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Pumps
International technology group Andritz has received an order from Hohhot Water Supply to equip two pumping stations in the city of Hohhot in North China with six and five double-flow split-case pumps, respectively.
Start-up of the two pumping stations is scheduled for late 2015 and they will deliver 200,000m3 of water per hour from the Yellow River to the city of Hohhot, the capital of the Inner…
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Ideal Clamp Products has added new sizes to its contractor pack bags line for the Ideal-Tridon brand of worm gear, hose, and specialty clamps.
SAE sizes 36, 48, and 64, are now available in the twenty-five packs, which were designed with the contractor or big jobs in mind.
All Ideal-Tridon stainless steel hose clamps are made in the US and are Uniform Plumber Code (UPC) certified.
The durable…
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Hoses
Ratos subsidiary GS-Hydro, a global non-welded piping solution provider, is to acquire First Hose, a hose and related component provider located in Aberdeen, UK.
The purchase price for First Hose, who services the oil and gas industry in the UK North Sea, consists of an initial payment of approximately £4.5 million (€6.3 million) enterprise value plus a maximum additional purchase…
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Flowmeters
AW-Lake, a North American manufacturer and distributor of flowmeter products, has received ATEX and IECEx explosion-proof certifications for its RT-30EX meter-mounted flow transmitter and HUB-41EX flow sensor.
These new certifications are important to engineers designing systems in environments with explosive atmospheres, as they ensure compliance with all standards set forth by the European…
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Pump manufacturer and system integrator Lewa, through its Singaporean subsidiary LEWA-Nikkiso Singapore, has recently fabricated and installed its largest chemical injection module ordered to date on a Brazilian floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) unit off the coast of Singapore.
With dimensions of 21.3x20x10m and an estimated operating weight of 714 tonnes, the complete module…
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Valves
Flowserve, a global flow control products and services provider, has introduced the Valtek DiamondBack, a technologically advanced anti-cavitation trim design for severe service applications.
DiamondBack enables control valve users to eliminate high-pressure drop cavitation damage and the associated noise.
In addition, the design can be produced in a range of materials, including tungsten…
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Flowmeters
JLC International, a Pennsylvania, US-based engineering company, has received an order for 1,000 Titan 300-010 beverage flowmeters from Freepour Beverage Management, based in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.
Freepour Beverage Management has over the last few years installed several thousands of the flowmeters in their beverage management systems.
The Beverage Turbine Flowmeter Series 300 by Titan…
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Pumps
Westinghouse Electric Company, Curtiss-Wright Corp, and State Nuclear Power Technology Corp (SNPTC) of China have successfully completed the final performance testing and post-test inspections of the lead AP1000 plant reactor coolant pump (RCP).
Throughout the testing, the reactor coolant pump performance met the design requirements which are necessary to support safe and reliable…
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Pumps
When upgrading one of Europe’s largest sewers, which currently serves 3.5 million people, increasing its capacity by 60%, and taking into account a predicted population increase of 10% by 2021, it is understandable why such a system is regarded as a ‘super sewer’.
These are the scale of the upgrades being undertaken by Thames Water at their Beckton and Crossness sites in East…
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Flowmeters
UK Flowtechnik, a supplier of flowmeters, instrumentation, pumps, magnetic couplings, and hydraulic system components, has become the first company in the world to accurately meter extremely viscous adhesive with 55% aluminium filler.
The Nottingham-based company was approached by a manufacturer of glue and resin dispensing machines to see if it could accurately measure the flow rate of Araldite…
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Valves
Power plant valve purchases will remain at a high level in 2016 thanks to continued construction of new coal-fired power plants in Asia, says a recent market study by the McIlvaine Company.
China, Vietnam, Indonesia, and Japan are expected to be the driving forces for the valve market in the region.
Despite the fact that Japan was the host of the original greenhouse gas reduction convention, the…
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Pumps
Jump, a French manufacturer of positive displacement, vacuum, and drum pumps, has upgraded its JE Series eccentric disc pump.
The company has so far manufactured its equipment from ductile iron or 316L stainless steel, but it is now expanding its range to cover stainless cast iron fabrication.
Stainless cast iron can be used in sensitive applications for which 316L stainless steel might not be a…
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Honeywell Process Solutions (HPS) has launched the new RTU2020 process controller for managing remote automation and control applications in oil and gas, mining, and other process industries.
Today’s industrial operations are increasingly challenged with converting ‘Big Data’ from complex automation systems and into relevant, actionable information.
The growth of…
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Pipelines
A new method of pipeline corrosion protection, the Pipevac, has recently been developed by UK-based Abfad.
Unprotected pipelines, be they buried in the ground, submerged underwater, or exposed to the environment, are incredibly susceptible to corrosion.
Corrosion in pipelines is perilous, as it can damage their structural integrity, making them dangerous for transporting potentially hazardous…
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Pumps
Verder has introduced the new VA25-HP (DA) high pressure air-operated double diaphragm pump for compressed air pressure and filter press applications.
The new AODD pump is capable of boosting up pressure up to two times the used compressed air pressure and stalling against closed discharge, with no safety pressure valve required.
The VA25-HP (DA) has no need for ancillary equipment to regulate…
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Hayward Flow Control has added PVC and CPVC FLV Series bag filters to its range of thermoplastic filtration products.
The new PVC and CPVC FLV Series are available in Size 1 (16") and Size 2 (32") vessels with True-Union design for multiple end connection sizes and types allowing for quick and flexible installations.
Made from PVC or CPVC materials, the FLV Series products are well-suited for…
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Renold Couplings’ Hi-Tec range of pilot bored RB rubber-in-compression couplings are now available ‘off the shelf’.
Used across a variety of production industries, the Hi-Tec RB coupling transmits torque using compressed rubber elements to dampen vibration and eliminate backlash.
This results in the efficient operation of the drive train, while removing the risk of failure and…
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Radco Industries, a global manufacturer of high quality heat transfer fluids and specialty lubricants for the military sector, has added a methylethylated aromatic mixture to its line of synthetic and petroleum based heat transfer fluid products.
This latest formulation will be manufactured and sold as Xceltherm SST.
Testing performed under the recently developed ASTM 6743, known as the…
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