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Pumps
An engineering firm based in Hartlepool, UK, is making a number of new friends in the chemicals industry thanks to a growing reputation in specialist technical work since re-launching last year.
C&A Pumps and Engineering launched in 2012 to install and maintain electrical and mechanical systems primarily for building firms, local authorities and managed workspaces.
Though the chemicals sector…
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Pipelines
Global demand for plastic pipes is expected to rise by 6.7% per annum to reach 19.3 billion metres in 2019.
The demand increase was forecast in World Plastic Pipe, a new study from The Freedonia Group, a Cleveland-based industry research firm.
According to the study, strong growth of construction activity, particularly in the large markets of China and the US, will boost the demand for plastic…
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Pumps
Pump manufacturer CRI Pumps has opened its sixth foreign subsidiary — CRI Pumps Shanghai Co Ltd — in China.
The new subsidiary is expected to become fully operational in about a month.
G. Soundararajan, Vice-Chairman, CRI Pumps, says the investment in China facility would to the tune of $6 million.
CRI China would focus on industrial, mining, process industries, pressure boosting…
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Other
CEJN has introduced a new coupling which the company describes as having a flat-face twist lock for the toughest applications in the construction and demolition segment. This quick connect coupling is designed to work with the highest surge flows and the toughest pressure impulses, the company says.
The TLX series is made from high alloy steels with zinc-nickel surface treatment for durability in…
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Pumps
Jump has launched its latest hose pump range, the JH Series.
The pump design features up to 70% lower pulsation compared to a single peristaltic pump and reduced space requirements, while providing transfer capacity up to 300m3/h in the triple version.
Jump says the JH Series has low energy consumption when coupling pump bodies, with consumption increased by 30% instead of 100%.
Adaptable flanges…
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Pumps
California-based pump and engineering specialist Wilden, a manufacturer of air-operated double-diaphragm (AODD) pump technology, has announced a new line of diaphragms for pump operations.
The company's EZ-Install TPE diaphragms have been designed so that the operator in the field does not need to invert the diaphragm during the installation process. This improvement is intended to reduce the…
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Hoses
Parker Hannifin has announced a new addition to its Hose Products Division, to be included in its Partek line of hydraulic hose sleeving products.
A new hose protection sleeve designed to prevent worker injuries and equipment damage from high-pressure hose bursts, introduced as Partek Defense, features high-performance materials and a proprietary endurance-boosting weave pattern to contain…
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Other
Specialized Turning, provider of precision machining, CNC machining, and custom CNC machining services, is introducing custom machined valve bodies, heater blocks, manifolds and related parts requiring extremely close tolerances and tight sealing for critical applications.
Specialized custom pressure and flow valve components are machined, rather than tapped, using proprietary tooling to achieve…
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Pumps
AxFlow, a specialist in the marketing, distribution and provision of a complete sales engineering service for fluid handling equipment, has announced that it has entered into an agreement to distribute Aturia centrifugal pumps in the UK. This development will expand AxFlow's pump offering to include DIN, ISO, split case, mag drive, borehole and fire-fighting pumps.
'Adding the Aturia to portfolio…
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FES International, a global supplier of fluid transfer systems, has completed a major £2.4 million (€2.8 million) swivel refurbishment contract for Houston-based oil and gas company Talos ERT.
The swivels form part of a Disconnectable Transfer System (DTS)/Turret, which FES supplied to Helix ERT in 2008 for a vessel operating in the oil fields of the Green Bank Canyon, in the Gulf of…
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Valves
Bürkert Fluid Control Systems, a manufacturer of control and measuring systems for fluids and gases for a variety of applications including water treatment and microfluidics, have announced a new process control solution.
The company’s pivoted armature solenoid valves are equipped with a lockable manual override as standard and have the option of a visual position indicator or an…
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Level Monitors
Industry technology provider Digi International, which produces a variety of wireless devices and offers computerised digital services, has launched the latest addition to its range of solutions for tank monitoring.
The Digi Connect Tank is a fully integrated, cellular-enabled remote tank level monitoring solution for single tanks, totes and containers. The Digi Connect Tank relays…
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Pumps
Flowserve, a global provider of fluid motion and control products and services, announced it has received a multi-million dollar order from water treatment solutions company IDE Technologies.
The order, made in the last quarter of 2013, covers the supply of pumping systems for the seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) desalination plant in Carlsbad, California, US.
The 189,250 m3/day plant was designed…
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Valves
Attendees at the Adipec 2013 event in Abu Dhabi earlier this month saw the introduction of a new metal seated ball valve from AS-Schneider.
Made of stainless steel for use in corrosive environments, the patent-pending KM series valve is designed for high-pressure operations with oil and gas industry pipes.
The valve can operate in temperatures ranging from -29ºC to 450ºC, as opposed to…
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Flowmeters
Litre Meter, a UK-based manufacturer of fluid flow products, has sent 65 VFF positive displacement flow meters with spares to Azerbaijan for use in chemical injection applications in the Caspian Sea.
The VFF MF30 rotary piston flow meters will measure flow of methanol at high pressure – 430 bar (6,326 psi) – in gas field exploration programs.
'Antifreeze' fluids such as methanol are…
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Pumps
DESMI, a global specialist in the development and manufacture of pump solutions for a variety of industries including marine, oil spill solutions and defence, has launched a vertical in-line centrifugal pump.
The ESL can be used for a number of applications, including hot and fresh water circulation, HVAC, as a hydrophore pump, cooling water and refrigeration.
Denmark-based DESMI claims a number…
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Other
Victaulic, a manufacturer of mechanical pipe-joining systems, has launched Extended Life (XL) fittings and couplings, a new line of products for rubber-lined pipe used in abrasive applications.
The fittings feature an extra ¼ inch (6.4 millimeters) of lining, which the company says extends the service life by up to three times compared to standard rubber-lined fittings.
XL fittings…
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Pipelines
A pipe cleaning technology developed in the United Kingdom has been trialled for the first time in an irrigation network in Australia.
'Ice pigging' involves running an icy slurry, similar to a slushy, through pipes to clear them of debris and bio-film.
It was first developed at the University of Bristol for use in water utilities.
The Barmera, Australia-based Central Irrigation Trust's corporate…
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