Processing & Handling
Abrasive slurries are not a problem for this disc valve
Larox Flowsys Oy Designed for heavy scaling, abrasive and corrosive slurries, the LDR Rotory Disc Valve (photo) is suitable for applications in mineral processing, power generation, and the gravel-and-sand, pulp-and-paper, chemical and mining-and-metal industries. The patented design allows the valve…
This catalyst is designed for high-melt-flow applications
The D7000 Donor catalyst is designed specifically to optimize high-melt impact copolymer polypropylene resins, such as the plastic used in automotive interior and food contact applications. The catalyst is said to smooth and speed transitions between product grades and improve…
A tight connector for multiple tubes of microfluidic systems
The Mitos Inline Connector System (photo) provides a single, fast and reliable multi-way connection for microfluidic tubing. Available in three sizes (4-, 8- and 12-way), the connector operates over a wide temperature range (–15 to 250°C) and handles pressures up…
A new line of turbomolecular vacuum pumps
Pfeiffer Vacuum HiPace M (photo) is a new series of magnetically levitated turbopumps that cover the pumping speeds of 300, 700 and 800 L/s and achieve high compression ratios for all gases. A special rotor design delivers unlimited rotor service…
An air nozzle that resists corrosion and high temperature
Exair The ¾ NPT Super Air Nozzle (photo) delivers 4.5 lb of strong blowing force for blowoff, cooling and drying applications located in corrosive, high-temperature, food and pharmaceutical environments. According to the company, the force generated by the stainless-steel nozzle…
Solving Common Batch Problems: Controller-Based Systems
Agility, reliability, reporting and sharing of business information are among the key ingredients that have been dictated to modern-day control systems by the competitive pressures facing today’s manufacturers. In short, production must be faster, more efficient and provide actionable data…
Bio-Based Chemicals Positioned To Grow
The production of biotechnology-based chemicals, while still a niche operation in terms of global chemical production, is demonstrating double-digit growth, says a recent SRI Consulting report*. Enabled by rapid advances in industrial biotechnology and significant increases in the price of…
A scaled up microreactor for mass production
M Technique Co. (M Tech; Osaka, Japan; www.m-technique.co.jp) has commercialized the Ulrea SS-300, a scaled up version of the Ulrea SS-11 — a forced thin-film microreactor. With a production capacity nearly ten times higher than its predecessor, the Ulrea SS-300…
Vegetable-oil-based chemicals plant soon to be fully operational
In spring of this year, Archer Daniels Midland Co. (ADM; Decatur, Ill.; www.adm.com) plans full operation of a chemical plant based on soybean and canola oils as renewable feedstock. Products of the plant will include refined glycerin, propylene glycol and…
A new catalyst for C-C and crossed-coupling
Tokyo Chemical Industry Co. (TCI; Tokyo; www.tokyokasei.co.jp) is planning full-scale production of a new palladium-complex catalyst, trade-named SingaCycle-E1, for performing Heck-Mizoroki carbon-carbon coupling reactions and the Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling reaction — both reactions of importance for producing pharmaceuticals. TCI says SingaCycle-E1…