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TECHNOLOGY IN ACTION ADVERTORIALS Rubix releases new Capabilities Brochure


RUBIX HAS released a new brochure which emphasises the breadth of products available from leading manufacturers, and its range of valuable services which help keep customer businesses running at their optimum.


Split into clear, concise and easy to read sections, the new 24-page brochure starts by providing customers with an insight into the extensive portfolio of products available through Rubix, from bearings, power


transmission, and fluid power through to tools and health and safety products.


The brochure then continues to highlight exclusive brands distributed by Rubix, plus the range of specialist technical and engineering services available, such as condition monitoring, maintenance and repair, customisation, assembly and installation, and engineering and automation solutions.


Some of the many logistics services Rubix has to offer are also highlighted, such as Vendor Managed Services, which include Invend, Inscan and Insite which are designed to improve the process of buying, restocking, and managing fast-moving consumables.


Featuring a clear layout with full colour illustrations, the Rubix Capabilities brochure also includes a section on eProcurement services offered by the company, with charts to help customers identify the most appropriate solution for their needs.


Committed to providing customers with valuable cost savings, Rubix aims to increase production uptime, reduce total cost of ownership and streamline transactions, to help achieve significant cost efficiencies and work towards a more sustainable future. To demonstrate this, the new brochure also includes a selection of recent customer case studies, alongside a brief outline of the company’s commitment to ethical and environmental practices.


The Rubix Capabilities brochure can be downloaded from the Rubix catalogue library on its website: Rubix UK


020 7009 7000 uk.rubix.com/en/catalogue-library


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SEPURA’s World Class Filtration


Since filtration specialist Bowman Stor developed its first separator in 2004, the reputation of its unique range of SEPURA™ oil/water condensate-filtering equipment has continued to grow, driven by smart design, excellent service and game-changing filtration media. At the heart of SEPURA’s outstanding performance


(with condensate output levels as low as 5 mg/ml (5ppm) oil content) and exceptional service life is SILEXA™ filtration media; a patented sustainable, oil-ad- sorbing material developed in Bowmans’ own R&D facili- ties. A proud UK manufacturer, Bowman has wasted no


time in sharing it’s SEPURA products with the rest of the world, helping industries on almost every continent to meet their environmental targets. Having forged strong International partnerships, the Walsall-based company has now established a network of highly-dependable distributors, strategically-located around the globe.


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KNF Hydrogen: Fuelling our future


Neil Jackson, Industry Manager – Oil & Gas for Endress+Hauser Ltd, dis- cusses the potential of hydrogen to overcome the world’s decarboni- sation challenges.


Hydrogen has two key roles to play as the world seeks to achieve net-zero CO2 emissions by 2050: one is to enable greater use of re- newable electricity and the other is decarbonising many other parts of the global economy, including those CO2-intensive sectors that are difficult to abate using renewables.


When it comes to enabling greater use of renewable electricity, hydrogen can be used as a form of energy storage and as a cleaner source of reliable power generation. To produce hydrogen at the scale required to fulfil these functions requires the decarbonisation of traditional hydrogen production. This is currently being achieved through carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) to produce what is being labelled ‘blue’ hydrogen until production of ‘green’ hy- drogen from renewable sources via electrolysis becomes commer- cially viable.


For hydrogen’s second role of decarbonising the CO2-intensive ‘hard to abate’ sectors, there are three areas where it can help reduce emissions. The first is reduction of CO2 emissions from heavy industry by replacing traditional hydrocarbons as a feedstock in production processes and as a source of industrial heat. The second is cutting CO2 emissions in long-haul and heavy transportation applications such as shipping, where electrification through batteries is currently unviable. And the third is decarbonising power and heating of residen- tial and commercial buildings.


Blue hydrogen production


Blue hydrogen is derived from natural gas through the process of steam methane reforming (SMR). SMR mixes natural gas with very hot steam, in the presence of a catalyst, where a chemical reaction cre- ates hydrogen and carbon monoxide. Water is added to the mixture, converting the carbon monoxide to carbon dioxide and creating more


hydrogen. The car- bon dioxide emis- sions produced are then captured and stored under- ground using CCUS technology, leaving nearly pure blue hydrogen. Endress+Hauser has been involved in the SMR process


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for many years, supplying process critical instrumentation to ensure safe and efficient plant operation. There are several important and often safety-critical areas of the plant that require accurate meas- urement. Water preparation filtration requires conductivity, pH or sol- ids measurements, all of which can be achieved using our extensive range of Memosens analysers and steam and water analysis systems (SWAS panels). In the reactor, temperature is a key parameter often requiring multiple measurement points from a single entry in the ves- sel. Here Endress+Hauser can design a bespoke assembly incorporat- ing up to 32 measurement points. Analysis of both the hydrogen and carbon dioxide gas is another important requirement, and here our range of laser-based technologies from Endress+Hauser Optical An- alysis can help to optimise plant efficiency and avoid issues such as corrosion caused by too much moisture in the CO2.


Industrial automation experts OMRON have taken their European Flexible Manufacturing Roadshow on the road to Bradford, featuring exclusive demonstrations of cutting-edge, human-machine collaborative solutions not usually seen outside of a factory setting due to their size and scale. Held on 14th-16th June at Strate-


gic Partner – Reeco Automation’s – new dedicated Autonomous Mobile Robot (AMR)Centre in Rowan Park, Bradford, over 75 invited guests from manufacturers across the food & beverage, automotive and pharmaceutical sectors received real-life inspiration for reimagining and reconfiguring their manufacturing lines. The demonstration area, comprising over 200m2showcased


Neil Jackson


Industry Manager – Oil & Gas Endress+Hauser Ltd. Tel. +44 161 286 5000 info.uk@endress.com www.uk.endress.com


range of practical solutions for the factories of the future, ena flexible and intelligent production improvements. The roadsho allowed visitors such as Unilever, Procter and Gamble, Carlsbe Morrisons, to witness first-hand experience of large-scale hum machine industrial automation solutions to address some of t challenges affecting manufacturers, such as palletising, transportation and traceability. ˚Facilitating more agile and flexible manufacturing with less


on manual labour, reduced energy consumption and increase OMRON’s solutions are also futureproofed for the digital era. Fe


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