Sentinel Splice (Joint) Detection Technology (photo) is designed to monitor 1 – 16 webs of material and will detect any splice or joint that may exist within the web-based process. It is applicable to manufacturing processes that require the culling…
Milltronics MSI and MMI Belt scales (photo) are now available for use on systems with flowrates of up to 12,000 ton/h, an increase of 7,000 ton/h. The MSI and MMI, combined with a Milltronics BW500 Integrator and speed sensor now…
StreamLine Plus is said to be the fastest, fully-scaleable Raman imaging system available today. Readout times can be as short as 6 ms per spectrum, and a high-quality image of an entire tablet can be collected in less than 4…
Mettler Toledo Melting point is one of the most frequently determined thermal values for material characterization. With these new melting point systems (photo), only one click is required to run melting point determination. The units feature an intuitive, color touch-screen…
Emerson Process Management The Micro Motion 7826 Insertion Liquid Density and Concentration Meter (photo) is now available in zirconium for enhanced corrosion resistance. The zirconium fork density and concentration meter is designed to monitor inorganic chemicals, such as hydrochloric, nitric…
Krohne Messtechnik The Optisonic 6300 XT (photo) is a clamp-on ultrasonic flowmeter capable of measuring fluids with temperatures up to 200°C, which makes the device suitable for applications involving heated hydrocarbons, molten sulfur, thermal oil and carbamate. The 6300 XT…
Siemens Industry Automation For the first time, this firm has developed products for WirelessHart communication. The new product family comprises two transmitters, a gateway to Industrial Ethernet and software, as well as an adapter for process instruments in preparation. Both…
Michell Instruments The Optidew Transportable dew-point hygrometer (photo) combines the drift-free performance of the chilled-mirror principle with the convenience of a transportable instrument. Housed in a specially designed case, the device is both fully self-contained as well as small and…
Sierra Instruments This new line of GHG mass flowmeters (photos, top right) is certified by the manufacturer for compliance with the U.S. EPA’s recent greenhouse gas (GHG) reporting rule (40 CFR Part 98; for more see CE, March, p. 17).…
The DMCX1 model predictive control (MPC) software is a re-write of a 1990s-era dynamic matrix control (DMC) algorithm. The adjusted process-control algorithm uses modern compilers and software technology, and is ten times faster than previous versions of the modeling software…