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The market for air, gas, and liquid monitoring equipment is projected to grow robustly, reaching a total worth of $78 billion (€72.7bn) by 2020, a recent market study states.
According to the Air and Water Monitoring: World Market report by the McIlvaine Co., machine-to-machine communication will spur significant growth for sensors and other electronics used to measure air, water, gases, and…
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Flowmeters
Bell Flow Systems, a UK-based instrumentation distributor, has made available the new Qalcosonic-brand ultrasonic heat flowmeters for both heating and cooling applications.
The new MID Class 2 approved meter is available in sizes from DN15 to DN50 with BSP threaded and flanged connections.
Qp values range from 0.6 to 15m3/hr with R100 dynamic range as standard and R250 as an option, covering…
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Declining demand in key markets has spelled doom for hydraulics and power management company Eaton’s plant in Hutchinson, Kansas, which will close come October.
The company intends to permanently shutter the plant and to move its 100 jobs and production to Mexico.
The facility makes components for piston and gear pumps for use in mobile and industrial hydraulic applications, primarily in…
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Tundra Energy Marketing has been confirmed as the operator of an oil pipeline that sprung a leak and spilled 200,000 litres of oil onto Aboriginal land in Saskatchewan, Canada.
The leak was detected by a community member late last week, and Tundra Energy confirmed on Wednesday that the pipeline, located some 140km from the city of Regina, had been found to be theirs.
"An excavation of the release…
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A UK water company will send remote controlled drones to the skies in a trial to use thermal imaging to detect leaking water pipes.
Anglian Water, with nearly 24,000 miles of piping to monitor, is the first UK company to trial the drones.
The company hopes that the drones, which will take to flight above Newmarket and Wisbech in eastern England, will help reduce the cost and time taken to find a…
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Pumps
German pump technology manufacturer Ruhrpumpen has delivered four mainline pumping units to Indian Oil Corp. (IOCL) – one of the major oil pumping stations in India.
According to Ruhrpumpen, this supply was a part of an existing Salaya-Mathura Pipeline (SMPL) debottlenecking project.
IOCL operates the 1,870 km long Salaya-Mathura Pipeline from Salaya, based in the Jamnagar district on the…
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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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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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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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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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