Leading up to this month’s 2012 U.S. Presidential election, the legislative landscape has been relatively uneventful. On top of their preoccupation with the election campaigns, lawmakers on both sides of the political spectrum have been reluctant to pin their agendas…
Preventing dust explosions is not rocket science, and still these disasters occur. This article is written to help prevent these accidents. It describes how and why these explosions happen and what can be done to avoid them. Why they occur…
The Atlas line of rupture discs extends the pressure capabilities of products made with this company’s G2 technology. The term G2 refers to a patented manufacturing technique for rupture discs that avoids the use of hard-score tooling. The process builds…
This article covers permitting and directly related design issues associated with thermal processes used for drying and calcining, using the production of ceramic proppants as an illustrative example. While the magnitude of permitting issues varies significantly with air-quality attainment area…
Vacuum conditions for many unit operations — including distillation, evaporation, drying, crystallization, filtration and more — are typically achieved using the following three approaches: • Steam ejector systems • Mechanical vacuum pumps • Integrated vacuum systems (which combine steam ejectors…
The Safety Relay Module (SRM) is said to be a versatile relay repeater module that has been certified by Exida for single use in safety-instrumented systems (SIS) up to SIL 2. The SRM is part of the company’s FS Functional…
Five new EZ-Light high-intensity indicators have been introduced to provide clear, long-range visibility in intense sunlight or brightly lighted indoor conditions. All lights use advanced LED technology to provide longer life and lower energy consumption than fluorescent or incadescent light…
A process developed by Lehigh Technologies (Lehigh; Tucker, Ga.; www.lehightechnologies.com) for embrittling and milling rubber from end-of-life vehicle-tire material is capable of generating micron-scale rubber particles that can be used in a host of rubber, foam and plastic products to…
Manufacturer’s warranty period extended to two years Trolex This manufacturer of gas detection and environmental monitoring systems has extended its warranty period to two years, providing additional coverage for all of its equipment. The company also offers a service contract…
The Japan Information-technology Promotion Agency (IPA; Japan; www.ipa.go.jp) has entered into a formal collaboration agreement with the ISA Security Compliance Institute (ISCI; Research Triangle Park, N. Carolina; www.isasecure.org) to facilitate adoption of the ISASecure industrial automation controls (IAC) certification program…