eNews Vol. 16 No. 16
Candian Process Equiptment & Control News

News

ABB names Björn Rosengren as CEO

The Board of ABB has unanimously appointed Björn Rosengren, as chief executive officer. He will join ABB on February 1, 2020 and succeed CEO, Peter Voser, in this role on March 1, 2020. Read More

Emerson selects Dragos for cybersecurity protection on power and water industries

Emerson and Dragos, Inc., developer of the Dragos Platform for industrial cybersecurity asset detection, threat detection and response, have signed a global agreement that will enable power producers and water utilities to further… Read More

ExxonMobil and Global Thermostat to advance breakthrough atmospheric carbon capture technology

ExxonMobil and Global Thermostat have signed a joint development agreement to advance breakthrough technology that can capture and concentrate carbon dioxide emissions from industrial sources, including power plants, and the atmosphere. Read More

Parker patent for filter system removes 99 percent of metalworking contaminants

The Industrial Gas Filtration and Generation Division of Parker Hannifin in Overland Park, KS, has announced the launch of an important new patent for the metalworking industry. The patent is designed to optimize… Read More

Rittal Systems makes it to Canada's 2019 List of Best Workplaces in Manufacturing

Rittal Systems Ltd. has announced that the organization has been named on the 2019 list of Best Workplaces in Manufacturing in Canada. Rittal received this honour after a thorough and independent analysis conducted by Great Place to Work. Read More
 

Process Products

Hazardous zone device configuration tablets

Endress+Hauser is offering two universal, device configuration tablet PCs said to provide fast, efficient one-click mobile device configuration and plant asset management in hazardous environments. With the touch-enabled Field Xpert tablet PCs… Read More

Hot tap digital flowmeters simplify installation

Hot tap digital flowmeters from Exair allow installation when compressed air piping is under pressure. By eliminating the need to isolate and remove pressure from the pipe, these compressed air flowmeters reduce installation time while maintaining safety. Read More

Lightweight MS2 regulators enable up-close air management

MS2 regulators from Festo are not only the smallest yet in the MS-Series of standard service units, but also the smallest and lightest regulators on the market, the company says. Read More

260ºC electric two-zone belt conveyor oven

No. 992 is an electrically-heated, 260ºC two-zone belt conveyor oven from Grieve, currently used for drying and curing ceramic cement at a customer facility. The 48 KW heater (24 KW per zone) are installed in Nichrome wire elements to heat the oven chamber... Read More

Tube style T-traps for liquid line applications

Liquid line T-Traps introduced by Industrial Magnetics, Inc., remove unwanted ferrous and work-hardened stainless contaminants from processing lines. Units capture fine ferrous particles that are created by… Read More
 

Feature Articles

Non-contact FMCW level measurement technology for the food and beverage industry

Every process in a food and beverage facility requires accurate measurement of material stored in large vessels, silos, or tanks. That makes the right level measurement system a key factor in… Read More

Walk like an Egyptian (or Roman): Redefining Le Grande K

Along with exchanging customs, art and cultural norms in ancient times, came the true driving force of these interactions - trade — which created a crucial requirement, mutually agreed upon 'standards' of measure. Read More

The unglamourous side of oil extraction requires innovation

Behold a picture that shows what the "dry season" in Drayton Valley, AB, looks like this summer. The weather forecast is looking like it's getting better so that's good, according to Pulse Oil of Calgary, AB. It hopes to get the equipment in soon… Read More
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