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Solutions P400 Pumps offffer enhanced perfoformance


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anner has made significant improvements to its Hydra-Cell Metering Solutions Model P400 pumps that aid in priming for low-speed operation and improve performance when pumping gaseous fluids such as hypochlorite solutions. Geometry changes to the


diaphragm pocket valve plate have reduced the diaphragm pocket by 30%, thus minimizing “dead space” within the valve port through-holes


have been reduced by 6% to in pump chamber. In addition, the


through the valve plate. Used for a wide range of me


tering applications in crease fluid velocity


chemical processing plants, the Hydra-Cell P400’s multi-diaphragm design provides a virtually pulse-free flow without the use of expensive pulsation dampeners. It exceeds API 675 performance standards for steady-state accuracy (±1%), linearity (±3% ) and repeatability (±3%) . This Hydra-Cell P400 with a reduced pocket valve plate has a flow capacity of 766 l/hr (202.36 US gal/hr) and a maximum pressure of 69 bar (1000 psi) for metallic pump heads and 24 bar (350 psi) for non-metallic pump heads.


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into malt for use in beer and whisky production has increased


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productivity and safety by installing a new germination machine controlled by an ABB variable speed drive (VSD).


The VSD controls four gear motors


located on the corners of a 15 tonne trolley used to agitate barley during the germination process at Bairds Malt in Witham, Essex. Should a blockage


occur, the VSD slows the


speed of the motors driving the trolley – known as a turner – giving it time to work through the obstruction. In the previous installation, the turner was powered by a single motor operating at a fixed speed. As a result, unable to slow down, attempting to break up hard of barley by driving through them. This would


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lead to a current spike and subsequent machine failure. Furthermore, the machine’s attempts to drive


through the restrictions would, on occasion, cause the turner to ‘jump’ backwards, putting workers at risk of seriou Bai


rds Malt set about re-designing the machin s injury.


asked ABB authorised value provider Gibbons Engineering Group to engineer the control package.


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UMA has supplied a turnkey valve automation solution to


Indonesian oil and gas company Pertamina that includes explosion- proof multi-turn SA actuators with intelligent AC controls and a SIMA control system. The delivery is part of the first phase of an expansion project at the TBBM Manggis LPG tank farm on the island of Bali. AUMA’s SIMA control system was successfully integrated into the tank farm’s existing SCADA system using Modbus RTU protocol to communicate with the valve actuators and the higher-level SCADA system. The actuators connect to the SIMA in a ring topology with integrated redundancy. At SCADA level, the AUMA system operates in parallel to an existing system with older actuators using a proprietary communications protocol.


“This project shows that upgrading to AUMA in existing plants is possible at any time and without any problems, ” says Stefan Kolbe, Sales Director Southeast Asia at AUMA.


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With the new system, a PLC monitors the load drawn by the gear motors to detect spikes in current of 20 percent or more that signal a blockage. Should this occur, it signals to the drive to reduce the speed of the motors to 50 percent, giving the turner time to work through the obstruction. It repeats this process three times. If, after this time, the blockage is not cleared, an alarm is triggered to notify the operator. Since the machine was installed, production


stoppages have fallen to practically zero, increasing production time and improving staff safety.


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White paper explains a new toolmaking


technology to cut lead-times O


GM, a specialist in plastic injection moulding, has published an in-depth white paper explaining how a new toolmaking technology can help companies half the lead time for mould tools.


head of the UK’s Clean Air Day on 21st June 2018, Casella announces a tender win for the largest online monitoring system for city roadside dust in the world, located in Shanghai, China.


The World Health Organisation highlights air pollution as the number one reason for environment-related deaths, estimated to be the cause of seven million premature deaths – 4.3 million from outdoor air pollution and 2.6 from indoor pollution. The city of Shanghai is determined to address this issue. In January 2016, the Shanghai People’s Congress unveiled a stricter goal for reducing average PM (particulate matter) densities by 2020. This came after a four year action plan entitled ‘The Shanghai Clean Air Action Plan’ between 2013-2017 to address the issue.


In 2017 the Shanghai Environmental Protection Bureau announced that 2016 had experienced the cleanest air in almost six years, with the level of dust (micrograms per cubic metre) showing a 15 percent decrease from those in 2015.


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For products using plastic components, the design and manufacture of injection mould tooling can be a significant bottleneck on the journey from prototype to full market availability. Conventional toolmaking processes can entail a four-month wait between sign-off of a part design and the availability of production components.


OGM’s white paper - ‘Rapid Production Mould Tooling delivers critical time-to-market savings’ - explains a new approach that aims to overcome many of the limitations of earlier rapid toolmaking technologies, allowing customers to obtain steel tools suitable for high volume production in as little as four weeks. That’s under half of the time required for conventional toolmaking.


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