Hydraulic controls firm Burkert says that by automating an unnamed "major pharmaceutical manufacturer's" CIP (clean in place) processes, it is saving the firm £120,000pa.
Hydraulic Components/Equipment
Variable speed drives are helping to protect 20,000 homes and Cambridgeshire farmland valued at over £3.6 billion, by effecting pump control at a new station at Wiggenhall St Germans, in...
Electric Motors AC
Simba International is reporting that an Atlas Copco VSD compressor, financed through a Carbon Trust loan, has been a key success factor in its plant refurbishment programme.
Compressors
Wilsonville Power Systems development plant in Alabama, USA, reports that UV disinfection is still ensuring that it complies with wastewater discharge regulations – four years after commissioning.
Wastewater Plant
Boiler and heating systems aimed at making plant rooms more efficient and providing energy savings of 15—30% have been launched by Energys Group.
Energy Recovery
Rugged liquid turbine meters, designed to provide reliable flow measurement in demanding applications, have been launched by Filton Process Control.
Flow Measurement
GE's first 2.75-103 wind turbine has been successfully commissioned at the Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN) wind farm in Wieringermeer in Northern Netherlands near Ijsselmeer.
Wind Energy
The Prinovis site in Liverpool has signed a five-year agreement with Eriks Integrated Solutions for the provision of MRO (maintenance, repair and overhaul) equipment procurement and stores management...
Seals
A compact, integrated motion control subsystem that looks ideal for fast, accurate parts handling, yet is half the cost of SCARA robots, is new from Festo.
Lifting Equipment
Specialist pipeline valves manufacturer Oliver Twinsafe has upgraded its production facilities, with a self-contained Enviraclean blast room with abrasive recovery system and sound insulation from...
control valves
Low-carbon retrofit technologies specialist Energys Group has launched a service providing hands-on training for sites wanting to install its lighting converter, Save It Easy.
Occupational Health
ABB has launched a partner programme that, according to the automation giant, will bring process automation to smaller plants.
PID Control