Lube oil blending is a growing market as many countries that previously imported their lube oil are now starting to produce themselves.

Modern LEDs are inexpensive and offer low heat dissipation. As such, says Thorsten Arnhold, they are ideal for use in explosive process environments.

With increasing Far Eastern demand for pure terephthalic acid (PTA), several large projects in excess of 500KT/year are now proceeding – including plants in Northern India, Thailand and China.

Larox’s C48 Series Automatic Pressure Filter, which includes the world’ largest Automatic Pressure Filter with 168m2 of filtration area, uses the Larox 6m2 area flat filter plate with filtration areas for the series starting at 36m2. The filters can be equipped with either 33 mm deep or 45 mm deep chamber plates with maximum areas up to 168m2 or alternatively with a 60 mm deep chamber plate with filtration areas up to144m2.

For one unusual application, ball bearings, roller bearings and spherical roller bearings all proved suitable, so an innovative concept was developed that incorporated both balls and spherical rollers. Jon Severn reports on this and other out-of-the-ordinary bearing developments.

Vacon introduces a comprehensive range of products for common dc bus systems covering three different types of front-end units, inverter units and brake chopper units in the whole power range from 1 kW to 2 MW at 380 V to 690 V.

Silicon oscillators can give significant advantages to the designer. Greg Zimmer explains.

The latest evolution for web-based processes is the creation of systems that combine a process imager with industry-specific software. Marv Maddox reports.

The market for power electronics is developing rapidly in Asia. Not only because of relocation of production lines to lower cost countries, but also and more importantly because of the vast number of railway and metro projects currently underway in countries such as China, Taiwan, Korea, and India.

Arange of precision high voltage power supplies has been introduced by Applied Kilovolts. The new LS range makes use of proprietary techniques to minimise component stress and enable unprecedented reductions in output ripple, noise and drift.

Automotive manufacturers naturally want to maximise the return on their substantial investment in vehicle engineering. Alistair Rae investigates the way badge engineering has given way to shared vehicle platforms, common parts and now versatile vehicle architectures.

Engineers at Honda’s Tochigi R&D Center use ABAQUS software as a key enabler in the development of continuously variable transmissions (CVTs).

Results from laser scanning can be referenced into plant design systems and used as background for brownfield projects, says Keith Denton.

Various estimates have been made for the time engineers spend looking for information, with figures of 50 to 80 per cent being quoted by the likes of product lifecycle management (PLM) software vendors.

System comprises an infrared transmitter and a receiver, both of which are ATEX-certified, as well as a controller for adjustment and testing

A special drillpipe running tool, with integral flush-through capability, was used that made it possible to run the CamScan EVO2 on drillpipe

Christos Papakyriacou discusses the evolution of networking and connectivity.

Leti is a laboratory operated by the Technology Research Directorate (DRT) of the French Atomic Energy Commission (CEA). It is one of the largest applied research laboratories in electronics in Europe.

The T 4000 multi electronic safety interlock system from Sick offers users a host of features that make it suitable for a wide range of sensing applications. With its EN 954-1 Category 4 certification, it is particularly suitable for high-hazard environments.

By 2009 the market for ultrapure water systems (UPW) will be US$4billion worldwide. This is twice the size of the 200l market according to the McIlvaine Company, Northfield, Il in their latest forecasts displayed in the online, Ultrapure Water World Markets.