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PLC architecture takes in process and motion control
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Described as the `next generation control system architecture for PLC, motion and process c…
Energy savings are vital, says CIA
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Improving the energy efficiency of chemical processes is becoming more important than contr…
Rubbery and resistant
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Greene, Tweed's new chemical resistant perfluoroelastomer, dubbed Chemraz 615, boasts the h…
25% fewer parts
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Roper Pumps' ROC series uses metallic rotating components including both gears to provide a…
Hoechst jv gears up
Added: 15 Jan 2000
The polypropylene joint venture between BASF and Hoechst is to be named Targor, the German majors h…
Clever contrivance could cut crucial chemical's capital costs
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Methanol is one of the largest volume chemical products in the world, and its production co…
Great balls of fire
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Specifically designed for flammable fluid duties or hazardous area locations, Spirax Sarco'…
Monitor meets food hygiene regs
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Food hygiene regulations require continual monitoring and logging of frozen foodstuffs at a…
Black & Veatch buys into Europe
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Following its recent acquisition from Thames Water of water and wastewater company PWT Proj…
BP Amoco funds multiphase labs
Added: 15 Jan 2000
A research facility dedicated to investigating multiphase fluid flow is the first fruits of…
Irish boil in bed
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Foster Wheeler has been awarded a £8million contract from ESB, the state utility of Ireland…
Pre-mixer solves sucking problems for powder
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Joshua Greaves claims that its design of Liquivac vacuum pump solves the problems occurring…
EA Systems flying high
Added: 15 Jan 2000
A further step along the road to easier data exchange for process designers has been taken …
BOC buys into semiconductors
Added: 15 Jan 2000
The BOC group is to buy Californian company Systems Chemistry as part of its commitment to expand i…
EUREKA! Britain's a success
Added: 15 Jan 2000
The British chairmanship of the EU collaborative research initiative, EUREKA, which finishe…
Spiroflow conveys onwards and upwards
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Spiroflow's novel continuous blending system, using rotating spiral conveyors, has cut out …
Waste blending plant opens
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Europe's first waste solidification and fixation (SAF) plant, operated by the waste treatment divis…
FLIXBOROUGH 25 years on
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Although it happened a quarter of a century ago this month, the Flixborough disaster remains one of…ABB to buy Alfa Laval Automation
Added: 15 Jan 2000
ABB has announced the purchase of the Alfa Laval Automation (ALA) unit from Alfa Laval of S…
