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Direct molten-salt electroplating cuts battery costs

The extremely high material purity demanded for conventional lithium-ion battery manufacturing creates considerable costs for transporting and refining lithium and other raw materials. Through the development of a single-step electroplating process that uses lower-purity raw materials and a nanostructured-foam electrode…

Water-cooled servomotors for extreme dynamic requirements

The AM8300 servomotors expand this company’s portfolio to include a modular motor series with integrated water cooling (photo). Due to the efficient cooling, an extremely high power density is achieved, so that a rated power of up to 40 kW…

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Chementator Briefs

CO2 to CO SK Innovation Institute of Environmental Science & Technology, an R&D organization of SK Innovation Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea; www.skinnovation.com), has successfully manufactured about 1 kg/d of CO using diatomic catalyst (DAC) technology, which selectively converts CO2…

Bulk material feeder ensures consistent product flow

The Feedos S bulk material feeder (photo) automatically meters and doses powders and other dry materials with the high accuracy and consistency needed to optimize continuous processes. Featuring a proprietary design, the Feedos S is engineered with optimized geometry that…

Focus on Performance Materials

Remove PFAS from water with this ion-exchange resin MonoPlus TP 109 (photo) is a new macroporous anion-exchange resin for the selective removal of contaminants, such as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from water. Lewatit MonoPlus TP 109 is especially suitable…

A workstation with an aluminum housing for harsh conditions

This company expanded its portfolio of VisuNet FLX series operator and monitoring workstations (photo) with a version for outdoor use and use in an extended temperature range from –20 to 50°C. The new aluminum housing not only ensures an optimal…

Accurately dose smaller volumes with this system

Standard load cells enable mechanical dosing with an accuracy ranging from 0.2 to 1%. This means that you can accurately dose 10 kg down to 20–100 g or 1,000 kg down to 2–10 kg. However, for mixing small product volumes,…

Recently published books for the CPI: January 2024

The following is a selection of recently published books with potential relevance to various parts of the chemical process industries (CPI).  Process Design for Cryogenics. By Alexander Alekseev, Wiley-VCH Publishing, 2024, 384 pages, $160.00. Handbook of Construction Management for Instrumentation…

Topsoe selected by Essar to provide technology for £360-million carbon capture project

Topsoe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark) has been selected by Essar Oil UK, a leading integrated downstream energy company, to be a technology licensor for its carbon capture facility, based in Stanlow, North West England. Topsoe will deliver its SNOX technology for…

Teck Resources starts up carbon-capture pilot plant in British Columbia

Teck Resources Ltd. (Vancouver, B.C., Canada), one of Canada’s leading mining companies, announced the Carbon Capture Pilot Plant at its Trail Operations in southern British Columbia is now operating and successfully capturing carbon dioxide (CO2). “This is an important milestone…