The new MFH-6 pressure shock resistant hammer mill from Frewitt Ltd provides size reduction to meet the highest standards of quality and safety. For milling products where there is a risk of dust explosions, the machine can withstand internal explosion pressures of up to 10 bar. The improved safety, operating comfort and production quality have prompted two companies in the pharmaceutical and food sectors respectively to install the new hammer mill.

Adapting to change was the theme of the event which Honeywell Process Solutions staged last November in Seville, Spain. Customers from Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) gathered at the user meeting in the Andalusian city to share thoughts, ideas and best practice which can help improve the operation of Honeywell products and systems.

Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) has signed a contract with Black & Veatch to license technologies and corresponding services from the American engineering firm.

The toner which is used in photocopiers and laser printers normally has a d50 particle size between 5.5 and 10 µm.

The European 'Atex' Directives 94/9/EC and 999/92/EC exhibit a lack of differentiation between explosive gas mixtures and explosive dust clouds. Consequently, some very substantial differences between gases/vapours and dusts have either been neglected or addressed inadequately.

At north American pharmaceutical manufacturer Gilead Sciences, accurate control of pH is critical to good crystallization and high yield. But aggressive chemicals used in the company’s processes, including hydrobromic acid, quickly wrecked on-line pH sensors – sometimes as often as several times per batch.

Construction for a 13,000 tons/year silica plant in Charleston, Tennessee, could begin in 2017. The new production lines shall supplement existing value chains at Charleston…

The new HS T10 high-shear mixer from Millipore is a compact unit that is ideal for use in small production-scale processes and pilot plants with mixing volumes of up 75 l, the company says.

The chemicals company Solvay will invest in converting the mercury-based electrolysis into better performing and technologically more advanced membrane-based electrolysis in its Tavaux plant, France.

Technip and Chemetry have signed an exclusive cooperation agreement for the licensing and engineering of Chemetry’s eShuttle technology for the production of ethylene dichloride (EDC).