT.
Luke Keane, technical support at HFT, said: “We carried…
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Pumps
Riventa, the energy-saving optimisation experts for assets such as blowers, turbines and pumps, has secured an important new strategic partnership in Egypt.
Cairo-based Flowtech for Maintenance and Services, who provide key water technology and environmental solutions, will be introducing Riventa’s proprietary monitoring systems and software to its fast-growing customer base.
Mohamed Yehia,…
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Dubai Electricity & Water Authority (DEWA) is a step closer to replacing its industrial pump bearings with grease-free Thordon water lubricated bearing solutions following the installation of the Canadian company’s pioneering technology to desalination plants across the United Arab Emirates.
In the first six months of this year, Ocean Power International (OPI), Thordon Bearings’ Dubai-based…
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Atlas Copco Power and Flow has introduced a new technology platform – the wear deflector – for its WEDA D70 electric submersible dewatering pumps enabling construction and industrial sites to remove water more reliably and improve productivity.
At the heart of wear deflector is an innovative hydraulic design that provides a high level of pump efficacy.
The design has evolved in an…
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Contact Energy has selected Voith Hydro to upgrade its Roxburgh hydropower plant on the Clutha River in New Zealand.
Contact is looking to increase its generation output using the same water flow by replacing four turbines with a more efficient and modern design.
Under the contract, signed back in May, Voith Hydro will be responsible for engineering, scale model testing, manufacturing,…
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Pumps
Morrison Water Services has been appointed by Scottish Water as a strategic contractor partner to support the delivery of one of Scotland’s biggest
capital investment infrastructure programmes.
The initial contract term for the Scottish Water ‘Delivery Vehicle 2’ (DV2) framework is six years and includes the option to extend by a further six years. The DV2 framework was tendered across…
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Weir Minerals has launched the new Multiflo Mudflo hydraulic submersible slurry pump.
Engineered for abrasive applications and large particle handling, the pump features a hydraulically driven wet-end specifically designed to efficiently and safely reprocess and relocate tailings ponds, maintain water retention dams and manage slimes and sludge ponds.
The innovative solution combines the…
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The Supreme Court has ruled in favour of small refineries seeking relief from the Renewable Fuel Standard, delivering a major blow to biofuel groups in a long-running legal battle over the governance of the nation’s ethanol and biodiesel policy.
In a 6-3 ruling, the court ruled Small Refinery Exemptions from the nation’s biofuel blending requirements need not be extended in an uninterrupted…
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Valves
Aberdeen-based technology specialist Interventek has been awarded a repeat order to supply additional open-water Revolution shear-and-seal valves.
The seven-figure contract comes on the back of Interventek supplying an initial set of the advanced subsea shear-and-seal safety valves in 2020, comprising single and dual cavity variants for Trendsetter Engineering in Houston.
The Revolution valves…
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Flowserve Corporation has announced the launch of a IoT service suite to help production facilities monitor their assets remotely.
This will help predict equipment failures before they happen and take preventive measures to avoid business disruptions.
RedRaven, the new platform supports any flow control equipment regardless of manufacturer, opening the door for companies to quickly realise the…
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Pipelines
Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has completed 96.4% of its project to extend its water transmission network by 36.6 kilometres across Dubai.
Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD and CEO of DEWA, affirmed that DEWA used the latest technologies in the generation, transmission, distribution and control of electricity and water networks.
DEWA has made significant achievements in developing the…
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Pipelines
Severn Trent has begun essential work to upgrade the water network in Wolverhampton in the UK.
The water company is investing over £2 million (€2.3 million) to install 9 km of brand-new pipes across the Bantock Park area to help reduce the number of leaks and bursts.
Work began earlier this month and the major network upgrade is expected to take approximately seven months to complete. …
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