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Dryers that stay cool, whatever the weather
Added: 15 Jan 2000
For the past 30 years, users of compressed air concerned about water in their systems and e…

Croda takes an Applied approach
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Croda Resins employs electronic weighing to improve the quality of its products as well as …

Many parts in perfect cereal
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Nothing could be simpler than a bowl of cornflakes. Except, that is, if you're in charge of…

Mathcad upgrade has 50 new functions and extra graphics
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Mathsoft International and Adept Scientific have introduced Mathcad 8, a desktop applicatio…

Rockwell launches dedicated software
Added: 15 Jan 2000
The new version of Rockwell Automation's RSBatch package is designed specifically for the A…

DSM expands pharma pilot
Added: 15 Jan 2000
DSM has opened an extension to its fine chemicals division's pilot plant facility at Venlo,…

Sounding out on silo cleaning
Added: 15 Jan 2000
One of the world's leading manufacturers of plaster board, Knauf, has recently installed Si…

Membrane concentrates nitric acid
Added: 15 Jan 2000
An electrically-driven polymer membrane process may offer an economical alternative to dist…

Control without crossed wires
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Northamptonshire-based Smartscan is launching what it claims is the world's first safety sy…

Privatisation fuels green sector
Added: 15 Jan 2000
The world environmental technology market will grow from $888bn in 1996 to over $1000bn by …

Correction
Added: 15 Jan 2000
In a Research Review article in May (page 20, `Ashes to ashes, clumps to dumps'), we stated…

BB&V lands hot waste project
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Binnie Black & Veatch has been awarded a £1.2million contract to improve the reliability of…

Using advanced control for PROFITABILITY
Added: 15 Jan 2000
In the oil industry, it's no longer a question of whether or not to implement advanced control tech…
Vibration-proof cell for stability
Added: 15 Jan 2000
A new generation of Smart Force Transducers (SFT2) from K-Tron uses the resonant frequency …

Companies still ignoring Year 2000, warns IT group
Added: 15 Jan 2000
More than three-quarters of British businesses have made no provision for the 'Millennium b…

Secret spring system separates solids
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Anticipating demand for a more economical particle size analysis system Haroun Mahgerefteh …

Green light for Signal analyser
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Rechem Environmental Research recently charged Signal with the contract to deliver an on-bo…

Dry powder problem solver
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Before specifying a powder handling system it helps to have some knowledge of the material'…

Now it's not so smelly round Pirelli
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Preparing electricity cables for underground conditions is a smelly business, as Pirelli Ca…