Seale Stello Goerck Neumann Yarosh Richard Seale is promoted to president of the Automation and Control business unit of Mustang (Houston). Mike Mason, executive vice-president of the Fisher Div. of Emerson Process Management has been elected chairman of the Valve…
The stirred tank reactor with rotating mixers remains the backbone of the chemical process industries (CPI). While mixing is considered a mature technology, it is clear that continued technological development is necessary to achieve the state-of-the-art design demanded by ever-increasing…
This survey of modern particle-measurement technologies demonstrates how selection criteria vary by application Particulate systems are everywhere; they are responsible for bright red sunsets, the texture of chocolate and the rate of drug delivery in the human body. Particulate processing…
A hard biomaterial Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Applied Materials Research (IFAM; Bremen, Germany; www.ifam.fraunhofer.de) have developed a granulate form of a biomaterial that may replace titanium used as screws and other hardware in medical applications.…
With today’s state-of-the-art digital technology, the sky seems to be the limit for doing everything with one system platform. However, with the exception of a few very specific applications, using a safety PLC (programmable logic controller) for process control is…
A benchtop FTIR for near-infrared analysis ABB Analytical Launched last month, the MB3600-PH FT-NIR (Fourier transform, near-infrared) spectrometer (photo) is a benchtop analyzer suitable for a broad range of applications, including quality control analysis, raw material identification and qualification, R&D…
Vanhove Haws Corbin Wareheim Salinas Andre Vanhove is promoted to global HPI product applications leader for GE Water (Herentals, Belgium). Lawrence Sloan becomes president and CEO of the Society of Chemical Manufacturers and Affiliates (SOCMA; Washington, D.C.). Haws Corp. (Sparks,…
The 2010 Interphex Conference and Exhibition will be held April 20–22 in the Jacob Javits Convention Center in New York. Billed as North America’s largest event for the biopharmaceutical manufacturing industry, the show is sponsored by the International Society for…
KBR to provide licensing of its Purifer Ammonia technology February 19, 2010 — KBR (Houston; http://www.kbr.com) has been awarded a contract by Matix Fertilisers and Chemicals Ltd. (MFCL) — a Matix Group Co. owned by the Kanoria family in India…
ASA Analytics Plugging is not an issue with this phosphorus analyzer The ChemScan mini oP analyzer (photo) for ortho-phosphorus analysis features flow paths designed to avoid plugging. The analyzer uses large orifice sizes, compared to capillary tubes and needle valves…