Many process plants have legacy process control systems. These systems require special expertise and spare parts to keep them running. The old...
News
BASF has started operating its prototype metal refinery for battery recycling in Schwarzheide, Germany. The state-of-the-art plant allows for the development...
Clariant has completed the acquisition of Lucas Meyer Cosmetics, a leading provider of high-value ingredients for the cosmetics and personal care industry...
Siemens AG has signed an agreement to acquire the industrial drive technology (IDT) business of ebm-papst. The business, which employs around 650 people...
Plant Processing
Wherever chemical processes are involved, to protect people and the environment, the focus is always on process reliability. Pumps are an integral part of the...
CO2 capture and storage, also known as carbon capture and storage (CCS), is a technology designed to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Due to their special...
The packaging line is at the end of the process chain. If it comes to an unexpected breakdown forced by a machine failure, there is a high risk that the...
Process Engineering
Researchers at the University of Chemistry and Technology Prague have unveiled an innovative spray drying robot, designed to change the pharmaceutical...
Topics such as waste avoidance, resource protection and energy efficiency are becoming increasingly important in daily industrial use. That is why Wolftechnik...
Thomas Schulz has a degree in industrial engineering from the University of Kaiserslautern-Landau, and specialised in mechanical engineering. After working in...
Instrumentation & Automation
Emerson has collaborated with Sartorius to natively integrate Sartorius’s Biostat STR Generation 3 family of bioreactors with Emerson’s DeltaVTM...
High energy demand, heavy use of fossil resources, increased energy prices, and stricter legal regulations: these are the conditions under which the process...
Security is of prime importance for plants that are part of so-called critical infrastructure, such as water and power supply, telecommunications, and chemical...
Safety
One measure of constructive explosion protection is explosion suppression. Rembe has developed the Q-Bic extinguishing barrier for this purpose, taking...
Intrinsic safety type of protection has established itself worldwide in the field of measurement and control technology in systems with potentially explosive...
Rico has launched the next generation of the proven Ventex explosion protection valve. The valve now features a flow velocity of at least 30 m/s in all...
Pharma
Clariant announced that it has agreed to acquire Lucas Meyer Cosmetics, a leading provider of high value ingredients for the cosmetics and personal care...
A new site of 5000 m2, more than half to be used for production. And a doubling – from today’s 42 to 80 – of the workforce in four years. These are...
From 26 to 28 September 2023, numerous international experts in mechanical processing, bulk solids and conveying technology will once again gather at Powtech...