Industrial Processing Equipment News

Many big universities — like big industrial factories — have their own power plants, complete with operations issues, energy concerns, and environmental responsibility. The University of Texas at Austin, retrofitted the boilers with emission controls in its power plant and variable frequency drive fans to improve energy delivery systems to the campus, from heated steam to chilled water. The boilers not only reduced NOx emissions by 87%, they also improved combustion efficiency so that the school saved half a million dollars in energy costs in 12 months. Could your plant learn from this academic exercise?

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GlobalSpec is seeking proposals from industry experts interested in participating in its March 23, 2011 or October 19, 2011 Industrial Processing online conference and trade show events. Open to GlobalSpec's 5 million registered users, this event will examine trends, technologies, and applications in the field of Industrial Processing. Speaking opportunities provide an opportunity for you and your company to participate in a high-quality, engaging production that will help increase brand awareness and influence key decision-makers. Learn more or submit your proposal today. Deadline for the March 23, 2011 event is July 30, 2010.

Complimentary information resources on preventive maintenance for heat transfer systems.

• One-minute video on hot oil analysis: fluid analysis kit, sampling procedure, reporting
• Analyzing your heat transfer fluid (technical data sheet)
• Thermal fluid safety resources

Find these and more links/downloads on the Paratherm Web site. Paratherm Immersion Engineering Services will also analyze non-Paratherm brand fluids.

Perform quick spot checks of your critical operations and equipment with Fluke thermal imagers and find potential problems before they cost you time and money.

Performance imagers are now affordable enough to expand your program and equip everyone on your team.

Munters ICA with PowerPurge™ dehumidification and energy recovery system provides precise and consistent humidity and temperature control for industrial manufacturing, processing, packaging, transporting, and storage. Ensure product quality and protect machinery, while benefiting from lower maintenance and life cycle cost — a payback of investment costs is usually realized within months!

Hartzell Fan's Fiberglass Centrifugal Fans are corrosion resistant and feature our unique one-piece, solid fiberglass wheel for applications up to 18 in. SP for Class I, II, or III applications. These fiberglass fans weigh 25% less than fans made of carbon steel and offer reliable performance for industrial applications.

Some thrive under pressure. This hybrid actuator is like that cool-headed engineer, capable of performing in hazardous environments such as electrical installations or noxious fluid handling applications. Valves that combine the benefits of pneumatic and magnetic actuators can provide the best of both worlds in tough applications.

The oil spill off the U.S. Gulf coast is an example of how critical flow control can be in industrial settings. Capping flow isn't an easy task. This Bloomberg video explains an earlier attempt to cap the leak with an underwater containment dome, while CNN recently published an article on the four possible ways to control the flow.

A safe truck is a profitable truck. Ensuring long life and durability of suspension components is part of keeping rigs and drivers safe. Innovations in induction heating techniques produce tubular automotive parts like axles that are uniformly reliable. Shorter heating times reduce the amount of surface decarburization and scale formation.

If you've baked with chocolate, you know the importance of temperature control. Now imagine working with a factory-full. To preserve and protect the perishable product, one company invested in a prefabricated cool piping system designed for refrigeration applications. The plastic and pre-insulated pipes are lighter and easier to install than metal systems, and less likely to corrode.

Mettler-Toledo is pleased to introduce the new IND560x intrinsically safe weighing terminal, which brings uncompromising performance and versatility into hazardous areas. Designed for both process control and manual weighing operations, the IND560x sets the new benchmark for weighing in division 1 or zone 1/21 areas.

EFD Induction is to supply one of the world's premier bearing-makers with a horizontal seamless hardening system for large rings. The system — which replaces a furnace — uses EFD Induction's patented multi-coil solution to ensure optimum hardening results without 'soft zones' in the rings.

The E+E Humidity Transmitter EE31 enables accurate and reliable measurement in industrial processes. Besides relative humidity and temperature several other quantities including absolute humidity and dew point temperature can be measured. The humidity transmitter has a wide operating range from 0 to 100% RH and -40 to 180 C (-40 to 356 F). (About E+E)

You have your expertise…we have ours. Trust API Heat Transfer to provide you with fast, accurate responses, and cooling solutions that perform properly from day one. Whether you need a shell and tube, plate, or air-cooled heat exchanger, put our experience to work for you.

Pit & Quarry features a variety of equipment for conveying and material handling. It covers everything from portable conveyors to specially-designed roller bearings built for tough processing conditions. It shows custom truck unloaders, high-performance belt cleaners, and low vibration motors. Watch the portable conveyor video.

Recyclers handle various abrasive products, from shredded tires, to metal scrap, to plastic pellets. All can cause damage to the conveyor. One company developed a magnetic conveyor specifically for recyclers, complete with tramp metal deflector shields to protect the belt itself. Watch the video to see the conveyor in action.

A self-cleaning rotary drum removes solid materials from effluent using a rotating cylinder made of wedge wire screen. The waste stream flows on the outside; water passes through while a blade scrapes away. The rotary drum comes in several configurations, including a variable speed unit that can process up to 930 gallons per minute.

Two companies that specialize in water desalinization and treatment processes are expanding into the Middle East, North Africa, and Southeast Asia. They use thermal desalinization technology, featuring both mechanical vapor compression (MVC) and multi-effect distillation (MED) units. Read the literature for more information.

Mettler-Toledo Thornton, Inc. introduces its UniCond™ sensors for M300 ISM transmitters. Their dynamic range expansion allows resistivity and conductivity measurement from ultrapure water to brine with consistently high accuracy. In addition, UniCond™ sensors feature simple plug and measure technology!

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Graco's FDA-compliant pumps are ideal for food-related applications requiring high flow rates and portability. The series features three models with a maximum flow rate up to 150 gpm. All models have a three-way pilot valve, 16 Series stainless steel rod design, and a 100% externally serviceable air valve. Learn more...

Lean manufacturing techniques only work when everyone in the company is onboard. So get ready for 'Yokoten' — a Japanese term that means (roughly translated) "across everywhere." Yokoten is a technique that shares lean manufacturing knowledge (actions and Kaizen results) and practices across different operations, from management to engineering. Sharing means many things, including allowing mistakes and continually evaluating different communication techniques.

Okay, sure, we've made some progress since the science fiction movies of the 1940s and 1950s promised us domed cities and flying cars and pelletized food. But, our artistic visions from back then certainly have not come to fruition. Again, where's my flying car? With the challenges we face now, how will we envision urban living another 50 or 100 years into the future? Gardens on every skyscraper roof? Silent windmills and thin solar films churning out greenhouse gas-free energy? Take a peak through Popular Science's archive of cities of the future for some sample daydreams.

Pointing the Finger in the BP Oil Spill

How has the oil spill off the U.S. Gulf coast (and the various responses from government and the companies involved) affected the future of expanded offshore drilling?