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SPM Instrument India has been awarded a contract for the first comprehensive installation of online condition monitoring equipment ever in an Indian paper mill. Emami Paper Mills Ltd in Balasore, India has selected SPM Instrument to provide equipment for continuous shock pulse and vibration severity measurements on critical parts of its latest paper machine.

With its two mills, Emami Paper is one of the major domestic newsprint manufacturers in India. The Balasore paper mill has a production capacity of 110 tonnes of writing and printing paper and newsprint per day. The purchase of another paper machine in Balasore will increase the daily production to 400 tonnes in all for the two paper mills.

The SPM contract is entered into as part of an ongoing investment plan to become the number one newsprint manufacturer in India. To reach that goal, a high level of production equipment availability is very important. After installation of the SPM equipment and when optimized, the monitored paper machine is likely to be the fastest in India.

Dunphy has launched their new, in-house designed touchscreen for the Ratiotronic TM 6000 digital burner/boiler management system. The panel has all the functionality of a standard PC including IP addressable web access.

The touchscreen offers building services engineers the facility for multiple set points as well as a unique timer features which enable burners to fire at specific temperatures and pressures preset for any time of the day or night.

The Windows style interface makes the system easy to navigate. On screen documentation is also available for datasheets and manuals of all system components. This advanced digital combustion management system provides engineers with one central point of control for monitoring all operational aspects of burners, boilers and related peripheral equipment.It has a large, easy to read 19 inch screen with 1080 x 1280 resolution and 65,000 colours.

A unique, non-contact infrared temperature sensor has been launched, which is ideal for measuring the temperature of glass products and surfaces during production, as well as glass substrates used in semiconductor processing and for the manufacture of solar cell panels.

The Optris CT glass infrared thermometer, developed by precision sensor manufacturer Micro-Epsilon, uses a 5.2

More than ever, businesses and the general public want the same thing

I have received many calls asking, "How can you tell if an organization is a world class reliability and maintenance organization or not?"

How well the systems and practices discussed in this column are being used indicate to me how far a plant has to go to become "world-class

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Bionic Fuels are small / medium size commercial biodiesel producer based in East Sussex, UK. The company has been involved in testing and assisting in the development of a biodiesel specific field test kit designed to give key data throughout the production cycle.

Biodiesel production, despite being a fairly simple chemical reaction, encompasses many variables that can affect finished product quality. There is a recognised European standard (EN14214), however, the full suite of tests can be costly and the regularity with which these tests may be required can prove cost negative for the smaller producer. That said, sub standard fuel producers have in the past caused the fledgling industry to attract a bad name in some areas.

Most commercial producers now realise that in order to compete in the important fleet sector,quality is not only a key buying motivator but a prerequisite to opening discussions. The problem then, is to identify and manage the variables in batches between regular laboratory tests.

Apollo Connect provides a complete M2M (machine to machine) solution for organisations wanting to remotely monitor and control plant and equipment.  The company provides an inclusive end to end service, from GSM modems through to their dedicated bureau service

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