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Pumps
US firm Vertiflo Pump Co. has launched an end suction pump for service in general pumping, chemicals, wash systems, deionised water, process and OEM applications.
According to the company, this pump is also designed for pumping liquid fertilizer from tank to tank and into transport delivery trucks.
The Model 1312 is designed with heads to 160 ft TDH and flows to 240 GPM. 1750 and 3500 RPM sizes…
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UK-headquarted Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Group (WMFTG) is expanding its services in Canada.
The company has announced the opening of a new Canadian sales and support hub, Watson-Marlow Canada, in Concord, Ontario, established to deliver Canadian customers full local sales support for customer service, engineering and supply of all WMFTG products.
The new Canadian office and warehouse is…
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Flowmeters
Singapore will enforce the use of mass flow meters (MFM) for its bunkering operations from 1 January 2017, making it the first port in the world to mandate the use of such fuel measuring device, according to Seatrade Maritime News.
According to the media new soutlet, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has been steering Singapore to adopt the use of MFM since 2014, as the regulator…
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Valves
IMI Precision Engineering has expanded its valve product offering with the addition of the new IMI FAS 6.5mm Flexisol, a direct acting two-way or three-way valve.
Developed to deliver optimum performance and all-round efficiency and designed for compact environments and easy installation, Flexisol incorporates a host of functional and practical features.
With a footprint of 6.5mm, it has the flow…
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Altra Industrial Motion Corp., a global manufacturer of electromechanical power transmission and motion control products, has closed on the acquisition of the Stromag business from GKN.
Stromag generated approximately €131 million in revenue in 2015, and the acquisition is anticipated to be accretive to Altra’s earnings in 2017, excluding any one-time or acquisition-related costs.
The…
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Flowmeters
Endress+Hauser has released Proline 300/500, a family of industry-optimised smart Coriolis mass and electromagnetic flow instruments that simplify installation, speed up commissioning, and streamline both operation and maintenance.
The Proline Promass Coriolis mass flowmeters are available in 11 models ranging in sizes from 1/24” to 14” in diameter, for measuring flows up to 100,000…
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Valves
Heerema Marine Contractors has chosen Emerson Automation Solutions to provide a valve remote control (VRC) system for the world’s largest semi-submersible offshore crane vessel
SSCV Sleipnir, currently under construction at Sembcorp Marine’s shipyard in Singapore, is a 220m long vessel designed for the installation and removal of large offshore structures.
These include oil and gas…
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Valves
Hantemp Controls, a manufacturer of stainless steel liquid control devices, is now offering the model S4At stainless steel solenoid valve.
While ideal for ammonia, these solenoid valves can also control CO2, fluorinated refrigerants, glycols, pure water, light oils, and other approved liquids.
For ammonia refrigeration systems, they can be used for overfeed/recirculating liquid lines, suction…
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Flowmeters
VSL, the National Metrology Institute in the Netherlands, has proved flare gas flowmeters from Fluenta can operate with an uncertainty of 1.5% even at low flow rates.
Extensive testing at the VSL facility in the Netherlands demonstrated that calibration of the Fluenta 160 flare gas meter can double its accuracy, from 3 to 1.5% uncertainty.
Fluenta’s gas flowmeters use ultrasonic…
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Bournemouth Water in the UK has redesigned much of its network to use intelligent network calming and pressure management valves produced by IVL Flow Control to reduce leakage.
Bournemouth Water provides drinking water to nearly half a million people on the southern coast of England.
Initially, 13 of the company’s district metering areas (DMAs) were set up, with a further 50 DMAs covered by…
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Nordson Corp., an Ohio, US-headquartered machinery manufacturer, has introduced a new patent-pending motorised back pressure valve assembly for extrusion coating and laminating.
The new EDI PolyStream is the first such system to provide closed-loop control, minimising human error and the possibility of injury when making manual adjustments, according to a company statement.
“The PolyStream…
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What to expect when specifying hydraulic ball valves for a project
Hydraulic slow closure sanitary ball valves provide small flow resistance coefficient, high degree of automation, wide range of functions, and stable and reliable performance.
These features have been applied in all kinds of industries and fields, with the main applications including:
Replacing the functions of electric…
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Pumps
The global liquid ring vacuum pump (LRVP) market is expected to reach a worth of $2,871.3 billion (€2,723.3bn) through 2024, a fresh market study says.
According to Persistence Market Research, the market will exhibit promising growth in the first half of the forecast period at 5.5% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), which will incur a slight dip post-2020 to 4.9% CAGR.
However, the overall…
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Pumps
MV Products has introduced a full line of vacuum inlet traps and filter media for protecting vacuum pumps employed in research and production atomic layer deposition (ALD) processes.
MV vacuum inlet traps for ALD processes range from 4" to 16" in diameter with port sizes from NW-25 to ISO-160 for protecting vacuum pumps in applications with vacuum flow rates from 25 to…
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East African countries Uganda and Tanzania have awarded a contract to US-based Gulf Interstate Engineering (GIE) to design a crude oil pipeline running through both countries.
The front-end engineering design contract involves helping with project construction specifications, a plan for project execution and schedule, and drafting bid documents to select the developing contractor, Reuters…
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Colonial Pipeline Co., a US fuel transfer company, is working to respond to a petrol leak on its Line 19, a 12” line near Chattanooga, Tennessee.
The Colonial line 19, which delivers petrol into the Nashville market, sprung a leak that was reported over the last weekend.
Crews are working to drain, remove, and replace the affected segment of piping, but Colonial says progress is slow due to…
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The Sharjah Executive Council (SEC) in the United Arab Emirates has approved a $73.7 million (€70m) drainage network and water treatment plant in Kalba city.
The project was approved during the council’s meeting in early January, where Ali bin Shaheen Al Suwaidi, chairman of Sharjah Public Works Department, stressed the importance of the project in improving sanitation and environment…
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Rapid growth in automobile, textile, food, and chemical industries is projected to upsurge the demand of high pressure pumps through 2026, according to a new market study.
Persistence Market Research expects dynamic high pressure pumps to dominate the global high pressure pump market during the forecast period, but positive displacement (PD) pumps are also projected to witness significant growth…
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