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  Hellstern AlliedBarton Security Services (King of Prussia, Pa.) appoints Richard A. Michau vice president of the Petrochemical market segment. CIC Inc. (Trois Rivières, Quebec, Canada) elects Charles Mazza president and general manager. Matthew Hellstern is named vice president of…

May: New Products domestic

Hand-Truck Design is Available for Cold-Water Pressure Washers This firm, the largest manufacturer of pressure washers, has introduced a commercial line of cold-water pressure washers using a hand-truck design for easy maneuvering (photo). The four models deliver cleaning pressure of…

May: New Products International

Windmöller & Hölscher ProMinent Witt-Gasetechnik Bronkhorst High-Tech B.V. Gneuß Kunststofftechnik Free-Flowing Products are in the Bag with this Machine At the Interpack Trade Fair (April 24 – 30; Düsseldorf, Germany), this firm presented its newly developed Rubin  for the bagging…

An Integrated Approach to Industrial Security

To many, the concept of a "smart plant" involves integrating critical process subsystems and instrumentation with the goal of streamlining operations, increasing production and, simply put, making more money. But looking at the bigger picture, the true goal of having…

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Warming Up to Accurate Temperature Measurement

Accurate temperature measurement is not difficult. It does, however, require you to think about accuracy from specification and selection, all the way up to installation and operation of your temperature-measurement sensor. There are opportunities to improve accuracy during each of…

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Engineering Practice: Designing Steam Stripping Columns for Wastewater

  FIGURE 1. In a typical system for wastewater treatment, the liquid feed is introduced at the top of the column and steam is introduced at the bottom In recent years, steam strippers have become integral parts of industrial plant…

Facts at Your Fingertips: Acid Storage

Most common acids can be stored in horizontal or vertical ASME-type tanks, as shown in the figures to the right, or vertical API-type tanks. Horizontal, carbon-steel ASME-type tanks of 10,000 — 40,000 gal capacity should have a plate thickness of…

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Benchmarking for Success

  Effective use of capital in the ownership and management of manufacturing assets is critical to the financial performance of companies in the chemical process industries (CPI). Many of these companies use benchmarking in compliance with applicable laws and antitrust…

Focus on Pumps

A Pump Intended for Non-API Processes The Sunflo P-2500 high-pressure centrifugal pump features distinctions from previous models in the P-2000 Series including: upgraded seal-housing drain cavities, enhanced seal design, numerous seal flush plans, labyrinth gearbox seal, and heavy duty bearings…

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Solids Processing: Blender Selection And Avoidance of Post-Blender Segregation

A. Alexander and F. Muzzio, Rutgers University Proper blender selection can improve the mixing of bulk solids. Be sure to consider post-blending segregation problems Mixing and blending of bulk solids occurs frequently in many industrial processes. Though small-scale mixing and…