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This system optimizes firetubes for reduced consumption

The Automatic Secondary Air Control (ASAC) system reduces fuel consumption and emissions in a wide range of natural-gas-fired processing equipment. The patent-pending ASAC design optimizes firetube operation by monitoring and controlling the secondary air in the combustion chamber. Applicable to…

Simultaneous horizontal and vertical shaft alignment

The RS5 sensor is used for shaft alignment, with a measurement range that covers spans of up to 10 m. Its five-axis technology offers simultaneous tracking in both planes for machine corrections, allowing live monitoring of horizontal and vertical machine…

Expanded Scada software for recipe-based production

This company has added the WinCC/SES (sequence execution system) option to its Simatic WinCC Scada (supervisory control and data acquisition) system for the sequential control of recipe-based and sequence-based operations in production plants. Such an addition is ideally suited to…

Leak testing for gas and water lines

The ESS3 (electronic memory writer) system is used to measure gas and water pressure in supply networks and to collect, save and document the measurement data. This technology is used for fault analysis, leak tests, and function monitoring in gas…

This adaptor allows wired devices to run wirelessly

The newly developed multi-func- tion wireless adaptor  enables wired devices that transmit or receive digital ON/OFF signals, or receive 4–20-mA analog signals, to function as ISA100 Wireless field devices. This increases the variety of devices that can be used with…

This series of monitors sends machinery-health data sitewide

Allen-Bradley Dynamix 1444 condition-monitoring devices are primarily used as machinery-protection systems for rotating and reciprocating equipment. To protect equipment, the Dynamix 1444 device measures and monitors a machine’s critical dynamic and position parameters, and assures appropriate actions are performed. Information…

Larger capacity now available for these double-wall tanks

The introduction of the new IMT 8850 model expands this company’s line of double-wall storage tanks, providing capacity of up to 8,850 gal of liquid, which can accommodate two truckloads of most chemicals. Featuring a standard 24-in. hinged manway, the…

Long- and close-coupled thermoplastic pumps

ARBO thermoplastic, mechanically sealed centrifugal pumps are available in polypropylene, polyethylene, polyvinylidene fluoride and polytetrafluoroethylene, making them resistant to the effects of aggressive chemicals, which can cause corrosion in metallic pumps. All wetted parts are manufactured out of solid block,…

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Direct fermentation to produce propylene

Global Bioenergies (Evry, France; www.global-bioenergies.com) says that last month it developed a proprietary strain of microorganism that directly produces propylene by the fermentation of glucose. The company claims this is the first time propylene has been produced entirely by a…

Remotely control and monitor inaccessible actuators

Designed for use with this company’s IQ3 actuators, the Remote Hand Station enables local monitoring and control for equipment in inaccessible locations. At distances up to 100 m from the valve, the Remote Hand Station provides the user with an…