Covered by a number of patents, the stretch hood method (photo) combines the advantages of shrink wrap and stretch wrap while avoiding the disadvantages of these traditional packaging methods. With the so-called biaxial stretch, the vertical expansion of the foil…
Foster Wheeler AG (Zug, Switzerland; www.fwc.com) announced today that a subsidiary of its Global Engineering and Construction Group has been awarded a contract by JSC Novo-Ufimsky Refinery, a subsidiary of Russian oil company Bashneft, for the engineering and material supply…
This line of fully powered stackers has a lifting height of 62 in. and a capacity of 1,500 lb. The Power Stak Lite line of light-duty stackers (photo) features a narrow mast design and an offset control handle to improve…
This packaging machine does not use separate plastic bags to produce inliners for octatainers (orthogonal containers made of corrugated cardboard; photo). Instead, the plastic film for the inliners comes from a roll. The company's Stretch Hood cuts and seals the…
The Flow Line Safety cabinets for the active storage of hazardous substances are in accordance with TRbF 20 Annex L, TRbF 30 and BGR 120. The concept of the filling and transfer stations enables users to link their daily work…
Intelligent Authoring’s (IA) Service Pack 2 (SP2) is now available, with support for the EU’s new Regulation on Classification, Labeling and Packaging (CLP) of substances and mixtures. This solution now provides Managed Regulatory Content in support of the new regulation, enabling users to fully…
A newly launched front-end design tool from this company allows for rapid development and evaluation of capital project options in the process industries. The software tool integrates flowsheet development, 3-D layout, factored cost estimation and design deliverables generation. Its simple…
This company recently introduced an expanded services department to complement its software products. Supporting the petroleum and gas, power, pulp and paper, chemical and aerospace industries, the service department offers plant design and analysis, piping design, data translation, as well…
PSI-Plot Version 9.5 for Windows is designed for technical plotting and data processing in science and engineering fields. Version 9.5 builds on previous editions, but adds features, including built-in mathematical functions, matrix decomposition and maximum likelihood estimation for generalized linear…
With the increase of biotech products, more and more drug formulations result in slightly turbulent forms. For the distinction of the different levels of turbidity, this firm has released a new series of inspection modules. The S-Turb Module monitors the…