The chemical process industries (CPI) have experienced many benefits from the so-called shale-gas boom — recent years have seen an unprecedented rise in construction and expansion activity in the petrochemicals sector. Shown in Figure 1 is construction at the Freeport,…
Maximum ease of cleaning, maintenance and internal inspection are the qualities that make the CosmoDry System suitable for multi-product applications. The CosmoDry System consists of a horizontal cylindrical chamber, equipped with a concentric agitator, fitted with a heated shaft that…
Providing information to, and communicating with, staff and colleagues in the workplace is essential, particularly when hazards, incidents or near-misses occur that may impact on others. An effective, low-cost solution to getting the message across is the Near Miss/Incident Reporting…
In this company’s networked filling system, weighing and weight-checking systems communicate with other machine components and control the filling process of chemical products. The weight-checking scale immediately delivers feedback to the filling spout and thus ensures that the prescribed weight…
Fuel-View is a compact, lightweight and cost-effective solution for measuring the fuel consumption and operating time of vehicles, tractors, river vessels or any mobile or fixed installations with diesel engines. The device can be used for protecting and preventing theft…
The adixen vacuum dry pump is said to meet current and future challenges of cutting-edge procedures in the coatings industry (LED/OLED, flat/touch panel and solar). The multistage roots vacuum pumps of the ADH series are designed for challenging processes where…
The Water Environment Federation (Alexandria, Va.; www.wef.org) is holding its annual Weftec exhibition and conference from Sept. 27–Oct. 1, 2014 at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, La. The event will feature numerous technical sessions and committee…
This company has launched a new generation of dry-running shaft seals for agitators. In addition to the known benefits of this type of mechanical seal, the new SeccoMix1 is also silent running and has been prototype-tested for use in ATEX…
These-auto prime pumps have a capacity of 100 to a maximum of 6,500 m3/h. The BA diesel-driven pumps have been actively used on the market for many years. Now, with the development of a new standard norm block construction (NMC)…
From September 30 to October 2, more than 700 exhibitors from over 25 countries will again be coming to the Nuremberg exhibition center to attend Powtech, one of the world’s leading trade fair in its field, showing everything the chemical…