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A third round of grant funding aimed to help petrol stations buy ethanol blender pumps has begun in South Dakota, US.
The state has put up $500,000 (€389,500) and station owners can apply for up to $25,000 to install a pump for the first time, or up to $10,000 for any additional pumps.
Blender pumps allow customers to choose their ethanol blends at the pump at 10, 20, 30 or 85%. South Dakota…
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Precision Polymer Engineering (PPE), a manufacturer of elastomer seals, has expanded its range of sealing solutions for the oil and gas sectors.
The new range of spring seals include elastomer seals which are made from Perlast and Endura materials and incorporate a spring, making them suitable for applications encountering high pressures, high temperatures or aggressive media and…
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Level Monitors
Emerson Process Management has launched its wireless Guided Wave Radar (GWR) transmitter for continuous level and interface monitoring.
The Rosemount® 3308 wireless GWR transmitter has been introduced to meet the need for accurate level monitoring in remote or difficult to reach locations where installing new cabling would be costly or impractical.
GWR transmitters are used for a broad range…
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Pumps
Italy-based Brevini Fluid Power, a manufacturer of hydraulic components, has released two new series of axial piston pumps and motors.
It claims the pair are suitable for multiple applications including earth moving and construction equipment, material handling and lifting vehicles and concrete and mining applications.
The SH11 Series (fixed displacement) can reportedly be…
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Wilo USA, a provider of pumps and pump solutions for water management, building services and groundwater, has released a new range of pumps, available in 64 models, suitable for numerous applications and industries.
The SCP line of horizontal split case pumps range in sizes up to 500HP, heads up to 750 feet, flows up to 15,000 GPM and a temperature range of -8 to 120°C. The horizontally split…
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Level Monitors
UK-headquartered West Control Solutions has engineered an application program for its latest PMA KS 98-1 industrial process controller.
The PMA KS 98-1 controller, used for batch mixing control of liquid, gas and solid ingredients, offers a range of features, including control of ratio, sums, selectable master setpoint and monitoring of valve operation.
Inline blending is used in a number of…
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Pipelines
Future Pipe Industries Group (FPIG) has acquired 100% of fiberglass pipe manufacturing company Protecciones Plasticas SAU, which will carry on operating under the 'Protesa' trading name.
Headquartered in Barcelona, Spain Protesa has facilities in Zaragoza, Spain; Pune, India and Jorf Lasfar, Morocco.
Speaking about the acquisition, FPIG's chairman and CEO Fouad Makhzoumi said: 'This acquisition…
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Flowmeters
Brooks Instrument, a supplier of flow, pressure, vacuum and level solutions, has expanded its GF40/80 series portfolio of thermal mass flow controllers (MFCs) in order to encompass a wider range of applications.
The company's new GF81 MFC can be used for higher gas flow rates up to 300 slpm, making it suitable for high-flow applications in thin film, solar, analytical, biotech and fuel cell,…
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Colfax Fluid Handling is to supply five Allweiler propeller pumps to a chemical plant in Saudi Arabia. The pumps are specially designed for use during the production of explosive materials.
The pumps will be installed at the Sadara chemical complex, which is currently under construction, where they will be used to feed chemical reactors. They have a capacity of 5,040m3/hr and a delivery head of…
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Pipelines
A new report by the US National Research Council believes diluted bitumen has no greater likelihood of accidental pipeline release than other crude oils.
The committee that wrote the report found that diluted bitumen has physical and chemical properties within the range of other crude oils and that no aspect of its transportation by pipeline would make it more likely than other crude oils to…
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Valves
US-based MRC Global has signed an agreement to acquire the operating assets of Flow Control Products (FCP), also known as Dan H. Brown.
Founded in Texas in 1981, FCP is a provider of pneumatic, electric and electro-hydraulic valve automation packages and related field support to the Permian Basin energy industry, including production facilities, pipelines, and plant operations.
It employs 25…
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International company AGC Chemicals has added two new lines of fluoroelastomers that it says can benefit moulded and extruded components used in extreme conditions such as heat, steam and corrosive materials.
The Aflas 100 and 150 series are copolymers of tetrafluoroethylene and propylene, a combination AGC says uses unique properties not found in conventional fluoroelastomers.
It also claims the…
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O-ring seals from DuPont Kalrez have been certified under Total GS EP PVV 142 – the industry standard for sealing products supplied for use with piping, valves and vessels.
The Kalrez 0090 perfluoroelastomer seals, available from sealing company Dichtomatik, provide resistance to rapid gas decompression (RGD), in addition to chemical resistance for use within harsh industrial environments. …
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Pumps
MZT Pumpi, a manufacturer of industrial pumps for liquid handling, has delivered specially designed centrifugal pumps to the Al Qaim cement plant in Iraq.
Intended for transport of thermal oil with operational fluid temperature of 250°C, the end suction centrifugal pumps type SCP with motors were designed and manufactured for the needs of the facility.
The order included two end suction…
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Technology solutions provider FMC Technologies has received an order from Total Upstream Nigeria for subsea equipment for the Egina field, with an estimated value of $1.2 billion (€900 million).
The Egina field is located in Block OML 130 offshore Nigeria. FMC's scope of supply includes subsea trees and wellheads, manifolds, installation tooling, flowline connection systems and associated…
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Voith has delivered 36 fluid couplings that, starting in 2014, will be used in the drives of 16 Beumer Group-supplied belt conveyors at an iron ore distribution centre in Malaysia.
Voith says the fluid couplings protect the components in belt conveyor systems, increasing their availability. They are applied to drives ranging in powers from 200-800kW and will softly start and protect all conveyor…
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Valves
Bürkert Fluid Control Systems has added three new models to its 8691 range of valve control heads, suitable for the food and beverage and pharmaceutical industries.
The 8691, 8685 and 8695 fit with a wider range of valves, thanks to model-specific adapter kits, while offering the same connectivity and functionality as the original model.
The smart valve control heads are suitable for…
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Pumps
White Knight Fluid Handling has developed two new air-operated double-diaphragm (AODD) pumps, suitable for handling viscous fluids such as food-based products, cosmetics and slurries containing solid materials.
The PSD08 and PSD16 models can achieve up to 63 litres per minute (lpm) and 142 lpm flow rates respectively, while minimising air consumption and operational noise.
The plastic design is…
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