“No more bets please!” – When all bets have been placed, that’s when you see who has chosen the right strategy. The situation is not different when it comes to large industrial plants. But a turnaround doesn’t have to be a lottery. Strategy makes a plant shutdown a safe bet ...

“Just give me the level!” Even the simplest user requests cannot always be easily fulfilled. However, a new level gauge based on the guided radar principle meets exactly this requirement thanks to self-learning signal processing and innovative algorithms.

Showa Denko Gas Products has announced the construction of a new plant to produce liquefied carbon dioxide (CO2) gas in Showa Denko’s Oita Petrochemical Complex located in Oita City, Oita Prefecture.

The plant at Borealis in Stenungsund (Sweden) operates 24 hours a day, year after year. The process is only stopped every six years for service and maintenance to be carried out. Borealis has now replaced the raw gas compressor motor at the cracker plant in order to boost capacity and ensure continuous operation. A 24.5 MW motor will ensure the operational availability of the petrochemical plant.

Rotary batch mixer enables an addition to capacity — Blending plays a key role in producing metal powders. The requirements of a Japanese metal powder manufacturer are therefore pretty high. The company demands good blending, complete discharge without segregation and short mixing times even with large capacity.

A large amount of asset damage and several unplanned process shutdowns can be avoided through control of dust. Most of the organic fine dusts ignite at a temperature below 500OC. Common high-risk zones include filters, silos and cyclones.

You are looking for an equipment which is the ideal choice for continuous scalping of dry or moist materials, even those that tend to ball or agglomerate? This case study features a centrifugal screening device which combines high performance with easy maintenance.

The Linde Gases Division in Germany and Total Raffinerie Mitteldeutschland based in Leuna announced the extension of the existing gas supply contract by a further 15 years.

Fruit concentrates and extracts are in high demand for food, pharma and lifestyle industries. Given the need for high quality, pure products without any additives, drying becomes a special challenge. Discover, how dryer specialists at SPX tackled the problem of drying sensitive products without a carrier substance ...

The heroic age has passed. Very little revolutionary process technology has emerged in the chemical industry in recent years. No pioneering achievements like Haber-Bosch. Nevertheless, the labs are still alive and well — a journey to the world of developers and innovation.