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Fluid Handling

Chemical production involves taking raw materials and processing them into desired products. This requires moving the raw materials into a process, getting materials to pass through specific steps within an operation, transporting intermediate products between steps, and finally sending finished products to storage or packaging and byproducts and wastes for treatment or disposal.

Articles

Optimizing Centrifugal Pumps: A Blueprint for Chemical Processing Success

Amin Almasi

Mastering selection, operation and troubleshooting to enhance plant efficiency and reduce downtime.

How They Made It Work: Vesconite Hilube Bearings

Louis Gouws

The importance of bearing design in chemical process applications.

Optimizing Pump Reliability in Continuous Operation Plants

Andrew Sloley, Plant InSites columnist

Factors to consider for ensuring pump performance and resilience in chemical facilities

Figure 4: The pin mixer’s visible interior shows the arrangement of pins fabricated and designed for optimal blending retention.

Optimizing the Solid and Liquid Blending Process in Continuous Mixers

Chris Kozicki, FEECO International

A comprehensive how-to guide for boosting the performance of pin and pugmill mixers.

Assess the Pros, Cons and Best Practices of Butterfly Valves

Gilbert Welsford Jr.

Feb. 27, 2023

Process Puzzler: Sort Out Seal Pot Snags

Sept. 13, 2022

Fluid Handling: Don’t Push Piping Flow Too High

Andrew Sloley, Plant InSites columnist

June 27, 2022

Poll Results: Reduce Liquid Discharges

June 15, 2022

News

Swagelok Completes New Global Headquarters And Innovation Center

Oct. 1, 2021

Swagelok’s new, state-of-the-art, 124,000-square-foot facility includes an innovation laboratory and the Edward A. Lozick Customer Collaboration Center and is directly connected...

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Operation Warp Speed Drives NewAge Industries Expansion

July 12, 2021

The company is building additional clean rooms to manufacture TPE products.

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New Age Industries Adds Trio Of Directors

May 4, 2021

The employee-owned company welcomes three new directors.

Swagelok Launches Gas Distribution Program

Dec. 11, 2020

A complete suite of services and subsystems from Swagelok is designed to help fully optimize critical gas distribution systems in industrial facilities.