Innio’s authorised channel partner, KTS Engineering will provide four J420 biogas engines to the new plant which is expected to reduce 24,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions annually for the I&U Group.

Gardner Denver Thomas has once again expanded the product platforms of the “Jade” miniature diaphragm pumps. The model series Jade 1410 and 1420 are now equipped with electronically commutated motors (BLDC). This provides unique advantages for the user, the company says.

Cole-Parmer’s industry exclusive technology, Masterflex Live Cloud-enabled pumps, brings the Internet of Things (IoT) to pump applications, providing pump operators with the ability to remotely control and monitor pumps via the internet — without the need to be onsite. This feature has now been enhanced with 21 CFR Part 11 and EU Annex 11 compliance, so that robust security, data control, and electronic records are possible with low-cost subscription.

According to Retsch, its powerful and versatile ultra centrifugal mill ZM 200 offers the ultimate in performance and operating comfort. It is used for the rapid size reduction of soft to medium-hard and fibrous materials down to 40 microns.

Solvay and Sibur join forces to produce surfactants and oilfield process chemicals in Dzerzhinsk, Russia. A first facility of the new 50/50 JV is scheduled to take up production in 2015.

Ineos’ Styrolution business expands its portfolio with the acquisition of Chevron Phillips’ and Daelim’s K-Resin styrene-butadiene copolymers (SBC) activities. This strategic takeover shall enhance the companies footprints, giving it operating SBC manufacturing sites in all regions.

The age of digital engineering has just began: As operation, information and technology are about to merge, engineering enters a new era — Digital engineering models and actual operational data don’t have much in common — or have they? The Internet of Things and intelligent field devices are about to usher in a new era, in which the boundaries between cyberspace and on-site production blur. It is up to us to harness the technological change and reap its benefits.

Guided Wave Radar (GWR) transmitters are often favoured devices, as they — unlike traditional mechanical technologies — virtually have no moving parts, reducing maintenance costs and extending operational life. Many GWR installations require a separate instrument chamber, and choosing the right chamber is important for rapid installation, accurate measurements and reliability.

Some people see the glass as half full, some as half empty. Neither approach is inherently bad, it’s just two different ways of looking at things. If a pipe is only 50 percent full, however, and you want to measure flowrate, the problem is more than just one of terminology. As one US utility company found, few instruments can accurately measure flow in a part-full pipe.

Lined pumps are an economical alternative to metallic magnetic drive pumps for a whole series of applications, as the following example from real life shows.