So I called my son, Steve, and I asked him, “Which course sounds better to you, ‘Dealing with Difficult People’ or ‘Unacceptable Employee Behavior’?” Steve is a human resources specialist at a 2,000-employee company. He is not a member of…
When it comes to distillation trays and packing, chemical processors require the same criteria they seek from all equipment in this tight economy — technology that will reduce energy use and boost throughput without costly facility expansion. In an effort…
The Model 501 programmable fluidized bed (FB) dryer is a convenient laboratory-scale unit for rapid moisture reduction or removal at relatively low temperatures. Multiple configurations and microprocessor control ensure flexibility over a wide range of applications. The dryer delivers a…
Raise your hand if you ever regretted going with the low cost bidder. Keep your hand raised if the low cost bidder ever yielded you the highest cost result. If your officemate is staring at you quizzically, pretend to be…
The 7710 Series filters are designed to deliver high value for filtration applications using lower-pressure liquid and gas. The filters have porous metal elements and 316 stainless-steel housing. A range of seals are available to support applications requiring higher temperature…
This company has been issued two new patents on its next-generation nozzle-based cleaning technology systems for reverse pulse-jet dust collectors. Because of the specialized design of the nozzles, the company says its dust collectors operate sucessfully at lower rates of…
Syrris In March, this firm signed an exclusive agreement with Prosonix. By combining Prosonix’s ultrasound technology with the Atlas jacketed reactor platform, the Atlas SonoLab SL10 sonocrystallizer enables the reproducible control of crystallizations and allows selectivity of parameters, such as…
Freudenberg Filtration Technologies The new Viledon Compact pocket filters of the T90, MF 90 and MF 95 series feature a four-layer medium and an integrated nanofiber layer, which achieves “superlative” filtering performance by means of mechanical assistance coupled with a…
Due to their simplicity of construction, lack of moving parts, ability to operate at a wide range of temperatures and pressures, low capital and operating cost, cyclones have been the workhorse for gas-solid separation in a wide variety of industries.…
Designed for new or existing separator and distillation tower operations, the Uniflow Inlet Diffuser can correct flow imbalances and improve gas distribution with a geometry that dissipates high inlet-gas velocities and evenly distributes gas in the vessel. By maximizing the…