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01/11/2009 Aero derivative gas turbine transforms power efficiency Cartiere del Garda paper mill and Italy's Alto Garda Servizi utility have commissioned a combined heat and power plant that marks a high point in mutually beneficial collaboration. » Read More

01/11/2009 Draw wire sensors for wind turbine blade testing Draw-wire displacement sensors are being used to test wind turbine blades at the Fraunhofer Institute in Bremerhaven, Germany. » Read More

01/11/2009 Smelter speeds up to local control Severniy, which runs an integrated mining and smelting plant in Krivoy Rog, Ukraine, producing pig iron, reports a 20% increase in throughput, as well as reduced costs and improved quality, since installing local digital automation. » Read More

01/11/2009 Valve block design is good wheeze Costs of automating a machine that fills asthma inhaler cartridges have been slashed by cutting its aseptic diaphragm valve requirement from eight to just four. » Read More

01/11/2009 Integrated valve and positioner turbocharge Castrol test rig A precision globe valve and positioner combination is delivering excellent control on an engine test rig at BP Castrol's Technology Centre in Berkshire. » Read More

01/11/2009 Paper plant gets 25% air uplift Stationery manufacturer Sinclairs says it has improved its site compressed air efficiency 25%. » Read More

01/11/2009 Banbury betters sludge handling Thames Water says it has improved pumping efficiency and solved downtime problems at its Banbury sewage treatment works by installing a TR Muncher from NOV Mono. » Read More

01/11/2009 Tiny PLCs shine new light on automatic process control The power of today's smallest PLCs has been captured by a self-taught control engineer, using them to grow cell cultures in automated bioreactors. » Read More

01/11/2009 Insulated bearings key to higher maintenance intervals Today's generation of trains can travel further, faster and with much longer maintenance intervals, largely as a result of developments with ac traction motors. » Read More

01/11/2009 Eatonite laser coating breaks corrosion and hardness barriers Eaton's Eatonite laser clad coating for piston rods is the first anti-corrosion technology to earn JIP certification, from test services firm DNV, for use on offshore platforms. » Read More

01/11/2009 API 610 standard still forcing sub optimal pump selection on low end duties Strict interpretation of the API 610, now ISO 13709, pump standard is restricting rated flow to a narrow band just to the left of best efficiency. » Read More