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Joint venture offers service to provide uncomplicated pick-ups of IBCs

PackOne, a joint venture between logistics and industrial packaging reconditioning experts Werit and Blagden Packaging, offers uncomplicated pick-ups and is claimed to yield considerable customer benefits.

EU legislation fuels demand for pumps

European Union (EU) legislation is acting as the primary driver for the European water and wastewater market for pumps, even as demand from eastern Europe promises exciting new growth potential.

Call for chemical and biotechnology papers

Only six months after launch, Wiley-VCH’s Biotechnology Journal is covered by PubMed/Medline.

Rotary diaphragm pump uses novel composite and reinforced rubber moulding

Using the patented pumping technology of the RD5 rotary diaphragm pump, Charles Austen Pumps is extending the range to include the RD1, a new smaller, low-cost version.

‘Automation inside’ design trend driven by high aseptic standards

Increasing competitive pressure requires an ever shorter time to market to place their product onto the market as early as possible and to maintain it on the market as long as possible.

Safety relays deliver high protection and save on installation time

Two new Allen-Bradley safety relays from Rockwell Automation deliver high-performance protection while helping OEMs reduce installation time and costs.

Safety interlock switch is tamper-resistant

The latest magnetic ferro-resonant safety interlock switch from Scientific Technologies delivers high security over an extended lifetime

ABS version of safety switch for hose-down areas

Mechan Controls is announcing that a new slimline version of its popular Magnasafe MS6 machine guard safety interlock system is now available.

Mobile metal analyser with arc excitation for on-site analysis

Spectro Analytical Instruments has introduced the new Spectro iSORT, a flexible battery-powered, hand-held spectrometer for on-site analysis.

Warning beacons mount directly on conduit

Scientific Technologies is launching low-cost Conduit LED Beacons for applications where high light output is not required

Why choose manual gauging and sampling for checking tanks?

Today, many terminals have automated inventory systems. It is, therefore, a legitimate question to ask: why you would still need manual gauging and sampling?

Getting more out of mass spectral libraries

Today, large mass spectral data bases containing several hundred thousand spectra are commercially available.

Telecontrol based on high speed GPRS

Siemens Automation and Drives has developed two telecontrol systems based on high-speed, low-cost GPRS (general packet radio services) data transmission.

Level sensor for hygienic applications and corrosive media

The Vegaflex63 level sensor is particularly suitable for continuous level measurement in hygiene applications as well as corrosive and aggressive media.

Wireless sensor networks can be tailored

Sensicast Systems' Sensinet 3.0 claimed to be first end-to-end wireless mesh sensor network that can be tailored using self-configuring building blocks

Flowmeters with IR wireless remote access aids reading of trouble-shooting codes

Utilising a wireless IR technology built-in to the ST50 and ST75 flow meters and a standard, low cost PDA, field technicians can obtain measurements, make setting changes and read trouble-shooting codes without ever having to open the instrument.

Bulk bag discharge station for bulk bags with or without liners

A revised design of the Brabender bulk bag discharge station BagMaster is now available for bulk bags with or without liners.

Polymeric photoinitiators ‘exhibit extremely low tendency to migrate’

The discovery of traces of photoinitiators in foodstuffs has demonstrated the importance of migration values and residual content.

AchemAsia 2007: the gateway to China’s process industry

AchemAsia 2007 (International Exhibition-Congress on Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology), will be held from 14–18th May 2007 in Beijing, in the People’s Republic of China

PCB design software

DipTrace is bundled with 4 Novarm's front-end modules, Schematic, PCB Layout, Pattern Editor and Component Editor

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