Tag: applications

Weiler Abrasives Group has announced the expansion of its resin fiber discs (RFDs) offering to include five new products for varying performance requirements: Tiger® Ceramic, Zirc and Aluminum, and Wolverine Zirc and Aluminum Oxide.

MW Industries has acquired Tri-Star Industries, a manufacturer of precision threaded inserts for plastics. Located in Berlin, CT, Tri-Star was established in 1991.

Alfa Laval has won an order to supply compact heat exchangers to a refinery in China. The order has a value of approximately SEK 90M.

Clean-in-Place Systems (CIP) are now an essential part of most hygienic manufacturing processes. Thus, designing the optimum CIP System for a given application will ultimately depend upon a comprehensive understanding of the product being purged and cleaned, plant operating parameters, flows, temperatures and pressures in order to get the best results and enhance production processes Axium Process specialises in the design and fabrication of fully automated CIP skids, complete with control panel, PLC and software.

Vallourec, has put a new high-performance piercer into operation at its Düsseldorf-Rath tube plant. The piercing of solid steel billets and their hot rolling on a mandrel are two key stages in the production of seamless steel tubes.

Outokumpu has commissioned an investment in its bar finishing capabilities for Degerfors Long Products in Sweden. The investment comprises a new pit furnace, straightener, peeler as well as bar stock services.

Sasol Limited has began construction of its new alkoxylation plant in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province. Ushered in by a ground-breaking ceremony on June 8th at the Nanjing Chemical Industrial Park (NCIP), the new plant is expected to be fully operational in early 2019.

Oxford Instruments has launched Symmetry the world’s first CMOS-based electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) detector. Symmetry represents a significant breakthrough compared to conventional CCD-based detectors.

Safe transport of hot gases and vapors at temperatures of up to 850°C - is an important requirement for manufacturers of components for the process industry.

The International Stainless Steel Forum (ISSF) has announced the winners of the Gold, Silver and Bronze Awards in the categories new technology and new development during ISSF-21.