This year decanter specialist Flottweg celebrates its 75th anniversary. The decanters are used for continuous separation of suspended solids from liquids, clarification of liquids, and classification of fine particles. But, it all began with a motor...

A new Kason Lump Breaker, model LB 550, is capable of reducing agglomerates as large as 250 mm into particles with an average size as small as 2 mm with minimal heat generation or fines, at rates from 2 to 25 tonnes/hr.

Finned pack heat exchangers — coils — find wide application in air handling units (AHU) and ventilation systems. Engineers often approach the rating of finned pack heat exchangers from one side only, whether that is the fluid side or the air side. As a result, a number of myths and suppositions endure in the industry, leading to errors and misunderstandings. This article deals with water heating and cooling coils, and focuses on the properties of the water or brine (glycol).

The Gravejo (Poland) plant of particle board manufacturer Pfleiderer was too frequently replacing high-pressure pumps on its production lines. The pumps play an essential part in the main continuous production process, delivering resinous glue to nozzles where it is sprayed on to the wood fibers.

Material flow problems in coal fired power plants are not so uncommon: Coal gets stuck in bunkers, hoppers and hold or forms material bridges within the conveying system. But there is something that can be done about it: Modern vibrator systems can help to get bulk materials flowing freely again...

Hoses in the plastics industry tend to be rather inconspicuous and their importance easily underestimated. However, observant visitors to a plastics processing factory are often surprised at the hugely diverse applications in which hoses are used.

India's vaccine industry ranks third in terms of volume globally in the world. Yet the question remains of why deaths are being reported even after immunization against a disease. One of the reasons for this is the improper transport of vaccines which cause the vaccine to lose its effectiveness. Use of phase change materials (PCMs) can help reduce vaccine wastage during transportation.

A Foster Wheeler subsidiary will supply engineering and materials for a new double-cell Terrace Wall steam reformer heater and air preheating system of Russian oil company Gazprom. The unit will be part of a hydrogen production at the Salavat Refinery, in the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia.

“The hermetically sealed centrifugal pump outperforms magnetic-drive pumps with respect to mode of operation and reliable contents of solids and gases in the pumping medium” — the verdict of PROCESS on a new magnetic-drive pump. That was over two and a half years ago, so its now time to find out how the dry-running horizontal pump has fared in day-to-day service.

Many industrial processes require heat energy to be moved from one place to another via a heat transfer fluid: typically water and steam at temperatures up to 200 °C, and heat transfer oils for the range 200–450 °C. Pumping fluids reliably at such high temperatures is a challenge that sealless canned motor pumps can meet. The new generation of solar thermal power stations provides a practical example.