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An online portal for corrosion management best practices

Impact Plus is a new platform designed to benchmark best practices and improve corrosion management across many industry sectors. Built as a tool for management professionals, the program gives users the option to manage their own application of the product…

This ribbon mixer features novel trough geometry

The Gardner HE Series of U-trough ribbon mixers (photo) has mixing troughs with unconventional short aspect ratios (length to diameter). Short mixing times combined with low-energy, gentle action and high efficiency ensure that minor ingredients are dispersed homogeneously without the…

This fluid-monitoring platform is smart

The Crixus Fluid Monitoring Platform (photo) is a fluid-cleanliness management solution designed to provide industrial customers with intelligent fluid monitoring. The patent-pending fluid-monitoring platform meets the growing need for lubrication and hydraulic fluid cleanliness in industrial manufacturing equipment and filter…

A new electronics unit for flowmeters

The KRAL Smart Solution (photo) is a compact electronic unit to which a Volumeter flowmeter is connected. The Smart Solution processes the signals that the flowmeter generates with its integrated sensors in such a manner that measured values are available…

High-tech compounds resist explosive decompression

Elastomer seals that are used in valves, pipelines, fittings or pig traps have to face exceptionally high requirements. A sudden decrease in pressure can lead to damage of the sealing, a phenomenon known as explosive decompression. The elastomer material is…

Simulation for faster commissioning and training

This company has upgraded its Simit simulation platform for virtual commissioning and operator training (photo) with a new release. Version 9.1 enables Simit to also be used for virtual commissioning and operator training in modular plants, speeding up actual commissioning…

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Process Commercialization: The 2017 Kirkpatrick Chemical Engineering Achievement Award

The path to commercialization can be long and arduous, which means the engineers and chemists taking the path must have a good deal of patience, dedication and fortitude. To honor the efforts of those chemical engineers and their companies that…

These flowmeters have been updated for sterile processes

Proline 300 Coriolis and electromagnetic flow instruments (photo) have been updated for safety, enhanced measurement quality, device accessibility and GMP (good manufacturing practice) compliance for sterile processes. The flowmeters’ hygienic 316L stainless-steel housings are optimized for reliability and they have…

Protective venting for potentially explosive atmospheres

The PolyVent Ex+ (photo) is the newest addition to this company’s line of screw-in protective venting. It has been certified to explosion-proof safety standards of IECEx and ATEX. The vents’ rigorous certifications enable installation in areas with potentially explosive atmospheres…

Monitor equipment health with this wireless sensor

Vibration screening is one of the most effective ways to detect and prevent equipment failures or downtime, but performing vibration analysis can be complex. The new 3560 FC Vibration Sensor (photo) wirelessly and remotely captures simple vibration screening data on…