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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 …