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ACHEMA, a world forum for the process industries, has been pushed back to 2022.
The global networking event that was due to be held in Frankfurt next year has now been rescheduled for 4-8 April in 2022.
The event that attracts 150,000 people from all around the world has had to be put back due to uncertainties over the COVID-19 pandemic and fears about travel restrictions.
Organisers DECHEMA…
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Specialist bearings supplier SMB Bearings has successfully achieved Authorised Economic Operator (AEO) status.
This provides businesses with an internationally recognised security standard that certifies a company as a secure supply partner — in adhering to the UK and EU customs control procedures.
The AEO status gives customers the reassurance that SMB Bearings adheres to all HM Revenue…
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Valves
Control valve specialists Warren Controls has customised a three-way diverting control valve used in a critical absorption chiller application.
The work at a marine air base in the southern California desert resulted in long service life, improved chiller performance and reduced downtime.
In service for 16 years, the valve is now being returned to Warren Controls for inspection, rebuild and…
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The planned refurbishment of an effluent treatment plant on the Atlantic coast was required whilst maintaining full operation.
However, difficulties were realised at the planning stage, as three critical isolating valves had non-standard face to face dimensions and required to be resistance to the salt laden air.
The first consideration was to replace the adjacent pipe work to allow the fitting…
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Pumps
County Durham in the UK is set to benefit from a £10.6 million (€11.8 million) investment by Northumbrian Water at three of its treatment works sites, which will improve water quality in the area.
The company is investing £8 million (€8.9 million) in a project that will see the treatment works at Pittington replaced with a pumping station that will transfer the wastewater, via a new pipe,…
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Bedford Pumps has successfully completed the commissioning of two of their fish friendly pump sets in British Columbia, Canada.
Pitt Polder pump system is located within Pitt Meadows, which lies at the confluence of the Fraser and Pitt Rivers. Approximately 86% of the city is located within a flood plain and the city relies on a continuous dyke system, comprising of a network of ditches, flood…
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Filtration is critical in the optimisation of gas processing systems, a new report from Celeros Flow Technology concluded.
The importance of filtration in the optimisation of gas processing systems was emphasised in a new white paper, authored by in-house experts from the company.
When correctly specified and maintained, the report said, a filtration system could reduce downtime and increase…
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AW Chesterton has opened a new European mechanical seals manufacturing hub at its German operations near Munich.
The fully functional service centre in Ismaning will offer its customers and partners improved services as well as enhance its business development plans in the region.
Local engineering, inventory and manufacturing will improve the company’s reaction time and increase…
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Pipelines
Oil and gas extraction and transportation increasingly involves the use of unmanned platforms as the industry looks to move to more automated operations.
However, routine maintenance of pipelines continues to be time-consuming and expensive through conventional manual pig launching.
The patented Pig Stop and Bypass (PSB) mechanism from Celeros Flow Technology allows automated pigging on oil…
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Flowmeters
The Metraflow ultrasonic flowmeter from Titan Enterprises offers a solution for flow monitoring applications needing a high degree of cleanliness such as found in the ultra-pure water markets.
Production processes in these markets require flow measurement devices able to cope with low flow rates and construction from ultra-pure materials so as to maintain hygienic, sterile and sanitary…
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HRS Exchangers recently supplied a G Series gas cooling heat exchanger to a food waste anaerobic digestion (AD) plant operated by one of the UK’s leading waste management companies.
The AD plant transforms 45,000 tonnes of food waste from domestic and commercial sources into renewable electricity and high value digestate biofertiliser.
From the beginning the plant was designed to be as…
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Engineers responsible for process and plant safety have learned that the ST80 Series Thermal Mass Flow Meter from Fluid Components International (FCI) is available with ATEX/IECEx approval.
The certification assures FCI’s international customers that the flowmeter has been independently certified for safe installation in potentially explosive conditions found in processes and in hazardous…
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Managing two ageing adjacent wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) can be a tall order at the best of times, but how about when discharge is into one of the most diverse and sensitive waterways in the world, home to more species of fish than any other river of its size in North America?
Some might choose to steer clear of this very sizeable challenge.
The need to meet increasingly tight…
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New technology from leak detection specialists Ovarro will support efforts to establish a reliable water supply in a Nepalese town.
The company has donated leak detection equipment to the Beacon Project, a collaboration between Anglian Water, its supply chain partners, WaterAid and the Nepal Water Supply Corporation, which focuses on enhancing water supplies in Lahan, in south-eastern Nepal.…
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Rotork’s GP heavy-duty scotch yoke actuators have been installed at a South Korean LNG terminal.
Rotork has been providing actuators at the terminal since it was first constructed, with over 100 electric and pneumatic actuators installed during the initial front end engineering (FEED) phase of development.
Additional GP actuators have now been installed as part of the site’s second phase…
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A new water treatment plant in the south of the UK is now operational – serving 250,000 people in the area.
South West Water’s Mayflower Water Treatment Works at Roborough, just north of Plymouth, uses cutting-edge treatment processes to be more sustainable than a traditional water treatment works.
The plant takes over from the old treatment works at Crownhill in the coastal city, which has…
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Valves
Valve specialist GEMÜ has redesigned its butterfly valves and now offers the GEMÜ R480 Victoria in a wafer version.
A specialised team has refined a multitude of technical specifications, while further expanding GEMÜ's manufacturing capabilities.
The valve bodies are milled in one clamping position at GEMÜ Valves China’s automated valve production facilities.
This allows precise shape…
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Analysis instrumentation manufacturer QED Environmental Systems has launched its next generation of Huberg METREX gas detection instruments.
The new METREX is ATEX-rated and designed for leak detection in natural gas distribution networks.
The new device is ideal for first responder technicians who handle suspected gas leaks and other key applications include bar hole gas measurement testing,…
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