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Multinorm Indoor Environmental Quality Instrumentation

The Multinorm is a universal all-in-one instrument for monitoring environmental and indoor air quality parameters. Available measurements include air temperature, air velocity, relative humidity, dew point, illuminance, luminance, CO, CO2 and sound analyses. The instrument can operate in two modes — in online mode, it displays current measurements, and in the logger mode, it automatically stores all measurement values for each logging interval. Software is included for data analysis, charting and reporting. Firmware is upgradeable to accommodate new probe additions in the future.

Filter Dryers

This small-scale contained filter dryer provides maximum efficiency and versatility in R&D kilo labs. The dryer is part of an overall system that has a 0.05-m2 filtration area with 15-L liquid capacity and a typical 2-8L wet cake capacity. Typical applications use batch sizes of 1-5 kg in a compact system that can be easily moved and receive slurry liquid from multiple reactors. The system achieves containment by means of a top-mounted 100-mm split valve that charges each vessel.

Environmental Health and Safety Compliance in Biotech Companies: Common Deficiencies Encountered During Audits"

Biotech companies must comply with complex regulatory requirements mandated by federal, state, and local agencies. Larger firms employ full-time professional staff to manage these responsibilities. Small and mid-size firms often cannot afford the expense or dedicate the manpower to fully meet these requirements, and are at an increased risk of violations and sanctions.

Understanding NFPA 654

 “Understanding NFPA 654” is a quick-reference educational brochure for powder-handling plant personnel and designers of related equipment. The National Fire Protection Association’s standard “NFPA 654: 2006 Edition” is the current best engineering practice designed to protect facilities from combustible dust explosions.

Steam Trap Designer’s Guide, 3rd edition

 The “Steam Trap Designer’s Guide,” 3rd edition, has been written to help engineers, facility managers, maintenance managers, and equipment buyers in the design, specification and purchasing of steam traps. It contains application and specification information on industrial and sanitary steam and compressed air products, as well as a steam trap primer for selecting the correct traps and related products for a particular application.

Process Analyzers

 This website covers the company’s comprehensive range of process analyzers, its software tools, and sampling accessories, and has an animated overview of the patented encoded photometric infrared (EP-IR) theory. It contains application notes on continuous emissions monitoring systems (CEMS), automobile emissions, solvent processing streams, and environmental monitoring. The site also details domestic and international original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and system integrators.

Level Measurement

This 92-page catalog provides an overview of level measurement products and technology for water and wastewater applications. It highlights a full range of level- and open-channel flow-measurement and sludge-blanket monitoring solutions, and looks at the eight different level-measurement technologies the company offers: radio-frequency (RF) admittance, radar, magnetostrictive, vibration, ultrasonic, time domain refractometry (TDR), hydrostatic pressure, and gap switch.It also provides information on wireless interface solutions.

Instrumentation for the Oil and Gas Industries

This 12-page brochure describes the company’s capabilities for optimizing plant assets via intelligent instrumentation within a straight digital architecture, as well as its full scope of services from start-up and commissioning through lifecycle support. A comprehensive graphic of oil and gas processing sequences indicates where specific instruments can measure, control and record data.

The Chemistry of Polyurethane Coatings

 “The Chemistry of Polyurethane Coatings” provides background information on the chemistry of various polyurethane coating systems. Specific chemistries include powder coatings, waterborne polyurethane coatings, radiation-curable coating technologies, two-component coating systems, and moisture-curing one-component coatings. It also highlights common nomenclature of the Desmophen, Desmodur and Bayhydur raw materials used to formulate the coatings, and formulating aids, such as modifiers, solvents, pigments, extenders and flattening agents.

Light Scattering

 This newly revamped website offers access to an extensive database of light scattering publications, including more than 2,600 peer-reviewed articles and 125 application notes. Visitors can learn about the theory underlying the firm’s technologies, upcoming industry events, company news, the history of the firm and its products, and the company’s scientific team. An online support center allows users to renew service agreements, receive remote assistance from specialist staff, and download service histories, troubleshooting guides, tutorials, etc.

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