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A touchscreen table for interactive projects

The Lift & Tilt touchscreen table (photo) is now available with a 65-in. display. The ample workspace of the display and the electrically adjustable height and tilt angle enable group interactivity, ideal for team review of collaborative or data-driven applications.…

Monitor leaks in pressure-relief valves with this switch device

FLT93L Series FlexSwitch (photo) accurately monitors pressure-relief valves for escaping flow with a flow-sensing switch-alarm assembly that is based on thermal-dispersion technology. The FLT93L switch detects leaking or seeping gas in lines to alert engineers to overpressurization. It issues a…

A range of rotameters with corrosion resistance

Instruments in this company’s PTFE/PFA Model L range of rotameters (photo) are constructed of rigid frames and inert wetted parts. Made of perfluoroalkoxy alkanes (PFA), polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) and polychlorotrifluoroethylene (PCTFE), the meters are resistant to ambient corrosive media. Constructed with…

This valve actuator has safety functions

The TriVAX product family (photo) provides confidence through traceable, proven, transparent safety functions. Along with the company’s smart Partial Stroke Test (sPST) integrated into the valve actuator, these functions include a hydraulic-circuit safety system with high-quality components, as well as…

These venting systems are now approved for metal dust

The Q-Rohr family of indoor flameless-venting products (photo) has recently been approved for use with metal dusts. Q-Rohr systems can also be used with other types of dusts, gases and hybrid mixtures. These indoor systems eliminate the need for relocating…

Research Projects: The Importance of “Cold Eyes” Project Reviews

Follow this guidance to carry out independent project reviews of research projects that are both valuable and effective — and pain free   Independent project reviews (IPRs) are a common tool used to control, review and validate a project before…

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Advances in Pin Mill Technology

Improvements provide finer grinding at lower energy costs compared to air-swept classifying mills that have long reigned supreme in particle-size-reduction efforts For decades, the ultimate performance in fine mechanical milling performance has been provided by the air-swept classifying mill (ASCM).…

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Pump Safety: Flirting With Disaster I just finished reading your article (Pump Safety: Flirting With Disaster, pp. 67–70, December 2016) and want to indicate the following: In the third example, the text said that the HBEP/HSO is 0.7, but in…

Borealis to use Honeywell UOP technology at Kallo PP plant

Honeywell (Morris Plains, N.J.; www.honeywell.com) announced that Borealis AG (Vienna, Austria; www.borealisgroup.com) selected Honeywell UOP’s process technology for a proposed plant in Kallo, Belgium, that converts propane into propylene (PP), a primary ingredient for making plastics. Borealis proposes to use…

Chandra Asri selects Unipol PE process technology for new polyethylene plant

PT Chandra Asri Petrochemical Tbk (CAP; Jakarta, Indonesia; www.chandra-asri.com), Indonesia’s largest petrochemical producer, has selected Univation Technologies’ Unipol PE Process for its new polyethylene plant that will be built in Cilegon, Indonesia, at CAP’s Naphtha Cracker Complex. The plant’s capacity…