All Plant & Equipment
Chemicals maker tracks turbo issue
Added: 3 Aug 2012
Florence, Kentucky – Torque-monitoring systems are widely used to identify gradual efficiency loss …
Tata drives down pump energy costs
Added: 30 Jul 2012
Rotherham, UK – Tata Steel expects to reduce energy costs by £68,000 a year following the installat…
Flexible automation of hygienic processes
Added: 25 Jul 2012
?In the food and beverage sector Analysing each individual part of a plant or installation will sho…
Recover heat from compressors
Added: 25 Jul 2012
Nearly all of the energy that is used to power an air compressor gets converted to heat, so that a …
The high cost of air
Added: 25 Jul 2012
?Not many process operations really understand or appreciate how much it costs to operate a compres…
Collaboration to produce butadiene from biomass
Added: 24 Jul 2012
Versalis, Eni’s chemicals subsidiary in the production of elastomers, together with Genomatica and …
Antonov flies compressor units to Kazakhstan
Added: 24 Jul 2012
Hemel Hempstead, UK - Atlas Copco Compressors has delivered a £6-million package comprising instrum…
Bridging the divide
Added: 23 Jul 2012
The UK process industries need to resolve long-standing differences between academics and businesse…
Air-tight energy saving at materials company Marshalls
Added: 20 Jul 2012
London – Compressed air is used in almost all industrial businesses, and uses more than 10% of elec…
Oil-free units to save Merck Euro60k a year
Added: 20 Jul 2012
Gernsheim, Germany – Merck KGaA, a paint manufacturer based in Gernsheim, is set to save Euro60,000…
Thermal imaging for hazardous environments
Added: 19 Jul 2012
?Thermal imaging offers clear advantages in ATEX-rated and other hazardous environments, but the la…
Compressors need care and caution
Added: 19 Jul 2012
Frankfurt, Germany – ?Lack of awareness about the cost of generating compressed air and the amount …
2,000 actuators for RWE coal plant
Added: 19 Jul 2012
Altdorf, Germany – SIPOS Aktorik has received confirmation of an order for the commissioning and DC…
Rotork units for Shanghai water project
Added: 17 Jul 2012
Shanghai, China – Valve gearboxes manufactured by Rotork Gears have been supplied for the operation…
Selecting rolling bearings for drill rig plant and machinery
Added: 16 Jul 2012
Drill rig operators must select bearings that maximise machine availability and prevent unplanned d…
Subitec secures funding for photobioreactors
Added: 16 Jul 2012
Subitec has secured €4.5m to launch its technology on the global market
Alkaline fuel cell for UK chemical plant
Added: 12 Jul 2012
London – AFC Energy has commenced a joint project with Industrial Chemicals Ltd (ICL) to install an…
Bagging system upgraded to automatic operation
Added: 12 Jul 2012
Knutsford, UK – Several manual bagging systems at Albis (UK) Ltd’s Knutsford site have been central…
Capturing the electrical charge between plastics
Added: 10 Jul 2012
Triboelectric generator produces electricity by harnessing friction between surfaces
Roquette costs set to dive
Added: 10 Jul 2012
Keokuk, Iowa – Located in Keokuk on the Iowa/Illinois border, the heart of corn production country,…
