Thermowells – a Lesson in Performance Under Pressure
By Andrew Dunbabin

Thermowells must be properly designed and specified to withstand the pressure and stresses of their environment. Andrew Dunbabin, Product Manager, High Temperature Products for ABB Limited’s instrumentation business, argues that users should be aware of all the relevant standards, in order to guard against potentially disastrous failures....

New High Capacity Coriolis Flowmeters From Krohne (The March of the Titans!)
By Eddie Bridges

There is an unrelenting pressure on Coriolis meter suppliers to continuously develop and adapt their product portfolio to the ever changing market needs....

‘Right FirstTime’Acetylene Bottle Filling
By Karin Jones

SABIC Europe B.V has improved the efficiency of acetylene production at it’s Geleen plant by 30 %, thanks to tight control enabled by Emerson Process Management’s PlantWeb digital plant architecture. Costs have been reduced by 300,000 Euros due to predictive diagnostics, improved maintenance practices and lowered operator costs. In addition...

Tamson Instruments 130 years!
By Matthijs van der Spek

Founded on 1 April 1878 by Mrs. Tamson (pictured right) in dedication to her husband Paulus Marinus Tamson, the company began as a wholesaler. Trading in provision of laboratory equipment in the field of chemistry and physics. Mrs. Tamson developed her own specialized range of tools for educational purposes, a...

Fast and Firm on Fuel: Biodiesel QC with Anton Paar
By Anton Paar

In the biodiesel industry, product quality is closely linked to measurement quality. Accurate, reliable process and quality control equal optimised product output. Anton Paar provides high-precision instruments for just that purpose: the determination of all biodiesel quality parameters you need – in next to no time....