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Sulzer creates brand new pumps as direct replacements for obsolete assets

When Arcelor Mittal needed to source a spare pump for the scale pit at one of its steel plants in Spain, the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) could only offer an equivalent model. Turning to...

Pumps
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Process Insights launches temperature probe with capability to be retrofitted in older reactors

Process Insights has expanded innovative process analyzer systems that measure physical properties online with a new Guided Wave probe design that delivers more measurement solutions for reactor...

Temperature measurement
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Johnson Controls acquires Powertec Pumps to strengthen its fire suppression offering

Johnson Controls, the buildings services product supplier, has acquired Powertec Pumps, a leading provider of pump-related services.

Fire Protection
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Emerson updates condition monitoring software

Emerson is updating its machinery health platform to enable customers to migrate to a more holistic, modern interface for condition monitoring.

Condition Monitoring
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HSE issues safety alert about mast climbing work platforms

​The Health and Safety Executive has found a serious technical fault with mast climbing work platforms (MCWPs) used widely across construction projects. These can be used in other industries for...

Machine Safety/Protection
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German INEOS chemical plant installs special AS Schneider valves for local air quality regulations

To be able to comply with the limit values for pollutant emissions specified in the TA-Luft amendment, both plant builders and plant operators in Germany are required to check installed components.

control valves
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NSK Newark site implements rainwater harvesting

The Newark, UK manufacturing facility of bearing and linear motion specialist NSK has implemented a rainwater harvesting system that will reduce mains water consumption by almost 200,000 litres a...

Wastewater Plant
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Guide to managing Ex ignition risk republished

EEMUA has published a second edition of document 246, Guidelines for managing ignition risk by inspection of Ex electrical equipment in hazardous areas (including support of IEC 60079-17), which...

ATEX
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Valmet renews condition monitoring solution

Valmet has introduced a renewed Valmet DNA Online Condition Monitoring solution, which provides automated anomaly detection technology and connection to both wired and wireless vibration sensors. The...

Condition Monitoring
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igus improves trapezoidal thread for lead screw applications

The classic trapezoidal thread has been refined by igus. Thanks to a special geometric interaction between the lead screw nut, which requires no lubrication or maintenance, and the metal lead screw, a...

Bearings
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UK team successfully recycles reclaimed continuous carbon fibres from composite pressure tanks

Engineers at the National Composites Centre, the UK’s centre of excellence for advanced composite applications, along with British SME partners B&M Longworth and Cygnet Texkimp, have successfully...

Recycling
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Fulton launches new vertical steam boiler with familiar features

The new Classic vertical steam boiler from heat transfer specialist Fulton is described as an evolution of Fulton’s original vertical tubeless design.

Boilers