A digital pressure gage combines the accuracy of digital technology with the simplicity of an analog pressure-measuring device. Given its very high sampling rate of 100 measurements per second, the CPG500 digital pressure gage (photo) is able to capture fast…
Version 8 of the Simatic PCS 7 process-control system boasts a host of new functions. The new features range from improved data exchange and an easier engineering workflow, more powerful communication, redundancy-related and fault-tolerant functions to new controllers and extended…
Last month, this company released a completely new version of its software for batch chemical reactors simulation, BatchReactor. The new software combines detailed equipment modeling, reaction engineering and advanced numerical methods to create a state-of-the-art simulation environment for chemists and…
This supplier of online near-infrared (NIR) sensors now offers the NIRView process monitoring software. With NIRView, the measurement from the NIR sensor is presented graphically to operators in realtime, giving instant knowledge of the process. NIRView shows trend charts as…
Acidity is a critical parameter in the chemical process industries, and accurate measurements of pH can be important indicators for process quality control. A refreshed understanding of pH measurement can help to overcome process-specific challenges to measurement and to select…
Level measurement and control in process vessels can be one of the most challenging applications in which to obtain consistently safe and reliable results. Part of this difficulty may be due to the fact that the sizing of the vessel…
The pursuit of manufacturing excellence is a strong theme across all of the chemical process industries (CPI). Improving operations by eliminating variability and waste, a cornerstone of the six sigma approach, is essential for competitive performance in the global marketplace.…
Last month, this company launched a new range of SOLA solid-phase extraction (SPE) cartridges and plates. SOLA combines polyethylene frit materials and stationary phase components into one, uniform entity. As a result, these cartridges and plates deliver “superior” reproducibility, recovery…
The NEP-TX Series of molten-metal ceramic-sheath thermocouples (photo) features a 1,250°C temperature rating, connection head with terminal block and corrosion resistance. Standard construction includes a cast iron NEP-TX connection head and a 1 1/4 NPT fitting. Custom probe lengths are…
ProSim (Toulouse, France; www.prosim.net), which provides process simulation and optimization software to the chemical process industries (CPI), announces the release of a completely new version of BatchReactor, its software for batch chemical reactors simulation. The new software combines detailed equipment…