BOFA INTERNATIONAL, a leader in fume and dust extraction technology for industrial processes, has announced it has won the Queen’s Award for Enterprise (Innovation) in its 30th anniversary year. BOFA says it has been awarded the prestigious accolade for the development of its Intelligent Operating (iQ) System, which is transforming the way that organisations around the world are able to protect the health of employees and improve production processes through more effective extraction of airborne contaminants in the workplace.

The enclosures that protect manufacturing automation systems should have strictly controlled internal environments with interior temperatures that are carefully maintained within a few degrees. If not, the impact can be harmful to the inverter drives, power supplies, contactors, PLCs and other electrical and electronic components operating within them. This requires careful control of the climate within the enclosure.

INDUSTRIA BEARINGS & TRANSMISSIONS reports it has been awarded an important internationally recognised accreditation for the products and services it provides to customers in the aerospace industry. The company says it has received the coveted EN 9120 Bureau Veritas Certification, which verifies its Quality Management Systems conform to both BS EN ISO 9001:2008 and EN 9120:2010, which is also technically equivalent to AS9120.

HYGIENA says as well as providing a rapid and convenient test for the detection of gluten residues on food processing surfaces, its AllerFlow Gluten is equally effective at detecting gluten in liquid samples, making it ideal for final rinse water samples and this means that the simplicity and convenience of AllerFlow Gluten can be applied to both surfaces and liquid samples and a wider range of food and beverage manufacturers.

ANDREWS SYKES says the launch of a new 1,500kW, lower pressure hot-water boiler brings to the industrial fleet hire market an advanced, fully packaged boiler hire unit that features 3-stage NOx (Nitrous Oxide) burner technology to maximise fuel savings and meet all current EU emission legislation. Its introduction follows research by Andrews Boiler Hire that highlights in major projects where large capacities of hot water are required it is often common practice to link a number of boilers. In many such applications the new higher capacity unit will eliminate this general practice, making for a faster and more efficient solution.

C.K TOOLS reports it has launched a pioneering range of next generation cable rods, which, featuring advanced technology, are set to enhance its already extensive range of cable routing tools and says the C.K MightyRod PRO cable rods fuse a series of advanced technological features to deliver the ultimate in performance.

ElfabTech, an online engineering resource developed by ELFAB, a leading pressure relief expert, has now been enhanced to include a wider selection of advanced web tools. The company says users can sign up for free and gain access to engineering calculations such as rupture disc and explosion vent sizing calculations to support with the design process and validate critical calculations and NACE tables are also available to support with rupture disc material selection for specific process conditions.

Gosport-based Lean business specialists, Fedden USP, says it has recently commissioned a report entitled Productive Nation? which looks at how leading organisations define productivity – a key area of focus for many businesses in 2017.

Hydra-Cell pumps from WANNER are said to meet the challenges of flue gas scrubbing in terms of corrosion resistance and their ability to handle abrasive particulate matter. The company says in the wake of the recent automotive emissions scandals, air pollution control has again taken ‘centre stage’ and the challenge of minimising the environmental impact of industrial processes has never been greater.

The Speedor pictured, manufactured and installed by HART DOOR SYSTEMS, has been fitted in a pharmaceuticals production facility in Cambridge. Mark Richardson, sales manager, says the door was installed in a wash-down area for parts of the plant used in the manufacturing process.

RED LION CONTROLS, a global expert in communication, monitoring and control for industrial automation and networking, has announced its advanced PAX2C PID controllers have been enhanced to feature new Ramp Soak capabilities and FlexCard plug-in options that enable users to reduce costs by easily changing or adding functionality to meet industrial requirements without inventory stocking.

KISTLER says its new KiTorq torque measuring flange is now available in eight ranges from 50Nm to 5000Nm and with speed and angular measurement capability. The open stator design is said to allow easier installation whilst minimising the risk of damage and easier visual inspection during testing.

The new Verderflex Vantage 5000 is said to be a highly advanced next generation peristaltic pump system with touch screen technology and intuitive operating system. The company says easy to operate, the Verderflex Vantage 5000 offers an extremely user- friendly operations menu structure with highly visible, color coded on-screen status alerts and alarms indicators.

Increasingly components are expected to operate efficiently over longer periods of time and OVAKO says its engineering steels can facilitate production advantages with time and cost savings along with improved safety and operational life.

Specialist blower, screw blower and turbo manufacturer AERZEN MACHINES has announced it has been appointed as one of the Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water Capital Delivery Alliance framework suppliers for the design, supply and installation of its innovative and efficient range of oil free units for water treatment aeration applications.

Specialist blower, screw blower and turbo manufacturer AERZEN MACHINES reports it has been awarded a new framework for the design, supply and installation of its innovative and efficient range of oil free units for water treatment aeration applications and says the framework will be in place for the next 5 years.

HYDRA-CELL pumps are reported to be finding favour in filter press applications for both chamber feeding at high pressure and for fuelling the cloth washing operation.

BUNTING MAGNETICS and eMagnets UK report they will be magnetically attracting visitors to stand U74 at the Southern Manufacturing & Electronics show to be held at FIVE in Farnborough, UK (21st to 23rd March 2017). On the stand will be a range of magnets, magnetic assemblies, magnetic factory solutions, and magnetic separators.

  ABB has announced it is supporting global innovation and seeking engineers, entrepreneurs and      innovators to write the future together by announcing a global competition with the IdeaHub  innovation platform.

QUANTITECH has announced the publication of a free White Paper on the simultaneous measurement of multiple gases in a wide variety of applications using FTIR (Fourier Transform InfraRed) technology.

MINITEC says it has proved its expertise once again in delivering unique and custom-made products to its broad range of clients – with its one-of-a-kind 9-metre conveyor belt. The Basingstoke-based engineering company was approached to find a solution for a client with a very specific wish list for its factory, including an unusually long and seemless assembly line.

Thompsons, a leading UK truck tipper body builder, says it is now offering customers a premium-quality paint finish for their equipment following installation of a self-contained blast-room from HODGE CLEMCO as part of a major investment in finishing facilities.

RED LION CONTROLS, a global expert in communication, monitoring and control for industrial automation and networking, has announced the appointment of Bruce Macpherson as vice president of sales for the EMEA and SAARC regions, where he will oversee customer relationships and business growth. Prior to joining Red Lion, Bruce was MD for SMAC, he will report directly to president Jack Lee and will serve on the company’s leadership team.

BUNTING MAGNETICS has announced it will be exhibiting at Arabplast 2017 in Dubai, UAE (8-10 January 2017) and says this is part of a continued export business development plan and is the first time the company has exhibited in the Middle East. Bunting Magnetics is a leading supplier of magnetic separators and metal detectors. The European manufacturing headquarters is based in Berkhamsted in Hertfordshire,  and it has an extensive overseas network of distributors and marketing agents.

SICK has announced it has launched the STR1, a Transponder Safety Switch that uses non-contact RFID technology to provide highly-reliable and tamper-proof personnel protection on removable guards to PLe/SIL3, with easy installation and safety system integration.

QUANTITECH says it has supplied large numbers of MCERTS approved FID analysers in the UK for many years and these instruments are employed for the monitoring of TOC gas emissions in regulated processes. However, the company says the Bernath 3006 analyser has been discontinued so it has launched the portable SK Elektronik Thermo-FID PT, which offers improved performance and enjoys MCERTS approval.

RITTAL reports it is expanding its production capabilities and building an advanced production plant for compact enclosures in Haiger, Germany, with completion scheduled for 2018. The company says the total capital expenditure will amount to 250 million euros, making it the largest single investment in the company’s history and state-of-the-art infrastructure and digitisation will underpin highly-efficient production, logistics and communications processes.

MICHELL INSTRUMENTS says its S8000RS has proved itself as a ‘workhorse’ in many calibration laboratories and industrial settings. The company says the S8000 RS Precision Chilled Mirror Hygrometer measures dew points down to -90°C (0.1ppmV) with an accuracy of ±0.1°C, however, unlike many other chilled mirror hygrometers in this class, no additional external cooling equipment is needed to accurately reach these dry dew points.

Fulton has celebrated 50 years of manufacturing heat transfer solutions in the UK by hosting a ceremony and party at the M-Shed in Bristol for distributors, dignitaries and employees past and present. Established in Bristol in 1966 and initially manufacturing a range of vertical tubeless steam boilers primarily for the laundry and dry cleaning market, Fulton says today it is an important manufacturing base in the corporation’s global network that also includes production facilities in the USA, Canada and China.

RED LION CONTROLS, a global expert in communication, monitoring and control for industrial automation and networking, has announced three new additions to its N-Tron series of industrial Power over Ethernet Plus (PoE+) Gigabit products: NT24k-16TX-POE, 1008TX-POE+ and 1000-POE4+. Red Lion says these new POE+ switches and injectors complement its industrial networking portfolio to offer customers additional PoE options that drive operational efficiencies while addressing industry demands.

At this year’s Elmia Subcontractor exhibition in Sweden, OVAKO demonstrated its new Steel Navigator - an exciting digital platform that allows customers to search and find the most suitable steel for their application. After logging on, customers can search for specific steel grades, by combining searches on steel group, quality, process type, product and chemical composition.

A major aerospace subcontract manufacturer reports it has recently purchased its 6th OMF1000 coolant mist filter from AIRBENCH for use in its dedicated Airbus production facility and says this forms part of a rolling programme of OMF installations; a series of previous OMF units were supplied by ACS and AirBench has continued the programme.

RED LION CONTROLS, a global expert in communication, monitoring and control for industrial automation and networking, has announced its rugged Graphite platform has been expanded to include a new Graphite Core Controller and Graphite Crimson Control Module that combine communication and control capabilities to reduce cost and ease operations. The company says both hardware offerings leverage an enhanced version of Red Lion’s powerful Crimson 3.0 software with added Crimson Control functionality to provide a single programming solution for control, networking and data visualisation.

ELFAB, a leading rupture disc manufacturer has revealed how a local chemical company has achieved significant cost savings and improved site safety by moving its rupture disc monitoring wireless

WANNER INTERNATIONAL has introduced the Hydra-Cell Intelligent High Pressure Coolant Pump that it claims can save machine tool operators up to 70% of their pump energy costs.

HERAEUS NOBLELIGHT, a specialist in the production and application of high quality energy sources covering the electro-magnetic spectrum from ultraviolet to infrared, offers products and systems to provide efficient solutions to drying, heating and curing problems and has announced it will be showing examples of its expertise at Advanced Engineering, 2nd-3rd November, NEC Birmingham, Stand L100.

TME, a specialist in temperature test equipment for legionella risk management, has announced streamline water checks with TC Wall Ports are now available.

HODGE CLEMCO has announced it has installed a 500m³ self-contained blast-room able to accommodate loads weighing up to 60 tonnes at Drax Power Station in Yorkshire as part of a major programme to upgrade on-site maintenance capabilities, simplify logistics and reduce costs.

When precise, reliable flow control is required in challenging ultra-low temperature applications, such as cryogenic or other similar situations, Badger Meter control valves are said to be an ideal choice. Available from liquids handling specialist PUMP ENGINEERING, the extensive Badger range includes models such as the Series 9000, an ANSI Class 300 globe style valve with bolted bonnet and post-guided inner valve.

WANNER INTERNATIONAL has announced it has launched a new range of Hydra-Cell. Seal-less, high horsepower, quintuplex diaphragm pumps that it claims eliminates the expense associated with seals and packing, leakage, external lubrication, and emissions.

WATKINS HIRE says that the Watkins Annual Steam Protection Service (WASPS) has been introduced to assist all clients with steam boiler plant located across multiple sites who find themselves subject to shutdowns when annual inspections are required. In many cases a temporary rental boiler is required to cover these shutdowns to avoid downtime in production.

KAMCO has announced two purpose built descaling pumps, the Scalebreaker C90 and C210, designed for descaling commercial and industrial boilers, chillers and plate heat exchangers. Used with the appropriate chemical, the pumps can make it simple for plant and works engineers and contractors to clean equipment with in-house staff at a time most convenient for production schedules.

QUANTITECH has announced that the Gasmet Continuous Emissions Monitoring System (CEMS II e) and the portable (DX4000) FTIR analysers have been awarded an MCERTS certificate demonstrating compliance with the MCERTS Performance Standards defined in EN 14181. The certificate demonstrates enhanced performance across an extended range of gases.

BUNTING MAGNETICS EUROPE, a leading supplier of magnetic separators and metal detectors, reports it has secured its largest single export order from a German processing plant designer and builder - the record order is to manufacture and supply 63, high-strength, Rare Earth Plate Magnets, which will be installed in a tobacco manufacturing operation in Indonesia.

When the directors of panel builders Pneumatechnique were looking at ways to improve efficiency and offer better production consistency they turned to RITTAL and its automation systems for switchgear construction. One of the main issues the company faced was the underemployment of the highly skilled labour force. This had become obvious during an evaluation of work practices that considered how customer demand was being met, and how the company in turn made demands on production as an “internal customer”.

SANDVIK has announced it will be launching Sanmac 3G at IMTS in Chicago in September, offering a stainless steel material which can significantly increase machining rates. To demonstrate this, the company will be running a ‘Sound Challenge’ on its Booth W-1228 to see if visitors can identify, ‘The sound of higher productivity.’

HERAEUS NOBLELIGHT says recent extensive tests in its Applications Centre have demonstrated that the tempering of glass, heat-formed packaging products used in the medical and pharmaceutical sectors is five times faster and significantly more energy efficient with the new MAX oven than tempering carried out using conventional electric heating techniques.

MICHELL INSTRUMENTS says its new HygroSmart HS3 probe has been designed to withstand the kind of harsh and demanding conditions found in industrial processes. The company says unlike many ‘disposable’ probes that have a short life within harsh conditions before needing to be replaced, the HygroSmart HS3 sensor uses Michell’s polymer tile to give long-term reliable measurements

CARLO GAVAZZI says due to a continuous increase in sales beyond Europe with the popular RSBT 45mm series of soft starts and to ensure it supports its customers who export into the Asian market place it has now obtained CCC approval. The company says the benefit of this approval allows customers to freely engage with the huge potential of the Chinese market ensuring any imports into China are problem free in customs.

MICHELL INSTRUMENTS says the HygroCal100 is a lightweight, portable humidity verifier, which uses its reliable internal polymer reference to provide automatic verifications of the accuracy of RH probes. However the HygroCal100 interface enables users to assign any hygrometer with an analogue output as a reference device – such as a chilled mirror hygrometer.