Jan 18, 2017
Total places second order for Amarinth super duplex pumps
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Jan 18, 2017
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Graco Advanced Fluid Dispense (AFD) has launched new barrel stack designs for Graco F-5 and F4-55 two-component liquid silicone rubber (LSR) injection moulding meter, mix, and dispense equipment.
The updated barrel stacks are available in both multi-pass and single pass designs, and they are easy to clean and assemble and have no tapered national pipe thread (NPT) threads.
End... [Read More]
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Jan 17, 2017
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Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Group (WMFTG) has produced a series of web videos to educate process engineers and specifiers on the benefits of its Bredel hose pumps.
In particular, a focus is given to comparisons between Bredel technology and progressive cavity (PC) and air operated diaphragm (AOD) pumps.
The online accessibility of the videos ensures the content can... [Read More]
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Jan 17, 2017
Pumps
The Bottrop purification plant was built between 1991 and 1997 by Emschergenossesschaft (ZSB) at the location of the former Emscher river purification plant in Germany.
In Bottrop, the sewage produced by about 1.34 million population equivalents is purified in the plant.
This is equivalent of the sewage produced by about 650,000 inhabitants and the same quantity of industrial... [Read More]
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Jan 17, 2017
Pumps
Dean Pump, a centrifugal pump manufacturer and CECO Environmental brand, has entered into a distribution agreement with Dorian Drake International.
Under the terms of the agreement, Dorian Drake will be responsible for sales in specific international markets, including all of Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia, and South America.
The agreement is the first step in a major... [Read More]
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Jan 17, 2017
Valves
Andritz Hydro, part of international technology group Andritz, has received an order from Eidsiva Vannkraft to supply electromechanical equipment for a new Norwegian hydropower plant.
Andritz’ contract comprises design, manufacturing, and delivery of the complete electromechanical equipment for the new Nedre Otta plant.
The supply deal includes two vertical Kaplan... [Read More]
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Jan 16, 2017
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Fowler Wastewater Reclamation Facility in the US state of Georgia has been approved for a multimillion dollar expansion project set to double its capacity.
Forsyth County board of commissioners voted to greenlight the nearly $64 million (€60m) contract to expand the Fowler facility from treating 2.5 million gallons a day to 5 million gallons.
The county’s procurement... [Read More]
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Jan 16, 2017
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EPS has signed a design-build-operate (DBO) contract valued at €3.8 million for the upgrade of the water supply infrastructure in Ireland.
The work being undertaken in North Leitrim involves an overall €8.4 million investment by Irish Water and will benefit 9,000 people, Leitrim Observer reported.
The North Leitrim Regional Water Supply Scheme supplies treated... [Read More]
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Jan 13, 2017
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The Philippines’ largest oil firm Petron Corp. wants to build a new refinery to aid a foreign partner in meeting the growing domestic demand for finished petroleum products.
According to Ramon Ang, president of Petron’s parent company San Miguel Corp., the new refinery would process up to 250,000 barrels of oil per day.
The facility would increase Petron’s... [Read More]
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Jan 12, 2017
Flowmeters
Emerson’s Daniel 3415 and 3416 dual-configuration gas ultrasonic meters have received the industry’s first technology qualification (TQ) from DNV GL for fiscal gas meters.
The TQ is a risk-based assessment that evaluates meter performance in real-life operational environments to ensure the technology meets the highest fiscal measurement standards.
The certification... [Read More]
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Jan 12, 2017
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Delta Industrial Valves, a member of Weir Group known for its knife gate valves, will cease operations at its Michigan, US, plant by mid-2017.
Delta, which has been operating the plant in Niles for about 30 years, said the change in oil prices and the wildfires in Alberta, Canada, prompted the closure.
The facility’s about 60 employees manufactured pumps, valves,... [Read More]
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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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