Risk-based maintenance has a lot of supporters. However, few companies actually succeed in fully implementing this strategy. The experts at Bayer Technology Service have come up with a feasible approach and show how much can be achieved with minimal effort.

Maag Americas adds the Colorex color mixer to its line of Ambient Pulverisers. The mixer is used to mix product in-line with a pulveriser to eliminate the typical cleanup time of a central mixer. It is designed for most polymers and for production rates up to 907 kg/h (2,000 lbs/hr).

The new joint venture Shinsol Advanced Chemicals will focus on the development, production and marketing of electronic grade hydrogen peroxide. The chemical agent will be used in the production of integrated electronic circuits.

Orlen Unipetrol has revealed its development strategy until 2030 which includes the modernization of its chemical facility in Záluží near Litvínov, Czech Republic. In this project, the current boiler plant for the steam cracker’s operations is replaced with a brand-new gas boiler plant and the latest equipment for emission reduction installed at the unit has helped to lower dust emissions by 50 % and NOx emissions by 70 %.

FCI’s FLT93 Flexswitch is claimed to be the process industry’s most advanced heavy-duty thermal dispersion technology flow and level switch. The solution proves ideal for reactor core coolant, level interface detection & temperature, pump protection, flood alarm, condensate pot level, and turbine water level.

Located in Japan, the new pilot facility for chemically recycling acrylic resin will commence pilot tests in the fall of next year and begin providing samples in 2023. Sumitomo Chemical also plans to develop a recycling system for PMMA (poly-methyl-methacrylate) which aims at early commercialization of chemically recycled PMMA.

Griswold now offers its 811 Series ANSI Centrifugal Pumps for a wide range of operations within the oil-and-gas industry.

Emerging functionalities such as voice, video and a range of mobility applications are beginning to appear in the plant environment; unleashing new opportunities for collaboration throughout the manufacturing environment. Today, a common control platform deployed plant-wide can reduce integration costs, time to market and maintenance costs.

Emco Chemical Distributors relies on Wilden Pro-Flo Shift Advanced Fit Series and Hygienic Series air-operated double diaphragm (AODD) pumps to transfer liquids at its new facility in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin/USA. Learn how their innovative air control valves provide big savings in compressed air consumption compared to other types of AODD pump.

Your problem: you have to distill. It might be 100 milliliters per day or 100 liters per hour, solvents, flavorings, acids, crude oil fractions or simply water. Distillation experts Iludest/i-Fischer tailor distillation plants precisely to the specific application. PROCESS paid a visit to the “master column builders”.