Article Archive

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Safety light curtains consist of rugged sender and receiver unit

Contrinex is launching a new range of safety light curtains that are claimed to set new standards in terms of reliability and value for money

Meeting hydrogen hazards in plant environments

Fast ultrasonic leak detector, is based on robust microphone technology, has a detection radius for hydrogen up to 8 metres

Cybersecurity collaboration to deliver advanced control solutions

A co-operative agreement between a leading cyber risk and compliance management company and a major safety consulting company promises to deliver advanced cyber-secure safety services for Scada and other process control systems

Control system offers reliability at multi-product chemical plant

A chemical manufacturing giant has replaced its problematic control system with a new solution which offered increased output, improved reliability together with reduced complexity of operation

Wireless communications mesh improves equipment monitoring

A new, self-organising, Smart Wireless mesh is overseeing applications at one of BP's main sites in the US: the technology is also being expanded to other installations around the world

Inductive and optical sensors offer protection

Sick V18V photoelectric switches, the MH15V photoelectric sensors and the IMF inductive sensors are all protected from the processing environment and washdown

Change perspective: improving supply and purchase procedures

In order to make procedures in procurement and purchasing more efficient, administrative processes must be tightened and streamlined says Dirk Frame

Demand is growing for innovative 'green' polymer-based solutions

Demand for electronic components, architectural cladding and new plastic packaging solutions are driving the latest developments in polymer-based materials innovation

Precision dip coating for the fabrication of thin films

Dip coating is the precision controlled immersion and withdrawal of any substrate into a reservoir of liquid for the purpose of depositing a layer of material. Nick Hardy reports

Incinerators for treatment of gas with low VOC concentration

Tougher regulations and enforcement are encouraging chemical companies to turn to innovative solutions to deal with their VOC emissions

A steel mill's scale solution reduces water treatment costs

Strict environmental regulations require companies in Northern Europe to clean spent process water before release into rivers and sewers. Ideally, all process water should be recycled in a closed loop.

‘Budget bashes’ dominate the festive season

Employers in UK engineering sector continue to celebrate Christmas, despite credit crunch, says Chartered Management Institute

The case for bursting disks

Protecting equipment with a bursting disk in sanitary or aseptic service conditions requires specific solutions

Smallest RF front-end solution for Wi-Fi applications

SiGe Semiconductor's claims SE2566U architecture is first to integrate two fully matched power amplifiers on a single die

Developing next generation of mobile phone radio tags

Nick Flaherty talks to David Woollen, CEO of Innovision Research and Technology, a company developing technology for the next generation of mobile phone radio tags

Mixing and flow come under powder processing spotlight

The need to better understand flow and mixing behaviour is driving advances in powder processing

Make the most of continuous online viscosity monitoring

Measuring viscosity is difficult and disruptive, but a new, online continuous monitoring solution is winning support from many different processing industries

Hot air treatment helps remove soil contaminants

Soil treatment system uses hot air instead of an open flame. Pascale Tholl reports

Automation solutions key to alumina refinery expansions

As the major aluminium manufacturers expand existing capacity and build new plants, Sean Ottewell reports on how state-of-the-art automation solutions are being demanded

Achieving a semiconductor accuracy of 32 nanometre

Dr Samir Ellwi discusses advances in extreme ultra violet lithography

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