Calibration of Weighing Instruments
A guide to the practical considerations of calibrating weighing instruments is presented here Throughout the…
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Last month’s Super Bowl LVIII did not disappoint. Along with the exciting overtime finish, record-breaking…
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New Heat Exchangers Improve Performance and Sustainability
Improvements in energy efficiency, reliability and operational boundaries reduce emissions and cut costs Due to…
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Biomanufacturing process minimizes CO2 loss in fermentation
Fermentation processes provide essential pathways for many chemicals, but are often hampered by high costs…
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Waste heat Last month, Evonik Industries AG (Essen; www.evonik.com) and Uniper (Düsseldorf, both Germany; www.uniper.energy)…
A modularized method to make low-carbon methanol
Stranded methane in waste streams and flare gases at remote processing sites is a promising…
Autonomous synthesis robot uses AI to speed up chemical discovery
Chemists at the University of Amsterdam (UvA; the Netherlands; www.uva.nl) have developed an autonomous chemical-synthesis…
Bacteria engineered to produce spider silk in plastic ‘microbial upcycling’ project
Spider silk protein generates significant development interest due to its unique combination of properties, including…
Harvesting water and minerals from waste slurries with supercritical water oxidation
A wastewater treatment plant operated by Orange County (Calif.) Sanitation District is the site of…
Accelerating scaleup for battery-grade silicon-enhanced graphite
Incorporating silicon into the anodes of electric vehicle (EV) batteries can result in lighter and…
A new project targeting emissions-free pulping
The Emission Free Pulping program aims to significantly reduce biomass burning and increase the product…
Upcycling polyethylene into thermoplastic polyurethane
A first-of-its-kind plastics-recycling technology is being demonstrated in a new pilot plant in India. Novoloop…
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Plant Watch: March 2024
Plant Watch Petrobras to build ‘green’ hydrogen pilot plant with Senai ISI-ER February 12, 2024…
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Preventing Clogs in Low-Flow Coriolis Mass-Flow Controllers
In low-flow applications, Coriolis mass-flow controllers can be susceptible to clogging due to their small…
Making the Invisible Visible with Electromagnetic Flowmeters
The patented technology to measure buildup can be used to optimize cleaning cycles and avoid…
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Facts At Your Fingertips: NOx Formation in Combustion
Oxides of nitrogen (NOx) are a family of highly reactive gases that can be produced…
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Improving the Additive Manufacturing of Parts for Chemical Manufacturers
Optimizing the additive manufacturing of parts like actuators, regulators and valves will result in faster…
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Electrical Safety: NFPA 70B is a Driving Force for Resilience and Reliability
A new industry standard relating to the safe operation of electrical equipment can help manufacturers…
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Pipes, Tubes and Fittings
This pipe-fitting line has been expanded This company recently expanded its line of carbon-steel fittings…
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This ultralow-temperature chest is battery powered and mobile
The Mobifreeze M 270 (photo) is said to be the first mobile battery-powered ultralow-temperature chest…
Bio-based oils handle a wide temperature range
Bio-Process Oils (photo) is a new family of blended, highly-refined biosynthetic base oils that maintain…
New controller brings simplicity and flexibility to single loops
The Fisher Fieldview DPC2K digital process controller (DPC2K: photo) can be retrofitted to Fisher Wizard…
Clutch breaks for inclined conveyor applications
Posidyne X-Class clutch brakes (photo) are suitable for incline conveyor applications because they provide precise…
This chiller does not use refrigerants
This company is now offering its first refrigerant-free chiller. The TE400 (photo) utilizes Peltier technology…
This multi-shaft mixer handles viscous formulations
Capable of processing viscous solutions, dispersions, suspensions and emulsions with viscosities in the hundreds of…
This TDL spectrometer performs accurate O2 measurements
The TDLS8220 extractive tunable diode laser spectrometer (photo) is a new generation OpreX analyzer. The…
This twin-screw feeder delivers precise batch size and weight
The Model TSF twin-screw feeder (photo) is designed for precise batching and weighing applications. The…
Big-bag discharge station with dust-free docking station
The Big-Bag Unloader (BBU; photo) features a new, dust-free docking station. Included as standard equipment…
Bag-dump station with optional dust collector
The RNT line of bag-dump stations (photo) features an integrated dust-collection system as an option.…
A system to clean ducts and tanks in hygienic processing lines
The new Free Rotating Retractor (photo) is a high-efficiency retractable cleaning device that quickly and…
Versatile, high-performance gas detection with easy deployment
The iTrans 2 fixed gas detector (photo) provides one or two points of detection from…
A controller for pilot-scale reactor automation
The Pilot Reactor Controller (photo) provides easy control, automation and monitoring of any pilot reactor…
New cables introduced for automation and more
Extending its CATLine product series (photo), this company has launched application-tailored single-pair Ethernet (SPE) cables…