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UK coupling manufacturer Renold Couplings will launch two new product ranges at the Drives & Controls exhibition, being held at Birmingham’s NEC this April.
Designed for industrial applications, the Hi-Tec RBI coupling range builds on existing RB offering by incorporating a new block profile to increase torque throughput by 50%.
As with the existing industrial RB range, the new Hi-Tec…
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Control and instrumentation company RCP, based in Aberdeen, Scotland, has been awarded a contract to supply and install integrated well control equipment for a Singaporean client.
The £300,000 (€386,600) contract will see RCP install and commission the systems on high-specification Chinese new build oil rigs, where they will streamline the well control process by combining multiple…
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Star EnviroTech has won the final US “nitrogen smoke” leak detection patent challenge by Redline Detection in the US Federal Circuit Court of Appeals.
In a precedential 33-page opinion, the Court fully upheld Star's patent, used by every major automaker (OEM).
Previously, STAR prevailed against three other Redline Detection challenges for the ownership of the nitrogen smoke…
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Endress+Hauser has introduced Cleanfit CPA875 and CPA871 sensor assemblies that allow pH, ORP, oxygen, and NIR sensors to be installed or removed during operation.
By moving the sensor from the measuring position to a service position, these retractable assemblies allow the sensor to be cleaned, calibrated, or replaced without interrupting the process.
The retractable assemblies permit removal…
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Cashco, a Kansas, US-based industrial product manufacturer, has introduced a new Model BR back pressure regulator for use with a wide range of liquids and gases.
With the appropriate options, applications include upstream over-pressure regulation of cryogenic liquids, sour gas, industrial gases and chemicals, as well as common industrial fluids, such as water, oil, steam, and compressed…
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The Boca Bearing Co., based in Florida, US, has launched a new extended line of full ceramic balls, full ceramic and ceramic hybrid deep groove radial bearings, full ceramic thrust bearings, and full ceramic and ceramic hybrid insert bearings.
Ceramic bearings are suitable for use in many specialty applications, with ceramic being a suitable material for any application seeking to achieve higher…
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Emerson Process Management has expanded its integrated operations (iOps) solutions to include workflow software modules from OVS Group.
Integration of Emerson’s technologies and OVS software means users across an oilfield can automate the analysis of their data and reports to capture opportunities more efficiently.
The joint solution works with Emerson’s DeltaV distributed control…
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Triangle Fluid Controls, a Canadian manufacturer of industrial PTFE and semi-metallic gasketing products, has launched a premium grade compressed non-asbestos gasket material.
Durlon 8900 has been designed to withstand temperatures of 496°C and pressures of 138 bar, and has been thoroughly tested passing the API 607 6th Edition Fire Test with zero leakage.
“This product is…
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EnerMech Australia has signed a distribution agreement with Parker Hannifin to act as a specialist Parker distributor in the Australian oil and gas sector.
Covering a broad spectrum of technologies, EnerMech will use Parker products for client requirements in hydraulics, pneumatics, filtration, instrumentation, fluid connectors, and seals.
EnerMech will recruit additional staff to support the new…
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Read Cased Hole, a Scotland-based oil well production and integrity evaluator, has launched a new Micro-leak Detection solution.
The new solution will help maximise operational safety and minimise downtime by delivering fast and reliable answers for on-the-spot well integrity management decisions.
The diagnostic solution combines GE Oil & Gas’ NTO acoustic noise tool and Read’s…
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KBR, an American engineering, procurement and construction company, has been selected by Shell to utilise its Rose solvent deasphalting technology at Shell’s Pernis refinery.
The Rose unit is set to remove heavier fractions from crude oil, allowing the Rotterdam, Netherlands-based refinery to upgrade a larger proportion of its oil intake into lighter, high-grade products.
KRB and Shell…
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Emerson Process Management’s CSI 6500 machinery health monitor has received IEC 61508:2010, Safety Integration Level (SIL) 1 certification.
The monitor is certified suitable for use in delivering reliable protection monitoring in such environments as steam and gas turbines in power plants, critical refinery assets, nuclear industry critical assets, and other safety-critical…
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Emerson Process Management has introduced the industry’s first wireless HART pressure gauge.
The Rosemount wireless pressure gauge (WPG) enables remote collection of field data, keeping operators updated on changing field conditions and improving personnel safety by reducing manual operator rounds and field exposure.
Mechanical gauges face quality and reliability issues commonly associated…
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Condition monitoring specialist Sensonics has developed the new VEL/GLF low frequency velocity vibration sensor for slow-speed rotating machinery.
Slow-speed rotating machinery – typically below 300 rpm – is commonplace in many industrial applications, such as cooling towers and hydro-electric turbines.
To ensure the machinery and the plant are functioning at optimal levels it is…
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Renold Couplings is making a significant investment in the future of its Cardiff manufacturing facility.
The investment centres on the installation of new machines to increase production and reduce lead times of couplings manufactured at the site.
Two of the machines are now fully operational, with a further two to follow later in 2016.
“With the DMG Mori-Seiki NLX2500 CNC lathe and…
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The Spray Nozzle People (SNP), a standard and custom-designed spraying solutions provider, has introduced a new range of PVDF (Kynar) eductor nozzles.
Storing liquids in tanks is essential for many process industry applications, as is the need to agitate the contents to avoid separation and sedimentation.
Fluids can be recirculated through tanks to achieve separation, which helps to optimise…
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Spanish oil storage and transportation company CLH Group has installed leak detection systems by Smart Sensor Technology (SST) for early warning of hydrocarbon.
The detection systems, formed by a grid of wireless sensors placed in existing monitoring wells, were installed in late 2015 in 12 CLH facilities.
“This technology entails a perfect complement to all our efforts to be at the…
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Honeywell will supply a 250 million standard cubic feet per day (mmscfd) modular gas processing plant and advanced automation systems to PetroVietnam subsidiary PV Gas.
PV Gas, Vietnam’s primary gas provider, will use Honeywell UOP’s modular gas processing plant to separate liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) from natural gas at its Ca Mau facility near the southern tip of…
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