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Hydraulic hoses minimise maintenance

PowerLift 477, for crane and lifting equipment; RemoFlex 412, a pilot line hose; Push-Lok Plus 801, low pressure hose
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Thermocouple is suitable for measuring very high temperatures

Okazaki Manufacturing Company is launching the Aeropak Great thermocouple for measuring very high temperatures in harsh process environments
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Explosion isolation pinch valve

Solution to prevent deflagration propagation through interconnecting pipes or conveying lines MORE »

Steel belt-based granulation systems

For applications as diverse as foodstuffs, subcooling melts, thixotrpy, abrasive and corrosive products MORE »

// - Bidirectional explosion diverter

// - New Industrial Ethernet switches feature PoE functionality

// - Pilot-operated servo proportional valves use voice coil technology

// - Energy-efficient screw blowers

// - Process developments create opportunities for ceramics

// - Jet valves switch ten times faster than solenoid valves

// - Software for visibility and management of industrial Ethernet networks

// - Report identifies market potential for automation in food industry

// - Dryers remove excess water vapour from analysers

// - Online condition monitoring system extended at steel plant

// - Sealed grippers are compact and powerful

// - Data acquisition and display stations comply with 21CFR Part 11

// - Analytical turbopump evacuates two chambers simultaneously

// - Rugged touch panel PC is sealed to IP65

// - New technique to reduce defects in metal injection moulded parts

// - New energy-efficient vacuum generator module

// - Miniature through-hole load cell features USB interface

// - Low-profile, universal load cells offer high stability

// - Strain gauge amplifier is Atex-approved for hazardous zones

// - Efficiency and resources - the twin benefits of energy management

// - Reducing contamination in bearings

// - Sealing damaged flanges

// - Save energy and money on existing thermal installations

// - Card reader modules

// - A guide to selecting the most appropriate pump technology

// - Making the most of process automation knowledge

// - GSM/GPRS based device for remote monitoring and control, alarm management and data logging

// - Wireless POINT I/O modules for distributed automation applications

// - Pneumatic conveying rises to materials handling challenges

// - Positive displacement pumps cut product damage

// - Seal-less gear pumps

// - Bulk bag fillers key to success of massive sulphur recycling project

// - Cutting time on tomato paste transfer

// - Aqueous coalescer for electrolyte and raffinate entrained organic removal

// - Easy road to compliance with sour gas service

// - New solar-grade silicon feedstock ups efficiency

// - Novel fuel cell technology brings new class of distributed power

// - The proven advantages of non-contact temperature measurement

// - Infrared temperature measurement rises to process challenges

// - Streamline the entire calibration process with documenting calibrators

// - Drive technologies focus on cost-effectiveness and ease of use

// - Increasing the efficiency of membrane bioreactors

// - Smaller valves focus on high performance

// - Wireless communication ensures interoperability for plant operations

// - AchemAsia 2010: more than 400 exhibitors

// - Gas mixing system for mixing non-toxic industrial gases

// - Customised conveyor belts for precise handling

// - New protocol converters

// - Long-lasting cloth belts go the distance

// - Aqueous cleaning machines

// - Stainless steel HMI is sealed to IP65

// - Manifold simplifies pressure-based level measurement

// - Humidity detection boosts process efficiency

// - Monitor and store data from 40 temperature probes

// - User-friendly hydraulic and pneumatic torque wrenches

// - Flip-up welding helmet

// - Making the most of matting

// - EDDiE takes the hard work out of choosing vacuum fittings

// - Pneumatic valve terminals now handle higher flow rates

// - High resolution, programmable range of optical encoders

// - Load cells for centre of gravity weighing systems

// - Rapid gas detection instrumentation

// - Flexible heaters bonded to substrate for higher power density

// - Flexible heaters bonded to substrate for higher power density

// - Level sensors for liquid, gas and foam applications

// - Charge amplifier is robust and noise-immune

// - Long-life, robust flash disks for panel PCs in hazardous areas

// - High-speed chip shooter

// - Decanter centrifuges

// - Ultra-high pressure water for precision waterjet cutting

// - Variable speed pre-mix brushless blowers

// - Exploring carbon dioxide storage possibilities beneath the Moray Firth in Scotland

// - In-cab computer automates weighing

// - EU greenhouse gas emissions fall for fifth year running

// - Hygienic pneumatic gripper is approved for class 1 cleanrooms

// - Warning on machine standards

// - ‘Go Anywhere Conveyor' conveyor for industrial materials handling

// - Sensor for tank monitoring system

// - Membrane inlet mass spectrometer measures dissolved gas species

// - Tougher coatings for water industry

// - Filters for fluids including compressed air, gases, process liquids

// - Portable gas detector measures up to six gases

// - Wastewater sludge incineration plant planned

// - Automated weir cleaning system

// - First screw generator for water industry saves £127,000 a year

// - Cost-effective pneumatic actuators for food and beverage machinery

// - Forecasts for rate of recovery in global machinery production

// - High-precision machining of aerospace, power generation, pump, valve parts

// - Latest silicon pressure sensors show huge improvements

// - Flexible compact spiral hose has 'notably long service life'

// - Rugged direct mass flowmeters/controllers

// - Direct-drive servo stage suits industrial applications

// - Compact linear modules are lightweight and low-noise

// - Develop a taste for speed-controlled pumps

// - Hydrolysis-resistant polyurethane for hydrants

// - Intelligent emergency shutdown valves

// - Thermal mass flowmeter for small line processes in hazardous areas

// - Dry pumps which delivers high vacuum performance

// - Pneumatics offer alternative to conventional PLCs

// - Piezoelectric force washer is rated to 20kN

// - Vertical mill drive solves surge problems

// - Flexible votlage plasma cutters

// - High temperature hoses

// - Shedding new light on the fluorescent versus LED debate

// - High-head cutter pump

// - Compressors equipped with advanced heat recovery systems

// - High torque chuck for high precision machining solutions

// - Flexible screw conveyor for sluggish ingredients

// - Combined maintenance and inspection strategy leads the way

// - Maintenance becomes less of a grind at flour manufacturer

// - Vacuum grippers handle any workpiece

// - Dual-bridge load cells provide sensor redundancy

// - Short-stroke cylinder replaces solenoid actuators

// - Pressure regulators feature integral feedback

// - Retrofit kits recover heat energy from compressors

// - Integration with complex database

// - Seveso II Directive reporting system to be reviewed

// - Biofuel processing takes a step closer to reality

// - Wastewater investments focus on control and automation

// - Rising to an engineering and marketing challenge

// - Rupture disc is a scored reverse acting rupture disc

// - Demand for second hand plant includes whole sites

// - Eddy current probes are ready to mount on machines

// - Self-contained transportable humidity and temperature calibrator

// - Streamline the entire calibration process with documenting calibrators

// - Thermal imaging cameras for automation and safety

// - Environmental sampling: evaluating your future

// - Buying high quality used process equipment

// - Peristaltic pumps for biodiesel plant

// - Dairy processing benefits from new testing facilities

// - Cyber security certification for process security

// - Clutch/brakes use non-contact magnetic technology

// - Steam trap contract helps reduce carbon emissions

// - Aluminium processors continue to invest

// - New family of terminals off er uncompromised weighing

// - Legislation drives demand for emissions monitoring

// - IR thermometry: fast and cost-effective measurement

// - SIL-level identified for pressure safety devices

// - General-purpose system offers lower-cost entry to Triconex

// - Dewpoint meter for compressed air application

// - Low-pressure relief valve is fully certified to the PED

// - Better control and maintenance boosts profits

// - Thermostats for industrial processes are sealed to IP65

// - Process benefits drive interest in peristaltic pumping

// - Cabinet cooler with heating for temperature control

// - Automated optical emission and X-ray fluorescence spectrometers

// - Brewery guards against obsolescence

// - Miniature infrared temperature sensor requires no separate controller

// - Pumping operations galvanised to deal with aggressive wastewater fluids

// - Avoiding the risk of critical component failure

// - Factors affecting caking behaviour of powdersa

// - Safety regulations drive growth in the process safety

// - Exd flameproof connection head

// - Precision gas analyser for static fill-gas

// - Process hydrogen monitor is explosion proof

// - Avoiding the risk of critical component failure

// - Drives play key role in subterranean wastewater treatment

// - In-house processing for semi-finished or final products

// - TPU 'holds key to low lifecycle costs'

// - High precision temperature control systems

// - Measuring conductivity and analysing water quality in space

// - Digital plug-and-measure analyser

// - PAC-based batch control eliminates need for PCs on plant floor

// - Intelligent sealing solutions for higher efficiency

// - Regenerative blowers with explosion-proof ac motors

// - Automated assembly solutions

// - Vacuum solutions from research to mass production

// - Aggressive fluids meet their match with peristaltic pumps

// - Fouling and corrosion tackled by new heat exchangers

// - Wireless technologies promote access to process data

// - Protecting process plants against wear and tear

// - New automation standards tackle cybersecurity threats

// - Imaging focuses on 3D, colour and simple use

// - Evaluating ultrasonic flowmetering

// - Rupture disc offered with 90 or 95 per cent operating ratio

// - Thermal imaging cameras for automation applications

// - Travelling barrel heater plate HBR10 up to 100°C

// - Permanent shaft sealing solution

// - Two-way valves

// - Automation standards tackle cybersecurity threats

// - Outsourcing heat treatment is a no-brainer

// - Solve the skills shortage and protect asset safety

// - Accurate shaft alignment vital in ensuring optimised equipment performance

// - ACHEMA 2012: Energy storage - the hot topic facing chemical engineers

// - Energy management key during plant downtime

// - Sealing materials improves asset reliability

// - Ensuring your plant design is not an incident waiting to happen

// - High port density industrial Ethernet switches offer full gigabit performance

// - Fieldbus comms deliver increased functionality for pneumatic valves

// - Handheld for balancing, conformance checking, spindle assessment

// - Five-axis gantry mill raises bar for manufacturing of tall parts

// - Fibre optic initiative advances actuation

// - Hire demand for new advanced XRF metals analyser

// - Chains: the umbilical of modern machinery

// - Synchronisation monitoring for actuators

// - Three-way brass ball valve

// - In-line particle probe

// - Video and laser-based measurement

// - UK risks ‘brain drain’ if it fails to invest more in a new generation of engineers

// - Conveyor and processing belts improve the efficiency of food processing

// - Helping compressed air users identify cost savings

// - Wastewater treatment optimisation provides savings

// - Improved ultrasonic cleaning

// - Safety upgrade for forklift trucks

// - Polyurethane coated, galvanised steel conduit

// - All-electric tube bender

// - Discs use ceramic grain technology

// - UK manufactures report solid demand

// - Integrated pump health monitoring

// - Hazardous area HMIs offer choice of programming platforms

// - Preventing pump blockages

// - Aerator combines power with energy savings

// - Compact OES spectrometer

// - Disc diffusers provide a uniform distribution of air bubbles

// - Bellows grippers for handling fragile workpieces

// - Low voltage AC drives installed on anaerobic digester

// - Savings in steam consumption

// - Boilers reduce cost for yeast manufacturer

// - Aqueous-based cleaning solutions

// - Overcoming problem of compacted materials

// - Guided wave radar transmitter for liquids

// - Thermography popularity grows for predictive maintenance

// - Desiccant dust filters have an area of over 15m2

// - Analysis of nine parameters from a single water sample

// - Antivibration base mounts

// - Digital flow computer custody and process applications

// - Vertical lift stage for precise positioning of large and heavy loads

// - Welding torch tester

// - Scottish Water starts trial of oxygenation of River Clyde

// - High performance pneumatic equipment filter

// - Photoacoustic gas monitor for measurement without vapour interference

// - Controlling VOC fumes and odours

// - Clean steel surfaces with go-anywhere’ crawler

// - Filter protects pneumatic devices from particulate damage

// - Growth for vacuum pumps is in high-tech applications

// - Mixed trends for climate change gas emissions in Scotland

// - Ductless fume hood

// - Digital humidity/temperature sensors

// - Making in-flight pasta entrées bellissimo!

// - Combustion blowers optimised for gas-fired burner systems

// - Adapter captures advanced diagnostic data from field devices

// - High-temperature models added to pyrometer series

// - What's next after Lean?

// - Peristaltic pumping tackles tricky processing problems

// - Mixers focus on energy efficiency and customer service

// - Contamination control made easier ... and better

// - Prepare for operational excellence in the hydrocarbon industry

// - Flow meter advances driven by harsh environments, accuracy and cost

// - Protective clothing key to safety in hazardous areas

// - Accurately monitoring relative humidity

// - World's first ATEX approved portable flow meter

// - Plant-wide control optimisation

// - Rupture disc features full-open relief area

// - Dry vacuum pump sets new standard for high reliability

// - Thermal imaging detects missing lids

// - Hot air blower

// - Process systems for biotechnology and pharmaceutical production plants

// - Hermetic sealed – a clean solution for hazardous, toxic or crystallising media

// - Precise control increases process profit margins

// - All-in-one industrial transmitter

// - High speed separation

// - Air compressor

// - The importance of efficient information documentation

// - Water analysis: from drinking water to effluents

// - Surveying performance of large-scale heating and hot water systems

// - Hot gas filtration contract for gasification plant

// - Positive displacement blowers and exhausters

// - New silo weigh solution

// - Improving liquid levels monitoring

// - Bag placer retrofit

 
 

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