http://www.process-heating.com/Articles/Industry_News Industry Headlines Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:46:27 -0500 en-us © 2007 BNP Media 60 http://www.process-heating.com/Articles/Industry_News/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000751435 Deadly ConAgra natural gas explosion and ammonia release further exposed dangers from gaps in fuel gas codes. http://www.process-heating.com/Articles/Industry_News/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000751435 http://www.process-heating.com/Articles/Industry_News/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000740027 Pepsi Bottling Ventures LLC, the third largest Pepsi Cola franchise, required an efficient and reliable steam system for its new flagship bottling plant in Raleigh, N.C. The plant uses a steam boiler system to heat water for sanitizing its filling equipment and water-filtration system as well as for a heat source for the bottle warmers. http://www.process-heating.com/Articles/Industry_News/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000740027 http://www.process-heating.com/Articles/Industry_News/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000739991 Spray dryer manufacturer GEA Niro’s customer survey shows that when it comes to aftermarket sales, customers are looking for good old-fashioned, customer service. http://www.process-heating.com/Articles/Industry_News/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000739991 http://www.process-heating.com/Articles/Industry_News/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000739980 More than three years ago, a large waste-to-energy plant initiated a large-scale test of a spray-and-fuse alloy from Wall Colmonoy Corp., Madison Heights, Mich. http://www.process-heating.com/Articles/Industry_News/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000739980 http://www.process-heating.com/Articles/Industry_News/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000739971 A tomato sauce producer was using a three-way steam-valve jet cooker and getting poor results. The unit had difficulty maintaining target temperatures and vibrated severely, causing concerns over the piping’s integrity. http://www.process-heating.com/Articles/Industry_News/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000739971 http://www.process-heating.com/Articles/Industry_News/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000739955 Considering converting to prepainted metal? The National Coil Coaters Association in Cleveland offers companies assistance in determining the process changes needed at their plants if they switch to prepainted coils. http://www.process-heating.com/Articles/Industry_News/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000739955 http://www.process-heating.com/Articles/Industry_News/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000739935 A superthermal conductive mandrel technology permits the curing of filament-wound pipe and tube sections by uniformly heating a rotating mandrel using an induction heating power supply. http://www.process-heating.com/Articles/Industry_News/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000739935 http://www.process-heating.com/Articles/Industry_News/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000739910 An integral part of what makes even the most sophisticated equipment effective is not its design, its software or even its age. It is its calibration. http://www.process-heating.com/Articles/Industry_News/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000739910 http://www.process-heating.com/Articles/Industry_News/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000739856 Zero is the perfect score for manufacturing and safety excellence, and Huntsman Corp., headquartered in Houston, has had zero process-safety-related incidents, zero injuries, zero environmental releases and zero product defects. http://www.process-heating.com/Articles/Industry_News/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000739856 http://www.process-heating.com/Articles/Industry_News/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000739846 A hand-tool manufacturer drying solvent-based primer, top coating and varnish on steel strips faced problems needing correction for a better product and more economical production. http://www.process-heating.com/Articles/Industry_News/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000739846 http://www.process-heating.com/Articles/Industry_News/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000739805 A mystery surfaced at a snack-chip maker, but American Controls & Engineering Service Inc., Rose Hill, Kan., played the successful private eye. http://www.process-heating.com/Articles/Industry_News/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000739805 http://www.process-heating.com/Articles/Industry_News/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000738596 While curing paper to thermally set the pleats on resin-impregnated oil-filter paper, an oil-filter manufacturer ran into two problems. http://www.process-heating.com/Articles/Industry_News/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000738596 http://www.process-heating.com/Articles/Industry_News/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000738758 Over the past 29 years, the Industrial Technologies Program of the U.S. Department of Energy has supported approximately 600 separate research, development and demonstration projects that have produced more than 200 technologies. http://www.process-heating.com/Articles/Industry_News/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000738758 http://www.process-heating.com/Articles/Industry_News/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000738663 Metso will outsource its oil and gas boiler manufacturing to Mesekon Oy in Turku, Finland. http://www.process-heating.com/Articles/Industry_News/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000738663 http://www.process-heating.com/Articles/Industry_News/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000736349 NFPA 86, the safety standard for industrial ovens and furnaces, moved one step closer to the 2011 edition, a major revision, as the association released its report on comments. Interested parties have until April 9 to act. http://www.process-heating.com/Articles/Industry_News/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000736349 http://www.process-heating.com/Articles/Industry_News/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000715442 A consortium of three Helsinki companies have been developing a clean energy alternative with domestic bio-oil, and now a fourth company has joined the effort. http://www.process-heating.com/Articles/Industry_News/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000715442 http://www.process-heating.com/Articles/Industry_News/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000716227 AFC-Holcroft signed an exclusive distribution agreement with JSC Nakal. http://www.process-heating.com/Articles/Industry_News/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000716227 http://www.process-heating.com/Articles/Industry_News/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000715884 Nanotechnology has been and remains a basic science problem of identifying new and useful nanoscale properties. http://www.process-heating.com/Articles/Industry_News/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000715884 http://www.process-heating.com/Articles/Industry_News/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000715578 Metso will supply a waste gasification plant, including a gas boiler and flue-gas cleaning system with auxiliary systems and an automation system for the entire power plant. http://www.process-heating.com/Articles/Industry_News/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000715578 http://www.process-heating.com/Articles/Industry_News/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000716162 ISA Automation Week, a new event from the International Society of Automation, will include intensive educational and applications-based technical sessions. http://www.process-heating.com/Articles/Industry_News/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000716162 http://www.process-heating.com/Articles/Industry_News/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000715995 One paper mill had three black liquor recovery boilers that burned waste oil as an auxiliary fuel for startup and to supplement black liquor at higher steam rates. http://www.process-heating.com/Articles/Industry_News/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000715995 http://www.process-heating.com/Articles/Industry_News/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000715435 Polymer seals, bearings and gasket maker Trelleborg Sealing Solutions has received its seventh audit with perfect scores. http://www.process-heating.com/Articles/Industry_News/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000715435 http://www.process-heating.com/Articles/Industry_News/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000715944 The first generation of biofuels was relatively easy to produce. Plants produce their own concentrated stores of energy in seeds or tubers, and biofuels simply tapped into those, taking oils from seeds and ethanol from the sugars in tubers. But such crops compete directly with food for agricultural resources, and after the initial enthusiasm, it became clear that the quantities of fuel needed to make a difference would make serious inroads into food security. http://www.process-heating.com/Articles/Industry_News/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000715944 http://www.process-heating.com/Articles/Industry_News/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000715736 Terry Snell joined the sales team of Paul Mueller Co., Springfield, Mo., as the sales manager for domestic and international markets. http://www.process-heating.com/Articles/Industry_News/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000715736 http://www.process-heating.com/Articles/Industry_News/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000715500 The Frito-Lay manufacturing facility in Killingly, Conn., has unplugged itself from the Northeast power grid after installing a combined heat and power cogeneration system. http://www.process-heating.com/Articles/Industry_News/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000715500 http://www.process-heating.com/Articles/Industry_News/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000715419 A tank terminal in Louisiana and a polysilicon plant in China have selected Solutia’s Therminol heat transfer fluids for their projects. http://www.process-heating.com/Articles/Industry_News/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000715419 http://www.process-heating.com/Articles/Industry_News/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000715429 Alfa Laval, a maker of heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling equipment has received an approximately $13 million order for its Packinox heat exchangers. http://www.process-heating.com/Articles/Industry_News/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000715429 http://www.process-heating.com/Articles/Industry_News/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000716215 Want a chance to attend football's biggest game in Miami, along with a companion? A sweepstakes from Fluke Corp., Everett, Wash., offers just that, and to enter, participants just must learn about new test tools from the company. http://www.process-heating.com/Articles/Industry_News/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000716215 http://www.process-heating.com/Articles/Industry_News/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000715686 A report that specifies minimum standards of safety and environmental protection for all United Kingdom-based sites storing large volumes of gasoline comes on the fourth anniversary of a catastrophic explosion at one such site. http://www.process-heating.com/Articles/Industry_News/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000715686 http://www.process-heating.com/Articles/Industry_News/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000714886 Web-based training courses focus on fundamental and advanced concepts of industrial process heating. http://www.process-heating.com/Articles/Industry_News/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000714886