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Heavy-duty leak testing, sealing, pipe blocking and stopping is easy with steel plugs from the Pipestoppers.
Steel test plugs can be used for low pressure testing and plugging pipes, pipelines and pipework fabrications and other orifices between 2 and 48 inches (50 to 1,200 mm) in diameter.
Luke Keane, technical sales manager for HFT’s Pipestoppers Division, said: “Plugging challenges are a…
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Northumbrian Water has completed the refurbishment of one of its groundwater stations as part of a £10.6 million (€11.5 million) project aimed at improving water quality and to protect the water supplies of 140,000 homes across Sunderland and South Tyneside.
The investment at the Fulwell groundwater station, which provides drinking water to Sunderland and the surrounding areas, has received…
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Emerson has introduced a new Micro Motion™ Coriolis flowmeter designed for high-pressure hydrogen dispensing and chemical injection applications where measurement accuracy and safety are essential.
The Micro Motion Coriolis HPC015 flowmeter is capable of a flow accuracy margin of 0.5% for gas and 0.1% for liquid mass flow measurement, a significant improvement over existing meters.
The meter…
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Anglian Water engineers will begin crucial work to install new sewer pipes and a pumping station in Holbeach to support the growth of the new Peppermint Junction development.
Following the on-going installation of water mains which began back in April, this new work will provide over 1.5km of new sewer pipes to ensure reliable and long-lasting wastewater services to the new development. The…
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Oxford Flow, the flow control equipment specialist for oil, gas, water and industrial process industries, has announced the opening of its new manufacturing facility in Oxford to fuel its ambitious growth plans.
The state-of-the-art facility is based at Cowley, closely located to Oxford Flow’s headquarters.
At 6,000 sq. ft, the space is about six times larger than the previous workshop…
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Titan Enterprises offers special options for its Oval Gear flowmeters to ensure safe operation in potentially explosive atmospheres in the petrochemical industry (ATEX).
Based upon a proprietary oval gear design, Titan OG Series flowmeters are designed to give reliable, high performance across a wide range of applications.
Unlike other types of flowmeter, the measurement accuracy of these oval…
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Work has started on Singapore’s first integrated waste and water treatment facility called Tuas Nexus. The project is set to be completed in phases starting in 2025, which will incorporate the Tuas Water Reclamation Plant (Tuas WRP) and Integrated Waste Management Facility (IWMF).
This will “help forge a more sustainable Singapore by optimising land use, and maximising energy and resource…
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The British Pump Manufacturers Association (BPMA) – the organisation which represents the business interests of UK and Irish suppliers of liquid pumps and related pumping equipment - has awarded the highest possible mark to a very worthy student on completion of its Essentials E-Learning Course.
In what is a milestone for the BPMA, since introducing its programme of online training courses…
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Work on Sulzer’s new state-of-the-art service centre in the UK is continuing according to schedule.
As planned, the building in Birmingham is now watertight, and attention is turning to the internal construction of the workshop area and the offices.
Customers can expect the new facility to be open towards the end of the autumn, and in the meantime, the existing service centre will continue to…
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Severn Trent engineers came face to face with wipes, plastics and sanitary products when they went to investigate a sewer pipe blockage in Stroud.
Teams pulled out huge quantities of these products after they discovered a blockage on one of its pipes heading for the waste treatment works in the UK.
Grant Mitchell, FOG strategy lead, said: “Wipes are great for lots of things, but one thing…
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With the calibration rig AperCal, FLEXIM offers FLUXUS flowmeter users to precisely calibrate their clamp-on ultrasonic transducers autonomously at their sites.
Callibration consists of a comparison of the device under test (DUT) with a reference measuring instrument.
Accordingly, the calibration of flowmeters is usually done on a wet flow calibration rig. But the flow profile in every flow rig…
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SEEPEX’s new SCT AutoAdjust, the progressive cavity pump, is automatically adjusted to the optimal operating point – with one click from the control room or locally on site through its pump monitor, via the app.
The clamping between the most important conveying elements – the rotor and stator – can be easily adapted to the conditions in the process or the degree of wear. With the SCT…
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Rotork Site Services have installed actuators with gearboxes at a development in the Houston area to prevent the threat of flooding.
Sluice gates were constructed following discussions caused by Hurricane Harvey in 2017, which caused over $125 billion (€105 billion) of damage in the US state. During this time many locations in the seven-county region experienced serious flooding.
Storm water…
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Valmet has received an order from Stora Enso in Sweden to convert an existing feed system in a cooking plant to its pump feed system.
By upgrading to a Valmet Pump Feed System, the Skoghall mill intends to improve availability and reduce maintenance costs.
The upgrade also includes a Valmet Chip Feeder specially designed to connect to the existing system and secure the flow to the chip…
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AVT Reliability has achieved a RoSPA gold health and safety award for the third year in succession.
The Warrington-based plant reliability specialist was recognised for its exemplary health and safety management systems, including practices such as leadership and workforce involvement, which help to ensure a safe environment for its colleagues and clients.
Managing director Frederic Thomas…
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South East Water is set to build a new £5 million (€5.6 million) treatment station in Hampshire, UK.
Based at the company’s existing Woodgarston Water Treatment Works, in Upper Wooton, the new equipment will futureproof the water supply against forecasted increases in nitrate levels in the area.
Project manager Mark Gelinski said: “As a company, we adhere to strict industry standards…
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Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Group (WMFTG) has extended its direct sales and technical support to customers in the Nordic region with the opening of offices in Finland and Norway.
The new offices bring further strength to the Nordic sales territory and will work alongside existing operations in Denmark and Sweden.
Opening officially from 1 September, this is the latest move by WMFTG to deploy…
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The advanced, compact ST75 Air/Gas Flowmeter from Fluid Components International (FCI), which measures fuel gas, process gas, inert gas, waste gases and air in small line sizes, is ideal for optimising natural gas flow control for industrial ovens, heat chambers and furnaces to reduce process and plant fuel costs.
Natural gas fuelled industrial ovens, heat chambers and furnaces are used in a…
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