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Drax speeds repairs with ProcessVue alarm management
(23/05/2012)
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Engineers at Drax power station, in Selby, north Yorkshire, say they can identify alarm trends faster and more easily – and analyse the causes – since implementing MAC Solutions' ProcessVue alarm management system. "Introducing ProcessVue to the power ...
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ABB supports Imperial carbon capture teaching facility
(11/05/2012)
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ABB has invested close to £1 million and signed a 10-year deal with Imperial College London to support a new carbon capture pilot plant teaching facility. The instrumentation and controls giant is also sponsoring the university's chemical engineering ...
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Emerson acquires ISE Magtech for level gauges
(10/05/2012)
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Process control and instrumentation giant Emerson has acquired ISE Magtech, strengthening its level measurement equipment range for a spread of industries. "This acquisition is strategic to extending our solutions to help oil and gas, refining, chemical ...
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ABB opens new UK instrumentation service centre
(23/04/2012)
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ABB's Measurement Products business unit has opened a new service centre at Stonehouse, with state-of-the-art instrumentation, calibration, repair and training facilities. Brian Hull, ABB's measurement products general manager for the UK and Ireland, ...
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Allessa Chemie improves plant monitoring with mobile SCADA
(20/04/2012)
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Speciality chemicals manufacturer, Allessa Chemie has implemented SCHAD's Extend7000 Mobile SCADA system to get instant notification of critical power plant problems. The company, which runs two production plants in the Rheinland area of Germany, ...
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Guided wave radar for steam loops explained
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Given the criticality of level in steam systems, Endress+Hauser has published a white paper on the power of guided wave radar on feedwater tanks, high pressure pre-heaters, hot wells and drums. 'Proper Employment of Guided Wave Radar in Steam Loops' ...
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(05/04/2012)
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Energy from waste plants are shining a light on the power of laser-based, real-time gas analyser instrumentation. Brian Tinham talks to Bob Lane of Siemens With environmental regulations and raw materials cost controls both tightening, the pressure on ...
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Litre Meter’s to distribute high tech Tricor Coriolis meters
(30/03/2012)
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UK flowmeters specialist Litre Meter is now distributing US-developed Coriolis flowmeters from Tricor, which holds many of the original engineering patents around Coriolis technology. Litre Meter CEO Charles Wemyss explains that Tricor meters are ...
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Hach Lange ups MCERTS water quality monitors
(27/03/2012)
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Hach Lange says it has embraked on a massive programme of MCERTS testing for water quality monitoring instruments, aimed at enabling the company to expand its offerings to the industry. "Most of the instruments are already in widespread use across a ...
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Guided wave radar for steam loops explained
(10/02/2012)
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Given the criticality of level in steam systems, Endress+Hauser has published a white paper on the power of guided wave radar on feedwater tanks, high pressure pre-heaters, hot wells and drums. 'Proper Employment of Guided Wave Radar in Steam Loops' ...
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Henry Ford aphorism as true today as 100 years ago
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Henry Ford's classic assertion about the importance of purchasing equipment for which there is a commercial case is as true today for UK manufacturing as it was a century ago. So says Steve Brambley, deputy director of GAMBICA, the Association for ...
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Power play
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Combined heat and power, and energy storage plants are the biggest games in town. Brian Tinham looks at latest developments Few would disagree with the imperative today for engineers to work towards reducing our dependence on fossil fuels and bearing ...
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Emerson’s smart wireless technology helps Swedish paper mill
(06/02/2012)
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Swedish paper and board firm Korsnäs Gävle is reporting better environmental compliance verification since installing Emerson Process Management's Smart Wireless instrumentation. Its Gävlebukten plant implemented conductivity and temperature ...
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Automated Britain conference opens doors on 6 March
(25/01/2012)
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Mark Prisk, Minister of State for Business and Enterprise, is set to launch the Automated Britain conference on 6 March at The Commonwealth Club in London. Being staged by GAMBICA (the association for the instrumentation, control, automation and ...
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Shell chooses Parker Hannifin for instrumentation
(05/01/2012)
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Motion and control firm Parker Hannifin has signed a deal with Shell that makes it a single source supplier of instrumentation valves, manifolds, process-to-instrument valves, fittings, tubing, protective enclosures etc. Under the terms of Shell's ...
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Emerson’s Rosemount among Thomson Reuters 2011 top 100 innovators
(12/12/2011)
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Plant instrumentation giant Emerson Process Management's Rosemount business unit has been named among the Thomson Reuters 2011 Top 100 global innovators. The Thomson Reuters 2011 Top Global Innovators programme evaluates innovation by analysing patent ...
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Marsh Bellofram acquires King Engineering Corporation
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US-based instrumentation group Marsh Bellofram has acquired the product line assets of King Engineering, best known for its King-Gage liquid level measurement and inventory tank gauging systems. The company's products also include related air filtration ...
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Branch Hydraulic supplies test rig for helicopter gearboxes
(21/11/2011)
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Specialist gearbox and test rig manufacturer Compact Orbital Gears has taken delivery of a bespoke testing unit from Branch Hydraulic Systems. COG managing director Gareth La-Pajne explains that the unit is being integrated with its own high-speed slave ...
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Emerson’s smart wireless technology helps Swedish paper mill
(17/11/2011)
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Swedish paper and board firm Korsnäs Gävle is reporting better environmental compliance verification since installing Emerson Process Management's Smart Wireless instrumentation. Its Gävlebukten plant implemented conductivity and temperature ...
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Emerson celebrates 10 years of Rosemount 3051S instrumentation
(03/11/2011)
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Instrumentation and control giant Emerson Process Management is celebrating the 10th anniversary of launching its iconic Rosemount 3051S instrumentation – the first scalable platform for integrated pressure, flow and level monitoring. Mark Schumacher, ...
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ABB pressure transmitters resist chemical attack
(11/10/2011)
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Inorganic chemicals manufacturer William Blythe reports saving thousands of pounds and several days of production time since switching to ABB pressure transmitters. Andy Fort, control and instrumentation engineer at the plant, explains that the plant ...
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Taking control
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Plant engineers wedded to particular instrument and control types might do well to widen the net. Brian Tinham examines recent developments in instrumentation and control Instrumentation and control equipment, although high tech in its own right, isn't ...
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Hazardous electrics
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Hazardous areas demand properly certified equipment – and that applies to maintenance kit, too. But cost and efficiency are also key. Gordon Low examines the issues As process plants become more complex, health and safety regulations more stringent, and ...
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New national water quality instrumentation service unveiled
(04/10/2011)
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The Environment Agency has instigated a new National Water Quality Instrumentation Service (NWQIS) that it believes will improve both the quality and the efficiency of water quality monitoring in England and Wales. Part of the National Laboratory ...
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