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One piece sensor is flush
Added: 15 Jan 2000
The Sensotec Model A105 is a subminiature, flush diaphragm pressure transducer which delive…
Plant stand
Added: 15 Jan 2000
BP Oil is to close its Llandarcy refinery in 1999. BP has awarded AMEC-BKW a contract to upgrade th…
Metallocene alternatives
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Metallocene catalysts are posing problems for plastics producers, especially because of the…
UK AND INTERNATIONAL PLANT COST INDICES
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Process Engineering's PREDICT plant cost index for the UK is made up of five components cov…
HIGH spirits
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Scotland's largest whisky producer United Distillers has recently spent £12 million automating proc…Low voltage controller
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Cal Controls has introduced an energy efficient, low voltage version of its series 3200 con…
Locking in on North Sea safety
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Process safety specialist Smith Flow Control has been awarded a contract worth over £131000 by cont…
Grinding is no trouble at this mill
Added: 15 Jan 2000
What is claimed to be the world's largest recirculation mill is now available in the UK fro…
MCERTS stack up
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Sira Certification Service, the appointed body to operate MCERTS scheme, has issued the fir…
EPSRC focuses on processing
Added: 15 Jan 2000
British universities and companies may be on the verge of finding new ways to accelerate pr…
New cash boost for university research
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Over £75million is to be made available to buy research equipment for universities, the dep…
PTFE forms seal of approval
Added: 15 Jan 2000
The phase-out of chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) refrigerants has forced engineers to find alterna…
Take off for rotary lobe pumps
Added: 15 Jan 2000
JP Pumps, part of the Swedish manufacturer Johnson Pump International, has started producti…
Cast iron compressors
Added: 15 Jan 2000
More wear-resistant and durable than aluminium, cast iron is an important material for comp…
Monitor water pollutants remotely
Added: 15 Jan 2000
John Hubble's team has developed a novel sensor technique to monitor water quality economic…
Versatile valve range controls low flow rates
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Liquids handling specialist Pump Engineering has been appointed UK distributor for the Reco…
Spreading webs for IFM
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Sensing and control specialist IFM Electronics has set up a website (www.ifm.co.uk) that includes a…
Synchronise systems with Sequencia
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Sequencia's Production Manager software is the only commercially available package which ca…
Ciba to the rescue in Colloids war
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Ciba Specialty Chemicals has stepped in as a 'White Knight' to rescue UK specialities firm …
Awards away
Added: 15 Jan 2000
This year's Manufacturing Industry Achievement Awards, organised by PE in conjunction with …
