Enablers of production – Same old in the “pump halls”? Not this time! If the production of tomorrow wants to truly unleash its efficiency potentials, pump experts are challenged. In fact, the largest exhibitor group at Achema is more innovative and digital than ever before.

Digital pumps are here to stay: A recent study shows that the market for digital and connected pumps could nearly double in size within the next decade. But which trends and developments drive the market and what to expect of the next decade?

Why do some heat exchangers fail while others run reliably year after year? Although hardly any process plant can do without heat exchangers, the apparatus itself is far too often a black box during operation. There is another way: If you understand which heat exchangers are fouled and why, and what needs to be done, you can save money, energy and cleaning costs.

Leybold has introduced the Varodry Vdi vacuum system with an integrated Vacontrol Cab control which assists its customers to carry out smart performance management and achieve high energy efficiency.

Mc Dermott has secured a Feed contract from Hydrostor Incorporated for a 200 MW advanced compressed air energy storage facility in Australia. Under the terms of the contract, Mc Dermott will leverage its io consulting and storage business for the ‘Silver City Energy Storage’ project to develop a modularized solution for providing a clean and long-term energy solution.

It sounds like the famous squaring of the circle: high-capacity OSD production in a limited space, with the integration of one of the largest granulation lines in the Middle East added to the mix. Below, we give insights into a project of superlatives.

Vortab flow conditioners are capable of creating a swirl-free, symmetrical, and repeatable velocity flow of fluids in just a few pipe diameters to protect the overall process equipment as well as instruments and keep them running efficiently.

Pfeiffer Vacuum has launched a new Smartvane rotary vane pump for mass spectrometry which comes equipped with a hermetically sealed pump housing. Ideal for applications in environmental, food, pharmaceutical and clinical analytics, the pump ensures zero leakage.

The Maag Group will exhibit numerous solutions at a soon-to-be-held Italian trade fair including a high-performance melt filter for the filtration of heavily contaminated polymer feedstock, an underwater pelletizing system designed for high throughputs of virgin polymer production, an innovation in strand pelletizing, and a stand-alone system to monitor pumps.

Gea introduced the intelligent software solution Gea Smart Filtration for membrane filtration plants at a recently held beverage and liquid food industry trade show. The software monitors the plant status remotely via app and makes use of cloud connectivity and real-time analytics to increase plant availability and performance. One of the company’s customers Seagarden, a supplier of fish-based ingredients in Norway, has also invested in a Gea membrane filtration plant that will be connected via app in the future.