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Cleveland Wire Cloth

Specializes in high temperature, corrosion resistant, and specialty metals and alloys for process functions, as well as OEM components. Wire cloth is woven to precise, customer requirements. Catalog includes application data, design guidelines, technical specifications, ordering information, and a new,…

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Topog-E Gasket Co. since 1956 formulates and mixes its own rubber, manufactures superior molded rubber handhole manhole gaskets for steam, hot water boilers, water heaters, softeners, deaerators, makeup tanks, & other selected pressure vessels. Topog-E Gaskets seal quickly, completely, preventing…

Beyond Flowmeter Selection: Consider Some of the Most Overlooked Criteria

The whole-product-lifecycle approach for flowmeters presented here encompasses more than basic selection Typical discussions of flowmeter selection address specifications, technologies, accuracies and performance, but there are many other steps that are not normally considered. This article focuses on these often…

Belt scales for large flowrates; customized boilers; kneading extruder for processing viscous fluids; mixing water and steam for hot water supply; new compressor generation; and more

Belt scales for very large flowrates Milltronics MSI and MMI Belt scales (photo) are now available for use on systems with flowrates of up to 12,000 ton/h, an increase of 7,000 ton/h. The MSI and MMI, combined with a Milltronics…

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New water business unit forms from Dow merger with Rohm and Haas and more

Plant Watch New Linde plant in Illinois to supply hydrogen for diesel production May 19, 2009 — Linde has executed a new longterm contract with PdV Midwest Refining LLC to supply hydrogen to the company’s Citgo Lemont, Ill., oil refinery.…

Renewable Feedstocks: Trading Barrels for Bushels

With traditional petroleum-derived feedstocks facing relentless economic and environmental pressures, it’s no surprise that stakeholders throughout the chemical process industries (CPI) have been in hot pursuit of alternative routes for producing commodity and specialty chemicals and polymers from cheap, plentiful…

This mist collector requires fewer cleanings; Current-to-pressure transducer is vibration and position insensitive; and more

This mist collector requires fewer cleanings The MSH mist collector is the newest addition to the Smog-Hog line of electrostatic precipitators (ESP; photo). Measuring at only 27 X 21 X 20 in., the compact MSH is equipped with the largest…

Focus On Pumps

A positive displacement alternative for syringe pumps Cheminert Models M6 and M50 liquid handling pumps (photo) are a new option for precision handling of liquids and gases, producing a bidirectional, pulseless flow with a range of over six orders of…

Peter Oosterveer becomes president of energy & chemicals for Fluor Corp…

Oosterveer Thorne Matlas Pillion Lostak Peter Oosterveer becomes president of energy & chemicals for Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.), based in Haarlem, Netherlands. RathGibson (Lincolnshire, Ill.) names Kirk Thorne vice-president of sales and marketing. Matcor (Doylestown, Pa.) names Matt Matlas senior…

Gaskets and seals: Strengthening the Weakest Link

Figure 1.  Style 212-ULE valve stem packing is said to outperform engineered sets, meeting global emission standards Garlock Sealing Technologies Figure 2.  The EnDura family of seals was developed to cope with temperature extremes, increasing pressures and higher levels of…