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Single-Use Strategies

Single-use equipment has come a long way from its modest origins as a convenient storage and transportation method. As a matter of fact, recent market trends and business drivers have made disposable equipment, with its inherent benefits, so attractive to…

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MOFs that reversibly capture CO2

An Australian team has developed a structure made of a metal organic framework (MOF) that captures and then releases CO2 using natural sunlight. The team includes researchers from: CSIRO Division of Materials Science and Engineering, (Clayton South, Victoria; www.csiro.au) the…

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A continuous process to make graphene

An inexpensive and scalable process that uses supercritical (SC) liquids to make large quantities of graphene is being developed by the group of professor Itaru Honma at the Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University (Sendai; db.tagen.tohoku.ac.jp), in…

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A bi-metallic nanocluster catalyst for highly selective asymmetric C–C formation

Shu Kobayashi and his research group at the University of Tokyo (Japan; www.chem.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp/users/synorg/index_e.html) have developed a ruthenium-silver nanocluster catalyst for the highly selective 1,4-addition reaction for the formation of asymmetric carbon-carbon bonds. Previously, the group had used its polymeric incarceration…

Valve position indicators that tell more than just on or off

  The 2040 digital position indicator uses a colored light signal, visible from a distance, to show the open or closed position of a valve. Four different color signals are used: open and closed by yellow and green. At the…

Direct-acting solenoid valves for use in harsh environments

Introduced last month, these two intrinsically safe solenoid valves (photo) have Ex ia IIC T6 certification. The solenoid operators are designed for use on the 327 range of direct-operated solenoid valves, and are available in epoxy-coated aluminum or stainless steel.…

A mixer equipped with special finger blades

A new agitator-blade design for this company’s Double Planetary Mixer features two identical rectangular stirrers with upward rake fingers. Designed to rotate on their own axes, while also orbiting the mixing vessel on a common axis, the stirrers are ideal…

New coolant connections for high-flowrate applications

Coolant circuits must dissipate heat from applications such as welding or power-electronics installations. This requires high flowrates within a compact space. This company has extended its Liquidline by designing two energy-optimized coolant connections that exceed the flowrates of previous Liquidline…

Focus on Pumps

Dickow Pump No cooling water needed for these hot-water pumps This company offers a wide range of hot-water pumps for temperatures up to 530°F and design pressures up to 1,160 psi. Due to high vapor pressures, standard mechanical seals cannot…

Configure this valve position monitor with the push of a button

The Type 3738 electonic valve-position monitor can be used with on/off valves across a wide range of applications, and enables valve-position monitors to be configured at the push of a button. The device features a contactless, magnetoresistive sensor system that…