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HyComp, established in 1886, employs about 120 people and supplies composite components made with proprietary carbon fibres and thermoplastic materials. The products made include wear rings and air rotary valves as well as actuation and electronic systems on aircraft.
“HyComp’s joining Saint-Gobain gives us the opportunity to broaden our portfolio of critical parts for…
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According to the annual report from the Energy Information Agency (EIA), natural gas will see a 40% increase in consumption by the US industrial sector by 2050. In one scenario projected by the report, gas use will reach its previous peak set in the early 1970s by 2020.
Two thirds of the natural gas used by the industrial sector in the US went to heat or power applications, for industrial…
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Hexagon Lincoln has won a $4.1 million (€3.3 million) contract from Compass Natural Gas for trailers to transport CNG to remote gas grids, called ‘gas islands’. Compass Natural Gas bought the trailers as part of its ‘virtual pipeline’ model, which uses alternate transport means like road to avoid the costs associated with pipeline infrastucture.
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The Valve Manufacturers Association of America (VMA) is predicting 1.45% growth for valve shipments in 2018, valued at $4.615 billion (€3.793 billion). 2017 valve shipments were valued at $4.549 billion (€3.739 billion).
VMA president William Sandler said that while growth from 2017 to 2018 was ‘not huge’, the $66 million increase in the value of annual valve shipments was a…
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The acquisition of Cinti, an installation, service and repair provider in Italy, includes all tools and facilities needed to provide ‘a complete service offer’, AxFlow says.
Cinti owns 50% of the Italian solutions, maintenance and repair company Elettromeccanica Alto Adige and has a secondary location in Bolzano, which according to AxFlow is ‘strategically placed’ to serve…
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The company says that the system is more efficient and reduces operating costs.
Babcock is going to use its ecoSMRT LNG reliquefaction equipment to four new LNG carriers. It says the product offers efficiency, cost and footprint savings. The resulting system on the carriers will operate with a greater reliquefaction capacity at reduced power consumption, according to the company.
Designed to…
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SIKB, a ‘network organisation’ based out of the Netherlands, has observed accelerated corrosion in uncoated steel tanks when they store biofuels and has released a report into the causes. The aim of the report is to adjust legislation related to storage, says the organisation.
The interim report finds that when biodiesel is added to conventional diesel the environment in that tank…
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The Aker product is designed to help exploit 80 million barrels of oil in a reserve under the North Sea.
The Norwegian oil and gas company Wintershall Norge has contracted Aker Solutions to build a subsea production system for them. It is going to Wintershall’s Nova Project in the North Sea and is to consist of ‘two templates with manifolds, seven subsea trees including one spare,…
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Emerson announced 26 February that it has finished a $90 million (€73 million) automation project on BPs Glen Lyon floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel west of Shetland. BP’s goal is to produce 200,000 barrels of oil a day from the North Sea by 2020, which Emerson is supporting.
The company worked as the main automation contractor for the Glen Lyon. The facility is…
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The company hopes to improve quality of life in developing countries by turning human waste into a useful resource.
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation gave the $4.2 million (€3.4 million) grant to Crane to develop their Mobile Septage Treatment System (MSTS), which produces water for agricultural or industrial use from human waste.
The Gates Foundation supports another sanitation system…
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Pumps
The Husky 2150e can save time and space when compared with air-operated pumps, Graco also claims that it’s five times as efficient. The company says that it’s suited to applications that need low pulsation and a smooth flow.
The pump has a 2 inch (50.8mm) connection, is available in multiple materials and can transfer up to 530 litres per minute and move solids up to 6.3mm in…
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Instead of on-site hydraulic acceptance tests and final inspection to prove compliance and values, the company will offer a streaming service to enable remote inspections to conclude a pump purchase. Remote testing was introduced last year at the company’s Halle, Germany site and plans to implement the service at all of its facilities.
The new process is meant to save customers—who…
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The Flow Measurement Institute (FMI) has merged into the Institute of Measurement and Control (InstMC) to form a new Flow Measurement Special Interest Group (SIG).
Stephanie Smith, project manager at InstMC, said that the day-to-day running and governance of the FMI would largely stay the same under its new title, with the new Flow Measurement Special Interest Group retaining its current…
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Canada’s largest rail company, Canada National Rail, has developed a product called CanaPux: solid, dry pucks of bitumen that float, do not easily dissolve and do not combust easily. A researcher at the University of Calgary has also developed a way to form solid bitumen. Both hope that their processes will increase the viability of expanding oil transport via rail.
Canada’s oil…
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The Global Energy Talent Index’s (GETI) second annual report shows an industry that is optimistic about new technology, shrugging off anxieties over job security, but struggling to appeal to younger talent.
Technology provides easier operations but also ‘softer’ benefits like flexible work times. Four in ten of respondents citing increased happiness over the past three years…
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Pipelines
Reuters is reporting that the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is funding the $40 billion (€32 billion) project to reduce the EU’s dependence on Russian gas.
The pipeline is meant to develop the ‘Southern Gas Corridor’, which the EU hopes will diversify the region’s energy supply and enhance energy security. The corridor extends over 3,500km…
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Below is Huntingdon Fusion Techniques' most recent white paper on different welding techniques, their advantages, and their limitations.
The tungsten arc welding concept, originally introduced as a practical tool in 1950, is now established as the most versatile technique for producing fusion welds to the highest quality standards.
A temperature of around 4,000ºC is generated in the arc…
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Valves
The Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) has led to sales increases and cost savings for Weir, and has been classed as ‘outstanding’ by an independent panel.
From 2014 to 2017, Weir Valves worked with Professor Rakesh Mishra from the University of Huddersfield on a project to “design, develop and launch a new range of products for multiphase, multicomponent flow…
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