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Condition monitoring spin for centrifuges

Added: 22 Aug 2000

Another aid to prolonging the life of process equipment was unveiled at Achema by Alfa Lava…

Hanovia makes light work of controlling offensive odours

Added: 22 Aug 2000

Ultraviolet light has long been recognised as a technology for destroying odour-producing c…

New name floated in water treatment

Added: 22 Aug 2000

Following the sell off by Klargester of its products business, it has re-established the re…

BP to shed two more businesses

Added: 22 Aug 2000

BP Amoco has announced plans to sell off its high-performance engineering polymers and carb…

Monitoring waste flows

Added: 22 Aug 2000

Making its debut at an ET show, flow and level specialist Krohne showed part of its wide ra…

A quick peek at the new Siemens site

Added: 22 Aug 2000

Siemens Automation & Drives has acquired Applied Automation, the gas analysis and chromatog…

Calibration, that's what you need

Added: 22 Aug 2000

New facilities at ABB Instrumentation's site in Workington, Cumbria, will allow industrial …

Deal sealed

Added: 22 Aug 2000

A £3.3million exclusive contract has been awarded to John Crane by Shell for all aspects of…

The drinks are on Kemutec

Added: 22 Aug 2000

Nichols Food has chosen Kemutec to supply a new Gardner mixer at its beverage production fa…

Safety measures up storage of SEWAGE SLUDGE

Added: 22 Aug 2000

Recent changes in both UK and European legislation have led to the installation of sewage sludge dr…

Waterproof sculpture

Added: 22 Aug 2000

How exactly do you waterproof a 2.5m-high sculpture of an astronaut, made entirely out of steel coa…

Jacobs picks up Stone & Webster after losses lead to bankruptcy

Added: 22 Aug 2000

Jacobs Engineering has stepped in to buy Stone & Webster after a series of contract overrun…

Carbon adsorbs H+W releases

Added: 22 Aug 2000

An activated carbon adsorption system is helping Hickson & Welch reduce the emissions from …

Lightweight electron accelerator cleans up

Added: 22 Aug 2000

Using electron beams to sterilise materials and surfaces is a promising new technology - cl…

UK AND INTERNATIONAL PLANT COST INDICES

Added: 22 Aug 2000

Process Engineering's PREDICT plant cost index for the UK is made up of five components cov…

No more liquid-filled devices?

Added: 22 Aug 2000

That's the goal of Dresser Instruments Division with the introduction of its patent-pending…

Gold medals all around

Added: 22 Aug 2000

Another glittering ceremony at this year's RoSPA health and safety awards. Continued commit…

Achema action

Added: 22 Aug 2000

Last month's Achema jamboree in Frankfurt (see PE May 2000, p43) once again saw enough new …

Handy check for plant steam traps

Added: 22 Aug 2000

The VKP30 Traptest from Invensys company Gestra UK is a hand-held device for monitoring the…

AMEC to launch process website

Added: 22 Aug 2000

UK contractor AMEC is to launch an e-business website aimed at providing services and advic…