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ABB's speed control drives scrub up well
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Accurate speed control of two fans in a new chimney gas scrubber has helped to virtually el…

Rockwell visitors can test sensors
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Visitors to the new Rockwell Automation website can 'test-drive' the company's Allen-Bradle…

To Russia with
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Valvestock is exporting more than 100 stainless steel ball valves for a Russian food proces…

Svedela develops new slurry range
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Svedela has acquired a number of slurry pump manufacturers in the past decade and has now i…

Process technologies for tomorrow's petrochems
Added: 15 Jan 2000
An important part of any Achema is the Congress, a wide-ranging series of technical confere…

Piezoresistive level on the loop
Added: 15 Jan 2000
The Proximity division of Dwyer Instruments has recently introduced its loop-powered Series…

A licence to practise
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Some call it the silly season, others blame it on the heat, others on ministers who enterta…

Sustaining interest in incineration
Added: 15 Jan 2000
A prominent victim of Nimbyism, waste incineration only ever gets a bad press. Mike Spear heard the…
ABB controls gas system
Added: 15 Jan 2000
An ABB Advant OCS (left) controls a new high pressure gas injection system being installed on Alwyn…

Power station closures ahead
Added: 15 Jan 2000
National Power is considering the closure of three power stations in Hampshire, the coal-fi…

World's largest packed column ready for tests
Added: 15 Jan 2000
The world's largest packed column intended purely for research, has been constructed at the…

Borealis engineers strong results
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Strong margins and high production levels helped Nordic polyethylene giant Borealis boost i…

SAFE CONTROL of critical systems
Added: 15 Jan 2000
With the operation of major process sites soon to come under the new COMAH regulations, Jon Keswick…
UK Robin acquired in Fluke buy
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Electronic testing tool maker Fluke Europe has bought Robin Electronics, a supplier of elec…

Cells smooth power path
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Power stations could be designed and run more efficiently thanks to energy storage technolo…

Software package
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Design software house HTFS, part of AEA Technology, is launching a design package for calcu…

Engineer MP calls for status and funds
Added: 15 Jan 2000
It's a true rarity for Westminster - not only an MP willing to speak out on science and tec…

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…

ETHERNET for Scada?
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Ethernet networking is a key enabling technology for manufacturing companies targeting shopfloor-to…
Chem Eng tops UK salary league
Added: 15 Jan 2000
If you want to make money in engineering, make sure you're in the process sector. Chemical …