ISSN 1476-3397 Process Engineer For Engineers… by Engineers May 2011 NOW including: European Chemical Engineer
Turn the heat up
The case for outsourcing
Contents Process Engineer For Engineers… by Engineers
Energy management in automated plants
Protecting against wear and tear
Accessing process data with wireless technologies
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Heat treatment is a non-core process that carries massive overheads. Outsourcing could save on manpower, energy consumption and maintenance. See page 7.
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11 PROCESS EQUIPMENT UPDATE 4 Aggressive fluids meet their match with peristaltic pumps 4 Fouling and corrosion tackled by new heat exchangers
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4 Managers forecast double-digit profit growth in 2011 4 Next steps for REACH Compliance
21 PLANT MANAGEMENT 4 Wireless technologies promote access to process data
25 MATERIALS HANDLING 4 Protecting process plants against wear and tear
34 INSTRUMENTATION 4Imaging focuses on 3D, colour and simple use
42 AUTOMATION & CONTROL 4 Solve the skills shortage and protect asset safety 4 Energy management key during plant downtime
7 Outsourcing heat treatment
18 Permanent shaft sealing 19 Two-way valves 23 Plant design safety 28 Ultrasonic level transmitter 31 Cybersecurity threats
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Ultrasonic flowmetering
41 Wireless mesh networking 43 Thermal imaging cameras 46 Special Focus : ACHEMA 2012 50 Index of Advertisers
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