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Facts at your Fingertips: Air-Moving Equipment for Pneumatic Conveying

In a typical bulk-solids pneumatic-conveying system, an air mover is used to generate the necessary air flowrate and pressure required to transport a solid material through a pipeline at a given rate. This one-page reference discusses the operating mechanisms and…

Intralogistics systems with reliable, high-efficiency solutions

The new generation of high-efficiency IE5+ synchronous motors (photo) combine the benefits of this company’s modular system of gear units, motors and variable frequency drives (VFDs) with the possibility of reducing system variants through constant torque over a wide speed…

Enhance shift handovers with new AI-powered data engine

The Shiftconnector digital manufacturing platform (photo) now includes artificial intelligence (AI) search-engine capabilities. Shiftconnector’s software platform is designed to enhance communications among shift teams for effective shift handovers, transparent team communications and increased asset performance. With the addition of AI-powered…

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Business News: January 2023

Plant Watch Air Liquide to supply H2 and CO to Kumho Mitsui Chemical December 13, 2022 — Air Liquide S.A. (Paris, France; www.airliquide.com) has signed a long-term contract to supply Kumho Mitsui Chemical (KMCI) with additional hydrogen and carbon monoxide…

U.S. chemical production edges lower in November, ACC says

The U.S. Chemical Production Regional Index (U.S. CPRI) fell by 0.4% in November following declines of 0.4% in September and 0.3% in October, according to the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com). Chemical output was lower than a month…

Lotte Fine Chemicals receives world’s first shipment of blue ammonia from Sabic

Lotte Fine Chemicals (LFC) received the world’s first commercial shipment of 25,000 metric tons of independently certified clean (blue) ammonia from SABIC Agri-Nutrients (SABIC AN) and Saudi Aramco (Aramco). The shipment, dispatched from King Fahad Industrial Port at Jubail, Saudi…

Lummus to provide digitalization services to Zhangzhou Chimei Chemical

Lummus Technology (Houston) announced it has been awarded a contract by Zhangzhou CHIMEI Chemical Co. Ltd. for digitalization services at their petrochemical facility in Gulei, Fujian Province, China. "This award builds on the previous technology license Lummus provided to CHIMEI…

Entegris to build manufacturing center in Colorado Springs

Entegris, Inc. (Billerica, Mass.) announced plans to build a new manufacturing center of excellence in Colorado Springs. The new facility expands Entegris’ significant presence in Colorado and enhances its ability to meet the needs of its customers as the semiconductor…

Eni and Snam announce joint development of Ravenna CCS project

Eni S.p.A. (Rome, Italy) and Snam (Milan, Italy)signed an agreement to jointly develop and manage Phase 1 of the Ravenna Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Project, through an equal joint venture. The agreement also includes the implementation of studies and…

Iberdrola to construct €1-billion green hydrogen and methanol plant in Tasmania

Iberdrola Australia and hydrogen developer ABEL Energy will build a green hydrogen and green methanol production plant at Bell Bay in northern Tasmania (Australia). The project, called Bell Bay Powerfuels, is backed by the Australian government and will involve an…