Everyone is familiar with the catastrophic effect that resonant vibrations can have on bridges when winds cause the structure to oscillate violently to the...
Archive - September 2005
The availability of information is made easier and location-independent by using mobile terminals. An entirely new quality of mobile business is achieved with...
The international trade fair for Safety and Health at Work takes place from 24 to 27 October 2005 in Düsseldorf. Approximately 1300 exhibitors from 52 nations...
Taking place from 18 to 20 October 2005 at the Hannover Exhibition Center, Germany, the 14th Biotechnica is gearing up to once again assert its reputation as...
BASF will acquire 100 % of the Swiss fine chemicals company Orgamol S.A. Orgamol's Swiss employees approved with more than 99 % the sale of their 25% combined...
Bartec, Germany, celebrates its 30th anniversary this year, and is full of ideas and optimistic prospects for the future. The results of the last 30 years are...
Together with 80 invited guests from customer and supplier side Mr. Klaus-Hasso Heller, managing director of Aerzener Maschinenfabrik GmbH, opened in Shanghai...
Benzene concentration monitoring in chemical plants needs to meet a wide range of requirements. The measurement system must be easy to operate and sufficiently...
Gas mixtures are very often needed in process technology and chemical engineering. By using thermal mass flow controllers, the application gains stability and...
FDT/DTM technology is convincing more and more users of its benefits. The transition from the old insular solution to an open system offers decisive...
Fieldbus topologies according to the high-power trunk concept form the basis of several major automated process production plants. Fully adapted explosion...
Gas leak detection is essential in order to reduce the risk of material damages, unwanted environmental impact and jeopardy to human lives. Ultrasonic gas leak...
Using advanced digital automation architecture and a unique approach to project management, Shanghai Secco beat the schedule for start-up of one of China’s...
Emerson Process Management has announced the latest release of the Rosemount 3420 Fieldbus Interface Module (FIM). Designed for users in facilities without...
When scale is formed on the moving elements of ball or gate valves, the consequence is either blocking of the valve movement or damage to the valve seats with...
For many plant operators, PFA-P facilitates a significant extension of service life when used as a lining in valves and pumps. This is attributable to the...
IPSA in Castignano is a leading Italian manufacturer of industrial food. Hydrogen is used for hardening during the production of margarine. The hydrogen is...
An optimally configured compressed air supply can easily cut energy costs by 50 %. For this reason, rational compressed air generation is increasingly...
Modern digital dosing pumps have set benchmarks in terms of precision and functional reliability. Industry continues to use conventional systems for dosing and...
The skid-mounted, turnkey dryer-screener system configures a 48“ (1220 mm) fluid bed dryer and two-deck circular vibratory screener in series to dry...
The hybrid dry recooler is an interesting alternative to other, closed cooling systems. It is used as a liquid cooler or as a condenser, e.g. for NH3. It has...
The use of Bianca PTFE seated butterfly valves with PFA coated discs reduces production losses in chemical processes compared to conventional valves. The PFA...
The PMA-Advanced is a multi-purpose processor suitable for the high-speed dispersion of dry powders, aqueous or solvent granulations, effervescent products and...
The size of diaphragm pump heads has so far been determined by the diameter of the flat diaphragm. Feluwa has developed a hermetically sealed hose-diaphragm...
The drum fillers type 32 and small container fillers type 34 are designed for the filling of liquid and pasty products into drums, pails or cans. Feige...
The magnetostrictive level sensor Torrix is now also available with a Hart-protocol. This functional extention enables the simultaneous measurements of the...
The Corratherm gasket launched by Burgmann Industries is a high-grade gasket designed to comply with the stringent TA-Luft directives with regard to volatile...
The all welded plate heat exchangers Platular from Barriquand Echangeurs is of a robust construction, manufactured from either stainless steel or higher...
Installation, maintenance and signal processing with flow sensor devices can be expensive, especially when non-linear differential pressure devices are...
The Aerzen blowers with canned motor, series CM are designed for the conveyance of air and neutral but also reactive gases. They find special application in...
Berlin-based P.W. Beyvers GmbH has specialised over the years in the production, testing, filling and packaging of liquid and semi-solid products. In order to...
Due to the increasing demands regarding transport container cleanliness, not only the inside but also the outside surface has to be cleaned. The special...
The use of near-infrared spectroscopy (NIR) for broader in-process control makes it possible to determine the active content of each tablet whilst it is still...
Although the system manufacturer has no influence over production-related QA systems or lacking instructions from pharmaceutical companies, he can make a...
The outstanding feature of the Pulsair mixing system is that it utilises no moving parts within the tank. The key to the formation of the bubble masses is...
Ammag has developed and constructed the laborscale spray granulator A-WT 25. Air supply and heating station and process-modul are designed in sparate units. A...
With EVA compact evaporation technology GEA Wiegand offers a range of plants for capacities of 0.1 to 20 m³/h and a number of applications for zero discharge...
Werum has added the component PAS-Capa to its MES product portfolio. PAS-Capa is a web-based software module for product focused quality assurance in the...
The 620 series represents the next generation in medium sized peristaltic pumps. With the 620 range, Watson-Marlow is introducing market-leading flow rates...
Tescom Europe has developed a series of pneumatically operated valves that are suitable for any high pressure application. The VA & VG series products are...
A specialist for laboratory and process technology offers solutions and application options based on the widely established Bluetooth wireless technology: The...
Thanks to injection moulded production parts the rotary vane liquid pump FLG 01 is more competitively priced than its predecessor and also reaches a lifetime...
The constructive explosion protection system of Rembe is a passive one and requires no maintenance from part of the supplier. Once installed no further running...
Increasing active pharmaceutical ingredient potency, free flowing powders, sub micron particle sizes and stringent containment requirements make selecting the...
Powtech, the International Trade Fair for Mechanical Processing Technologies and Instrumentation, together with TechnoPharm will take place in the Exhibition...
The Paddle Dryer, developed and supplied by Nara offers a wide range of possibilities for material treatment. The NPD is applied to dry, heat or cool organic...
Malvern Instruments has launched a new generation image analysis system for the fully automated characterization of particle shape and size. Key amongst the...
The K-Tron microfeeder Model MT12 feed accurately at rates as low as 20 g/h. The compact feeder is designed for ease of disassembly, allowing fast and easy...
Kalcret hard compound, applied by casting or trowelling, has been proven as a versatile wear protection material for lining components of industrial plants...
Kaeser’s Compact blower series now includes the HB 950 C model. The series is ideal for delivery of volumes ranging from 1.5 to 93 m³/min and pressures down...
The Hosokawa Agglomaster is a sanitary, batch type, multi-functional granulator which brings together spray drying, agglomeration and granulation technology in...
Heinen delivers belt dryers for products with a max. operation temperature of 300 °C. The belt dryer consists of an infeed section, four drying sections and...
All the surfaces of the Gemü-Biostar are continuous and without edges and adhesion and deposits of impurities are thus prevented by this design. The...
Fritsch developed the labo- ratory disk mill pulverisette 13 for batch or continuous fine grinding of brittle to very hard material. The maximum feed particle...
Soliphant T FTM20/21 is a low cost sensor for limit detection in bulk materials with a granulation size of 25 mm. The instrument is available as compact FTM20...
The Bulkflow HT cooler forbulk solids is designed for product temperatures up to 1000 °C. The concept uses horizontal, water cooled tubes in a serpentine...
The same patented motor brake system used in the JDN mini and Profi 3 TI to 20 TI series is now also the core of the Profi series, with carrying capacities of...
Maag industrial gear pumps are used in different hot melt applications. For the transfer, metering and booster applications of hot melt normally Maag Refitherm...
The Lewa Condition Monitoring System is suitable for a wide range of metering and process diaphragm pumps of different designs and for a wide range of fluids...
Environmental friendliness, creative design opportunities, a variety of hues with a richness of tone, optimum finishes on the most varied sub-surfaces: the...
The markets in china for nanotechnology products and systems is 5.4 billion USD in 2005 and will increase to 31.4 billion USD by 2010 and 144.9 billion USD by...
Honeywell has completed the acquisition of Zellweger Analytics, a global leader in hazardous gas detection technology. “The gas detection marketplace is a...
Emerson has acquired Solartron Mobrey from The Roxboro Group PLC in the UK. Solartron Mobrey whose measurement technologies include level, density, viscosity...
Dosapro integrated the American group Milton Roy, dosing pump manufacturer, in 1984. Being European subsidiary of the group since that time, Dosapro Milton Roy...
With effect as of 1 July, 2005 Professor Elmar F. Baur, until then CEO of Burgmann Industries GmbH & Co. KG, Germany, left the Management Board and joined...
The special feature of the Minofiltertube is the possibility of operating with different process modules on the same filter device. The different process...