Instrument-maintenance training available This manufacturer is offering instrument-maintenance training on its Levelflex guided-radar level instruments. These schools (photo) are designed to teach you fundamental, theoretical and practical knowledge about instrumentation and application technology, with an emphasis on service…
Until now, creating a set of "as-built" plant drawings meant either laser-scanning the outline of an entire piping system, or measuring all the components manually. By paring Leica Geosystem's in-field-to-model laser technology with Coade's CADWorx Plant Design Suite, Coade, Inc.…
Steam traps have been around for a hundred years or so, and for the most part, nothing revolutionary has come forward to change the basic way a trap functions. Any operation that uses steam to produce a high-quality,…
Measure chemical concentrations inline with this compact unit This instrument addresses a critical requirement in the semiconductor industry for monitoring and control of liquid chemicals employed in device manufacturing. The CR-288 concentration monitor (photo) provides realtime temperature-compensated concentration…
The 23rd International Pump Users Symposium returns to the George R. Brown Convention Center (Houston, Tex.) this year on March 5–8. Known as the meeting organized by pump users for pump users, this show is guided by an…
For the first time, it is possible to gain a detailed quantitative insight into the internal operation of multitubular reactors — complicated units that can be notoriously difficult to design because they involve complex catalytic reactions, a large number (often…
Hyperion Systems Engineering Ltd. (Cyprus; edlinks.chemengonline.com/6892-547) has released a new interface for Yokogawa's (Newnan, Ga.; edlinks.chemengonline.com/6892-548) Centum CS 3000 DSC for use with operator training simulation (OTS). The new interface is said to aid faster development of OTS systems, leading…
The equilibrium phase distribution ratio (K value) is necessary for designing and assessing the performance of distillation columns. This paper proposes a simplified approach to calculate the K value that is suitable for preliminary design work and for…
A wake-up call for plant maintenance The new Simatic Teleservice Adaptor IE (photo) facilitates cost-effective remote maintenance of machinery and plants. In acute service cases or emergencies, an email can be sent via the device. The engineer then…
An expansion of Invensys’s (Foxboro, Mass.; edlinks.chemengonline.com/6891-532) recent InFusion launch (CE, May 2006, p. 13), the InFusion Condition Manager provides a new capability for effectively balancing asset availability and utilization to align overall plant performance with business objectives. Other vendors’…