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A major project targets sustainable urea production

A consortium, led by the Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research (TNO; The Hague; www.tno.nl), has received an exceptional grant of €21 million from the European Commission under the Horizon 2020 Framework Program to investigate and develop the potential of…

Bacteria for wastewater treatment

Researchers from the National University of Singapore (www.nus.edu.sg), led by associate professor He Jianzhong, have found a new strain of bacterium called Thauera sp. strain SND5, which is capable of simultaneous nitrification and denitrification and phosphate removal from wastewater. The…

Magnetic field cures adhesives faster with less energy

Conventional adhesives, such as epoxy, are designed to cure using moisture, heat and light. Curing is necessary to cross-link and bond the glue with the two secured surfaces as the glue crystallizes and hardens. Now, scientists from Nanyang Technological University…

Focus on Packaging

Orbital wrapper for safe transport of drums and barrels Orbital stretch-wrapping machines in the Wrapper Tornado line secure steel, plastic, fiberboard and other drums and barrels to pallets (photo) to prevent sliding, shifting and tumbling in transit and storage. Eliminating…

A redundant control system for emergency shutdown valves

The ASCO 141 Series advanced redundant control system (ARCS; photo) provides a redundant solution for a variety of emergency-shutdown valve applications. The system includes various redundant solenoid configurations to enhance the reliability of the process and meet specific safety or…

A tool for device commissioning and advanced certification

The new Opticheck DTM (photo) was recently introduced for device commissioning and in-situ verification. This expands the company’s myDevice smart tools product line. Opticheck DTM is a device-commissioning product that services a diverse array of operating systems. It offers advanced…

An intrinsically safe Bluetooth remote speaker microphone

Reliable communication is particularly important for lone workers in hazardous areas. To secure workers’ safety and working conditions, this company offers a wireless Bluetooth (BT) remote-speaker microphone (photo) with an operating time up to 78 h. The RSM-Ex 01 BT…

Use these electromagnetic flowmeters for batching

New MIM electromagnetic flowmeters (photo) provide accurate readings in a space-saving design. With extensive options for onsite programming, they are suitable for a wide variety of applications, particularly in batching operations, such as matching media during coating of tablets or…

New protective clothing handles high-pressure water

The company is augmenting its Livmoa range of single-use protective clothing to include to new Livmoa 4000 products (photo) for high-pressure water applications, such as those in waste-disposal sites or any type of heavy-duty cleaning task. Furthermore, in subsequent months,…

This platform for shift handover now includes health data

This company’s Shiftconnector digital manufacturing software (photo) for the processing industries can now be integrated with the Cleared4 employee-health monitoring platform. This partnership aims to promote healthy, safe and reliable production at manufacturing plants. This combined software platform is said…