Vocon venting control valve with Rotork CMA actuator installed on the deck of an oil tanker. (Rotork)
Valve Automation

Robust and Accurate Actuators

The Vocon Valve and Reporting System controls the vapour pressure in oil cargo tanks to minimise and fully control VOC emissions. The system also incorporates a Rotork valve actuator that automatically modulates the valve position to control the vapour pressure in all the cargo tanks.

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Level Measurement with Radar

Challenging: Overcoming the Limits of FMCW Radar in Level Measurement

How non-contacting radar transmitters based on FMCW technology solve tough level measurement challenges — The traditional high processing power requirements of non-contacting radar transmitters using Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave (FMCW) technology have been overcome. Learn, how this now enables the technology to be provided in a two-wire device suitable for a broad range of challenging level measurement applications.

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The NRS system from R+L Hydraulics reduces the noise emission level of hydraulic equipment and is available in four widths and three lengths as both original equipment and as a retrofitting kit. (Picture: R+L Hydraulics)
Hydraulic Equipment

Noise Reduction for Original Hydraulic Equipment and Retrofitting

Hydraulics specialist R+L Hydraulics GmbH offers a system for reducing hydraulic equipment noise emissions. Consisting of a textile shrouding for hydraulic unit bell housings, the patented NRS system can reduce the total acoustic power output by up to 50 percent i.e. the equivalent of about 10 dB. The NRS system can be fitted without dismantling the hydraulic unit and is a cost-effective solution as original equipment and for retrofitting to existing hydraulic equipment.

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From idea to award-winning product: The seventh Innovation Award once again offered a dazzling display of exciting developments. (© bahram7 - Fotolia)
Innovation Awards 2015

An Open Ear for new Ideas: Meet the Innovation Champions 2015!

PROCESS Innovation Award nominates the Champions of Innovations 2015 — A smartphone that understands pumps? A virtual chromatography process? An innovative material? These and many other developments have the potential to fundamentally change the industry. Anyone believing that all significant inventions in the process industry have already been made is much mistaken: At Achema 2015, we have searched for the innovation champions — with surprising results.

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