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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…

HCl leak at EVC sparks alerts
Added: 7 Apr 2000
A leak of gaseous hydrogen chloride at EVC's Runcorn plant caused a widespread alert but no…

Gas leak fine triggers HSE crackdown on offshore safety
Added: 7 Apr 2000
A gas leak on an offshore platform is set to cost BG Exploration and Production £300,000 in…

AMEC and Agra merge in a £221million deal
Added: 7 Apr 2000
AMEC and Agra have agreed to merge the two groups to create a leader in the provision of de…

Smelter boost
Added: 7 Apr 2000
You can call me Al: despite its seeming tranquillity, the Alcan aluminium smelter on the Northumber…
Buyouts buck corporate trend
Added: 31 Mar 2000
The process industries have become accustomed to the waves of mergers and acquisitions that…

Krupp Uhde acquires reforming
Added: 29 Mar 2000
German process technology specialist Krupp Uhde has bought the rights to an olefin-generati…

EC clearance for Honeywell
Added: 29 Mar 2000
The European Commission has cleared the merger of AlliedSignal and Honeywell to form a new …