Plant, Process and Control
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Providing a boost to bearing life

Schaeffler has developed a new plummer block housing for spherical rolling bearings which, it says, increases the operating life of the bearings by up to 50% compared to conventional plummer block housings

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Meter has ATEX approval

Knick’s Portavo 904 (X) line of portable meters for pH values, conductivity, and oxygen have ATEX approval for zones 0 and 1, allowing users to monitor process measuring points in hazardous areas.

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ATEX approval for meter

Knick’s Portavo 904 (X) line of portable meters for pH values, conductivity, and oxygen have ATEX approval for zones 0 and 1.

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Waste problem solved

The application of magnetically coupled centrifugal pumps supplied by Michael Smith Engineers has helped a leading electronics manufacturer to reduce downtime and repair costs, while contributing toward a safer working environment.

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Electronic foot potentiometer

Herga Technology has added a low cost, all-electronic foot potentiometer that provides a variable voltage output proportional to the position of the pedal.

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Electronic foot potentiometer

Herga Technology has added a low cost all-electronic foot potentiometer that provides a variable voltage output proportional to the position of the pedal.

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Installation contract win

Thorite, an independent distributor of pneumatic products and process systems, has been awarded a major contract to install a complete compressed air pipework system in Norgren’s new 104,000 sq ft Engineering Advantage Centre at Fradley Business Park, near Lichfield in Staffordshire.

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Frequency-to-current converter

To provide accurate control, for example of a conveyor motor speed, often requires feedback of the actual speed of the adjacent machine; if this is only available as a pulse sequence the new DW2503 from ifm electronic offers a solution.

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Pump up quick returns

As a global pump manufacturer, Grundfos appreciates that although pumps may be hidden away in plant rooms, they are big energy consumers.

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