The Williams Scaffolding Ratchet is intended for applications where scaffolding must be erected for work at an elevated level. Featuring a 36-tooth gear with 10 deg of engagement, this tool can easily engage the posts, fastener and clamps on scaffolding.…
The Bydrain freeze-protection liquid-expansion trap is designed as a low-cost defense against pipe freezing. This trap is made of stainless-steel material and is a fixed-temperature discharge trap that continuously monitors the temperature in pipes. The trap is firmly closed at…
Sorbent materials are used commercially for bulk separation, as well as purification of both liquids and gases. This one-page reference provides manufacturing and application information on the most widely used industrial sorbent material — activated carbon. Four types of generic…
This company’s 6A02 acrylic flowmeters have interchangeable direct-reading scales that are available for any one of the following: water, argon, oxygen, carbon dioxide, nitrogen and helium. Scales are mounted at the front of the flow body and are positioned and…
This company’s industrial floor scales are rated for 250,000 load cycles under normal loading conditions. The following load capacities are available: 1,000, 2,500, 5,000 and 10,000 lb. These scales come with a 20-ft cable and have two threaded holes in…
The Flex-Lok 570 high-temperature exhaust hose is a coated fabric hose designed for exhaust venting and welding fume extraction. The mechanically crimped hose is constructed from a para-aramid fabric locked around a coated steel wire. This lightweight hose is flame-retardant,…
Fuel combustion in engines, power plants, boilers, furnaces and other equipment provides energy for transportation, heating, electricity and goods manufacturing. Optimizing efficiency while lowering pollutant emissions is the main goal of industrial combustion, and reaching those goals, coupled with climate-change…
Historically, many large industrial facilities, including power plants, have relied on once-through cooling, in which the entire cooling water volume flows through the plant heat exchangers and then is discharged to the original source. However, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency…
Plant Watch ExxonMobil invests in new delayed coker unit at Belgium refinery July 7, 2014 — An affiliate of ExxonMobil (Irving, Tex., www.exxonmobil.com), Esso Belgium, a division of ExxonMobil Petroleum & Chemical B.V.B.A., plans to install a new delayed coker…
The chemical process industries (CPI) have many applications that require classifying or separating solid materials. Examples of separation or classification processes include those operations that attempt to isolate specific material fractions according to particle size, scalp off the coarse fraction…