productPressure warning
SICK’s new pneumatic pressure sensor, with an at-a-glance display, provides clear warnings of crossing pressure thresholds within a target range.
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productTest instruments
At Maintec 2015 test instrument specialist, Acutest, will be showcasing its latest innovations.
productPortable hygrometer
The new MDM50 portable hygrometer from Michell Instruments gives rapid dew-point measurements in compressed air – T95 to -35°C from ambient typically in less than 5 minutes.
productImpartial advice
BCAS (British Compressed Air Society) will be at Maintec 2015 (24th to 26th March, NEC) providing expert and impartial advice on compressed air system legislation, performance and best practice.
productSteam generators
Babcock Wanson has supplied two 2000kg/h VPX Rapid Steam Generators to Martindale Pharma’s manufacturing site in Romford, Essex, which specialises in the production of sterile ampoules, sterile screw cap bottles, non-sterile liquids, non-sterile suspensions and suppositories.
newsCold Economy: Huge potential
A new report from the Carbon Trust focuses on the increasing global demand for cooling, and the opportunity for Britain to be a world leader in innovative low carbon cooling technologies.
articleChange is in the air
Energy efficiency requirements for compressors are likely to get tighter through the Ecodesign Directive for compressors (Lot 31), commonly referred to as the ErP (Energy-related Products) Directive. Though the details still need to be ironed out, it’s likely that in the near future a significant percentage of the compressors on the market today will no longer be legally sellable – meaning huge changes for the industry. Andy Jones, managing director at Mattei, tells us more
productChlorine sensors
Sensorex’s FCL Series free chlorine sensors use amperometric measurement technology to provide accurate monitoring of free chlorine in process applications.
productColour display option for flow meters
Alicat Scientific has added a backlit colour display to its rechargeable portable gas mass flow meter options. The handheld meters offer laboratory-class ±0.8% reading accuracy for field flow verification and validation.
productFour billion miles of monitoring
When the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Rosetta space probe arrived at Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko it had been travelling for ten years and had travelled 4 billion miles on just one tank of fuel.
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