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Nov 24, 2015
Michael Smith introduces hygienic centrifugal pumps for food and pharma processes
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Nov 23, 2015
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Apex Auctions, one of the UK’s leading used machinery auctioneers, will be holding an auction of valves, detection and monitoring equipment.
The administrators behind the closure of Coryton Oil Refinery have recently instructed Apex Auctions to auction a range of equipment, which is now surplus to requirement.
Currently available from Coryton Oil Refinery are a large... [Read More]
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Nov 24, 2015
Pumps
The global screw pumps market is projected to grow significantly by 2019, posting a compound annual growth rate of over 7%, a new market study forecasts.
According to the study, conducted by Research and Markets, the growth is triggered by rapid urbanisation and industrialisation around the globe.
Urbanisation has resulted in a rising demand for improved infrastructure... [Read More]
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Nov 23, 2015
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Hallite, a global manufacturer of high-performance hydraulic sealing solutions, has introduced the newly designed Hallite 708 bearing.
The redesigned sealing solution features material technology and key design enhancements to meet performance needs for heavy duty industrial applications.
The new Hallite 708 bearing is a fit-for-purpose solution designed for heavy duty... [Read More]
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Nov 20, 2015
Pumps
Curtiss-Wright Corp. (CW) has successfully completed the shipment of the first pair of AP1000 reactor coolant pumps (RCPs) for Sanmen Unit 1 in China, the world's first AP1000 nuclear power plant.
The two RCPs are expected to be on-site in December 2015, in support of key project milestones.
CW also expects to complete production and shipment of the remaining... [Read More]
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Nov 19, 2015
Pumps
Amarinth, a UK-based pump manufacturer, has delivered a bespoke 2.8m vertical hydrocarbon condensate pump to a Sonatrach refinery in Algeria.
The delivered pump will act as a direct plug-and-play replacement for an existing unreliable pump.
The replacement pump required rapid delivery due to concerns that the refinery could be shut down if a catastrophic failure of the... [Read More]
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Nov 18, 2015
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Honeywell Process Solutions has implemented its Experion PKS R.410 distributed control system (DCS) at Angarsk Petrochemical Company (APC), the largest oil refining and petrochemical complex in the Irkutsk region of Eastern Siberia, Russia.
The DCS will simplify operations and improve the process efficiency of the refinery’s delayed coking unit, which extracts... [Read More]
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Nov 18, 2015
Pumps
Two Landia chopper pumps have resolved plugging and subsequent costly maintenance issues at one of the largest convention centres in California, US.
A pump and engineering distributor Mitchell Lewis & Staver were called in to the Moscone Center in San Francisco by Koffler Electric to address regular wet well problems.
Effluent from the centre’s bathrooms, combined... [Read More]
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Nov 17, 2015
Pumps
HealthAid, one of the UK’s premier manufacturers and distributors of nutritionally balanced supplements, has replaced its ageing and increasingly unreliable filling machine with a Flexicon PF6 tabletop aseptic liquid filler from Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology (WMFT).
The investment has not only increased machine uptime, but boosted dispensing... [Read More]
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Nov 17, 2015
Pumps
When upgrading one of Europe’s largest sewers, which currently serves 3.5 million people, increasing its capacity by 60%, and taking into account a predicted population increase of 10% by 2021, it is understandable why such a system is regarded as a ‘super sewer’.
These are the scale of the upgrades being undertaken by Thames Water at their Beckton and... [Read More]
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Nov 17, 2015
Flowmeters
UK Flowtechnik, a supplier of flowmeters, instrumentation, pumps, magnetic couplings, and hydraulic system components, has become the first company in the world to accurately meter extremely viscous adhesive with 55% aluminium filler.
The Nottingham-based company was approached by a manufacturer of glue and resin dispensing machines to see if it could accurately measure... [Read More]
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Nov 17, 2015
Valves
Power plant valve purchases will remain at a high level in 2016 thanks to continued construction of new coal-fired power plants in Asia, says a recent market study by the McIlvaine Company.
China, Vietnam, Indonesia, and Japan are expected to be the driving forces for the valve market in the region.
Despite the fact that Japan was the host of the original greenhouse gas... [Read More]
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Nov 17, 2015
Pumps
Jump, a French manufacturer of positive displacement, vacuum, and drum pumps, has upgraded its JE Series eccentric disc pump.
The company has so far manufactured its equipment from ductile iron or 316L stainless steel, but it is now expanding its range to cover stainless cast iron fabrication.
Stainless cast iron can be used in sensitive applications for which 316L stainless... [Read More]
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Nov 16, 2015
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Honeywell Process Solutions (HPS) has launched the new RTU2020 process controller for managing remote automation and control applications in oil and gas, mining, and other process industries.
Today’s industrial operations are increasingly challenged with converting ‘Big Data’ from complex automation systems and into relevant, actionable information.
The... [Read More]
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Nov 13, 2015
Pipelines
A new method of pipeline corrosion protection, the Pipevac, has recently been developed by UK-based Abfad.
Unprotected pipelines, be they buried in the ground, submerged underwater, or exposed to the environment, are incredibly susceptible to corrosion.
Corrosion in pipelines is perilous, as it can damage their structural integrity, making them dangerous for transporting... [Read More]
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