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Scottish gas on
Added: 7 Apr 2000
BP Amoco has recently commissioned a 350tonne per day nitrogen generator at its complex at …

BNFL faces German pull-out
Added: 7 Apr 2000
The German government has suspended its contracts to buy reprocessed nuclear fuel from BNFL…

DEHP cleared of cancer charge
Added: 7 Apr 2000
The common phthalate plasticiser di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) does not cause cancer, a…

The load cell strikes back
Added: 7 Apr 2000
Load cell measurement slipped out of favour during the 1990s, but Peter Zecchin explains why the ne…
Bulk handling no problem for belt weigher
Added: 7 Apr 2000
One of the most versatile conveyor belt weighing systems on the market, Milltronics' Univer…

Simple system belies low cost
Added: 7 Apr 2000
The L125 process weighing indicator from Avery Berkel is said to offer simple installation …

Top marks for Applied Weighing
Added: 7 Apr 2000
After installing twenty weighing systems in 1997 at agrochemicals manufacturer A H Marks, A…

No danger of a high output
Added: 7 Apr 2000
Nobel Systems' new AST3 IS weight transmitter has now been granted Cenelec approval for use…

Tighten up your belt
Added: 7 Apr 2000
Accuracy of +/-0.5 per cent is claimed for a range of belt weighers from T A Shore. This is…

Centrifuge speeds up vitamin C
Added: 7 Apr 2000
Roche Products' decision to modernise its vitamin C production has provided a new applicati…

Going into a spin
Added: 7 Apr 2000
Two major centrifuge refurbishment projects have helped chemicals company Archimica to incr…

A total system for weighing under control
Added: 7 Apr 2000
Clyde Materials Handling has introduced the Richard Simon Computapak IV weighing controller…

Safety features at gas plant
Added: 7 Apr 2000
ICS Triplex is to provide an integrated turnkey control and safety system for the new liqui…

BNFL finds itself in dock
Added: 7 Apr 2000
BNFL and BNFL Engineering are to appear at Whitehaven Magistrates' Court next month to answ…

Water and waste industry website
Added: 7 Apr 2000
Water and effluent treatment specialist ARL Consulting has been awarded the contract to pre…

Single column cell way to go
Added: 7 Apr 2000
Designed specifically for process weighing applications in harsh environments, Revere Trans…

A tough coating
Added: 7 Apr 2000
Thanks to a tough new coating from weighing specialist Thames Side-Maywood, load cell assem…

Buyouts buck corporate trend
Added: 31 Mar 2000
The process industries have become accustomed to the waves of mergers and acquisitions that…

Steel yourself
Added: 29 Mar 2000
The British Stainless Steel Association has launched a free technical advisory service, on 0114-224…
Chilli source from cold gas
Added: 29 Mar 2000
If your frozen curry is lacking in punch, a new freezing process developed by Air Products …