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Valves
US-based MRC Global has signed an agreement to acquire the operating assets of Flow Control Products (FCP), also known as Dan H. Brown.
Founded in Texas in 1981, FCP is a provider of pneumatic, electric and electro-hydraulic valve automation packages and related field support to the Permian Basin energy industry, including production facilities, pipelines, and plant operations.
It employs 25…
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Pipelines
A new report by the US National Research Council believes diluted bitumen has no greater likelihood of accidental pipeline release than other crude oils.
The committee that wrote the report found that diluted bitumen has physical and chemical properties within the range of other crude oils and that no aspect of its transportation by pipeline would make it more likely than other crude oils to…
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Pumps
Colfax Fluid Handling is to supply five Allweiler propeller pumps to a chemical plant in Saudi Arabia. The pumps are specially designed for use during the production of explosive materials.
The pumps will be installed at the Sadara chemical complex, which is currently under construction, where they will be used to feed chemical reactors. They have a capacity of 5,040m3/hr and a delivery head of…
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Flowmeters
Brooks Instrument, a supplier of flow, pressure, vacuum and level solutions, has expanded its GF40/80 series portfolio of thermal mass flow controllers (MFCs) in order to encompass a wider range of applications.
The company's new GF81 MFC can be used for higher gas flow rates up to 300 slpm, making it suitable for high-flow applications in thin film, solar, analytical, biotech and fuel cell,…
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Other
OPW Engineered Systems, a division of OPW Fluid Transfer Group, has improved two of its bottom-loading couplers with the addition of a new sealing material.
Its 1004D3 and 1004D4 models of OPW's API Bottom-Loading Couplers are now available with 'lo-temp' material that has been designed to retain its sealing capabilities at extreme temperatures (up to -55°C). The seal material is also…
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Other
Parker Hannifin, a manufacturer of motion and control technologies, has introduced the icountBSplus, a fully contained, portable bottle sampling system that uses laser particle counting technology to ensure the detection of contamination in hydraulic oils and hydrocarbon fuels.
The laser particle counting technology and Windows-based user interface can deliver results in 15 seconds. A…
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Pumps
Blackmer, a supplier of positive displacement and centrifugal pumps and reciprocating compressor technologies, says its NP and SNP Series of sliding vane pumps meet the needs of a number of operations in oil and natural gas exploration and production.
The areas in the oilfield where NP and SNP pumps can be utilised include offshore oil platforms, oil and gas production sites, central tank…
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Flowmeters
Emerson Process Management has expanded its line of Coriolos flowmeters.
The new Micro Motion Elite CMFS sensor platform is suitable for measuring smaller line sizes (pipelines less than DN50) and, along with the existing Elite flowmeters, can be used in a range of applications such as chemical injection, production blending and process, gas solutions and batching operations in a variety of…
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UOP, a Honeywell company, has announced that Egypt's Alexandria National Refining & Petrochemicals Company (ANRPC) will use UOP technology and equipment as part of a $300 million (appr. €268 million), multi-year project to expand an existing petrol production facility.
ANRPC will add a second UOP continuous catalytic reforming (CCR) platforming process unit,…
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Pumps
Custom pump manufacturer Wastecorp Pumps has launched a new engine-driven trash pump product line under its Trash Flow brand.
The new products include the TFCC-ML series and the TFCC-ME series. The new trash pumps are available in 3 and 4" rental pump models and 3, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12" municipal/industrial pump classifications with over nine choices to select from.
'We now offer vacuum prime…
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Valves
A wastewater treatment plant in Saline, Michigan is being upgraded with a $1.4 million (€1.08 million) investment.
Under the proposals, which Saline City Council approved on 20 May, Franklin Holwerda Company will replace the plant's two existing sludge transfer pumps, valves, its gas handling system, the hot water heating boiler and its existing digester under a $1.3 million contract.
In…
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Flowmeters
UK-based Titan Enterprises has launched a new range of stainless steel and aluminium oval gear flow meters with a clear acrylic top.Titan believes the ability to visually check flowing liquid, from the visible rotation of the gears, has particular safety of operation benefits with viscous fluids such as lubricating oils. The oval gear (OG) flowmeters are available in sizes from ¼” to…
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Other
Inever has developed the new Inever MVC series, which utilises the latest motion control technology to ensure speed and accuracy in packaging sachets of salad dressings and other pasty liquids.
Filling sachets with thick, pasty liquids at high speeds with accuracy and efficiency is one of the most difficult packaging jobs, with the combination of small size and slow running liquid at the root of…
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Pumps
British Pump Manufacturers’ Association (BPMA) has provided clarification to the pump industry on conformity to Building Information Modelling Level 2 (BIM)
By helping develop a product data template (PDT) for pump manufacturers, BPMA aims to make it easier for them fulfil their commitments to BIM, on which no uniform standard has been established.
The purpose of the PDT, available as a…
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Other
ViscoTec Pumpen has launched the new fluid dosing and deposition (FDD) technology for the 3D printing sector.
The new technology allows the industry fast and precise 3D printing of fluids and pastes with FDD Starter Kit which is now available.
The kit makes it possible to integrate a volumetric supporting 3D printhead in a wide range of common filament-type 3D printers.
Together with the 3D…
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Pumps
Grindex, an electrical submersible pumps manufacturer, has launched Grindex Milli, a low-suction pump built on Micro drainage pump.
The Micro and Milli share all the main components and functions for the wear parts.
Due to the addition of a non-return valve to the hydraulic parts to prevent a backflow, the Milli can pump down to a level as low as a few millimeters.
The Milli was designed to solve…
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Other
Fine Tubes, a UK-based manufacturer of metal tubing for the aerospace, medical, chemical, nuclear, power and oil and gas sectors has joined forces with Superior Tube, a US producer of metal tubing.
Both companies are owned by the Watermill Group and the partnership will enable Fine Tubes to now serve the US market. The two companies will share a new global association whilst maintaining their…
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Pumps
National Oilwell Varco (NOV), a supplier of oilfield solutions, has completed the acquisition of Robbins & Myers.
The deal will see many of the Robbins & Myers industrial products placed under the Houston-based NOV Mono division of National Oilwell Varco, resulting in NOV Mono becoming one of the largest designers and manufacturers of progressing cavity pumps technology.
The product…
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