Industrial Plant & Equipment

Ford’s solid waste solution

The Ford Engine plant in Dagenham
is using Vaughan chopper pumps to
handle the combination of swarf,
cutting oils and coolants that is
collected from CNC machines
making engines and transmissions.

In the late ’90s whe

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Offers aseptic control

Among the essential
requirements for control
valves used in aseptic
applications, such as the
food, beverage and
brewing industries is a
smooth, cavity-free body
design without crevices
or ‘traps’ and to be selfdraini

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Pump copes with abrasive mixture

Using conventional metering
pumps to dispense controlled
amounts of a special sand
and resin mixture into
moulds was proving difficult
for a manufacturer of
ceramic shower trays. Due to
the abrasive nature of the
mixt

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Sampling valves

The new Oilmiser oil sampling valve
with pass-thru technology (SV-PT)
from JLM Systems offers efficiency
and flexibility when it comes to oil
sampling procedures carried out
daily by industrial maintenance
personnel.
W

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No need for dampeners

The multi-diaphragm arrangement
of the Hydra-Cell metering & dosing
pump is claimed to remove the need
for pulsation dampeners in many
circumstances.

Hydra-Cell pumps from Wanner
have multiple, hydraulically balanced

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Valve position indicator units

A total of 1160 wireless VPI
(Valve Position Indicator)
units have been ordered from
Dutch valve safety specialist
Netherlocks by Bilbao
Petronor Oil Refinery
following a three year pilot.

The VPI provides a
feedbac

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e-place don’t replace

According to Grundfos, taking the
opportunity to review the situation
when a pump needs replacing is
rarely taken. Instead the pump is
replaced with a ‘like for like’ pump,
which means the opportunity to gain
efficiency

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Pumps take no prisoners at hmp peterborough

P&M Pumps was contacted
in December 2011 by the
engineering services
company contracted to
maintain pumps, sewers and
pipe work systems at
Peterborough Prison.

Problems were occurring as a
result of blocked pumps.

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Smart valve positioner

A high specification, yet
competitively priced valve positioner
has been introduced by Samson
Controls for use on its diaphragm
operated valves. The Type 3725
Positioner is a development of
Samson’s Series 373x
units a

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Pump solves monitor’s footprint problem

A manufacturer of water
quality measurement and
monitoring systems is using
peristaltic pump technology
from Watson-Marlow
Pumps Group for use in
chlorine monitoring
equipment.

Analytical Technology Inc
manufacture

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