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Level Monitors
When selecting a float switch for a liquid level sensing application, a number of factors need to be considered, including float switch and gasket materials, physical arrangement, electrical ratings and cable type, says Simon Dear of Cynergy3 Components.
Many industrial processes require devices that are able to sense the level of liquid stored within various types of tank or chamber. The signals…
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Pumps
Quattroflow, a brand of displacement quaternary diaphragm pumps, has introduced a new series of pump to its family of biotech and pharmaceutical units.
The 5050 series of Quaternary Diaphragm Pump provides multi-option installation flexibility and a compact design. The unit is drainable and easy to clean, and includes multi-directional pump-head connections and positioning.
It features a 225mm…
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Pumps
Japan-based Torishima Pump has acquired a 50% interest stake in US rotating machinery manufacturer Fluid Equipment Development Co. (Fedco)
Fedco designs and manufactures fluid machinery for the energy recovery market, such as turbochargers and pumps, especially suited to the RO process in the desalination system.
The two companies established a joint venture branded Advanced Pumps…
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Other
Yokogawa Meters and Instruments Corp. has released a new pressure calibrator suitable for the oil, gas, petrochemical, chemical, iron and steel, pulp and paper, electric power, and water supply and wastewater treatment industries.
The portable CA700 features a variety of functions that enable the efficient calibration of pressure/differential pressure transmitters and other types of field…
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Valves
Emerson Process Management will supply control valves and valve actuators for the Gorgon Project, a natural gas project, after it was awarded contracts totalling $67 million (€50 million) by Chevron Australia.
The valve technologies will ensure the efficient and safe flow of natural gas at the site. Emerson is providing the majority of the control and shutdown valves for this natural gas…
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Flowmeters
Global bunker business OW Bunker has completed its first supply to a customer in Singapore using a Coriolis flow meter.
The delivery of 3,200 metric tonnes (mt) of fuel was carried out using a 5,600 dwt, double-hulled barge with a pumping capacity of 1,000cbm/h.
‘While we naturally follow the MPA's SS 600 to the letter, we want to take more control of the supply chain for the benefit of our…
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Flowmeters
Badger Meter, a developer and manufacturer of flow management solutions, has made new additions to its Industrial Oval Gear (Model IOG) series of flow meters, which provide solutions for industries such as automotive, chemical, oil and gas, pulp and paper, metals, printing and rotating machinery.
Badger Meter's Model IOG flow meters are designed to measure very viscous (up to 1,000 cP) and…
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Pumps
National Oilwell Varco (NOV), a supplier of oilfield solutions, has completed the acquisition of Robbins & Myers.
The deal will see many of the Robbins & Myers industrial products placed under the Houston-based NOV Mono division of National Oilwell Varco, resulting in NOV Mono becoming one of the largest designers and manufacturers of progressing cavity pumps technology.
The product…
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Other
Fine Tubes, a UK-based manufacturer of metal tubing for the aerospace, medical, chemical, nuclear, power and oil and gas sectors has joined forces with Superior Tube, a US producer of metal tubing.
Both companies are owned by the Watermill Group and the partnership will enable Fine Tubes to now serve the US market. The two companies will share a new global association whilst maintaining their…
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Valves
A wastewater treatment plant in Saline, Michigan is being upgraded with a $1.4 million (€1.08 million) investment.
Under the proposals, which Saline City Council approved on 20 May, Franklin Holwerda Company will replace the plant's two existing sludge transfer pumps, valves, its gas handling system, the hot water heating boiler and its existing digester under a $1.3 million contract.
In…
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Pumps
Custom pump manufacturer Wastecorp Pumps has launched a new engine-driven trash pump product line under its Trash Flow brand.
The new products include the TFCC-ML series and the TFCC-ME series. The new trash pumps are available in 3 and 4" rental pump models and 3, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12" municipal/industrial pump classifications with over nine choices to select from.
'We now offer vacuum prime…
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Flowmeters
UK-based Titan Enterprises has launched a new range of stainless steel and aluminium oval gear flow meters with a clear acrylic top.Titan believes the ability to visually check flowing liquid, from the visible rotation of the gears, has particular safety of operation benefits with viscous fluids such as lubricating oils. The oval gear (OG) flowmeters are available in sizes from ¼” to…
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Flowmeters
Emerson Process Management has expanded its line of Coriolos flowmeters.
The new Micro Motion Elite CMFS sensor platform is suitable for measuring smaller line sizes (pipelines less than DN50) and, along with the existing Elite flowmeters, can be used in a range of applications such as chemical injection, production blending and process, gas solutions and batching operations in a variety of…
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Pumps
Blackmer, a supplier of positive displacement and centrifugal pumps and reciprocating compressor technologies, says its NP and SNP Series of sliding vane pumps meet the needs of a number of operations in oil and natural gas exploration and production.
The areas in the oilfield where NP and SNP pumps can be utilised include offshore oil platforms, oil and gas production sites, central tank…
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Other
Parker Hannifin, a manufacturer of motion and control technologies, has introduced the icountBSplus, a fully contained, portable bottle sampling system that uses laser particle counting technology to ensure the detection of contamination in hydraulic oils and hydrocarbon fuels.
The laser particle counting technology and Windows-based user interface can deliver results in 15 seconds. A…
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Other
OPW Engineered Systems, a division of OPW Fluid Transfer Group, has improved two of its bottom-loading couplers with the addition of a new sealing material.
Its 1004D3 and 1004D4 models of OPW's API Bottom-Loading Couplers are now available with 'lo-temp' material that has been designed to retain its sealing capabilities at extreme temperatures (up to -55°C). The seal material is also…
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Level Monitors
Level and flow measurement instrumentation company Magnetrol International has launched a new guided wave radar (GWR) transmitter.
The Eclipse Model 706 is designed to be accurate, reliable and safe in a number of process industries. Its GWR security achieves both a high transmit pulse amplitude and receiver sensitivity, resulting in an improved signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) compared to…
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Valves
Cashco, a Kansas, US-based headquartered equipment manufacturer, has opened a new sales and service office in Sao Paulo, Brazil in response to the growth in sales of its line of control valves, regulators and tank equipment in Europe.
The company has already hired the office's new manager, Thiago Pittner, Cashco's GM of the valve division Clint Rogers says.
'He not only understands the South…
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