SPIRE- sustainable process industry

European industrial competitiveness through resource and energy efficiency

Processing Machinery

The Research & Innovation Public-Private Partnership (PPP) proposal, Sustainable Process Industry through Resource and Energy Efficiency...

Brewery raised efficiency level

and cuts operating costs by 39%

Pumps, Valves and Fittings

Feed pumps in breweries often have to run around the clock and this means that the pumps should undergo regular efficiency checks. Due to progress...

Well head control panels

for West Chirag Oil Platform

Automation and Communication

COOPER Crouse-Hinds has supplied 240 explosion-protected eXLink connectors (EExd plugs and sockets) to Weatherford Production Optimisation for...

Crane system for an offshore drilling rig

The largest crane system constructed to date by J D Neuhaus has been delivered to Westcon Lofteteknikk AS (WCL) of Norway for use on an offshore drilling rig. The semi portal design comprises an A-frame supporting twin overhead horizontal track beams providing a 7.5 metre span.The crane has an approximate height of 11.5 metres with a total weight of 32 tonnes. It is equipped with JDN hydraulic EH 40-H...

Equipment and Services

The largest crane system constructed to date by J D Neuhaus has been delivered to Westcon Lofteteknikk AS (WCL) of Norway for use on an offshore...

Tea manufacturer selects modular piping

For the compressed air distribution plant at the new factory in Swarzedz, Poland, the British tea manufacturer Twinings has selected extruded aluminum modular pipes.

Equipment and Services

TESEO srl, specializing in the design, production and sale of aluminum piping and fittings for the construction of distribution plants for compressed...

Dust in the factory

– still an explosive topic

Equipment and Services

How can factories reduce the risk of dust explosions occurring in the workplace and what are the latest standards relating to explosion-proof...

Turkish refinery improves reliability

with Smart Wireless technology

Automation and Communication

The state-owned Tüpraş refinery in Izmir, Turkey, has placed an order for a tank gauging system that includes 85 wireless TankRadar Rex radar...

Enhancing electrical safety

in a fruit processing plant

Equipment and Services

Combining a quick-release button, integral load-break switch, and automatic watertight sealing decontactors connect mobile processing equipment...

Diaphragm pumps prove best

in asbestos decontamination units

Pumps, Valves and Fittings

Diaphragm pumps offer a solution for water-processing decontamination shower trailers.Specialist asbestos services company Air Management Systems...

Fans handles the hard stuff

in new whisky bottling plant

Equipment and Services

Elta Fans, Kingswinford-based Building Services division, has supplied a number of fans for the new bottling plant of one of Scotland’s premier...

Valves in power engineering

- extreme requirements

Pumps, Valves and Fittings

Whether in industry or in private life, we use pipes that convey gases, liquids and free-flowing or pourable solids everywhere. Controls - such...

Drives and automation

for Brazilian FPSO platform

Brazilian oil major, Petrobras, has just launched P-57, a super FPSO- (floating production, storage, and offloading) type platform. Automation...

Ultrasonic screen for clean flour

in one pass

Processing Machinery

The Swiss company Anutec developed a process for complete separation of wheat kernels into constituents during milling. Using this process, the...

Transducers for valve actuator

test the motors used in the actuators

Rotork Controls is known for robust and reliable valve actuators, operating in some of the world’s most demanding and critical applications....

Intrinsic safety -

Prevention better than protection

Automation and Communication

When it comes to zone 1 installation of process control equipment, two approaches divide the scene. Traditional explosion protection relies on...