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Volume 7, Issue 6
Turn up the heat
Feature
Corrosion-resistant materials and durable shaft sealing systems – two important design features of pumps – will be used to convey hot sulphuric acid for Europe’s largest copper producer, Aurubis, in Hamburg, Germany.
Out with the old
Feature
For the best part of 20 years, one of the UK’s leading glass bottle manufacturers had relied on the performance of four ageing split-case centrifugal pumps for the supply and circulation of process water throughout its plant. However, by 2017 the pumps had started to display signs of declining performance due to excessive wear caused by the level of work demanded of them.
Buyer beware
Feature
In the world of industrial manufacturing, it’s no exaggeration to say that the air-operated double-diaphragm (AODD) pumping principle – which was invented in 1955 – has been a godsend. Once the capabilities of AODD pumps were established, they became a first-choice technology for operators in numerous industries.
The journey to harmonisation
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Pump manufacturing is one of the few industrial sectors where Europe continues to enjoy at least parity with, and in many cases superior economic performance to, its global competitors. For many years it has had, and continues to have, a healthy positive trade balance with the other major blocs in Asia and the Americas.
Taking a DIP
Feature
SIDE Industrie, developers of direct in-line pumping solutions for ‘difficult fluids’, provided (via its distributor RBA in the US) a direct in-line pumping (DIP) system (model DIP11-4VVIX-1.5kW) to Merck during an expansion of their factory.
Eyes in the sky
Feature
Focusing on the processing, transportation and storage of crude oil and natural gas, the midstream segment serves as virtual arteries of the oil and gas industry. And just like prevention is the best cure for unhealthy arteries, drones are fast emerging as a comprehensive, proactive solution for managing fluid handling in the midstream sector.
Go with the flow
Feature
Measurement is a fundamental part of life. If you cannot quantify something, then it severely limits its definition in a practical and tangible world. In the UK, the National Measurement System (NMS) is a network of laboratories and processes that provide measurement standards, calibration and testing facilities.
Under pressure
Feature
A lack of adequate safety and protection measures on many lime storage silos at water treatment plants has resulted in considerable potential risks that the water industry must face up to. Silo over-pressurisation poses a serious threat in terms of pollution and can even put lives at risk.
Playing ball
Feature
Industrial ball valves are an essential component of fluid handling systems in a variety of industries, ranging from wastewater management to power generation.
Reliable flow control
Feature
Rotork’s customer produces shale gas and liquid hydrocarbons at the East Texas section of the Haynesville/Bossier shale gas formation in the US. It is a Jurassic Period rock formation that covers large parts of South West Arkansas, North West Louisiana and East Texas.
