Capital Equipment

Ervin Amasteel have invested in a new Forced Draught Counterflow Cooling Tower, designed and manufactured by Carter Environmental Engineers.

Now available from Armstrong Optical UK Ltd is the new 99 page, 2009 Steinmeyer FMD precision motion systems brochure, with over 35 different translation stage formats with hundreds of different configurations and options making the Steinmeyer stages suitable for almost all movement applications. Included are details on the dual drive stages which incorporate a DC motor for high speeds of up to 120 mm/sec and a piezo motor for high accuracy applications.

Chronos Richardson’s ongoing partnership with one of the world’s leading supplier of robotic arms, Kawasaki Robot has led to enhanced palletising speeds for the CHRONO-PAL™ RP Robot Palletising System. The range of equipment is capable of palletising bags, pouches, cartons, boxes, pails, buckets, drums, and multipacks at speeds up to 2400 packs per hour.

The TS 5 from Bosch Rexroth is a heavy-duty, modular conveyor system designed for the transport of workpieces with loads of up to 300kg/m. With an innovative line-shaft design, robust support system, intelligent routing options and maintenance-free operation the TS 5 is well-positioned to become the conveyor of choice in automotive, appliance and other large format applications.

A performance analysis carried out by Queen’s University, Belfast into efficiency of steam traps has shown that, over varying condensate loads and steam pressures, the GEM venturi trap, manufactured by Thermal Energy International Inc., is the most efficient steam trap available. The testing was undertaken under the supervision of Dr Gavin Walker BSc, MSc, PhD, Senior Lecturer in Chemical Engineering at Queen’s University, Belfast and carried out under BS EN 27841: 1991.

The combination of CoSaf Environments technical know-how and Seeley International Europe’s Breezair Evaporative Cooling has provided JCB Transmissions with the solution to a very sticky problem. By specifying six Breezair TBA coolers, CoSaf Environments has reduced temperatures in the company’s Gearbox Plant by over 10°C.

For more than 15 years, Röders, a specialist in the development and manufacture of machine tools, has been supplying its very successful HSC high-speed cutting and jig grinding machines to customers around the world. These versatile machines continue to set high standards worldwide in terms of precision, dynamics and control technology.

Two electrically driven centrifugal compressors, using a variable frequency drive system, are to be installed at National Grid’s gas terminal at St Fergus to complement the existing compression facilities. National Grid awarded a contract to design, procure and construct the new compressor units to the joint venture of Land & Marine and IMEG.

Loders Crocklaan a key global producer in the supply of oils, fats and nutritional ingredients is saving 10% in steam consumption and achieving 15% in increased production following the installation of GEM steam traps across its plant in Wormerveer, Holland. A total of 450 GEM Venturi Orifice steam traps have been installed throughout the plant in a cross section of applications including heat exchangers, trace heating lines, steamers, evaporators and autoclaves, with condensate capacities of 5 kg/h up to 9 ton/h per trap.

ColepCCL’s management in Scunthorpe has resolved the problem of reducing high summer temperatures in areas of its factory where a combination of machinery and solar heat was producing indoor temperatures of up to 35°C. The company has installed the Breezair evaporative cooling system, which has reduced temperatures to 8°C below ambient temperature from exclusive UK and Irish distributors, CoSaf Environments.