Feeder Design for Solids Handling
Processes involving the movement of bulk solid materials require careful consideration of the feeder equipment…
Cover Story
Choosing Agglomeration Equipment
A product’s intended use often dictates what type of agglomeration equipment should be used. Presented…
Commentary
Getting ready
My local municipality recently mailed out a brochure titled “Are you ready?”. It is a…
In The News
Newsfronts
The Greening of Chlor-Alkali Production
Environmental regulations and high energy costs are driving technology advances that make plants cleaner and…
New Performance Materials Solve Industrial Challenges
From additives to polymers to coatings to 3-D printables, new materials improve performance High-performance materials…
Chementator
A mag-drive pump that handles suspended solids
In critical pumping applications involving toxic or expensive products, the use of double mechanical seals…
Chementator Briefs
DPC monomer As part of an NEDO project, Asahi Kasei Corp. (Tokyo, Japan; www.asahi-kasei.co.jp) verified…
Extracting lithium without roasting
Lithium Australia NL (Perth, Western Australia; lithium-au.com) has generated 99.8% (battery-grade) lithium carbonate from lithium-bearing…
Making graphene from graphite without oxidation
Graphene can be produced and isolated by exfoliating graphite, but existing processes are difficult and…
Accelerated decomposition of halogenated compounds
A new research partnership between the Water Environment & Reuse Foundation (WERF; Alexandria, Va.; www.werf.org)…
Ferro-coke utilization promises to reduce energy consumption in ironmaking
JFE Steel Corp. (Tokyo, Japan; www.jfe-steel.co.jp) plans to build a pilot plant for using ferro…
Getting more value from recycled polystyrene
Although polystyrene has been adopted into a large number of end products, it remains one…
High-performance aluminum-cerium alloy
A newly developed aluminum-cerium alloy is exceptionally stable at high temperatures, and is highly corrosion-resistant,…
Liquid metal membranes improve on Pd membranes for separating hydrogen
A liquid metal membrane with liquid gallium (Ga) sandwiched between two porous silicon carbide supports…
Business News
Business News October 2017
Plant Watch AkzoNobel opens paint manufacturing facility in the U.K. September 12, 2017 — Akzo…
Technical & Practical
Feature Report
Valves: Emissions Standards and Current Practices
New industry standards aimed at reducing fugitive emissions have necessitated updates to valve-testing procedures and…
Minimizing Leakage on Heat-Exchanger Girth Flanges
Thermal distortion in heat-exchanger internal components can lead to leakage, but several design measures can…
Facts at Your Fingertips
Facts at your Fingertips: Air Separation Processes
The components of air (Table 1), especially nitrogen (N2) and oxygen (O2), are critical for…
Technology Profile
Technology Profile: Vinyl Acetate from Acetic Acid and Ethylene
This column is based on “Vinyl Acetate from Acetic Acid and Ethylene — Cost Analysis,”…
Engineering Practice
Protect water tanks from corrosion and abrasion
Stonchem 444 is a spray-applied vertical lining system (photo) formulated to resist corrosion and abrasion…
Spectroscopy: Interpreting Measurement Data
Spectrometric technology can assess many critical characteristics about products, but it has limits. It can…
Equipment & Services
Focus
Focus on Mobile Apps
Monitor dust hazards and noise safety The Airwave App helps users monitor dust levels and…
New Products
Chemical-resistant fume hoods that require no bolts or screws
UniFlow AireStream Fume Hoods (photo) are constructed entirely of chemical-resistant, flame-retardant, non-metallic composite resin materials…
Multi-agitator system for mixing and dispersion
The VersaMix is a multi-shaft mixer designed for viscous applications requiring a high level of…
Screwdrivers with durable (and comfortable) handles
Cushion Grip is a new line of screwdrivers (photo) that features a durable tri-material cushion…
Push-button data for bins, tanks or silos
The BinMaster C-100 control console provides level and volume data outdoors at ground level with…
A breakthrough in "green" corrosion protection
BioPouch (photo) is a new, “green” vapor-phase corrosion inhibitor for protection of metal parts in…
This magnetic filter removes small iron particles from fluids
This company recently introduced a magnetic filter (photo) that captures very tiny iron particles (as…
A modular vacuum gripper series with many independent gripping zones
The new MVG Modular Vacuum Gripper series (photo) can be tailored to desired sizes, and…
Industry-first controller for IIoT-enabled operations
Launched last month, the DeltaV PK controller (photo) makes the advanced automation of the DeltaV…
A new range of filter bags for industrial applications
At the parts2clean trade show (October 24–26; Stuttgart, Germany), this company will introduce three new…
Detect pipeline leakage via this fiber-optic system
This company’s new pipeline leak-detection system (photo) utilizes an infield fiber-optic cable, which not only…
Rapid online analysis of phosphorus content
The Liquiline CA80TP phosphorus analyzer (photo) is designed for monitoring industrial wastewater and inlet and…
All-metal push-in and threadedfittings for cooling water supply
The Liquiline line of threaded fittings and coolant connectors (photo) are available in dezincification-resistant brass,…
New heat-exchanger plates fortreating viscous media
The new NW150L stainless-steel heat-exchanger plates (photo) complement this company’s range of heat-exchanger plates for…
Clamped configuration makesthis pump easier to maintain
The PS1 Original is a 13-mm, clamped metal air-operated double-diaphragm (AODD) pump (photo) that is…
A wall-mountable meter for particle measurement
The PC-5000 Series meter for sensing particulate matter (photo) is wall-mountable and can display and…
A condensing boiler with replaceable tubes
The Free Flex condensing boiler (photo) offers a thermal efficiency of 95% and features a…
This company adds triplex pumps to its portfolio
This company has integrated the Finder Triplex Series pumps (photo) into its growing portfolio of…
Use this actuator for small-diameter valves
The new EA15 electric actuator (photo) is designed for small-diameter, open/close ball-valve applications in chemical…
New silicone tubing eliminates particulate shedding
AdvantaSil High Pressure unreinforced silicone tubing (photo) is designed to deliver increased flowrates and reduce…
Isolate steam, condensate and process media with these valves
Last month, this company introduced the PV4 and PV6 piston valves (photo) for isolation purposes.…
A new binder for rotogravure paper coatings
Vinnapas EF 3101 is a new vinyl acetate-ethylene-copolymer (VAE) dispersion that has been developed specifically…
This hose pump has been enhanced for water applications
This company’s line of Abaque Series peristaltic (hose) pumps (photo) have recently been redesigned to…
This pressure switch is freely configurable with scalable outputs
The new PSD-4 electronic pressure switch (photo, p. 34) enables flexibility in industrial applications because…
Measure temperature and flow with a single sensor
New FlexFlow process sensors (photo) are based on a calorimetric measurement principle that enables the…
Show Previews
Show Preview: Chem Show 2017
The 2017 Chem Show, taking place from October 31 to November 2 at the Jacob…