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Eriez announces major expansion of its Wager Road Plant in Erie
Eriez (Erie, Pa.: www.eriez.com) has announced a major expansion to its Wager Road facility, located 15 miles from the company’s world headquarters in Erie, Pennsylvania. The company says the expansion will support strategic growth initiatives for repair, testing and global…
Books for the CPI: November 2019
The following is a list of selected titles that have been recently published and may have relevance for chemical process industries (CPI) professionals: Data Analytics: Effective Methods for Presenting Results. Edited by Subhashish Samaddar and Satish Nargundkar, Auerbach Publications, 2019,…
This technology cleans drains without scrubbing or rinsing
Oxywave (photo) is a two-part drain cleaning program that cleans drains without scrubbing to remove biofilm and sanitize drains, floors and walls. Utilizing peracetic acid and Perafoam, Oxywave attacks and eliminates biofilms and destroys microorganisms. This foaming, sanitizing solution provides…
New analyzers measure binary gas sorption
The IGA-003-MC (photo) is a turnkey system for binary gas sorption that features a gravimetric analyzer, coupled mass spectrometer and an optimized gas-delivery and sampling system. Measuring multicomponent gas sorption equilibria is essential to characterize and assess adsorbents for many…
Turbo blowers added to this company’s product portfolio
This company has added PillAerator turbo blowers (photo) to its line of rotary-lobe and rotary-screw blowers. This action significantly expands offerings for the water and wastewater market and other large-flow, low-pressure applications, including bioreactors and fluegas desulfurization. Available with flowrates…
This dryer features a unique refrigeration technology
The Subfreezing Dryer (photo) provides a –4ºF pressure dewpoint at 70% lower energy costs and 40% smaller footprint than that of traditional desiccant dryers, says the manufacturer. The Subfreezing Dryer is compatible with oil-flooded rotary compressors, oil-free rotary compressors, centrifugal…
A desktop SEM for additive manufacturing verification
Phenom ParticleX (photo) is a desktop scanning electron microscope (SEM) that is designed to provide additive manufacturing (3D printing) companies faster quality-control analyses of materials used in development and production. The Phenom ParticleX includes a broad range of automated SEM…
New monitoring edge device accelerates asset digitalization
The AMS Asset Monitor edge analytics device (photo) digitizes data and analytics, with focus on essential assets that were previously monitored only with infrequent assessments. The new device connects with the Plantweb Optics asset-performance platform to provide instant asset-health details.…
Portable CFD: Build Interpolation Models from CFD results
Portable laptop computers and smartphones can be used to emulate computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modeling results using this interpolation procedure Most engineers are familiar with computational-fluid-dynamics (CFD) models and their power (for an overview of CFD, see Part 1). At…
ASTM Standards For Heat Transfer Fluids
This practical overview of ASTM standards can serve as a roadmap when selecting and evaluating heat transfer fluids Heat-transfer-fluid systems are often used for process heating to 500°F or higher. To accomplish heating above 500°F, steam pressure must be above…