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.

It sounds like a scene from a science fiction movie: A newly developed method produces customized molecules in the reactor according to a building plan – to some extent the 3D printer for chemistry. Although the “Chemputer” was actually supposed to synthesise customized medicine, British defence and aerospace multinational BAE has secured the method. Now drones are expected to be developed in the chemical bath.

You can't always prevent an explosion - but you can at least control it. Explosion isolation and venting measures provide safe environment for workers plant and product. Discover, how a leading producer of powder coating systems protects Grinding & Classifying Mills with explosion protection valves...

WorleyParsons has been awarded a five year Engineering, Procurement and Construction Management (EPCm) services contract for the Pearl Gas to Liquids (GTL) and associated facilities in Qatar.

Shale gas fuels North America's chemical industry dreams: Nova Chemicals has begun using ethane from the Marcellus shales as a feedstock for its freshly revamped cracker at Corunna, Ontario...

At this year's Powtech in Nuremberg, Germany, Greif-Velox will demonstrate to its customers the potential benefits offered by the vacuum packer Velovac, the patented external valve cutter Valvocut and the gross-weight pneumatic packer BVP.