What's New
Sanitary Hose Fittings Come in a Variety of Materials
This expanded family of fittings for sanitary hose now includes products made of stainless steel, molded silicone, thermoplastic elastomer (TPE), and polypropylene. The fittings are designed to mate with hose made of silicone, polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), polyvinyl chloride (PVC), fluorinated ethylene propylene (FEP), ethylene propylene diene monomer (EPDM), thermoplastic rubber (TPR), and TPE. Each material has distinct benefits. For instance, the Type 316L stainless steel fittings offer a smooth finish (15 Ra or better) to ensure noncontaminating flows, and eight-sided designs for easier tightening in restrictive installations. Sanitary, pipe-thread, and cam-and-groove styles are available. Molded silicone fittings are supplied attached directly to silicone tubing or hose, while TPE fittings are provided directly attached to the company’s AdvantaFlex tubing. Both are well suited for single-use applications involving aseptic transfer, sterile processing, and other critical applications in the pharmaceutical and biomedical industries. These assemblies reduce installation time, improve cleanliness, and eliminate entrapment issues and leaks associated with barb-type fittings.
Appeared In Issue: January 2012
AdvantaPure/New Age Industries Inc.
http://www.advantapure.com
Filters Enable Clean, Efficient Process Sampling
Balston Fast Loop Sample Filters are designed to protect sample integrity and reduce filter maintenance. A unique flow pattern continuously flushes the filter cartridge, carrying any contaminants back out to the process stream to protect sample integrity. This enables high-efficiency filtration and real-time sampling, and helps to extend the life of the filter cartridge by minimizing the opportunity for buildup. Cartridges are offered in a wide range of efficiencies, from 100 μm to 0.1 μm, several of which are cleanable and reusable.
Appeared In Issue: January 2012
Parker Hannifin Corp., Filtration and Separation Div.
www.parker.com/filtration
Close-Coupled Pumps Meet a Variety of Process Needs
The Moyno 2000 Models WA and WB pumps are designed for lower-pressure, lower-flow applications in compact, close-coupled configurations that do not require all the features and benefits of the Moyno 2000 G1 pump. These include industrial and municipal applications that require the transfer of highly viscous fluids and solids where a close-coupled configuration is preferred, but the robustness of a gear joint is desired. The Moyno 2000 WA features bearings integral to the adapter housing, which support the radial thrust loads at the rotor/stator. It also has a standard-size, keyed gear-reducer shaft. The Moyno 2000 WB features a traditional close-coupled design with thrust and radial loads supported by the bearings in the gear reducer. It also has no shaft bearings, and its gear reducer output shaft is designed with cross-drilled pin holes for extended service life. Both feature optimized rotor/stator pumping element geometry, and a sealed, gear-type universal joint drive train.
Appeared In Issue: January 2012
Moyno, Inc.
www.moyno.com
Catalyst Technology Enables Differentiated Resins
The Consista C601 polypropylene catalyst is the first sixth-generation Ziegler Natta catalyst. This nonphthalate-based catalyst system can be used — with no additional capital or upgrades to existing facilities — to produce polypropylene for goods that are lighter, cleaner, and clearer, using maximum machine speeds. It is a drop-in technology option for the Unipol PP Process.
Appeared In Issue: January 2012
The Dow Chemical Co.
www.dow.com
Mobile Facility Recycles Drilling Wastes Onsite
The EcoCentre CR mobile system can process a wide range of drilling fluids and solids, eliminating the need to transport waste to offsite treatment facilities and reducing the amount of waste sent to disposal. The system first destabilizes the incoming waste fluid, then the solids are removed using a centrifuge, which allows for maximum recycling of a fluid free of solids. The modular equipment is easy to operate and can be adapted to meet the requirements of virtually any process.
Appeared In Issue: January 2012
Baker Hughes
www.bakerhughes.com
Evaporators Improve Efficiency of Wastewater Treatment
DriBoss high-efficiency evaporators and their ancillary components, such as pumps, valves, controls, sensors, etc., are designed to withstand the caustic and corrosive environments that typify many mining, oil and gas, and water treatment applications. The evaporators are available in water-fracturing and atomized-mist designs. Water fracturing involves splitting water droplets with a high-speed fan and propelling them into the air, whereas atomized-mist equipment employs specialized nozzles to create droplets of a controlled size and uses compressed air to propel the mist over a large area. Both of these techniques are said to be well suited to wastewater streams that contain high solids loadings or large particulates. Companion weather stations from the company, to monitor temperature, wind, and humidity, can help to optimize evaporation operation.
Appeared In Issue: January 2012
Dust Control Technology
www.driboss.com
System Captures Sediment from Stormwater Runoff
The Retenu stormwater-roughing filtration system is designed for use at industrial facilities that produce a large amount of sediment carried away by stormwater runoff. The fully automated, chemical-free system can serve as a standalone filter to remove heavy sediment loads, or it can be used as a pretreatment step to capture the majority of the sediment load upstream of a more-advanced filter. It uses storm-water for backwashing, so it requires no external water source, and it is available in a range of capacities.
Appeared In Issue: January 2012
StormwateRx LLC
www.stormwaterx.com
Electric Heaters Employ Gentle, Indirect Heating to Protect Fluids
DFX electric heat exchangers provide fast, safe, and effective heating of liquids and gases. Unlike traditional electric circulation heaters, the DFX Series heater elements are isolated from the fluid flow path. The heater elements and a coiled, seamless, Type 316 stainless steel flow tube are embedded in a lightweight aluminum casting. This design is said to be ideal for heating deionized water, solvents, sterilization gases, and other substances that are prone to contamination.
Appeared In Issue: January 2012
Durex Industries
www.durexindustries.com
Device Provides Superheated Steam Quickly
The HGA-S-CX1300 system is an innovative, high-temperature steam generator that produces high-quality, superheated steam at 1 atm pressure in an instant. Models that produce steam at temperatures in excess of 1,300°C are available. The device uses patented heating elements and refractories and has a programmable control panel. A small footprint makes it suitable for laboratory and R&D settings with steam flows from less than 1 kg/h to more than 10 kg/h.
Appeared In Issue: January 2012
MHI Inc.
www.mhi-inc.com
LCMS Syringe Filter has a Low Level of Extractables
By protecting liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry (LCMS) columns from particulate build-up, the Acrodisc MS syringe filter reduces the frequency and cost of column replacement and enables more-consistent LCMS performance. The filter contains a water-wettable polytetrafluoroethylene membrane in a high-density polyethylene (HDPE) housing. These materials offer excellent chemical resistance, good particulate retention, and minimal protein adsorption, and they allow the filter to be used with either organic or aqueous solvents.
Appeared In Issue: January 2012
Pall Corp.
www.pall.com