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CEW Industry News Tata Steel Europe Puts Five Units on the Block Mumbai, India: In a bid to further trim its exposure in Europe, Tata Steel has identified five non-core assets for potential sale and has sought buyer interest in the assets.

Tata Steel Europe, which has a debt of around € 3 billion, recently conducted a detailed portfolio review of all its businesses to assess their strategic fit and future potential.

Based on the review, the company has begun a process of seeking buyers for business units that supply products to niche markets, allowing the company to continue to strengthen its focus on strategic strip products and markets, said Tata Steel in a statement on Tuesday.

The units identified for sale include Cogent — a manufacturer and processor of electrical steels based in Newport, South Wales (UK), Burlington (Canada) and Surahammar (Sweden).

Two others on the block are Kalzip, an aluminium roofing and cladding business based primarily in Koblenz, Germany, and Firsteel, which coats steel for kitchen bakeware and is based in Walsall, West Midlands, UK. This apart, Turkey-based Tata Steel Istanbul Metals, a coil coating company using steel bought from the open market, and Engineering Steels Service Centre (Wolverhampton) in the UK have also been put on the block.

Agilent to Showcase Latest Analytical Solutions at Two Scientific Symposiums in India Mumbai, India: Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) will be hosting two scientific symposiums in India this summer, both featuring industry speakers, interactive workshops, and Agilent’s latest analytical solutions.

The first edition of the Total Agilent Experience, held in Mumbai last year, drew 300 scientists and researchers from across the country.

This year’s symposiums will take place in Ahmedabad, 13th June, and Hyderabad, 20th June.

“The Total Agilent Experience offers unparalleled opportunities for scientists and industry leaders to talk about new ways to solve problems and make their laboratories more efficient,” said Bharat Bhardwaj, country manager for Agilent in India.

On display at the two symposiums will be Agilent’s latest chromatography, mass spectrometry, and spectroscopy platforms, including: The Agilent Intuvo 9000 GC system, which features clickand-run connections that eliminate ferrules, guard-chip technology that extends column life, and a trim-free column that eliminates retention time shifts due to trimming; The Agilent Ultivo Triple Quadrupole LC/MS system, which delivers robust performance, superior uptime, and easier serviceability, in a footprint that is 70% smaller than previous instruments; A suite of innovative Raman spectroscopy instruments, acquired last year when Agilent bought Cobalt Light Systems, a UK-based developer of innovative 8 • May 2018

technologies for non-invasive, through-barrier chemical analysis for use in pharmaceutical and public-safety applications.

Using the sophisticated, user-friendly technologies offered by these platforms, scientists are now able to work on a wider range of challenging applications with improved performance and ease of use, while also increasing laboratory productivity and economic value.

South Korean Chemicals Firm Songwon Opens Pilot Plant in Gujarat South Korean specialty chemicals company Songwon Industrial Co Ltd has launched its new pilot plant in Panoli (Gujarat), thereby strengthening the organisation’s overall specialty chemicals development capability.

Built on Songwon’s Indian site with all the necessary main unit operations, the new plant is equipped with the most up-to-date technologies and materials for producing a wide range of chemicals for a broad spectrum of applications - from one kilo up to several hundred kilo samples. To reinforce the organisation’s position in existing areas of business and enhance its ability to enter new areas, the new pilot plant will be supported by the Songwon’s strong local R&D team in Panoli, as well as its central technology innovation center located in Maeam, Korea.

SIMMONS EDECO Wins North Sea Contract Great Yarmouth, England: SIMMONS EDECO, a leading supplier of wellhead and valve maintenance, asset integrity solutions and onshore drilling services to the global oil and gas industry, announced that it has been awarded a multi-million pound contract by a major North Sea oil and gas operator.

As a result of this two-year contract, SIMMONS EDECO will provide wellhead and valve maintenance services for all North Sea assets owned by this operator. In addition, the company will continue to provide onshore repair and refurbishment services for these assets, manage equipment and supplies, and provide custom engineering solutions, as needs arise. To ensure integrity of all production valves, the company will also manage the ongoing programme of valve integrity testing and maintenance.

To carry out these operations, personnel at the company's recently expanded European base of operations in Great Yarmouth, England provides engineering, operational and administrative support.

For more than 55 years, SIMMONS EDECO has successfully supported numerous operators with its range of specialist wellhead and valve maintenance services throughout the North Sea. Over the years, the company has worked on behalf of numerous operators, many of which are longterm customers. "During the past 15 years, we have cultivated an extremely effective working relationship with this operator in the North Sea," said Brian Kelly, Valve & Well Service Manager for SIMMONS EDECO. "We welcome the opportunity to ensure that its assets operate safely and reliably for years to come.”

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CEW Industry News Emerson Agrees to Buy Aventics St. Louis, USA: Emerson has agreed on terms to acquire Aventics from Triton for a cash purchase price of €527 million. Aventics is among the global leaders in smart pneumatics technologies that power machine and factory automation applications. Emerson is a leader in fluid automation technologies for process and industrial applications, and Aventics significantly expands the Company’s reach in this growing $13 billion market.

Aventics builds upon and strengthens Emerson’s capabilities and solutions in key discrete and hybrid automation markets, including food and beverage, packaging, automotive assembly and medical equipment. Emerson’s expanded offering creates one of the broadest portfolios of fluid control and pneumatic devices that incorporate sensing and monitoring capabilities to improve system uptime and performance, enhance safety and optimize energy usage. These technologies complement Emerson’s extensive innovation and leadership in improving operations through digitalization, pervasive sensing and asset health monitoring.

“We will now offer the industry's widest range of fluid automation products and solutions with unmatched delivery, reliability and performance, and now with the addition of Aventics’ expertise, Emerson is positioned to be the most capable global company when it comes to fluid automation technologies,” said Emerson Chairman and Chief Executive Officer David N. Farr.

Gluespec Database Helps Engineers Find the Right Adhesive Arizona, USA: Engineers trying to keep track of liquid adhesives, coatings, sealants and specialty chemical materials now have access to the free, searchable Gluespec database from Ellsworth Adhesives. The engineering research tool is designed by engineers to help engineers find the right adhesive and specialty materials for their projects as quickly and effectively as possible.

Gluespec reportedly contains curated data on more than 7,000 materials for industrial applications from more than 70 suppliers.

It contains millions of technical specs, test methods and other critical data points on thousands of specialty chemical materials from around the world.

The database’s grid interface recommends materials based on a user’s customized search for a specific application or specific data points. The grid produces an online spreadsheet that’s prepopulated with technical data. Users can scan all relevant properties and materials and compare them on one screen. Grid data is filterable, sortable and customizable by every property in the database, including specific gravity, viscosity, impact strength, cure time and temperature resistance, as well as by manufacturer, material type, industry, substrate and chemistry.

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The Gluespec grid starts out with a large amount of information that engineers can narrow down to two or three materials for testing. The database combines manufacturer data with the industry knowledge of Ellsworth’s engineering service representatives and other technical experts. It also offers the ability to connect with technical reps who focus on specialty materials.

ExxonMobil Joins BASF in Gas Treating Alliance Mumbai, India: ExxonMobil Catalysts and Licensing LLC and BASF Corporation sign an alliance agreement to jointly develop new gas treating solvents and process technologies for use in natural gas processing and petroleum refining. Under the new agreement, BASF will market and license technologies developed from the collaboration, along with Flexsorb and OASE technologies.

“The alliance leverages our collective expertise to meet customer needs by providing technologies to increase capacity, reduce energy consumption and meet tighter sulfur specifications,” says Chris Birdsall, president of ExxonMobil Catalysts and Licensing LLC. “By bringing together two highly capable research and development teams, we expect to accelerate technology development and reduce the time to market,” says Heidi Alderman, senior vice president, Intermediates, for BASF Cor poration. “The next generation technologies will offer significant performance improvements for the benefit of our customers.”

ExxonMobil has been offering its selective gas processing technology under the Flexsorb brand since 1983. BASF markets its range of technologies, gas treatment agents and complete technical services under the brand OASE - Gas Treating Excellence by BASF.

New Solenis Manufacturing Site Opens in China Wilmington, USA: Solenis opened its new manufacturing site today in Zhuhai City, Guangdong Province, China. With approximately 37,000 square meters of space, Solenis (Zhuhai) Chemicals Company Ltd. will produce various product lines, including functional, water and process chemistries to support the key markets served throughout the Asia Pacific region.

The Zhuhai plant is the company’s ninth plant in Asia Pacific. The other manufacturing sites that support customers throughout the region are located in Australia, South Korea, India, Indonesia, Taiwan and elsewhere in China.

“This site demonstrates Solenis’ long-term commitment to the continued development of our resources and operations in Asia Pacific,” said John Panichella, president and CEO. “The site will support anticipated future growth in the region to better supply our customers.”

“As a local supplier to the region, we can be more responsive to customer needs and offer a wider range of competitive technologies,” added Nandu Dhekne, vice president, Asia Pacific.

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Integrated Engineering, Operations and Asset Management are Vital for Chemical Industries This article discusses improving return on chemicals assets using integrated engineering, operations, maintenance and compliance management.

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hemical industries are diverse in terms of products and processes, and the nature and state of the assets. In the developed world, assets are on average older, intrinsically less reliable and efficient, but in these regions companies have the highest skilled personnel and most advanced methods in place to compensate for it. The regular economic cycles in petrochemicals and polymers have been replaced by irregular, more regional economic ups and downs, with high amplitude. The high growth in developing Asia is slowing down significantly. The oil and gas boom in North America has created growth in the chemical industry in the region in the recent years. The recent drop in oil price has created economic relief for chemical producers globally but demand may suffer because of the economic slowdown. The best strategy for the future is likely one of high flexibility and adaptability to react to global and regional market fluctuations, product innovations, feedstock costs and regulations.

Necessary Steps A first step is to reduce the cost of assets throughout their lifecycle. This includes effective engineering, leading to more flexibility and lower cost designs that can be operational more quickly.

Engineering and design costs can be reduced by make information transparent across disciplines, regions, offices and sites and easier to reuse. Sharing and transparency must be extended across the enterprise borders to engineering, procurement and construction firms (EPC’s), subcontractors, to achieve tighter collaboration.

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during design and construction has significantly increased during the past years, and as contractors provide more and more services for plants in operation too, it is expected that the importance of efficient cross-enterprise collaboration will further increase.

Companies that have pioneered these new practices, report increased engineering productivity, improved handover, accelerated operational readiness, reduction of regulatory compliance cost, reduced maintenance costs and improved reliability

Compliance of processes and equipment can be efficiently handled when requirement engineering is electronically linked to qualification processes.

Information should also be reused across engineering, operations and maintenance within the corporation, and by their subcontractors. As all stakeholders work on the same asset, they should all work off the same asset information to coordinate and optimize their plans and actions.

This concept is referred to as integrated engineering or integrated operations.

Asset Management Challenges

In a second stage, these efficient processes can be applied to more productive and flexible process designs using intensification, modularization, and mobile processing units.

Accurate asset information requires a state-of the art application and data repository that must be complemented by processes for keeping asset information up-to-date. People must be trained and motivated to use them. When these key success factors are in place, operations and maintenance can be optimized, to sustain a compliant and reliable asset at the lowest cost and with the lowest inventory of spare parts. This includes modern asset management strategies, such as predictive maintenance and condition monitoring, and the simultaneous optimization of asset capabilities and production requirements.

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• Aging, commodity producing assets.

These are most likely to be found in advanced economies, and need to be operated and maintained at the lowest operating cost possible. At the same time, they need to operate reliably, safely and be compliant with regulations. Asset information is at risk of being dispersed on paper and in various systems.

• Recent assets for commodity products using classical, mostly continuous process technologies.

These assets are mostly found in growing economies, for example in South-East Asia, but also in the USA. Asset information is more likely to be available in electronic format.

Reliability, safety and compliance are likely to be satisfactory, but need to be maintained.

• Assets for specialty chemicals, specialty polymers, agrochemicals, food and pharmaceutical ingredients, mostly using traditional batch processing. The products have a high innovative content, and plants are regularly adapted and reengineered, or have been recently constructed. In Chemical Engineering World

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responsible for the plant’s performance and regulatory compliance at startup, they require design reviews in electronic form as well as the tracking of construction and commissioning progress against electronic documents.

More and more qualification processes use electronic design and requirement documentation, with electronic sign-offs.

• In existing plants, when engineering or maintenance troubleshoot an operational issue or need to start a modified project, they first spend time – sometimes weeks or months - to find out the actual status and performance of equipment and piping, the available or missing spare parts, etc., before starting their actual work.

Further time is lost in ordering missing parts or equipment, increased time to repair, and multiplying travel times.

In other cases wrong or excess parts are available, which increase working capital without benefit. Incomplete, inaccessible, and inaccurate asset information therefore leads to a longer project duration, longer “mean time to repair” (MTTR), higher operational and capital expenditure than necessary.

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is often incomplete or outdated at the moment of transfer. NIST estimates that the cost of information losses during handover to be 1.8 percent of capital expenditure. There is a huge opportunity to improve the process by making it electronic, and make sure the information is reused.

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Chemical plants are usually part of large industrial complexes, where plants, and utilities and storage facilities are distributed over the premises. It is a real challenge to keep track of the asset state, as operations, maintenance and contractors work independently on the same assets.

These challenges imply that it is not a trivial task to obtain a complete, accurate and up-to-date virtual image of distributed assets, easily and rapidly accessible to office and field workers throughout a vast geographical area.

The different types of assets have partly different regulatory obligations, but for all of them regulatory pressure is increasing and will continue to increase in the future. The spirit of these regulations tends to evolve from describing the means for protection into a responsibility of the owner-operator to be able to demonstrate performancebased quantitative risk management.

Whether asset information is built up during engineering and construction, or by operations and maintenance of an existing installation, in the end there is always an installation in operation that undergoes maintenance activities and engineering projects related for reasons of improvement, troubleshooting or debottlenecking.

As a result, two or more organizational entities work on the same assets, using – ideally - the same asset information: engineering to design changes and improvements; operations and maintenance for day-to-day activities and long term asset management. To streamline the collaboration between those entities, the concept of “integrated engineering” was created.

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The “Integrated Engineering” Concept In 2005, Dr Thomas Tauchnitz published a vision for “integrated engineering” (Tauchnitz, 2005), based on three basic principles: “[…] every information is generated and maintained at only one location, existing knowledge is reused where possible, and the software tools stay interfaced while the production plant is in operation.” He sketched the workflow as starting with process design followed by the transfer of the resulting process information to an engineering software tool, common to all engineering disciplines involved in frontend and detail engineering. To increase engineering efficiency, he proposed to implement modular engineering – using standardized, generic engineering modules comprising all functions built and maintained within the common tool.

Many plants apply a wide variety of control systems. To further increase engineering efficiency, control engineering should be done at a generic level, enabling reuse of designs. The designs can be used to configure systems, and compile the generic designs within different DCS brands.

The next step is the transfer of the engineering information to operations and maintenance and keeping it up to date with the goal to transform “as- built” information into “as-maintained” information to ensure accuracy and save time.

Therefore, “integrated engineering” incorporates different disciplines during design and build stages, and also integrates engineering, operations, maintenance and automation during operate and maintain stages of the installation life cycle.

Finally, the vision includes the implementation of standardized processes across the extended enterprise, reducing the number of systems and interfaces, and organizing centralized maintenance and support and promoting company-wide knowledge management.

In the case of maintenance and improvement projects related to automation and instrumentation, seamless, bi-directional integration with automation systems simplifies the changes to the automation systems significantly, by enabling the configuration of the control system directly from the design in the engineering tool. Vice versa, when a control system configuration is changed in the field, the control system would automatically update the application with the actual control system configuration.

The NAMUR standard NE 150 enables doing this in a standardized manner.

Collaboration between internal or external engineering departments and maintenance (and/or operations) may occur during these projects or changes.

It is of utmost importance that the stakeholders work off the same, up-todate asset and engineering data. This has important benefits for engineering and modernization projects by simplifying the work, unloading personnel, while guaranteeing accurate and up-to-date asset information.

It creates even more benefits by saving engineering work when the same changes need to be applied to several sites. Many standards are available for this complex domain. ISO 15926 is the most wellknown, standardizing the equipment specification.

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Effective Risk Mitigation Strategies for Projects The most common risks for projects are improper execution strategy, contractor selection, permitting, vendor selection and design changes. The article will address common risks encountered in projects and effective strategies to mitigate these risks. Examples will be provided for these common pitfalls

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modern day project manager has to always juggle between the 4 key project objectives of safety, quality, cost and schedule. To manage these objectives one of the key tools is risk management.

Project risks are internal and external and as with any type of risks the key to their management is early identification and effective mitigation.

In this digital age, with so many tools available to the project management team to manage risks, it is seen that inspite of the best laid plans, projects go off track and fail in achieving one or more of their key objectives.

Below we shall examine some key pitfalls in projects where risks are missed out and could lead to possible project derailment.

Stakeholder Identification/Engagement One of the prime reasons for projects going off track is inadequate involvement of key stakeholders. A classic case is to bring in the Production Manager into the project close to commissioning. Very often production in charge has a very different outlook compared to the design team and can lead to last minute changes in the plant.

All the key stakeholders need to be identified right at the start of the project and their roles defined very clearly. Involve production engineers as well as Site HSE in early model reviews to avoid last minute changes.

Another pitfall is to give too much or the wrong category of information to stakeholders. A common example is to feed the project steering committee with too much technical details. The role of the Steering committee is to guide the 20 â&#x20AC;˘ May 2018

project team in key decisions on costs and schedule and not to provide technical solutions to issues. With too much technical information, the key project cost issues might get drowned in data or some member of the steering committee might start interfering in technical details for which they are not responsible for. Both situations can have damaging effect on the project Contracting Strategy Contracting strategies can make or break a project. A lot of companies go with a one strategy fit all approach. But unfortunately there is nothing like a perfect contracting strategy. Below are just broad guidelines on selection of a appropriate contracting strategy EPC Lumpsum: Go in for a lumpsum EPC contract only if the scope of the project is well defined and contractors are available who have experience in similar plants. Going in for a Lumpsum contract for a new Process or a plant which has a lot of specialised equipment can be a recipe for disaster.

EPC Reimbursable: This strategy can be very effective where the project owner has little or no regional experience where the project is being set up. The risks associated with less knowledge of local conditions can be mitigated to a large extent by passing them on to a good local contractor.

EPCM model: Probably the safest contracting strategy. But EPCM model can easily lead to large cost escalation as the EPCM contractor has very little stake in the project. Also this model can easily turn out to be a sparring game between the Engineering and Construction contractors.

It is essential that each project be assessed Z on specific requirements and

then the contracting strategy be finalised very early in the project.

Vendor Selection The general attitude towards vendors is that there is a prequalified approved vendor list so it is just a matter of following the approved list for the project, Since all the vendors are prequalified, no risk is foreseen for vendors. But this is far from reality. Even vendors with whom clients are working for decades can be the source of major risk to the project.

The first check required is whether the key vendors have adequate spare capacity at present to handle the load posed by the project. In absence of this it is possible that the vendor will supply the items required but with substantially longer delivery times.

For critical suppliers, it is worthwhile to do a financial due diligence especially if the client has not worked with the vendors for a substantial period of time. There are multiple cases globally where the vendor collapsed financially in the middle of the execution phase and disrupted the project as the order had to be diverted to alternate vendors. This risk is especially high for Single Source vendors.

Permitting Getting local permits brings in the uncertainty associated with dealing with a variety of Government authorities. Delays in obtaining permits can not only jeopardise the project schedule but sometimes even bring about design changes which would throw the project cost out of bounds.

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It is worthwhile to submit revised drawings when the final versions are available so that major modifications especially to the building layouts due to authority feedback is avoided.

Design Change Design changes in a project are inevitable and these are normally covered in the project estimates as design creep allowances. But the design changes if not properly managed can easily go beyond the creep allowance and bloat up the project cost.

A few simple steps can easily ensure that design changes are minimised.

Focus on getting major design reviews done pretty early in the project. These include HAZOP, SIL Assessment and Constructability reviews. These reviews can bring in maximum changes in the

design leading to cost increases. But for carrying out the reviews early, it has to be planned that all the deliverables required for these reviews be completed early.

Ideally these reviews (at least HAZOP and preliminary constructability review) should be completed before the sign off of the FEL3 (Front End Loading) package.

The rest is up to rigorous project control that every change after the design signoff is properly recorded and measured. While this does not minimise the changes but at least keeps track of the variations and genuine scope changes can be identified.

them. In such a case the entire project risk assessment exercise is futile.

It is one of the key responsibilities of the project management team to manage risks to the project and ensure minimum monthly reviews of the risk register are done.

Last but not the least remember that Risks are never eliminated, they are always mitigated. Manage risks effectively and meet the project goals of safety, quality, costs and schedule.

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Managing Risk Register Project risks are identified at the start of the project through a risk workshop and recorded in the project risk register.

But many a times the risk register is not updated on a regular basis and the risks though clearly identified at the start of the project actually start affecting the project just because no one bothered to monitor

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Design of Experiments Helps Develop New Specialty Chemical Product The design of experiments (DOE) is the design of any task that aims to describe or explain the variation of information under conditions that are hypothesized to reflect the variation. This article describes how DOE helps in developing new specialty chemical product.

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customer approached VECTRA asking if the company could provide a second source for an associative thickener used in a family of water-borne coatings. The challenge was that the thickener needed to match the properties of the incumbent thickener in three different classes of products with a different chemical composition than the incumbent.

Trying to find a mixture that delivered the required performance in all these different applications using the trial and error method would have been like trying to find a needle in a haystack.

Then National Account Manager for

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VECTRA, I elected to use the design of experiments (DOE) method to develop a mixture experiment to screen the effects of four candidate additives.

Based on the results, I performed a second designed experiment with the two additives that performed the best in the first experiment, plus one more, and using much more detailed measurement methods. The formulation that resulted from the second DOE was virtually indistinguishable from the incumbent in all three applications.

We achieved a much better match in a fraction of the time that would have been required using traditional trialand-error methods.

VECTRA (formerly OM Group, Inc.) is a technology-based company serving global markets, including automotive systems, electronic devices, aerospace, industrial and renewable energy. The specialty chemicals segment develops, produces and supplies chemicals for electronic and industrial applications, as well as photomasks used by customers to produce semiconductors and related products. The segmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s products include hydrophobically-modified ethoxylated urethane (HEUR) thickeners for a number of industries. In this case, the customer had a line of house paints that was well received by the market and needed to develop a second source for the thickener used in the product without impacting its performance.

The three key applications in which the thickener has to perform include a water-based latex primer, latex semigloss and latex gloss. The paint manufacturer wanted to use the same thickener in each of these products.

The thickener must match the incumbent throughout the application spectrum.

Low shear rate involves the thickness of the paint after it has been applied to the wall, particularly its ability to avoid running.

Medium shear rate refers to the thickness of the paint during pouring and mixing. High shear rate, on the other hand, is its thickness during brushing, Chemical Engineering World

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However, the product performance was actually much closer to the incumbentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s because much more rigorous measurements were used. The desirability of the optimal design as determined by the second DOE actually matched the incumbent within the margin of error of the measurement instruments.

Figure 4: Desirability graph for second experiment

and the proportion of each additive was allowed to vary from 0% to 62.5%. The software was used to produce a quadratic mixture design with 20 runs. Each mixture was used as the rheological additive component of model formulation of the medium shear application. They were tested for three relatively simple and quick-to-measure responses: 1) Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI) viscosity as determined by a CAP 2000L viscometer 2) Krebs Unit viscosity as determined by a KU-2 Stromer viscometer and 3) thixotropic index as measured by a rotational viscometer. These results were

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designed experiment explores the entire design space, not just the formulations used in the 20 experimental runs.

Based on these results, I developed a second designed experiment to zero in more precisely on the optimal formulation.

I eliminated additives one and two and added a third additive that I expected to better match the viscosity recovery rate of the incumbent product. Five new responses were added to the design that covered all three applications and were obtained by using a research rheometer: low shear viscosity, medium shear viscosity, high sheer viscosity, rebuild viscosity and rebuild time. The rebuild time is the amount of time required for the viscosity to build back up after shearing.

The rebuild viscosity is the amount of viscosity recovered after shearing. The full rheological profile performed on each formulation in this second experiment took considerably more time than the simpler approach used in the screening experiment. A desirability formula was

When the formulation was prepared and tested, its performance in every application could not be discerned from the incumbent. Mixture experiments provide a clear path to obtaining an optimum formulation with minimum expenditure of resources and time. In addition, mixture design provides an understanding of interactions between all of the ingredients with respect to the desired properties so that future formulation development becomes less reliant on trial and error. Additional time and money is saved by characterizing limitations in order to avoid setting specification goals that are unachievable using current raw materials and processes.

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Ammonia Production can be More Smart, Safe & Profitable This article talks about brand new technology for the production of ammonia, primarily for fertilizer.

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he ammonia and fertilizer industries are changing as the drive for smart industrial solutions that exploit feedstocks in an optimal way continues to intensify. Natural resources must be utilized in the best possible way to secure profitability and reduce environmental impact, but advances have been scarce in the very mature ammonia production technology. Nonetheless, a new solution based on SynCOR™ synthesis gas technology widely used in the gas-to-liquids industry offers the ammonia industry an opportunity to produce ammonia in a smarter, safer and more profitable way – with significantly reduced environmental impact.

The new solution is based on autothermal reforming for the production of syngas in ammonia plants and thereby challenges conventional tubular reforming. The technology brings significant benefits in large-scale applications, most notably an extremely low steam-to-carbon ratio of 0.6 and capacities above 6,000 MTPD in single-train plants. This enables ammonia and urea producers to gain significant economies of scale that cannot be achieved with conventional technology.

Catalyst induced a technology shift Conventional ammonia plants use a high temperature shift followed by a low temperature shift. A standard high temperature shift uses an iron/chromiumbased catalyst, which demands a minimum operating steam-to-carbon ratio of 2.6. That changed with Topsoe’s introduction of the first commercial ironfree high temperature shift catalyst (SK501 Flex™). This catalyst is based on promoted zinc aluminum spinel, which can operate at very low steam-tocarbon ratios at typical high temperature shift conditions, but without the risk of mechanical integrity or by-products associated with iron/chromium catalysts.

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possibilities for ammonia producers, as they can reduce their plants’ steam-tocarbon ratio significantly with Topsoe’s SynCOR Ammonia™ process.

This solution may be a new opportunity in ammonia production, but the technology is well-proven in other industrial applications, especially within gas-toliquids. SynCOR Ammonia™ is based on stand-alone autothermal reforming by oxygen and uses well-known and industrially proven process steps and equipment. Today, the combined industrial operation of SynCOR™ units exceeds 70 years, and the technology has demonstrated availability factors greater than 99% as an average over operating periods longer than five years.

Due to the introduction of the new shift catalyst, the operating conditions are quite different from the conditions in conventional ammonia plants. With only 0.6 steam-to-carbon ratio, the shift section is limited by the low water content to perform the shift reaction, to achieve an acceptable CO slip, and at the same time minimize the formation of by-products.

However, an efficient solution to deal with this low water content, is the introduction of a second shift operated at medium to high temperature in combination with recirculation of steam from the process condensate stripper. Depending on the specific requirement, the second shift catalyst can be SK-501 Flex™ or a copper-based catalyst.

After the shift section, by-products are condensed out together with process condensate. The solution reduces the well-known problem of especially methanol entering the CO 2 removal section in conventional process layouts.

The process condensate and washing water, which contains the shift byproducts, flows to a process condensate

stripper that strips off practically all shift by-products.

The stripper steam containing the shift by-products is recycled to the inlet of the high temperature shift section.

Less and smaller equipment reduce cost From a cost perspective, it is critically important to stay within commercially available standard sizes for equipment and piping, no matter the size of the plant.

Exceeding standards limits the number of possible vendors and increases cost.

SynCOR Ammonia™ operates at a steam-to-carbon ratio of 0.6, which reduces steam throughput by 80% compared to conventional plants. In combination with an inert-free ammonia synthesis, this makes it possible to significantly reduce the size of piping and equipment throughout the plant.

It also enables the use of a single ammonia converter operating at single pressure.

The process uses a standard commercial CO 2 removal unit. However, the CO 2 absorber is relatively smaller than for conventional design because nitrogen is added further downstream.

After the CO 2 removal section, remaining CO 2 and H 2O is removed in a synthesis gas drier unit. Then CH 4, Ar and CO is removed in a nitrogen wash, in which N 2 is admitted to the synthesis gas to adjust the hydrogen-to-nitrogen ratio to the level required by the ammonia synthesis. The result is an inert-free synthesis gas, which makes methanation, purge gas ammonia wash, and hydrogen recovery units obsolete and significantly reduces sizes of high-pressure equipment and piping.

Furthermore, less power for recycling compressors is needed. The simplified process scheme translates directly into CAPEX and OPEX savings.

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Figure 1: Simplified process sheet of Topsoe’s SynCOR Ammonia™ plant

The inert-free synthesis loop uses a single S-300 ammonia converter in a standard, well-proven Topsoe ammonia synthesis loop with single pressure level.

The required converter size is already referenced.

Figure 1 shows the main process steps, and Table 1 provides a comparison of the main differences between a conventional plant and SynCOR Ammonia™.

steam reforming capacities and becomes the preferred choice at large capacities because of its referenced single line capacity above 3,500 MTPD and significant economies of scale.

steam throughput, inert-free ammonia synthesis, and reduced sizes of piping and equipment. Due to the differences in scaling exponents and CAPEX

Production cost in large-scale single train plants is reduced by a combination of attractive scaling exponent, reduced

increasingly competitive the higher the capacity and the result can be two-digit savings per ton in production cost.

cost, SynCOR Ammonia™ becomes

Economies of scale The scaling exponent relating to the CAPEX cost of a plant has huge impact on economies of scale and Total Cost of Ownership in the plant’s lifetime.

SynCOR™ has a very advantageous scaling exponent in comparison with conventional tubular steam reforming and is referenced within the full capacity range to above 6,000 MTPD ammonia. Tubular steam reforming is beyond reference above 3,500 MTPD. See Figure 2 for a comparison.

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Figure 2: Comparison between steam methane reformer (SMR) vs. SynCOR Ammonia™

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Table 1: The Main differences between a conventional SMR based plant and SynCOR Ammonia

Environment and Safety SynCOR Ammonia™ significantly improves environmental impact, personal safety and process reliability and has the potential to bring down the number of lost production days.

The overall energy consumption figures for SynCOR Ammonia™ is up to 3% lower than for conventional designs. In addition, electric power for the air separation unit can be obtained from sustainable energy sources, which will reduce CO 2 emissions per ton of product considerably. The total reduction of CO 2 emissions from natural gas firing and sustainable power sources amount to 30%, when assuming 100% conversion into urea.

NOx emissions are more than 50% lower compared to conventional tubular steam reforming plants.

Another safety benefit is gained from the SK-501 Flex™ catalyst because it is completely free from chromium, most notably the highly toxic hexavalent chromium found in all iron-based high temperature shift catalysts in the market.

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during product handling, operation and disposal.

Key benefits of SynCOR™ in ammonia production

Ammonia producers can also achieve cost reductions as well as safety benefits from the high degree of automation in the SynCOR Ammonia™ process. The difference in fieldwork from large scale tubular reforming can be as much as two to three persons in favor of SynCOR™.

Automation enables remote operation that can lead to fewer human errors and higherefficiency.

• Significant economies of scale – single trains at large capacities

The autothermal reactor itself requires no fieldwork during operation, and, typically, a simple plant walk-through per work shift is all that is needed to perform surface monitoring. Alternatively, camera surveillance can replace this.

SynCOR Ammonia™ incorporates a complete integrated Safety Integrated System (SIS), which guides plant operators and ensures safe operation at all times. The number of Lost Time Incidents is reduced, simply because less people are prone to accidents. Fieldwork is turned into control room work with more time spent proactively optimizing performance. The result is a higher general safety level and a better bottom line.

• More than 3% lower operational expenses – 3% lower energy consumption • Reduced environmental impact – up to 30% lower CO 2 emissions, more than 50% lower NOx emissions, and up to 50% reduction of make-up water consumption • Increased safety – high degree of automation reduces manual fieldwork significantly

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“Satara Plant will allow us to expand service offering in India, while strengthening our commitment to local manufacturing and support” Advancements in valve industry have enabled manufacturers in the pharmaceutical industry to improve their manufacturing capabilities through maximising uptime, reducing overall cost of equipment ownership, and lowering maintenance costs. These benefits extend throughout the value chain in the form of financial returns and increased maintenance resources, all of which result in better patient care. Alex Alcala, President; Andrew Powell - Vice President / General Manager; and Hari Jinaga, MD and India President, CRANE ChemPharma in an interaction with Pharma Bio World elucidates technologies and trends in the valve industry and how can these developments favorably impact operational performance in the pharmaceutical manufacturing industry.

Please do give our readers a brief picture of your group’s product portfolio and the markets you serve?

Crane ChemPharma & Energy designs and manufacturers a comprehensive portfolio of highly-engineered valves, actuators, lined pipe, fittings, hoses, air operated diaphragms and peristaltic pumps, enabling us to provide the right product for the right application.

Our products are capable of serving the most demanding corrosive, erosive and high-purity applications across the chemical, biopharm, power, oil & gas and refining industries. Specifically, within the biopharm industry, the new Satara site of Crane India will be a key source of our local Saunders® HC4 products.

The Saunders® HC4 Aseptic product range incorporates a wide platform of forged twoway, standard and custom machined block body solutions, actuators and sensors designed to meet increasing demands for hygienic performance and regulatory compliance in Life Science process and utility applications.

What are your views on the global industrial valves market and the policy & regulatory landscape of the industry in India?

The Pharmaceutical industry has been a catalyst for change in terms of drug discovery and development. The introduction of new medicines, vaccines and medical tools, coupled with the tightening of global standards is revolutionizing the industry and improving the quality of life for many 34 • May 2018

patients around the world. That’s why it’s important that the quality of pharmaceutical manufacturing be beyond reproach, as mistakes and problems have the potential to impact life. Through initiatives like PAT (Process Analytical Technology) and QbD (Quality by Design), we’ve seen a keener focus on quality improvement and the incorporation of smart equipment by pharma manufacturers, enabling such benefits as data acquisition over an industrial network.

The diaphragm valve industry is one that has experienced a major shift toward smart technology in the creation of new accessories that, in conjunction with aseptic valves, offer unparalleled control, resulting in a solid and reliable manufacturing process.

Innovation has been the recurring theme in your approach towards market. What are the most significant innovations or the unique strategies your business has brought into the market? Especially in India.

Saunders® was founded on the bases of innovation when P.K. Saunders invented the first diaphragm valve in 1929. Since then, we have remained a key player in the evolution of high purity valve technology.

To answer the call for smart components, we have developed a suite of automation products called the SaundersVUE that adds intelligence to a diaphragm valve, offering new possibilities to our customers in the Life Sciences industry. Designed on a platform that maximizes plant efficiency by eliminating false alarms and reducing set up times, SaundersVUE valve sensors are designed to provide positive and accurate confirmation of

diaphragm valve positioning, while delivering diagnostics for continuous monitoring and preventive maintenance. The suite consists of the Saunders I-VUE intelligent valve sensor, and the more compact Saunders M-VUE that offers one-step contactless valve and sensor calibration in 3 minutes.

Both have their own features that make them applicable for various applications.

CRANE ChemPharma Flow Solutions is inaugurating the new aseptic diaphragm valve factory in Satara. Tell us more about this endeavor and how will this move put company in a stronger position in the market?

The new factory in Satara will be 100 per cent dedicated to Saunders® HC4 aseptic diaphragm valves and actuators. It is an incredibly important move for Crane because it will allow us to expand our service offering in India, while strengthening our commitment to local manufacturing and support. The facilities that have been built are best-in-class, we’ve installed state of the art machines and software and set up world-class fabrication cells to ensure our products maintain the quality Crane is known for.

We know CRANE ChemPharma Flow Solutions continues to evolve. What are the main strategies you adopted to maintain company’s current position in the Indian valves market?

Since 2015, Crane ChemPharma & Energy has invested more than USD 6 Million in India. We have established local Chemical Engineering World

Features CEW manufacturing locations for several key products, including the Duo-Chek and our complete range of butterfly valves which includes Resilient Seated up to 48 inches and the Flowseal HPBV up to 24 inches.

We’ve also transferred the IDV product center to this market and are now opening this world-class HC4 aseptic valves factory.

What in your opinion are the major factors responsible for the growth penetration of the aseptic valves market in India?

It definitely comes down to the quality and range of our offering and the ability to meet or exceed customer lead times. It’s an incredibly important aspect of our industry and by establishing a local manufacturing and support system, we are better positioned to ensure faster delivery, quick response and knowledgeable local technical assistance here in India.

What would you consider the most relevant issues which need to be discussed in the aseptic valves market at the moment? How do you think the markets are responding to this new structure?

As mentioned earlier, the newer technologies available today have paved the way for intelligent sensing, automation and smart technology to be used in the aseptic valve space. Developing these products while maintaining safety and fugitive emissions standards is key. Present in every fluid processing application, the impact of fugitive emissions on the environment is a global issue and regulatory agencies are placing significant focus on reducing them, and with good reason. It’s important that customers and manufacturers work together to ensure the right products are being used for the right application to minimize emissions as much as possible.

Finally, what can your markets expect in the future from CRANE ChemPharma Flow Solutions?

Crane strives to make continuous investments in strategically important regions like India, and it’s something that we as a whole will continue to do globally. Furthermore, Crane Co. is a stable business with a strong brand portfolio that is recognized for quality and reliability. We’ve been in business for over 160 years and we have many trusted brands and products, some that have been in operation for more than 70 years. We are a company that has been here and will continue to be for years to come, and our customers can be confident that when they partner with Crane, they are doing so with a company that has a global presence but a local mindset, building a strong network of application expertise, local inventory and specialized support.

Crane Welcomes Over 300 Industry Stakeholders to New Aspetic Valve Factory in Satara for Day-Long Inaugruarion Event On May 10 over 300 industry professionals including Customers and Distributors, attended the inauguration ceremony of the new Crane Saunders Aseptic Valves factory in Satara, India, hosted by Crane Process Flow Technologies India Private Limited and ChemPharma & Energy, Saunders®, businesses of Crane Co. This day-long event included a luncheon and tour of the new plant that is completely dedicated to Saunders® HC4 products. The factory was inaugurated by Mr. Andrew Powell, the VPGM of Saunders, in presence of Mr. Hari Jinaga, President of Crane India, Mr. Alex Alcala, President of Crane CP&E, and Mr. Mark Youssef, the President of Crane MEA. “Crane has maintained operations in India for over 25 years and it’s important to us that we continue to invest in the community and increase the ways in which we provide local support,” said Hari Jinaga, President, Crane India. “The facilities that have been built here in Satara are best-in-class; we’ve installed state of the art machines and software and set up world-class fabrication cells to ensure our products maintain the quality Crane is known for.”

Some of the new features and capabilities of the new site include: • State of the art 5-Axis CNC Machining Centers providing full capability to produce multi-weir block valve technology • A new Inspection Station where surface roughness, dimensional and borescopy controls ensure adherence to global standards • A new Fabrication Cell using both automated (Orbital) and manual (TIG) certified welding processes, WPS (Welding Procedure Specification ) and PQR (Procedure Qualification Record), as well as ASME Section 9 Qualified Welders • Washing & Laser Marking cells for better cleaning capabilities and permanent serial valve marking for lifelong traceability of every valve • Separate Assembly cells for 2-way valve assembly and block valve assembly in a controlled atmosphere to ensure maximum cleanliness during production • Foam Packing cell with advanced machinery to ensure consistent and quality packing and eliminate transit damage to the product • Material Replenishment System for improved parts inventory management further supporting the reduction of lead times for all aseptic valve products Earlier that same day, the guests joined Mr. Jinaga, as well as Alex Alcala and Mark Youssef, among other members of the company’s leadership, for a ground-breaking ceremony of the Crane-sponsored Maher Home for Disadvantaged Children.

“In partnership with local NGO Maher, Crane is pleased to be a part of this initiative through the purchase support of the land and construction of the hostel at Satara that will become a safe-haven for 50 local children,” said Hari Jinaga.

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How Two Petrochemical Plants Improved Level and Flow Measurement

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anaging petrochemical plants requires monitoring a variety of complex processes. Preventing accidents is a key concern, as well as ensuring that no product is lost and that the highest quality is maintained. The level and flow instrumentation used to monitor these processes often makes a significant impact on plant efficiency and safety.

Magnetrol produces a wide range of level and flow instrumentation that can be used in petrochemical plants. this article shares the stories of two plants that improved their petrochemical production and better monitored their facilities by using MAGNETROL products.

Case Study #1: Not All Guided Wave Radar is Created Equal One of the world’s largest oil and gas and petrochemical companies was having problems with multiphase applications involving hydrocarbon level with water

bottoms and gas vapour space. Guided wave radar (GWR) technology was introduced to monitor these applications.

However, the GWR devices selected did not produce a reliable signal throughout the measurement range, and the dynamics of the interface made it difficult to distinguish between the upper level and the water below. There was a threat of loss of primary containment (LOPC) due to these measurement errors.

MAGNETROL pioneered GWR technology for level measurement and its latest device, the Eclipse Model 706, is considered the highest performing GWR level transmitter on the market. The ECLIPSE Model 706 was tested side-by-side with multiple GWR competitors for both top level and interface measurements and it was proven to be best-in-class. The ECLIPSE 706 tracked level up to the device’s flanged process connection, above 100% level, with no dead zones or blind spots at the top of the probe. It prevented LOPC by tracking the top hydrocarbon level through the vapour

A Thermatel TA2 monitoring gas flow in a petrochemical plant.

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space and also measured the interface (water bottom) due to the superior signal strength. In summary, it was the only device tested that could produce reliable measurements with a completely dry probe, a probe having only one of the two process media present, and under varying interface conditions.

Case Study #2: Measuring Blanketing Gas to Reduce Cost An oil and gas and petrochemical company in China required nitrogen tank blanketing for their flammable liquid containment.

Monitoring the nitrogen was essential to account for leakage and verify flow going into the vapour space of the tanks.

Due to the number of tanks, the gas flow was monitored to find the right balance between the necessary nitrogen usage and potential cost savings.

MAGNETROL recommended its Thermatel TA2 thermal mass flow meters to monitor the nitrogen for tank blanketing. The meters came fully calibrated and configured so the company could simply install them and power up. THERMATEL TA2 flow meters are very effective in extreme low gas pressures, such as in tank blanketing applications. In addition, total cost of ownership was reduced with calibration verification procedures that could be performed in the field. Since calibrations can cost tens of thousands of dollars and cause process downtime or loss of measurement, this saved money and increased efficiency for the company. ◘ Magnetrol International 705 Enterprise St, Aurora IL 60504-8149, U.S.A. Tel: +1 630-969-4000 E-mail: info@magnetrol.com Chemical Engineering World

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B&R India launches enhanced customer support Dedicated hotline ensures high quality support and accelerated response times B&R India has launched World Class Support – a dedicated support hotline that will serve as a single point of contact for its customers nationwide. Customers served by B&R India headquarters in Pune and its six branch offices will now have a single number to call, ensuring that they receive a consistently high level of support with the fastest possible response times. “We are proud of the best-in-class service and support we offer our customers,” says Jhankar Dutta, Managing Director of B&R India. “Our World Class Support hotline will further enhance our customers’ experience, in turn enabling them to offer their customers faster service and reduced machine downtime.”

Just a call away B&R’s online Support Portal allows customers worldwide to create and track support requests and share support documentation via the B&R website. With the new hotline, customers of B&R India also benefit from streamlined telephone support from a local team of experts. “Our highly qualified support team is committed to our customers’ success and has the expertise it takes to help them gain a competitive edge in their market,” says Ravishankar Gawhade, head of national support, B&R India.

The number for the World Class Support hotline is +91 83 80 800 008.

About B&R B&R is an innovative automation company with headquarters in Austria and offices all around the world. On July 6, 2017, B&R became a business unit of the ABB Group. As a global leader in industrial automation, B&R combines state-of-the-art technology with advanced engineering to provide customers in virtually every industry with complete solutions for machine and factory automation, motion control, HMI and integrated safety technology. With Industrial IoT communication standards like OPC UA, POWERLINK and openSAFETY as well as the powerful Automation Studio software development environment, B&R is constantly redefining the future of automation engineering.

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of industri-al automation is driven by a commitment to simplifying processes and exceeding customer expectations.

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Data acquisition, evaluation and transmission to the cloud B&R presents powerful Edge Controller at Hannover Messe A single device to acquire data, evaluate it and send it to the cloud – that’s now possible with B&R’s Edge Controller. The powerful industrial PC can even be used for big data analysis and machine learning, while at the same time serving as a full-fledged industrial controller.

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&R’s Edge Controller is based on the robust Automation PC 910, whose high-performance variant is equipped with an Intel XEON processor able to handle resource-intensive tasks like machine learning. The Edge Controller runs a hardened operating system – a commercial Linux variant with guaranteed long-term support. Cloud transmission occurs via MQTT.

Full-fledged industry controller B&R Hypervisor makes it possible to simultaneously run a real-time operating system on the Edge Control-ler. That turns the edge device into a full-fledged industrial controller with cycle times in the submillisecond range. An unlimited number of I/O modules or controllers can be connected

via the POWERLINK Industrial Ethernet protocol, OPC UA or other fieldbus systems.

In the future, this will also be possible with OPC UA TSN. The Edge Controller makes it possible to acquire data, evaluate it and then send it to the cloud.

About B&R B&R is an innovative automation company with headquarters in Austria and offices all around the world. On July 6, 2017, B&R became a business unit of the ABB Group.

As a global leader in industrial automation, B&R combines state-of-the-art technology with advanced engineering to provide customers in virtually every industry with complete solutions for machine and factory automation, motion control, HMI and integrated safety technology. With Industrial IoT communication standards like OPC UA, POWERLINK and openSAFETY as well as the powerful Automation Studio software development environment, B&R is constantly redefining the future of automation engineering. The innovative spirit that keeps B&R at the forefront of industri-al automation is driven by a commitment to simplifying processes and exceeding customer expectations.

For details Contact : B&R Industrial Automation Corporate Communications t +43 7748 6586-0 press@br-automation.com B&R-Strasse 1, 5142 Eggelsberg, Austria Website: www.br-automation.com

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Just the right dose of intelligence Nothing herein shall constitute an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy. The ACOPOStrak product is not available for sale into the United States of America until September 2018.

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ybrid transport makes personalized mass production profitable

At the Hannover Messe, B&R showed for the first time how ACOPOStrak can be combined with convention-al conveyor belts. This brings the flexibility of the intelligent ACOPOStrak track system together with the low cost of a conveyor system – the perfect recipe for more cost-effective mass customization.

Seamless shuttle hand-off One intelligent station on the path through the production line is all it takes to create a mass customized product.

Product transport is handled almost entirely by low-cost conveyor belts – except for the one sta-tion where the

products are personalized. That’s where the intelligent ACOPOStrak comes into play. Since both systems use the same guide rails, the transitions between them are seamless.

The intelligent ACOPOStrak transport system combines perfectly with conventional conveyors.

Mass customization for brownfield plants

B&R is an innovative automation company with headquarters in Austria and offices all around the world. On July 6, 2017, B&R became a business unit of the ABB Group.

As a global leader in industrial automation, B&R combines state-of-the-art technology with advanced engineering to provide customers in virtually every industry with complete solutions for machine and factory automation, motion control, HMI and integrated safety technology. With Industrial IoT communication standards like OPC UA, POWERLINK and openSAFETY as well as the powerful Automation Studio software development environment, B&R is constantly redefining the future of automation engineering. The innovative spirit that keeps B&R at the forefront of industri-al automation is driven by a commitment to simplifying processes and exceeding customer expectations.

ACOPOStrak combines the motor and electronics into a single unit with the power electronics and a powerful processor integrated right in the motor housing. No additional inverters or motion control units are re-quired, making the intelligent transport system extremely compact. Thanks to the modular design, it is easy to integrate ACOPOStrak segments of various lengths into an existing plant.

Mass customization done economically:

About B&R

For details Contact : B&R Industrial Automation Corporate Communications t +43 7748 6586-0 press@br-automation.com B&R-Strasse 1, 5142 Eggelsberg, Austria Website: www.br-automation.com Chemical Engineering World

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Hunting for Hazards Leaving no stone unturned, no nook or corner unchecked, till we identify all hazards that threaten our installation or personnel or public

Introduction The need for process safety expertise is ever increasing and a growing challenge in the hydrocarbon, petrochemicals and chemicals industry across the globe.

Especially in India, the energy demands over the past decade have seen an exponential growth in the hydrocarbon and allied sectors. USPT&M-Energy Division is providing their expertise to meet the growing needs of the Indian industry.

Hazard and Operability (HAZOP) Study.

HAZARD AND OPERABILITY STUDY (HAZOP'S) is a systematic procedure of identifying HAZARDs; it is carried out by a small and experienced team of engineers from various disciplines

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such as: operations, maintenance, instrumentation, electrical etc, vendor representative for package units. The HAZOP study can be conducted at various stages during the life cycle of the project; ideally it should be carried out on preliminary design process flow sheets, in order identify to potential risks at an early stage. Once the PIDs are ready (issued for client review, rev0), they should be HAZOPed before engineering commences, (issued for engineering status). These PIDs can be 'issued for HAZOP' as a good practice. The next stage for HAZOP is before construction commences on site, (issued for construction status). Finally, the HAZOP must be done on as-built status PIDs. HAZOP stands for Hazard and Operability study. HAZOP uses a

set of process parameters and guide words to develop the deviations from the design intent. It then relies on the team members to identify credible causes for the deviation, followed by consequences emanating from the deviation and then assess the adequacy of the safeguards.

If the safeguards are not adequate, it allows for recommendations to be made. In recent years, the industry is moving towards quantification; in this direction, the high criticality scenarios are developed further in a LOPA (layers of protection analysis) study to do a semi-qualitative assessment of the protection layers and provide any safety instrumented system that may need to be implemented. Knowledge and expertise in hazards identification

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reputed customers such as Indian Oil, HMEL, GAIL, RIL etc etc.

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is essential in reducing risk to “As Low As Reasonably Practical” (ALARP) level, for existing installations or new projects.

A good and thorough Hazop study is vital for effective risk identification and mitigation. Organizations can ensure good Hazop quality by developing Hazop skills of their professionals.

Layers of Protection Analysis (LOPA) IEC 61511-1 requires determination of safety function and safety integrity requirements. A number of alternative techniques are given in IEC 61511-3.

One of the techniques selected is LOPA (Layers of Protection Analysis) as the most suitable and widely used in the Oil & Gas industry. LOPA means layers of protection analysis. The method starts with data developed in the Hazard and Operability study (HAZOP) and accounts for each identified hazard by documenting the initiating cause and the protection layers that prevent or mitigate the hazard. The total amount of risk reduction can then be determined and need for more risk reduction Chemical Engineering World

analysed. If additional risk reduction is required and if it is to be provided in the form of a Safety instrumented Function (SIF), LOPA methodology allows the determination of the appropriate Safety Integrity Level (SIL) for the SIF. The safety lifecycle defined in IEC 61511-1 requires the determination of a safety integrity level for the design of a safetyinstrumented function. The information required for the LOPA is contained in the data collected and developed in the HAZOP Study. The serious consequences in the HAZOP report generally is entered in the impact event in the LOPA sheets and each causes are entered in the column of initiating cause.

About USPT&M – Energy Division USPT&M started the ‘ENERGY DIVISION’ in July 2009 with the objective to provide knowledge based technically innovative services to the hydrocarbon industry including; – plant modelling and process simulation, process safety and loss prevention, process engineering, and technical trainings to the various

Mr. Umesh Goel is having vast experience of 26 years in the domain of Oil& Gas Industry. He has worked with reputed organization such as Bechtel London, Air Liquide-France, Axens India, Lurgi India, etc. Later in 2009, Mr. Umesh Goel relocated to India and started the energy division of his family company, USP Trading and Manufacturing P Ltd. Mr Goel is an alumnus of IFP/ENSPM Paris, France.

Copyright © 2018 USP Trading and Manufacturing Pvt Ltd -Energy Division -All Rights Reserved.

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Indexing plungers for ultimate demands in terms of corrosion resistance, hygiene and material quality

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orrosion resistance, hygiene and material quality are properties which are highly appreciated in the pharmaceutical industry, food industry, in hospital engineering, fresh water supply and waste- water engineering, the aerospace industry, conveyor engineering and in machine and plant construction.

For these industries ELESA+GANTER’s standard machine elements has added to its product range of index plunger models GN 613 / GN 617 and GN 617.1 the design variant with stainless steel knob the first “all stainless steel index plunger“.

The GN 613 indexing plungers have no collar and boast extremely small

dimensions, designed to absorb axial forces in their end position.

The GN 617 and GN 617.1 indexing plungers are each fitted with a collar, with the GN 617.1 indexing plunger featuring an additional indexing lock. These are used if the index pin is temporarily not allowed to protrude. To engage, the knob is turned by 90° after pulling out.

An index notch prevents the disengaged knob inadvertently turning back under the impact of vibrations.

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Products CEW End-suction Centrifugal Pump Strength, efficiency and reliability are the hall mark of MBH end suction centrifugal pump range.

These powerful single stage pumps are designed to work hard in most demanding building and industrial environments, where only the fittest pumps can survive in the long run. All pumps are designed to comply with DIN 24255 and ISO 2858. Over the years the pumps have been carefully optimised and refined to offer unsurpassed energy efficiency and performance.

The impressive range of MBH end-suction pump is compatible with an array of application areas including water intake; HVAC; cooling towers; general process water; cold and hot water transfer; fire fighting; industrial liquid transfer; filter systems and ultra filtration. Pumps supplied with special HVAC controller as well as VFD. For details contact: MBH Pumps (Gujarat) Pvt Ltd Plot No: 14, GIDC Indl Estate Naroda, Ahmedabad, Gujarat 382 330 Tel: 079-22823066, 22821018 E-mail: marketing@mbhpumps.com

Tri-Clover Gaskets Tri-Clover Gaskets are used for connecting two pipes in food and drug plant. Tri-Clover Gasket is available in Food Grade Silicon, Food Grade Viton, Food Grade EPDM, etc. It can be supplied in different sizes upon request.

Tri-Clover Gaskets is made from Platinum-cured Silicone Rubber, Fluoro Elastomer (FKM), EPDM and PTFE. It conforms to FDA 21 CFR.177.2600 and USP Class VI requirements. It is Animal Derived Ingredient Free. Silicone Tri-Clover Gaskets are available with collar for better grip and also without collar. It is available in red/orange/white and transparent colour.

Imaclamp has different types like T/C gaskets, Mesh T/C gaskets, PTFE Envelop gaskets, Sensor T/C gaskets and Validation T/C gaskets.

For details contact: Ami Polymer Pvt Ltd 319 Mahesh Indl Estate, Opp: Silver Park Mira-Bhayander Road Mira Road (E), Thane Maharashtra 401 104 Tel: 022-28555107, 28555631, 28555914 E-mail: mktg@amipolymer.com

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Sunmill Wet

Liquid Analysis The Sunmill wet is a conical screen mill. A high speed rotating impeller forces the product through the perforation of fixed cone shaped screen. The product discharged from the bottom of the mill is reduced in size. It is GMP compliance with low heat, low dust and low noise.

Available in R&D Models SMW 500 and Production Models MW 1000 and SMW 2000.

For details contact: Sunsai Pharma Eqpt Pvt Ltd Plot No: 1, Survey No: 77 Nr Laxmi Indl Estate Sativali Road, Vasai (E), Thane Maharashtra 401 208 Tel: 0250-3200130 E-mail: sunsai.pharma@rediffmail.com sunsaipharma@gmail.com or Circle Readers’ Service Card 03

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Liquiline is the platform for all liquid analysis applications. It forms the basis of their ultra modern transmitters, samplers and analysers.

Liquiline CM14, the four-wire transmitter for pH/ORP, conductivity and oxygen, is an instrument used for straight forward measuring tasks. The compact design of the Liquiline CM14 makes it suitable for use in panels or control cabinets, and it is a particularly attractive solution for plant manufacturers.

For details contact: Endress+Hauser (India) Pvt Ltd 7B, 7th Floor, Godrej One Pirojshanagar, Vikhroli (E) Mumbai 400 079 Tel: 022-30236100 Fax: 91-022-30236219 E-mail: info@in.endress.com or Circle Readers’ Service Card 04

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CEW Products Centrifugal End Suction Pumps MBH Pumps offers stateof-the-art fire pumpset with diesel engine or motor driven horizontal end-suction pump. These pumpsets are typically used in fire fighting applications for supplying water to fire hose reels, fire hydrants or sprinkler systems.Pumps have a discharge up to 2,900 USgpm and the head range up to 230 psi. These fire pumpsets meet or exceed the requirements of NFPA20.

Installations of these pumpsets would ensure the safety of human life, buildings, expensive plants and equipment. The fire pumpset typically consists of the following equipment: pump, motor or diesel engine assembled with cooling, fuel, battery and exhaust systems; fire pump controller; suction and discharge gauge; air relief valve; and common base plate.

For details contact: MBH Pumps (Gujarat) Pvt Ltd Plot No: 14, GIDC Indl Estate Naroda, Ahmedabad, Gujarat 382 330 Tel: 079-22823066, 22821018 E-mail: marketing@mbhpumps.com

Fluid Bed Dryer The fluid bed drying involves fast drying, cooling and agglomeration of particulate wet materials.

It is ideal for heat sensitive and non-heat sensitive products. Available Models from 2 to 1,200 litre working capacity.

Batch type drying of bed of solid particles are fluidized by passing a stream of clean and hot air upward in closed chamber. Single piece construction with integrated retarding expansion chamber-cum-filter bag housing, built-in explosion vents and isolation valve protect equipment.Optional features include double scan inlet air AHU, HEPA filtration, steam, gas or electric heating, solid flow detection, silencer, scrubber, PLC controls and explosion-proof, etc.

For details contact: Prism Pharma Machinery Plot No: 3713, Phase IV, GIDC, Vatva Ahmedabad, Gujarat 382 445 Tel: 079-29095204 Fax: 91-079-25841623 E-mail: mkt@prismpharmamachinery.com sales@prismpharmamachinery.com

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Vacuum Packaging Machines

The range of PVDF includes a complete series of ball valves, butterfly valves, diaphragm valves, check valves, pipes and fittings for heat socket welding to be used in the construction of process lines and service lines to convey industrial fluids in the operating temperature range from -40 oC to 140 oC. The entire range is produced in Solef resins by SOLVAY SA classified according to ASTM D 3222 and compliant with requirements stated in ISO/WD 10931 for the use of PVDF pipeline systems in industrial processes.

For details contact: Aliaxis Utilities and Industry Pvt Ltd Plot No: L-148 & 149 Verna Indl Estate Verna, Goa 403 722 Tel: 0832-6691500, 6691515 E-mail: info@aliaxis.in sales.fip@aliaxis.in or Circle Readers’ Service Card 07

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Vacuum packaging removes air from the pouch and seals it in an airtight manner. Vacuum packaging extends the shelf life and helps preserve the quality of the product. Sevana’s vacuum packaging machines are equipped with microprocessor-based digital controls and are sensor-based for accuracy. Sevana’s machines have optional facility to flush inert gas or multiple gases for modified atmosphere packaging.

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Mini Pleat HEPA Filters

The plate heat exchanger consists of a plate stack composed of advantageously circular grooved plates, welded together. The clearances between the plates form flow ducts for flows of a heat supplying medium and a heat receiving medium. The plates are provided with holes which form inlet and outlet channels for the flows of the heat transfer media. Atleast one of the holes on the plates is located substantially in the center of the plate. The plate heat exchanger operates on the cross-flow principle. When the plate heat exchanger is provided with a partly opened mantle which connects the end plates together and the central channel is provided with a partly opened pipe to control the flows, the plate heat exchanger is made to function both on the counter flow principle and the forward flow principle. The outside air and the inside air are completely separate from each other.

For clean room technology with advance features, DYNA X line mini pleat filters have an energy cost saving, characteristics. Dyna Filters’ minipleat filters have much airflow with less pressure drop. The filter media used is of high quality glass fibre paper with various dust extraction or penetration efficiencies. Due to its structure and composition the media is temperature and moisture resistant. It finds application in laminar flow for clean benches and other clean room equipment, clean room applications, pharma and chemical research laboratories, nuclear industry, food processing industry and microbiology.

It finds application in ventilation systems, industrial ventilation systems and adiabatic cooling.

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For details contact: Dyna Filters Pvt Ltd Plot No: 14 & 15 Ramtekdi Indl Estate Hadapsar, Pune Maharashtra 411 028 Tel: 020-66067500 Fax: 91-020-26877955 E-mail: dynafilt@vsnl.com or Circle Readers’ Service Card 10

Monitoring Solutions for Utilities LumaSense Technologies, Inc offers solutions for utilities. Industry professionals can get a first-hand look at sensors that connect to software platforms to gather, visualize, and analyze data to monitor and extend the life of their assets. LumaSense’s portfolio features a wide range of technologies suited for Transmission and Distribution (T&D) applications, including fiber optics, pyrometers, gas sensors and thermal imaging systems.

For continuous, online monitoring of dissolved gases found in insulating oil of transformers and load tap changers, LumaSense suggests the SmartDGA system. This solution is cost-effective and based on proven, non-dispersive infrared (NDIR) technology to use industry standards to detect changes in gas rates, ratios and values.

Implement automated, remote monitoring of substation assets using thermal imaging with the ThermalSpection 724 (TS724DV) system. Designed specifically for substations, this solution allows utilities to identify thermal abnormalities within electrical substations using high resolution cameras. LumaSense is the leader in Fiber Optic Technology, offering LumaSMART for transformer winding hot spot monitoring. This Fluropotic sensing system is the most advanced and reliable real-time monitoring solution available.For Sulphur Hexafloride (SF6) leak detection, the Innova 3731 provides highly reliable, high sensitivity SF6 area monitoring. This solution is based on highly accurate and repeatable Photoacoustic Spectroscopy (PAS) technology for an unmatched combination of performance and convenience.

For details contact: LumaSense Inc Lorenzstraße 29 76135 Karlsruhe, Germany Tel: +49 (69) 97373198, +49 (0) 721 98 77 93 17 Fax: +49 (69) 97373167, +49 (0) 721 98 77 93 11 E-mail: s.schiepe@lumasenseinc.com or Circle Readers’ Service Card 11 24

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CEW Products Vertical Blender

SS Storage Vessels Vertical blender is available in standard cGMP and customised models with SS-304/316/316L contact parts.

An asymmetrical contilevered machinery with a single helix.

The helix will self-rotate and the screw arm’s revolution complete convection, cutting and diffusion to achieve mixing.

It has a modern PLC with manual operating system.

It can be applied in mixing, reaction, drying and cooling of materials.

Small amount of liquid can be atomised and sprayed.

Available in batch capacities ranging from 50 to 5,000 kgs as per clients requirements, depend on bulk density.

For details contact: IPEC Engg Pvt Ltd Plot No: 5175, GIDC, Ankleshwar Gujarat 393 002 Tel: 02646-221175 Telefax: 91-02646-225175 E-mail: md@ipecengg.com / marketing@ipecengg.com or Circle Readers’ Service Card 12

All tanks are designed and manufactured as per GMP guidelines and comply with ASME (BPE) and ASME Section VIII, Div 1 Standards. Capacity varies from 100 to 10,000 litres. All wetted parts are of sanitary SS AISI 316L material and rest is from SS AISI 304. Surfaces are internally electropolished up to 0.4 Ra finish. In house hydro test facility is available. Jackets are tested at up to 6 kg/cm2 pressure and limpets are tested at up to 10 kg/cm2 pressure. Options of electrical immersion heaters/ceramic heaters can be provided. Plain, single/dual jacketed and limped tanks are provided with suitable insulation and SS AISI 304 cladding. Flush nozzles are provided to ensure minimum dead leg. If required all necessary accessories can be provided like dynamic spray ball, steam safety valve assembly, back pressure valve, electrical heat traced vent filter housing with 0.2 micron hydrophobic vent filter, compound pressure gauge, temperature transmitter, level switch, level controller, ball valves, steam inlet valve, steam trap and rupture disk.

For details contact: G T Metals & Tubes 21-B Karnavati Estate, Trikampuro Patiya Vatva, Ahmedabad, Gujarat 382 445 Tel: 079-25895251 E-mail: info@gtfittings.in / info@gtmetalindia.com or Circle Readers’ Service Card 13

ScanArm FARO offers FARO Design ScanArm 2.0, designed to address the demanding challenges and requirements faced by product design and product engineering professionals.

The new Design ScanArm 2.0 delivers up to 25% improved system accuracy compared to the previous generation. Furthermore, productivity is enhanced with the addition of FAROBlu Laser Line Probe HD that incorporates advanced blue laser technology and rapid scanning of up to 600,000 points per second. The FARO Design ScanArm 2.0 is now available in three highly maneuverable arm lengths - 2.5 m, 3.5 m and 4 m - end users can select the option that optimally fits with the specific design objectives for their projects. Furthermore, it includes the option of dual, hot swappable batteries that enable continuous operation wherever needed without the requirement for external power. Users can now bring the scan to the project.

The Design ScanArm 2.0 enables a new level of efficiency with integration of a kinematic intelligent probe system for projects that require contact measurement. This system includes a toolless quick release for fast connect/disconnect and allows operators to quickly transition from contact to non-contact projects without needing to spend any significant additional time and effort to switch out or recalibrate probes.

For details contact: FARO Business Technologies India Pvt Ltd E-12, B-1 Extension Mohan Co-operative Indl Estate Mathura Road, New Delhi 110 044 Tel: 011-46465664, 46465644 E-mail: india@faro.com / amrita.gokhale@faro.com or Circle Readers’ Service Card 15 14

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Vacuum Conveying System

Toshniwal supplies oil-lubricated vacuum pumps. This oil-lubricated vacuum pumps of the TMS Series are single stage,oil-lubricated rotary vane vacuum pumps with oil re-circulation system.The lubricant system is rated for continuous operation of high intake pressures so that the pump may be used in a versatile manner in most rough vacuum applications.

The pumps are used for suction of air also in presence of water vapour and for continuous industrial use. TMS Series pumps are made from high quality materials, has economical features which matches together to achieve high pumping speed over the range of absolute pressure 1,000 mbar0.5 mbar; high water vapour tolerance and low noise level; no pollution; air cooled: built-in anti-suck-back system. The pumping capacities available are 17 m3/hr, 35 m3/hr, 65 m3/hr, 100 m3/hr and 150 m3/hr.

For details contact: Toshniwal Instruments (Madras) Pvt Ltd 267 Kilpauk Garden Road Chennai 600 010 Tel: 044-26448983, 26448558 Fax: 91-044-26441820 E-mail: sales@toshniwal.net

Vacuum is used with great advantage in order to convey dry powder products through dedicated pipe system.

Toshniwal vacuum pump assures vacuum conveying system to help the customer to raise their productivity, especially for the production of food, pharma, chemicals and minerals, etc, who demands the highest possible degree of safety as far as hygiene and operation is concerned.

Features optimized designs for highest possible hygiene and its ease to assemble/disassemble and clean. Modular in design for its easy adaptation for unique production environment.

This reliable low weight system is easy to install, clean, maintain and control, gentle to the material and free from dust is meant for sanitary applications.

For details contact: Toshniwal 267 Kilpauk Garden Road Chennai 600 010 Tel: 044-26445626, 26448983 E-mail: sales@toshniwal.net

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DC-powered Vacuum Lifter

Real-time Microbial Monitor

ARGL-500 DC-powered vacuum lifter is suitable for lifting and transporting of glass elements up to 500-kg. This DC powered vacuum lifter can be used to install windows and large sheets of glass with the aid of forklift, counter balance crane or overhead hoist. On-board DC power systems provide cordfree operation at the job site. Moveable vacuum pads and extension arms allow the ARGL-500 DC-powered vacuum lifter to handle glass of nearly every size and shape.

The BioLaz real-time microbial monitor provides real-time detection of biological organisms in controlled environments used for the manufacture of sterile products. The sensor can be connected directly to pharma Net, FacilitySight or your own software, and is designed to operate unattended for continuous operation. The BioLaz has been independently tested to meet the rigorous requirements of USP <1223> validation of alternative microbiological methods and of EP 5.1.6.

For details contact: Aardwolf Material Handling Solutions Harmara Road, RIICO Indl Area Madanganj-Kishangarh Dist: Ajmer Rajasthan 305 801 E-mail: Gaurav.mathur@aardwolf.co.in or Circle Readers’ Service Card 17

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For details contact: Aimil Ltd Naimex House A-9 Mohan Co-operative Indl Estate Mathura Road New Delhi 110 044 Tel: 011-30810200 Fax: 91-011-26950011 E-mail: info@aimil.com or Circle Readers’ Service Card 15 49 18

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CEW Products Hand Pump Vacuum Lifter

Environmental Air Sampler

This vacuum lifter requires no power or compressed air. For use on site or in factory, especially suitable for horizontal transportation of nonporous, block-shaped or cylindershaped work pieces such as steel plate, glass, aluminium plate and polished marble or granite. According to the size of different work pieces, you can change different vacuum pads. Suitable to work in different conditions such as a place having flammable and combustible gas and dust, slider valve with On and Off position for the attachment of material to vacuum pads and release of material from vacuum pads with acoustic and visual alarm system is independently powered by small 9-V rechargeable battery.

The Air Trace environmental air sampler is a state-of-the-art slitto-agar microbial air sampler. The sampler rotates a 150-mm agar plate through 360o while maintaining the agar plate at a fixed distance from a precision laser-cut slit a critical feature to ensure max validated recovery of impacted organisms on the agar surface. After incubating the place, growth on the medium can be interpreted for exactly when the contamination occurred during sampling, enabling the operator to pin-point a particular event during a process or procedure that may have raised the bioburden to above acceptable limits.

For details contact: Aardwolf Material Handling Solutions Harmara Road, RIICO Indl Area Madanganj-Kishangarh Dist: Ajmer, Rajasthan 305 801 E-mail: Gaurav.mathur@aardwolf.co.in or Circle Readers’ Service Card 19

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Level Indicators Visual level indicators combine up to three functions in one instrument: level indicator, level switch and level transmitter. The display that can be read even over large distances works without energy and automatically as a result of the physical law of liquids in communicating vessels. The WEKA visual level indicators are characterized by their compact design and the wide range of applications. Operating pressures can range from a vacuum up to 500 bar as well as calculation pressures for the float standpipe up to the nominal pressure PN 630. Liquid densities >0.27 g/cm3 as well as a temperature range from 77 K to 673 K (-196OC to 400OC) allow use in applications for cryogenic liquid gases as well as in water hydraulics and steam boilers. Hermetically sealed floats for condensing media are available up to a max operating pressure of 320 bar.

Flexibility through choice of suitable materials - standard materials: 316/316L 1.4435/1.4404, Group A4 stainless austenitic steel.

Other possible stainless austenitic steels: 304/304L 1.4301/1.4306, 1.4571, 321, 1.4541.

The WEKA visual level indicator is ideal for the commissioning of systems. The display works without energy and automatically as a result of the physical law of liquids in communicating vessels. Independent of a controller - and thus also independent in the event of a power supply failure - visual level indication on site is ensured. The wide, red- and silver-colored flag indicator system is easily and clearly readable, even from over large distances. The fully transparent flag indicator system made of polycarbonate (PC) also ensures readability from the side. The liquids, which are not always unproblematic and sometimes also hazardous, are safely enclosed in the dense and pressure-tight float standpipe and separated from the indicator. WEKA visual level indicators offer the ideal solution for almost all operating conditions. For most applications, you will find a suitable device from our standard program. Again and again, however, customized solutions are also required for special operating conditions. Many designs can, eg, also be used in hazardous areas according to ATEX or IECEx (ATEX is a widely used synonym for the ATEX guidelines of the European Union). The designation ATEX is derived from the french abbreviation for atmosphere explosibles. Toshniwal’s instruments can thus also be used in potentially explosive atmospheres. It finds application in explosion-proof plants, mechanical and plant engineering, water management, ship building, energy, space and research.

For details contact Toshniwal Hyvac Pvt Ltd 267 Kilpauk Garden Road, Chennai 600 010 Tel: 044 26445626, 26448983 E-mail: sales@toshniwal.net or Circle Readers’ Service Card 21

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Products CEW Rotocone Vacuum Dryer

Magnetic Mixer

Rotocone vacuum dryer is available in standard cGMP and customised models with SS-304/316/316L contact parts.

Features low drying temperature, fast drying; easy to clean internal surface; continuous vacuum maintenance during process; dust filter is provided to filter solid particles; and cyclone separator to recover the solid particle. Also performs max function due to rotational movement and thereby reducing the processing time.

Suitable size condenser; receiver is provided for solvent recovery.

Available in batch capacities ranging from 50 to 3,000 kg, as per client’s requirements, depend on bulk density.

For details contact: IPEC Engg Pvt Ltd Plot No: 5175, GIDC Ankleshwar, Gujarat 393 002 Tel: 02646-221175 Telefax: 91-02646-225175 E-mail: md@ipecengg.com marketing@ipecengg.com

Magnetic mixer is available in standard cGMP and customised models with SS304/316/316L contact parts.

Vessels other than bioreactors like media preparation, buffer preparation, etc, which are part of the bioprocess require mixing.

Bottom magnetic mixers are used in these types of vessels. The bottom magnetic mixers are similar to the magnetic agitator other than impellers and normally come without a shaft. The magnetic mixer is designed for liquid mixing application and complies with the most stringent cleaning ability and sterilization requirements. Bottom magnetic mixers are totally cleanable and sterilisation in place. This factor is very important in the cGMP compliant.

Magnetic mixers are available in capacities ranging from 50 to 2,000 litres, as per client’s requirements.

For details contact: IPEC Engg Pvt Ltd Plot No: 5175, GIDC Ankleshwar, Gujarat 393 002 Tel: 02646-221175 Telefax: 91-02646-225175 E-mail: md@ipecengg.com / marketing@ipecengg.com

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Powder Transfer System

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Toshniwal has expertise in manufacturing vacuum pump for more than three decades for varied application.

The vacuum conveying technology is a proven method of moving dry bulk solids and powders in a range of applications. It is widely used in food, pharma, chemical and industrial environments. Frequently noted benefits of vacuum conveying systems include cleanliness due to the closed conveying lines, reliability, low noise, simple operation, gentle material transfer with dilute to dense phase conveying, easy-low cost maintenance, lower operating cost and safety.

The most common vacuum conveying systems use a batch process. The transfer line is sealed, a vacuum pump is activated and the process material (powder or granules) is conveyed to a receiving vessel. When the batch is complete, vacuum is released, and the material is dropped or transferred from the receiving vessel to the desired destination. The system is again sealed and vacuum is reintroduced to get the product flowing again. The selection of the vacuum pump is one of the most important elements of the system design. The vacuum pump needs to be able to quickly evacuate air from the line, pull and maintain enough vacuum to induce product movement, and provide a volume of air that is sufficient to transfer all the material needed in a given time.

For details contact: Toshniwal 267 Kilpauk Garden Road, Chennai 600 010 Tel: 044-26448983, 26448558 E-mail: sales@toshniwal.net

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CEW Products Flow Control Valves

Filters & Strainers

Cipriani Harrison’s flow control valves are made from forged SS-316L are highly polished and come standard with FDA EPDM seats and seals. These valves have self-draining machined bodies with a round shape that allows for a minimum resistance to flow. The valve body, yoke and actuator are assembled with clamps enabling quick and easy assembly and disassembly. Available in sizes 1”-2.5” with sanitary clamp and Butt-weld end-connections as standard. The valve is operated by means of a manual handle which moves a conical plug gradually up or down. The plug has a calibrated profile that allows for fine flow control. The plug can be fixed in the desired position with a locking arrangement.

Cipriani Harrison’s filters and strainers are made from SS304 and SS-316, are highly polished and come standard with FDA silicone seals.

These filters and strainers consist of a housing with an inlet and outlet either inline or 90o angle orientation. Inside the housing is the straining element that is fixed in such a way that the product flow is forced through it. This element consists of a backup tube and straining mesh. The housing with the element assembly inside it is then fitted between two stainless steel flanges by means of sanitary clamps and gaskets. These filters/strainers are 3A authorised.

For details contact: Cipriani Harrison Valves Pvt Ltd Sub Plot No: 2, B/s Margin Impex Ltd Nr Phase IV, GIDC Estate V U Nagar, Anand Gujarat 388 121 Tel: 02692-235082, 235182 Fax: 91-02692-236385 E-mail: info@harrisonengineers.com

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Tray Dryer

Total Organic Carbon Analyser The tray drying ovens are used for drying of pharma powders, granules, pigments, foods, bakery and chemical in an effective and economical way by hot air re-circulation.

Tray dryers are available in Models 6, 12, 24, 48, 96 and 192 tray loading capacity. Wetted products dry by hot air circulation in closed insulated chamber. Machine structure inside and outside are made from SS-304 with insulation, and provided air filter and damper at inlet and exhaust.

Optional features includes explosion-proof and PLC controls.

For details contact: Prism Pharma Machinery Plot No: 3713, Phase IV, GIDC, Vatwa Ahmedabad, Gujarat 382 445 Tel: 079-29095204 Fax: 91-079-25841623 E-mail: mkt@prismpharmamachinery.com or Circle Readers’ Service Card 27

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Shimadzu has been the market leader with its technology of TOC analyser which comprises of catalytical combustion followed by nondispersive infrared detector (NDIR).

Being one of the oldest and most recognised TOC in Indian and World Pharma market, the latest Model TOC - L Series brings the same technology for your solution of purified water, water for injection, raw water, cleaning validation and environment sample analysis.

For details contact: Shreedhar Instruments 16 Shreeji Krupa Society Opp: MGVCL Circle Office Next to GMERS Medical College Gotri Road, Vadodara Gujarat 390 023 Telefax: 91-0265-2323041 E-mail: sales@shreedhargroup.com or Circle Readers’ Service Card 28

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Products CEW Rotocone Vacuum Dryer

Benchtop LC-MS Mass Spectrometer The rotocone vacuum dryer is suitable for drying the material which cannot operate at high temperature, easily oxidised, poisonous in nature.

Double cone shape and jacketed container is rotated on slow speed to gently tumbling of products with under the state of vacuum inside the shell, pass heating media into jacket for heating and dries products inside the container on desired temperatures and vaporised steam exhaust from container through vacuum.

The sensitivity, selectivity, flexibility and ease-of-use provided by hybrid quadrupoleOrbitrap mass spectrometers set the standard for screening, quantitation, identification and confirmation of targeted and untargeted compounds. The Thermo Scientific Q Exactive Focus hybrid quadrupole-Orbitrap MS makes this power accessible to environmental, food safety, clinical research, forensic toxicology, and pharma labs challenged by growing sample volumes and constrained by strict budgets.

Vacuumizer closed system with condenser, receiver for solvent recovery. Optional features include solvent receiver system, lumps breaker, PLC controls and FLP.

The Exactive Focus system simplifies method development, saving time and decreasing costs while reliably delivering unsurpassed results.

For details contact: Prism Pharma Machinery Plot No: 3713, Phase IV, GIDC, Vatwa Ahmedabad, Gujarat 382 445 Tel: 079-29095204 Fax: 91-079-25841623 E-mail: mkt@prismpharmamachinery.com sales@prismpharmamachinery.com

For details contact: Thermo Fisher Scientific India Pvt Ltd 102, 104, Delphi ‘C’ Wing Hiranandani Business Park Powai, Mumbai 400 076 Tel: 022-67420404 Fax: 91-022-67429495 E-mail: sagar.chavan@thermofisher.com

Rotocone vacuum dryers are available in Models 10 to 2,000 litre working capacity.

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Vacuum Inlet Traps A broad range of high capacity vacuum inlet traps that protect vacuum pumps in manufacturing processes for HBLEDs and power semiconductors are available from Mass-Vac, Inc of USA. MV Multi-Trap Vacuum Inlet Traps are ideally suited for MOCVD, HVPE, GaN and ALGaN processes that generate high volumes of particulates and condensable byproducts in manufacturing HBLEDs and power semiconductors. Featuring a knock-down stage plus two stages of user-selectable filter elements, these vacuum inlet traps are capable of up to 2,500 in3 of solids accumulation with >99% efficiency for particulates and condensables.

Offered in 25.4 mm, 30.48 mm and 40.64 mm dia models, including a cooling option to facilitate removing condensables, MV Multi-Trap Vacuum Inlet Traps can be designed to accommodate different production processes and pump capacities to 2,000 CFM. They are available with activated alumina or charcoal filter elements for vapours, Sodasorb and other specialized elements for trapping other contaminants.

For details contact: Mass-Vac, Inc 247 Rangeway Rd PO Box 359 No Billerica MA 01862-0359, U.S.A. Tel: (978) 667-2393 Fax: (978) 671-0014 E-mail: drolph@massvac.com or Circle Readers’ Service Card 15 31

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CEW Products High-speed Doors

Mechanical Seals Prime Metallic is ideal for high security applications where speed is important, traffic is frequent and door safety concerns are paramount.

It is distinguished as extremely fast, durable, safe and low maintenance high performance door.

Door panels are made from anodized doubleskinned aluminium alloy with rockwool insulation. Transparent vision panels are available optionally increases visibility and light penetration into the working environment. The fast opening speed and its compact size make it possible to optimise the flow of people, trolleys and vehicles.

It has a heavy duty 400 V 3-phase motor, opening speed of up to 2.5 m/s and size up to 5,000 x 5,000 mm (W x H).

For details contact: Gandhi Automations Pvt Ltd Chawda Commercial Centre Link Road, Malad (W) Mumbai 400 064 Tel: 022-66720200 Fax: 91-022-66720201

Various pieces of rotary or rotating equipment, pumps in particular, depend on mechanical seals to control leakage. Mechanical seals are used anywhere that liquid and gases are transferred by rotating equipment. Pumps are one of the most widely sold pieces of equipment in industry, second only to electric motors. Although some of the small, inexpensive pumps are disposable (ie, automotive water pumps), most pumps require packing or mechanical seals to control leakage between the rotating elements and stationary housings.

Klozure mechanical seals are available in both lip and face seal designs in four primary styles and a wide range of sizes.

Key products include P/S-II lip seal, Syntron RP shaft seal, PK component seal, and GMP-I and GMP-II single and double cartridge seals. All provide sealing solutions for numerous applications in the chemical, pulp and paper, mining and power generation industries.

For details contact: Garlock India Pvt Ltd Plot No: 21, “S” Block, MIDC Bhosari, Pune, Maharashtra 411 026 Tel: 020-30616608 Fax: 91-020-30616699 E-mail: sales.india@garlock.com

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Bearing Isolators

Borehole Pumps

Klozure bearing isolators feature labyrinth design to prevent ingress of contaminants. Key products include MICRO-TEC II and GUARDIAN, both of which employ a patented cam lock design and engineered unitizing ring. These and other Klozure bearing isolators are used extensively in the chemical, pulp and paper, hydrocarbon processing, power generation and many other industries.

SGi bearing isolator unlike regular analogue drives, drives induce shaft voltage that can damage and cause bearings to fail.

Developed to provide electrical insulation.

For details contact: Garlock India Pvt Ltd Plot No: 21, “S” Block, MIDC Bhosari, Pune Maharashtra 411 026 Tel: 020-30616608 Fax: 91-020-30616699 E-mail: sales.india@garlock.com

MBH submersible CAST Series borehole pumps come with the best durability in the market. Due to their careful design, the pumps have the ability to resist sand and other abrasive material encountered in mining and dewatering applications.

The seamless construction and the thickness of all AISI 316/AISI 304 casted SS hydraulic components grant a max resistance to wear and corrosion to all pumps range.

For details contact: MBH Pumps Plot No: 14 GIDC Indl Estate Naroda, Ahmedabad, Gujarat 382 330 Tel: 079-22823066, 22821018 E-mail: marketing@mbhpumps.com

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Blister Machine Solenis offers its new Tapestry Yankee Coating Solutions to help tissue makers produce a consistently reliable Yankee coating while improving manufacturing performance and controlling operational costs.

A reliable Yankee coating is essential for the efficient operation of a tissue machine.

The Solenis Tapestry Yankee Coating Solutions include the most advanced chemistries on the market to optimize Yankee performance. Tapestry Yankee Coating Solutions enables the development of a coating that provides several benefits, including: Doctorability, Edge Control and Coating Uniformity. The resulting improvements to creping performance and tissue quality can ultimately impact a tissue mill’s bottom line through enhanced productivity and improved product quality attributes such as softness and strength. In addition, a dependable coating is a key element in protecting tissue machinery.

The Romaco Noack NBP 950 rotary sealing blister machine is suitable for a wide range of products. The blisters can be arranged either lengthwise or crosswise to the running direction.

Numerous blister layouts with different cavity geometries can be realised in this way. This extra-ordinary flexibility as regards the format design opens up countless possibilities for manufacturers of blister packaging. The cGMP compliant machine impresses with an advanced level of automation and format changes can be completed in a very short time. The fully interchangeable QuickFeed unit speeds up product changes by providing a second unit. QuickAdjust – the automatic station control system – adjusts the sealing, coding and perforation processes. This saves time and materials during the run-in following a job change. The blister machine is soon prepared for the next job thanks to the optimised retooling and cleaning times. With a max output of 500 blisters per minute, the Noack NBP 950 is the ideal solution for small to medium sized batches.

For details contact: Solenis 3 Beaver Valley Road, Suite 500 Wilmington, Delaware 19803 U.S.A. Tel: +1 866 337 1533 E-mail: smkukade@solenis.com / upatankar@solenis.com

For details contact: Romaco Group Am Heegwald 11, 76227 Karlsruhe Germany Tel: +49 (0)721 4804 0 Fax: +49 (0)721 4804 225 E-mail: susanne.silva@romaco.com

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Miniature Laser Sensors The new O300 miniature laser sensors with IO-Link by Baumer are the specialists for the reliable detection of very small objects and gaps. Thanks to a laser beam which focuses to within 0.1 mm and the high repeat accuracy of 0.1 mm, objects can be positioned with high precision and follow-up processes controlled exactly. Thanks to the extremely short response time of less than 0.1 ms, the sensor reliably detects even closely spaced objects, thus allowing fast processes and high throughput rates. A big advantage is the exact alignment of the laser beam to the fixing holes by design (qTarget). Thanks to qTarget, detection with pinpoint accuracy can be guaranteed over the entire series.

For details contact: Baumer India Pvt Ltd Fourhum Centre, S No: 112/2/21, 112/2/64 & 112/2/72 Opp: RMD Sinhgad Institute Mumbai-Pune Highway, Warje Pune, Maharashtra 411 058 Tel: 020-66292400 Fax: 91-020-66292445 E-mail: sales.in@baumer.com or Circle Readers’ Service Card 15 38

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CEW Products Thermoplastic Elastomer Tube (TPE) Imaprene pharma grade thermoplastic elastomer tubing designed for peristaltic pump transfer.

Imaprene is opaque tubing especially known for its excellent flexibility and flex crack resistance. Imaprene is manufactured by using world class thermoplastic elastomer. It is manufactured and packaged in dust-free environment of ISO 9001 QMS, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 Certified facility. It has excellent chemical and solvent resistance (Ex. IPA). It is superior flex crack resistance and durable for peristaltic pump application. It has smooth bore to ensure least contamination. It is non-toxic and non-haemolytic.

For details contact: Ami Polymer Pvt Ltd 319 Mahesh Indl Estate, Opp: Silver Park Mira-Bhayander Road, Mira Road (E), Thane Maharashtra 401 104 Tel: 022-28555107, 28555631, 28555914 E-mail: mktg@amipolymer.com

Pump Monitoring System KSB offers KSB Guard. Networked vibration and temperature sensors fitted directly to the pump make availability at plant level transparent for the first time. KSB Guard is ideally suited for retrofitting. The sensor unit is attached to the bearing bracket or the drive lantern of the pump using a magnet and adhesive, and can be mounted during operation, with no need for changes to the machine. A battery unit, which is also supplied, provides self-sufficient power supply.The data, which is captured hourly, is transferred directly and wirelessly in encrypted form to the KSB Cloud via a gateway for processing. Users can query the status data of all monitored pumps at any time and from any location using their mobile phone, a tablet or a PC, without having to be on site. For max coverage in the field, KSB Guard establishes a mesh network within the monitored pumps, thereby minimising the number of gateways required.

For details contact: KSB Pumps Ltd Mumbai-Pune Road, Pimpri Pune, Maharashtra 411 018 Tel: 020-27101231 Fax: 91-020-27426000 E-mail: Yagnesh.Buch@ksb.com

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Air Cooled Heat Exchangers

Column & Separator Internals

Paharpur can provide exchangers of virtually any capacity, metallic alloy or pressure range. Paharpur air coolers are produced in forced draught or induced draught designs, and in single or multi-fan arrangements, depending upon operating requirements or customer specifications. Plug or cover type headers or stainless steel with finned tubes of embedded, wrap-on or extruded type, designed to API and ASME standards are the most common combinations manufactured.

Evergreen offers the complete range of column internals (packing support and hold down grids, liquid distributors/ redistributors, collectors, chimney trays, etc) for structured and random packings.

For details contact: Paharpur Cooling Towers Ltd Paharpur House 8/1/B Diamond Harbour Road Kolkata 700 027 Tel: 033-40133000 Fax: 91-033-40133499 E-mail: pctccu@paharpur.com or Circle Readers’ Service Card 41

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Separator internals such as flow inlet devices (Schoepentoeter type), Plate Pack and Cartridge coalescers and Mist Extractors are also part of their exhaustive manufacturing program.

For details contact: Evergreen Technologies Pvt Ltd 3-D, Maker Bhavan-2 18 New Marine Lines Nr. Bombay Hospital Mumbai 400 020 Tel: 022-22012461, 22012706, 61566969 Fax: 91-022-22010024 E-mail: info@evergreenindia.com or Circle Readers’ Service Card 42

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Products CEW Corrosion-resistant Surface Treatment for Aluminium Drive Units nsd tupH drive units are a robust, durable and economical alternative to painted cast iron geared motors or stainless steel versions. The nsd tupH treatment is available for all NORD aluminium products, unlike stainless steel drives, which are only offered in a small number of versions by other manufacturers. For nsd tupH aluminium drive units, all DIN and standard components, including drive shafts, are made from stainless steel. The fanless smooth motors do not spread germs and also run very quietly. They are available as synchronous and asynchronous motors and fulfil efficiency classes IE2 and IE3 (asynchronous motors) and IE4 (synchronous motors).

For details contact: Getriebebau NORD GmbH & Co KG Getriebebau-Nord-Straße 1 22941 Bargteheide/Hamburg Germany Tel: +49 45 32 / 2 89 -0 Fax: +49 45 32 / 2 89 -22 53 E-mail: Joerg.Niermann@nord.com or Circle Readers’ Service Card 43

Wide-ranging Particulate Sensor Alphasense offers a new version of its optical particle counter. The new OPC-N3 retains all of the advantages of its predecessor (OPC-N2) with the added benefit of automatic range switching covering PM10, PM2.5 and PM1. With an expanded measuring range (0.38 to 40 µm), the OPC-N3 is able to measure the particulate fractions of most interest; from the finest of particles up to larger particles such as pollen. The OPC-N3 measures particulates with minimal maintenance using a patented design, providing both particulate matter readings and real-time particle size histograms. As such, the sensor competes in performance with existing analytical units, but at a fraction of the cost.

For details contact: Alphasense Ltd Sensor Technology House 300 Avenue West, Skyline 120 Great Notley Essex CM77 7AA, U.K. Tel: +44 (0) 1376 556 700 Fax: +44 (0) 1376 335 899 E-mail: sensors@alphasense.com or Circle Readers’ Service Card 44

Solid Liquid Separation SAP Filter offers special filters for chemical and pharma applications in API for separation of activated charcoal or solids produced during the reaction of the reactants. Also, their Microbac candle filter is suitable for catalyst separation and recycles in any reactions including hydrogenation.

Candles are fabricated in pipes of equal dia and assembled together in such a way that it results into a candle which is dressed with anti-static cloth of suitable material through which filtration is affected. After scavenging the filter, the cake is washed insitu or displacement washing is another option to restrict the use of adequate ML (mother liquor). After washing the cake the filter is scavenged again and cake is discharged either dry or in slurry condition. Most suitable for activated carbon or carbon supported catalysts.

For batch filtration SAP Filter offer zero hold-up sparkler filters of various sizes. The MoC can be any stainless steel or high alloys like 904L, Hastelloy, Inconel, etc. The zero hold-up filters are available in PP, PVDF and Teflon. Vessel-lined with PP, PVDF or Teflon and cartridge fabricated from solid block.

For details contact: SAP Filter Pvt Ltd Plot No: A-5, Sector 1 The Vasai Taluka Indl Co-op Estate Ltd Goraipada, Vasai (E) Palghar, Maharashtra 401 208 E-mail: info@sapfilter.com / sapfilters@gmail.com or Circle Readers’ Service Card 15 45

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CEW Products Centrifugal Regenerative Pumpsets CRI centrifugal regenerative pumpsets - PE/PS/NR Enr and Shine Series are power-driven by a totally enclosed fan cooled AC induction two-pole motor, suitable for continuous duty. Motor stator is made of low watt-loss silicon steel laminations assembled under pressure and rigidly locked in the frame.

The windings are of high-grade enamelled copper wire and are varnish impregnated. Construction of motor frames and usage of quality materials result in high performance, noisefree operation and low temperature rise thereby increasing the life cycle of the motor. Non-self-priming model is with end suction and radial delivery.

Turbine Flow Meter Turbine flow meters are precise and reliable measuring equipment, designed for varied applications.

VTR flow meters can be installed even under the harshest application conditions including oil, petrochemical and chemical industries as well as other industrial sectors.

The VTR Series consists of a rotor, the housing and the measurement pick-up. The flow of fluid activates the rotor.

When the rotor blades interrupt the magnetic field lines of the pick-up system, the motion of the rotor is detected.

As a result of the specific inner diameter, the turbine’s revolutions are directly proportional to the flow.

For details contact: Bedaflow Systems Pvt Ltd W-7, Sector-11 Noida Uttar Pradesh 201 301 Tel: 0120-43299 - 90 Fax: 91-0120-43299 - 20 E-mail: info@bedaflow.com

For details contact: CRI Pumps Pvt Ltd 7/46-1 Keeranatham Road Saravanampatty Coimbatore Tamil Nadu 641 035 Tel: 0422-3027000 Fax: 91-0422-3027005 E-mail: corp@cripumps.com or Circle Readers’ Service Card 46

Non-Insulated Folding Door

Borewell Submersible Pumps

Avians offers non-insulated door with double-side cladding sheet (non-insulated) folding doors at a reasonable price and in various ranges.

It is ideal for use in unheated halls. Double skin door leaves made of cladding steel sheet without insulation and provides better durability and safety. These doors can match the design of your building/ For details contact: Avians Innovations Technology Pvt Ltd Gat No: 60/61, Dehu-Moshi Road, Chikhali, Pune, Maharashtra 412 114 Tel: 020-71400600 Fax: 91-020-71400654 or Circle Readers’ Service Card 48

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CRI 200 mm (8”) borewell submersible pumpsets - CR and CM Series are powered by water filled, rewindable submersible motor, which is suitable for continuous duty. The stator is wound with special water-proof synthetic film insulated copper winding wires and made up of low watt loss silicone steel laminations assembled under pressure and rigidly locked in SS stator shell. Specially designed thrust bearings (SS AISI-420 with graphite carbon) are used to withstand axial and down thrust loads with minimum wear and tear.

For details contact: CRI Pumps Pvt Ltd 7/46-1 Keeranatham Road Saravanampatty Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu 641 035 Tel: 0422-3027000 Fax: 91-0422-3027005 E-mail: corp@cripumps.com or Circle Readers’ Service Card 49

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Products CEW Quick Release Coupling

Single Stage Rotor/Stator Generator

Excel Metal & Engg Industries offers wide range of instrumentation fitting and valves for use in diverse range of industries and are capable to provide their customers with best possible solutions to meet their various requirements. The production process followed is of higher standards with its modern production and quality assurance facilities where due attention is paid at every level with maximum resource utilization.

Excel Metal & Engg Industries offers quick release coupling in SS, brass, MS, etc; 1/8 to 4 inch size; pressure rating up to 3,500, temperature rating up to 200oC; lining: rubber, PTFE, nylon, etc; in Series NY, YNL, QC, KS, camlock.

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The PreMax is a single stage rotor/ stator generator specially contoured to generate high shear and vigorous flow in a batch mixing environment.

The Delta rotor/stator of the PreMax is designed to produce an intense combination of mechanical and cavitational shear, which results in aggressive pigment deagglomeration.

This high shear mixer can reduce the number of passes required through a media mill during pigment dispersion, thereby reducing costs and speeding up production. The PreMax is ideal for flexo, gravure and offset inks, paints, industrial coatings, electronic inks, etc.

For details contact: Ross Process Equipment Pvt Ltd Plot No: D-233/3, Chakan Indl Area Phase II, Village: Bhamboli Tal: Khed, Dist: Pune Maharashtra 410 501 Tel: 02135-628400, 628401, 628402, 628403 E-mail: mail@rossmixers or Circle Readers’ Service Card 51

Air Cooled Condensers Paharpur’s DRH (divided rear header) air cooled steam condensers can be supplied to perform over wide spectrum of operating requirements and diverse industry applications.

Paharpur has the best DRH air cooled steam condenser for each particular application. Single-point responsibility assures faster response and economical project execution.

The standard of excellence of quality is reflected in all stages of the project starting from expertise of design team, procurement of materials to fabrication and finally site erection and plant commissioning. At all stages of clients requirements, specification and applicable internationally accepted codes are strictly adhered to.

Paharpur’s independent tube row design with Divided (separate) Rear Headers prohibit back flow of steam to eliminate non-condensable trapping in individual tube rows and formation of dead zone for heat transfer. The design is flexible and system efficiency is maintained over a wide range of temperature and varying operating loads. Condensate and non-condensables are evacuated from each row separately thereby maintaining positive fluid separation qualities of a single row condenser.

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PackPlus Delhi

India Chem 2018

Dates: 25-28 July 2018 Venue: Pragati Maidan, New Delhi Event: PackPlus 2018 is emerging as a business platform for both visitors and exhibitors. It is a total packaging, processing and supply chain event providing solutions from package conversion, printing, primary and secondary packaging, automation, material handling and supply chain integrations. Key personnel from the top and middle management responsible for package development, procurement, production, IT system and quality control and from other industries will be visiting the exhibition to explore a galore of opportunities related to packaging converting, processing and supply chain industries.

Date: 4 – 6 October 2018 Venue: Bombay Exhibition Center, Mumbai Event: The largest event of Chemicals and Petrochemical Industry in India, in its 10th edition i.e. India Chem 2018 would be organized from 4-6 October 2018 jointly by the Department of Chemical and Petrochemicals, Government of India and FICCI. The Indian chemical industry is at the threshold of rapid growth with the Government of India providing an atmosphere of support and encouragement. India’s vibrant chemical and petrochemical industry plays a significant role in the economic development of our country. In terms of volume, the Indian chemical industry is the 6th largest in the world and the 3rd largest in Asia with the size worth USD 108.4 Billion.

For details contact: Print-Packaging.com Pvt Ltd F 101, Tower No: 7 International Infotech Park Vashi Railway Station, Vashi Navi Mumbai 400 7057

For details contact: Girish Ahuja Senior Assistant Director, FICCI Tel: 91 11 2335 9734 Email: Girish.ahuja@ficci.com

ACHEMA 2018 Date: 11-15 June, 2018 Venue: Frankfurt am Main, Germany Event: ACHEMA is the world forum for chemical engineering, process engineering and biotechnology. Every three years the world’s major fair for the process industry attracts around 4,000 exhibitors from over 50 countries to present new products, processes and services to 170,000 professionals from all over the world. The spectrum ranges from laboratory equipment, pumps and analytical devices to packaging machinery, boilers and stirrers through to safety technology, materials and software, covering the entire needs of the chemical, pharmaceutical and food production industries.

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Chemtech World Expo 2019 Date : February 20th - 23rd, 2019 Venue : Bombay Convention & Exhibition Centre, Goregaon (East), Mumbai, India Event : CHEMTECH World Expo 2019 will create a common platform to bring the entire ecosystem of the chemicals manufacturing and the allied services providing sectors for 27th time in India. The event is for equipment, services or developing processes for the Chemical and Process industries. The evolution and the growth of Indian chemical and related industries has been both reflected and catalyzed

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Chemspec Europe 2018 Date: 20-21 June, 2018 Venue: Koelnmesse, Cologne, Germany Event: Chemspec Europe 2018, the 33rd International Exhibition for Fine and Speciality Chemicals, provides buyers, traders and agents with the possibility to stay up-to-date with the latest findings of R&D, expand their network of suppliers and intensify contacts with existing and prospective business partners. Chemspec Europe offers a highly diversified yet specialised business platform that allows purchasing, sourcing, R&D and process management professionals to get hold of innovative solutions, products and services. Due to its highly focussed exhibition profile, Chemspec Europe makes for a fine and speciality chemicals industry event, no-one will want to miss.

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Project Update CEW New Contracts/Expansions/Revamps The following list is a brief insight into the latest new projects by various companies in India.

CHEMICALS Coal India is planning a ` 10,000-crore joint venture along with GAIL India, Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers (RCF) and The Fertilizer Corpn of India Ltd (FCIL) to set up a urea and ammonium nitrate chemicals complex that will run on gasified coal. Coal India has appointed Projects and Development India (PDIL) to conduct a feasibility study on the project. The plan is to use around 6-million tonnes of coal from coalfields at Talcher in Odisha and manufacture about 3-lakh tonnes of urea annually and around 300-400 tonnes of ammonium nitrate per day. Ammonium nitrate is the principal ingredient for making explosives used as blasting material at coal mines. The country is facing a crunch in the supply of ammonium nitrate and explosive suppliers often jack up prices, resulting in higher input costs for the company.

Songwon Industrial Co Ltd of South Korea has launched its new pilot plant in Panoli (Gujarat), thereby strengthening the organisation’s overall specialty chemicals development capability. Built on Songwon’s Indian site with all the necessary main unit operations, the new plant is equipped with the most up-to-date technologies and materials for producing a wide range of chemicals for a broad spectrum of applications - from one kilo up to several hundred kilo samples. To reinforce the organisation’s position in existing areas of business and enhance its ability to enter new areas, the new pilot plant will be supported by the Songwon’s strong local R&D team in Panoli, as well as its central technology innovation center located in Maeam, Korea.

AkzoNobel a Dutch specialty chemicals company and Atul Ltd have agreed to jointly set up a manufacturing plant for monochloroacetic acid (MCA) at Atul’s facility in Gujarat. Each partner will hold a 50 per cent stake in the venture. The partnership will build on Atul's status as a leading global supplier of the herbicide 2,4-D (which uses MCA as a key raw material), and AkzoNobel’s leading global position in MCA market, with plants in the Netherlands, China, Japan and the US. The investment is subject to regulatory approvals and signing of final agreements. The partnership will use chlorine and hydrogen manufactured by Atul to produce the monochloroacetic acid, taking advantage of both Atul's existing infrastructure and the leading ecofriendly hydrogenation technology supplied by AkzoNobel. From an initial annual capacity of 32-kilotonnes (KT) at start-up, the plant has been designed for future expansion to 60-KT. The plant will produce enough MCA to meet the captive requirement of Atul; AkzoNobel will market the rest of it, primarily in India. Monochloroacetic acid is an essential building block in the chemical industry and is used in a wide variety of chemicals. For example, AkzoNobel customers use MCA to produce thickening agents for the food, oil, mining, personal care and detergent industries. The product is also used in agrochemicals, adhesives, pharmaceuticals, thermo-stabilizers, surfactants and cosmetics.

Camlin Fine Sciences Ltd, which offers shelf-life solutions (anti-oxidants and intermediates), performance chemicals and aroma chemicals, has received environmental clearance from the State Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority of Gujarat for setting up a manufacturing Chemical Engineering World

facility for hydroquinone (HQ) and catechol and their down-stream products at Dahej SEZ. The Dahej plant will expand capacities and provide CFS with a base to manufacture hydroquinone and catechol in India. The plant will also help Camlin Fine Sciences to add capacity for manufacturing of vanillin, for which catechol is a key raw material.

The company expects to commission the Dahej plant in FY18. The plant will have capacity to produce 9,000-metric tonne per annum (MTPA) and 6,000-MTPA of HQ and catechol, respectively. Currently, food grade anti-oxidants account for approximately 56 per cent of CFS revenues in FY16, performance chemicals (PC) contribute about 22 per cent, diphenols (HQ and catechol) constituting 18 per cent while aroma chemicals (vanillin) accounting for 3 per cent.

SRF is planning to invest ` 3,500-crore over the next four years, 70 per cent of which would go into its fast-growing chemicals business, to cater to rising global demand. SRF, which exports 90 per cent of its chemicals and counts global biggies as its clients, has over the years steered its focus away from technical textiles to chemicals, where it has witnessed a rapid revenue growth and fat operating margin.

LyondellBasell, one of the world's largest plastics, chemical and refining companies, on April 7, 2016 completed the previously announced acquisition of the polypropylene (PP) compounding assets of Zylog Plastalloys Pvt Ltd. The company entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Zylog’s PP compounding assets in November 2015. LyondellBasell has supplied the Indian market through imports and tolling arrangements since 2009. In October 2015, LyondellBasell acquired SJS Plastiblends Pvt Ltd’s PP compounding business which is located in Aurangabad, Maharashtra. With the acquisition of Zylog’s manufacturing operations in Sinnar, Maharashtra, and Chennai, Tamil Nadu, LyondellBasell is now the third largest producer of PP compounds in India with an annual capacity of 44,000-metric tonnes. In addition to the already existing product lines offered at these sites, LyondellBasell will produce its Hostacom glass fibre-reinforced, mineral filled and unfilled coloured grades as well as Hifax high impact thermoplastic olefins. These compounds are used to manufacture automotive parts, home appliances and other products. The manufacturing facilities in India are owned and operated by Basell Polyolefins India Pvt Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of LyondellBasell.

Bodal Chemicals of Ahmedabad has received environmental clearance (EC) from the Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change for the expansion of dyes and dyes intermediates manufacturing facility located at Vadodara, Gujarat. The company is expanding its dyes and intermediates manufacturing capacity from 2,200-metric tonne per month (MTPM) to 6,000-MTPM, and set up a co-generation power plant (5-MW) in Gujarat. Bodal Chemicals, one of the leading manufacturers of dyes and dyes intermediates in the country, has the capacity to manufacture over 25 varieties of dye intermediates and around 150 variants in dyestuff which are mainly used as raw material in textile, leather, paper and other dye consuming industries. Out of the total production, the company exports about 40 per cent to more than 35 countries across the world.

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CEW Project Update Perstorp a Swedish specialty chemicals firm is planning to set up a manufacturing facility for pentaerythritol (penta) in Maharashtra. To evaluate the opportunity to invest in a new world scale production plant for penta in India, the company has signed an MoU with Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC). Pentaerythritol, a white crystalline polyhydric alcohol containing four primary hydroxyl groups, is used as building blocks in alkyd resins for coatings, radiation curing monomers, polyurethanes, rosin esters, synthetic lubricants and explosives. Perstorp currently manufactures producing penta in three different production plants in Germany, the US and Sweden. The related market for coatings in India is growing fast in the country. Building a world scale production plant will be yet another important part of Perstorpâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ambitious plan to strengthen the position in the Asian market. In July 2015, Perstorp acquired the penta business from Koei Chemical Co Ltd, a Japanese chemicals producer.

IOL Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd (IOLCP), a producer of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), has increased the production capacity of ibuprofen to 6,200-tonnes per annum (TPA) at Barnala plant in Punjab. Expansion follows a de-bottlenecking project undertaken by the company at an estimated cost of ` 24-crores. IOL Chemicals already exports ibuprofen, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) used as painkiller, to regulated and emerging markets, ie, Europe, Latin America, Middle East, etc. With the recent approval from US FDA, the company is expanding its ibuprofen business in the US as well. Being the only integrated ibuprofen player globally, IOL Chemicals aims to build and sustain the growth of its APIs business in coming years by exploring the higher value regulated markets.

MINING Singareni Collieries Co Ltd (SCCL) the State-owned coal mining giant has initiated preparations to start Koyagudem Opencast Project-III (KOC-III) in Lingala Koyagudem coal belt of Godavari valley coal-field in Tekulapally Mandal soon. The extractable reserves in the KOC-III are estimated to be around 111.98-million tonnes as against the estimated geological reserves of 146.81-MT. The KOC-III project is expected to produce around 3.6-million tonnes per annum, SCCL sources said. In pursuit of its aggressive growth strategy, the SCCL has drawn up ambitious plans to open 31 coal mines including 20 OCPs and 11 underground mines in the next five years. It presently has 30 underground mines and 16 OCPs spread across the vast Godavari valley coalfield spanning Bhadradri-Kothagudem, Khammam, Karimnagar, Adilabad and a few other districts in the State. The company has set a coal production target of 66.06-million tonnes for the current fiscal. The company is aiming to set new benchmarks in coal production, dispatches and overburden removal besides enhancing the coal production capacity to around 900-lakh tonnes by 2020-2021. The SCCL has reportedly obtained the mandatory forest clearance from the Central government agencies concerned for the KOC-III. The project envisages use of 1,158-hectares of forest land and 448-hectares of non-forest land. The upcoming KOC-III, which is surrounded by the Koyagudem OCP-II, is expected to augment coal production in Yellandu area of the SCCL. The project is likely to be opened in the first week of July this year.

GVMC has initiated a process to take up bio-mining of the accumulated waste renewing its efforts to re-mediate the solid waste dump-yard at Kapuluppada. To begin with bio-mining is proposed to be taken up in five acres of the dump-yard. GVMC has sought the involvement of private companies under corporate social responsibility (CSR) or by investing 60 â&#x20AC;˘ May 2018

money to salvage the dump yard to which garbage is being transported for nearly two decades and piled up there. About 60 of the 100 acres in the dump yard has been filled up, according to officials. The cost of bio-mining is roughly put at ` 400 a tonne going by the experience of other civic bodies. With the city generating about 1,000 tonnes of garbage the cost comes to a whopping ` 4 lakh a day. Spending ` 1 crore a month on fuel alone to transport the solid waste to the dumpyard, GVMC has recently come out with plans to set up organic waste converters at six Rythu Bazars and Poorna Market and asked bulk generators like hotels to go in for OWCs. Also separation of waste in 72 colonies of as many wards has also been taken up. The Solid Waste Management Rules 2016 lay down that local bodies should investigate and analyse all old open dump-sites and existing operational dumpsites for their potential of bio-mining and bio-remediation. The rules also specify that only non-usable, non-recyclable, no-biodegradable and non-reactive inert waste and pre-processing rejects and residues from waste-processing facilities should go to sanitary land-fill. In bio-mining, the waste is levelled first and recyclables removed from it. The waste is then sieved and material useful for compost is again separated from it.

The remaining waste goes to the landfill.

NTPC Ltd the State-owned power generator hopes its captive coal production will reach 100-million tonne (MT) as soon as its five coal blocks commence operations, aided by faster regulatory clearances and the part-privatization model of Mine Development and Operator (MDO). The success of the plan would determine fuel security of the operations of India's largest power producer.

KIOCL will revive mining after a decade in Karnataka, after the State granted the company a lease of over 474 hectares at Devadaru hills in Ballari. Once approvals are given, it would invest ` 1,500-crore in a pellet plant and also a unit to enrich iron ore from the mines. After suspension of mining, KIOCL had shifted to operating 3.5-million tonne per annum pellet plant in Mangaluru. Last year, it produced 1.46-million tonnes, utilising half its capacity, as against almost nil production in the previous year. The company's blast furnace Unit having a capacity of 216,000 tonnes of pig iron is ready for operation for producing foundry grade pig iron adding towards its profitability in the coming financial year.

Western Coalfields has received the environment clearance for its ` 263-crore expansion project in Nagpur district, Maharashtra. The proposal is to enhance the production capacity of the Gokul open cast mine to 1.875-million tonnes per annum (MTPA) from the existing 1-MTPA. The mine, located in 767.17 hectare, has a mineable reserve of 14.50-million tonnes. Among the conditions specified, the company has been asked to get 'Consent to Operate' certificate from the State Pollution Control Board for the existing production capacity of 1-MTPA and also the 'Consent to Establish' for the proposed capacity of 1.875-MTPA prior to enhancing the production capacity. With regard to transportation of coal, the company has been asked to carry out by covered trucks and take mitigative measures to control dust and other fugitive emissions all along the roads by providing sufficient numbers of water sprinklers. The company has been informed to adopt controlled blasting techniques to control ground vibration and flying rocks. It has also been told to implement a progressive afforestation plan covering an area of 376.04 hectare at the end of mining. Of the total quarry area of 231.73 hectare (on floor) and 291.21 hectare (on surface), the backfilled quarry area of 115.39 hectare should be reclaimed with plantation and there will be no void left at the end of the mining operations. The land after mining should be restored for agriculture purpose.

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Following an introduction to process intensification and the principles of green chemistry, this book presents a number of intensified technologies which have been researched and developed, including case studies to illustrate their application to green chemical processes.

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