‘Chemical Engineering’

An Engineeringtalk guide

Start with the news release SKF - latest company news from SKF UK, which we summarised at the time by saying "18 March 2010 - SKF has received an award from customer Siemens Mobility in the UK in recognition of its high standard of technical support.". Several months prior to that, we featured the news release Nafems conference addresses CAE technologies from Nafems: "Nafems North America will be hosting its 2010 Virtual Conference on 8-9 September, 2010. ".

In March 2010, we covered the news from Parker Hannifin - Parker Sales UK - take a look at Parker offers modular automation and robotics kits which says: "Parker Hannifin has launched a range of modular automation and robotics kits, ranging from simple twin-axis assemblies to integrated multiple-axis gantry and palletising robots. ".

Take a look also at the news release from Astech Electronics, Power meters capture fuel-efficiency data, as well as Five-axis vices help to reduce material costs from Roemheld, and Samsung installs Aspen software at olefins plant from Aspen Technology.

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Bearing gantry system uses Renishaw encoder (March 2010)

Steinmeyer-FMD's multi-axis air bearing gantry system is achieving speed and accuracy with the help of Renishaw's Tonic optical incremental encoder.

Guide offers overview of copper-alloy corrosion (March 2010)

A publication launched at the NACE International conference offers a comprehensive overview of copper alloys and their corrosion behaviour.

MMU to hold Profibus/Profinet training courses (March 2010)

The Profibus International Competence Centre at Manchester Metropolitan University has announced its Profibus and Profinet training course schedule through to the end of 2010.

Plantweb and Ovation installed at Ukrainian plant (March 2010)

Emerson Process Management has installed its Plantweb digital plant architecture with the Ovation control system at Unit 1 of the Dnestrovskaya pumped storage power plant (PSPP).

Virtualisation technology for Experion system (March 2010)

Honeywell is providing virtualisation technology for its Experion process knowledge system (PKS).

EMKA designs customised cabinet hardware (March 2010)

EMKA can produce custom configured hinges, handles and locks for rack/cabinet manufacturers or any end-user specification.

Precision optics for military applications (March 2010)

Precision Glass and Optics (PGandO) offers advanced thin-film coatings, commercial optics and precision optics (standard and customised) for military and defence applications.