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Emco heavy-duty level switches from PVL compatible with Solartron Mobrey switches.

PVL SwitchJust announced by Pressure Vacuum Level Ltd is a new range of top-quality industry standard heavy duty level switches that is totally compatible with and is a cost-effective replacement for Solartron Mobrey heavy duty level switches.  PVL supplies all necessary flanges, gaskets and fitting kits to make replacement straightforward.

The Emco side-entry heavy duty level switch, available from PVL at only

LIQUID FLOW UKAS CALIBRATION

Antech PremisesAntech is proud of its calibration abilities with the award and continuing additions to its UKAS Accreditation.

UKAS (United Kingdom Accreditation Service) is internationally recognised as the independent organisation for accrediting the integrity and competence of personnel, quality systems and measurement parameters.

After acquiring new premises to house our liquid flow rigs, we can now offer the following calibration in the liquid flow field.

2500 L/min UKAS Accredited Hydrocarbon Rig

CitectSCADA MONITORING PLATFORM HELPS DELIVER 25- YEARS MORE PRODUCTION LIFE

St Fergus TerminalTOTAL E&P UK, one of the largest exploration and production subsidiaries of the TOTAL Group has installed a 10,000 point + CitectSCADA system to provide monitoring - with full dual redundancy - of the control and safety systems for the giant St Fergus gas terminal in Scotland. The Terminal plays a key role in supplying Britain

Centurion & WinCem 3D Infrared Linescan Camera & Visualisation Software

1120The Centurion linescan camera features advanced, state-of-the art reflective optics. For maximum resolution and accuracy, aspheric, diamond turned mirrors are used instead of the less efficient, energy absorbing lenses in low cost linescanners. Self-contained heavy duty power supply, brushless motor, powerful microprocessor electronics and software are integrated to achieve the single solution for faster, non-contact, linescan temperature measurement.

Designed to give reliability you can depend on in the harshest plant environment, the Centurion TK30 model is specifically designed for rotary kiln shell scanning. Centurion TK30 is a

HIGH PRECISION SPIRAL BEVEL GEARS

Spiral Bevel GearsFor high speed and high torque applications the new KHK high precision, ground spiral bevel gears from R. A. Rodriguez are an excellent choice.  These strong gears have high load ratings and run at speed with minimal noise and vibration.

KHK have been making a wide range of standard stock gears for over sixty years and are one of the largest and most respected manufacturers in this field.  The company sells more than three million gears annually and invests heavily in new technology to ensure the KHK brand retains its high quality status.  Its entire product range comprising over 3500 gear types in 36 categories is available from sole UK distributor, R. A. Rodriguez (UK) Ltd.

These new spiral bevel gears are available in module sizes 1.5

Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Reliability and Maintenance

Environmental MonitoringOne of the hot topics is the environment and the term

Transformer breathers have self-regenerating desiccant

Re-ActransBrownell Re-Actrans Transformer Breathers are self-reactivating to eliminate the need for periodic desiccant replacement on power and distribution transformers up to 500MVa, with low intermittent power consumption and simple installation combined with no moving parts and minimum maintenance.

Desiccant self-regeneration is accomplished using the transformer

Atlas Copco Compressors at Maintec

Air ConnectAtlas Copco Compressors

Ultrananocrystalline Diamond Can Improve Seal Performance

Fig 1Through extensive R&D and the advent of improved equipment and processes, nature