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Testing Times for Plant Operators

Testing Times for Plant Operators

Testing Times for Plant Operators BY IAN CAMERON
While gas turbines and large diesel engines may catch the eye in any power generation application, the fuels and lubricants they use make the difference between effective operation and a potential multimillion-dollar disaster. The constant monitoring and testing of a plant is a vital element in any maintenance program [...]

Process Control and Plant Safety: Integrated Yet Separate

Process Control and Plant Safety: Integrated Yet Separate
ABB has released its next-generation System 800xA High Integrity (HI) Safety Integrated System (SIS). The controller design is SIL3 certified by the German TÜV. The company said the system provides the highest level of integration of safety and control on the market today.
The 800xA HI has taken plant automation [...]

New Enclosed Metallic Insulation System from Thermamax

Thermamax’s new enclosed metallic insulation for compensators and corrugated tubes allows continuous temperature management over the entire exhaust tract while ensuring flexibility and easy access.
Thermamax has introduced a new, fully enclosed metallic insulation system for compensators located within the exhaust tract of internal combustion engines. The company said that the applications for these insulating systems [...]

New Vibration Monitoring Technology from SKF

SKF Reliability Systems has introduced its Microlog Analyzer AX, which features advanced vibration monitoring technology customizable to users’ specific applications.
SKF Reliability Systems has introduced its Microlog Analyzer AX, which includes simultaneous triaxial or fourchannel vibration measurement capability designed to speed up data collection and save time during service technician equipment monitoring rounds. The 806 MHz [...]

A Measuring Instrument for Every Requirement

Testo AG is a German manufacturer of measurement products for a wide range of applications including heating and air conditioning, refrigeration, industrial processes, and stationary engine and thermal plants. An entire family of products from Testo is dedicated to exhaust emissions analysis. Alexander Schmid, product manager at Testo, explained that such products also allow versatile [...]

New Transmitters from CEC

Shown is the 1-830 axial displacement transmitter that was recently introduced by CEC Vibration Products Inc. along with its 1-828 vibration transmitter. These transmitters fill out the company’s product offerings for machine monitoring applications.
CEC Vibration Products Inc., Covina, California, U.S.A., has recently introduced its 1-828 and 1-830 displacement transmitters for radial and axial displacement applications to [...]

Dewatering technology for ultrafine coal

Virginia Tech University in the US says that it has successfully developed a dewatering technology for ultrafine coal which can reduce moisture content to less than 20%.
Very fine coal with the consistency of talcum powder usually has to be discarded by even the most advanced coal cleaning plants because its moisture content in conventional dewatering systems [...]

UK expansion for Garlock

Garlock (Great Britain) Limited, a unit of Garlock Sealing Technologies, has acquired gasket converter Northern Gaskets and Mouldings Limited (NGM).
NGM, a distributor of sealing products and a manufacturer of gaskets from materials including Garlock GYLON, was established 14 years ago and has a large and customer base in the petrochemical, pharmaceutical and oil and gas industries.
“NGM adds [...]

Sludge treatment growthof US$5.8 billion

The global market for sludge treatment technology is expected to be worth US$5.8 billion in 2013, increasing from US$4.6 billion in 2008 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.6%.
According to the report, Sludge Treatment: The Global Market from BCC Research, odour control will generate an estimated US$1.2 billion in 2008 which is expected to [...]

New web portal from Caprari

Caprari has launched a new web portal which provides improved access to the company’s range of products and applications.
From the home page, users can access iPump world, an interactive multimedia environment for professionals from the world of water, and the company’s Sustainability Report which looks at social responsibility, economic and financial support and preserving balanced ecosystems.
The website [...]

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