Vehicle uses innovative new exterior lighting lamps 6 October 2004, EBV Electrolink, Electronics Technology Ford Australia's new generation 'Focus Concept' car that was exhibited in Auto China Motor Show 2004 uses innovative exterior lighting lamps based on the latest LED products from Osram Opto Semiconductors...
Solution to 'dry bedding' at UK water treatment plants October 2004, Valve & Automation, Infrastructure When Rotork Gears company Exeeco were asked by United Utilities to solve a 'dry bedding' sand filter problem at water treatment works serving the north west of England, it was able to submit a suitable ...
Economical butterfly valves October 2004 Tyco Valves & Controls has introduced a series of new, high quality, reliable and economical butterfly valves for general-purpose industrial applications.
The cost-effective PremiSeal range is designed ...
Control solutions from a single source October 2004, Infrastructure Engineers under increasing pressure to optimise plant equipment and reduce downtime, now recognise that a traditional hard-wired arrangement of valves and field devices in a plant can no longer meet the ...
Compact and practical I/O system October 2004, Phoenix Contact , Maintenance, Test & Measurement, Calibration, Pressure Measurement & Control, Temperature Measurement Fieldline, the open-bus installation system from Phoenix Contact in the IP 65/67 protection category, will now be expanded to accommodate the Fieldline Modular design. Fieldline Modular can display complex ...
Hydraulic actuators specified for North Sea development October 2004, Valve & Automation Rotork Fluid System has won the order for heavy-duty hydraulic actuators and control panels on the Statoil Kristin production platform New Development project in the Norwegian North Sea.
The order, awarded ...
Gas over oil design wins pipeline actuation orders October 2004, Valve & Automation Rotork Fluid System's new gas over oil GO range actuators are being supplied for a natural gas pipeline network extension project in India. Fifteen actuators in three sizes have been ordered by valve ...
Are smart positioners the answer to all valve problems? October 2004, Michael Brown Control Engineering Over the many years that I have been writing these articles in the Case Histories series, the one theme that re-occurs very frequently is problems encountered with valves. In recent years I have been ...
Safety in combustion control September 2004 The Combustion Group (TCG) is offering the Series 8000 actuator valve from Maxon in the USA. Designed to withstand the abuse encountered in an industrial manufacturing environment, each shut-off valve ...
Using smart valve positioners can save costs August 2004, Samson Controls This article describes opportunities presently available for state-oriented maintenance, taking the example of a pneumatic control valve
Metal-seated valve performs under pressure August 2004, News & Events, Products & Solutions When launched, the Vanessa Series 30.000 from Tyco Valves & Controls was believed to be the world's first metal seated quarter-turn rotary process valve offering bi-directional, zero-leakage operation ...
Control valve ownership made simple July 2004, Automation Control Solutions The GX product line covers nine sizes between DN 15 and DN 200 (´-inch through 8-inch) to meet a wide range of flow and pipeline sizing requirements
Seal-free actuator could be a boon for mining industry July 2004, Festo South Africa, News & Events, Security Services & Risk Management The fluidic muscle actuator is generating the same interest in mining and heavy industrial circles as it is enjoying in general engineering fields. Festo national sales manager, Heimo Spreng, believes ...
Hardwearing dosing pumps June 2004, Hanna Instruments Blackstone pumps accommodate diverse applications as they can be easily mounted virtually anywhere. Having the pump valve assembly and control units both located on the front of the pump makes installation ...
Vacuum pump accelerates quality control sampling June 2004 The Millipore Milliflex Plus vacuum pump, a high-throughput filtration system for bioburden and water quality testing, is available from Microsep. The Milliflex pump uses pre-sterilised and ready-to-use ...
Combustion in the iron and steel industry May 2004 To many people, the subject of heat in the iron and steel industry conjures the thought of vast furnaces smelting the raw ingredients to produce the iron and steel. Thudding electrodes, snaking cables ...
Metal-seated valve performs under pressure May 2004, Surveillance, Integrated Solutions Controlotron Corporation, based in New York, USA, pioneered the world's first practical clamp-on ultrasonic flowmeter with the introduction of its clamp-on wide beam technology flowmeter in 1972. The ...
Problems in the control of steel reheat furnaces May 2004, Michael Brown Control Engineering A few months ago I was commissioned to optimise the controls of two large reheat furnaces in a steel manufacturing plant. The client was aware that furnaces were consuming gas at a rate that was very ...
Low cost solution for alternating pump control applications April 2004 A common issue solved by use of an alternating relay is water level pump control. This dedicated relay changes states when a single signal is given. This allows for one liquid level sensor to pump up ...
Cavitation and flashing - the cause and the cure February 2004, Samson Controls This article presents the basic principles underlying these problems and shows how to eliminate them based on practical examples from refineries
