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TANK VENT BREATHERS PROTECT MOISTURE SENSITIVE PRODUCTS

Brownell has extended its range of tank vent breathers and adsorbers to prevent the contamination of valuable products from the harmful effects of moisture.

Installation of these breathers has been made quick and simple, with a direct connection to an existing breather or vent pipe. This configuration ensures the water vapour entering the tank is adsorbed before contaminating the stored products.

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The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has signed a loan with the Republic of Mauritius to reconstruct the island’s sewage facilities. The ODA loan, worth USD $81000, will be used to...

LIT UV (The Netherlands) is introducing its next generation of UV-lamps, the LIT UV DB500 at the 2010 edition of the IFAT Exhibition in Germany. LIT’s UV lamp researchers have worked intense on...

BlueInGreen® (USA) has received funding through the Rapid Response Program at the National Science Foundation (NSF) to deploy SDOX technology in bays and estuaries that have been contaminated from...

Supply ventilation unit designed for ventilation of home, office and hospital premises.

The personal safety of oil industry workers could receive a boost with the creation of an intelligent earplug by Norwegian sector operator Statoil.During the past four years, the company has worked on...

Shock announcement; TRaC extends environmental test services

New investment adds Drop-test Shock Machine to extensive product test facilities. TRaC has further extended its environmental test capabilities with the installation of a Lansmont 95 shock test machine.

The investment, at TRaC's Warwick facility, augments a shock, impact and vibration test installation that already comprises 14 electromagnetic "shakers" and an alternative design of drop test machine.

The Lansmont 95 is a vertical free-fall drop shock test unit, with a square table size of 950 x 950 mm and a payload capacity (mass of the unit to be tested) of 1000 kg.  It provides a carefully-controlled environment for drop-testing, in which shock pulses have a known profile and are fully repeatable.  The test machine will apply half sine, final peak sawtooth and trapezoidal waveforms, at acceleration levels of up to 800g. It allows shock testing with the device-under-test energised, and has the facility to acquire up to ten channels of data from the shock test.

TRaC's environmental test laboratory is fully UKAS accredited; the area in which the new machine has been installed is purpose-built, with all appropriate safety features, and can carry out testing on both commercial and defence equipment.

 

A brownfield site is set to be transformed into the UK's first geothermal power plant after getting planning permission.