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Flowmeters
Titan Enterprises’ flowmeter technology is playing a vital role in supporting KOKO Networks deliver cheap, safe and clean cooking fuel into African homes.
Designed and built by KOKO Networks, the “KOKO Point” vending machines dispense liquid bioethanol to customers across Nairobi.
Installed inside local shops, these clean fuel ATMs provide fuel in small quantities for daily cooking, and…
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The total value of UK construction contract awards in October was £4.9 billion (€5.5 billion) based on a three-month rolling average.
This is a decrease of 9.4% on September and follows three consecutive months of good growth. Annual comparisons show it as 1.1% lower than for October 2019.
In the three months to October 2020, total contract awards were valued at £14.7 billion (€16.5…
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Pumps
TÜV SÜD National Engineering Laboratory has secured Government funding to build the UK’s first mobile primary standard facility for testing hydrogen refuelling stations (HRS) to ensure they deliver the correct amount of fuel.
Funded by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), through the National Measurement System mechanism, the mobile facility will ensure…
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Pumps
The Uniglide-e range is the latest generation of axially split, double entry pumps from Celeros Flow Technology.
The pumps, according to Celeros, offer significant advances in the areas of energy saving, reliability and ease of maintenance.
Part of the ClydeUnion Pumps (CUP) Glides range, Uniglide-e split pumps have a capacity of up to 4,000 m3/hr (17,600 USgpm), a delivery head of up to 200…
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Pipelines
A team of 180 specialist engineers have pulled off the biggest plumbing job in the north-west UK despite severe storms and the effects of the COVID pandemic.
United Utilities connected four new 1.6 metre diameter pipes into the Haweswater Aqueduct, near Kendal, in under eight days.
Connecting the new section meant shutting down the aqueduct for the shortest period possible and marked its first…
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Atlas Copco is expanding its range of dry industrial pumps with its new oil-free DSS scroll vacuum pump.
The robust, low-wear pump is particularly suitable for vacuum generation in the rough vacuum range.
A key feature of the innovation is its simple and effective operating principle for gas handling.
Inside the pump there are two intermeshing, spiral-shaped screws made of aluminium.
One…
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Flowmeters
Endress+Hauser has launched a new ultrasonic gas flowmeter with integrated pressure and temperature sensors for accurate, real-time measured values.
The Prosonic Flow G 300/500 is a suitable flowmeter for demanding applications in gas measurement, including wet gas.
With optional integrated pressure and temperature sensors for optimum process control, the ultrasonic device offers reliable…
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Valves
Siekmann Econosto is supplying industrial valves worth more than €44 million for one of the largest gas processing plants under construction in the world in Russia.
The plant in Amur has a planned target capacity for processing of more than 42 billion cubic metres of natural gas per year.
The construction project, near the city of Swobodny, was launched in October 2015.
The gas processing…
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ACHEMA, a world forum for the process industries, has been pushed back to 2022.
The global networking event that was due to be held in Frankfurt next year has now been rescheduled for 4-8 April in 2022.
The event that attracts 150,000 people from all around the world has had to be put back due to uncertainties over the COVID-19 pandemic and fears about travel restrictions.
Organisers DECHEMA…
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Specialist bearings supplier SMB Bearings has successfully achieved Authorised Economic Operator (AEO) status.
This provides businesses with an internationally recognised security standard that certifies a company as a secure supply partner — in adhering to the UK and EU customs control procedures.
The AEO status gives customers the reassurance that SMB Bearings adheres to all HM Revenue…
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Valves
Control valve specialists Warren Controls has customised a three-way diverting control valve used in a critical absorption chiller application.
The work at a marine air base in the southern California desert resulted in long service life, improved chiller performance and reduced downtime.
In service for 16 years, the valve is now being returned to Warren Controls for inspection, rebuild and…
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Valves
The planned refurbishment of an effluent treatment plant on the Atlantic coast was required whilst maintaining full operation.
However, difficulties were realised at the planning stage, as three critical isolating valves had non-standard face to face dimensions and required to be resistance to the salt laden air.
The first consideration was to replace the adjacent pipe work to allow the fitting…
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Pumps
County Durham in the UK is set to benefit from a £10.6 million (€11.8 million) investment by Northumbrian Water at three of its treatment works sites, which will improve water quality in the area.
The company is investing £8 million (€8.9 million) in a project that will see the treatment works at Pittington replaced with a pumping station that will transfer the wastewater, via a new pipe,…
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Pumps
Bedford Pumps has successfully completed the commissioning of two of their fish friendly pump sets in British Columbia, Canada.
Pitt Polder pump system is located within Pitt Meadows, which lies at the confluence of the Fraser and Pitt Rivers. Approximately 86% of the city is located within a flood plain and the city relies on a continuous dyke system, comprising of a network of ditches, flood…
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Other
Filtration is critical in the optimisation of gas processing systems, a new report from Celeros Flow Technology concluded.
The importance of filtration in the optimisation of gas processing systems was emphasised in a new white paper, authored by in-house experts from the company.
When correctly specified and maintained, the report said, a filtration system could reduce downtime and increase…
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Pumps
AW Chesterton has opened a new European mechanical seals manufacturing hub at its German operations near Munich.
The fully functional service centre in Ismaning will offer its customers and partners improved services as well as enhance its business development plans in the region.
Local engineering, inventory and manufacturing will improve the company’s reaction time and increase…
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Pipelines
Oil and gas extraction and transportation increasingly involves the use of unmanned platforms as the industry looks to move to more automated operations.
However, routine maintenance of pipelines continues to be time-consuming and expensive through conventional manual pig launching.
The patented Pig Stop and Bypass (PSB) mechanism from Celeros Flow Technology allows automated pigging on oil…
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Flowmeters
The Metraflow ultrasonic flowmeter from Titan Enterprises offers a solution for flow monitoring applications needing a high degree of cleanliness such as found in the ultra-pure water markets.
Production processes in these markets require flow measurement devices able to cope with low flow rates and construction from ultra-pure materials so as to maintain hygienic, sterile and sanitary…
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