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Global demand for essential products like water, gas and oil is growing, which means that pipelines and processing plants such as pressure vessels are getting bigger. To ensure continuity of supply and minimise downtime, maintenance teams need to gain safe and rapid access to critical plants that require servicing or repair.

Flender has been building gear units for industrial applications for over a century. In the 1990s, the drive specialist redefined industrial gear units and set the global grey standard with the Flender gear unit. It is impossible to imagine the market without the countless modular gearboxes bearing the Flender logo.

Manufacturers that have successfully implemented automation strategies have generally been better positioned to weather the economic storms of the past couple of years, making them more resilient to supply chain disruptions and labor shortages and better able to reliably meet customer needs and respond to volatile demand and new market opportunities.

Rising operating costs and tightening regulations are presenting major challenges for wastewater treatment plant operators, but better optimisation of chemical dosing can drive efficiencies, says Adeel Hassan, product manager at Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions.

Multiplesolutions to the challenge onemerging contaminants were under discussion at British Water’s recent micropollutants conference. Here, Dr Fabio Bacci, innovationmanager atengineering company Glan Agua, reflects onkey learnings, and makes a pleaforenhancedcross-sectoral synergies. Trace contaminants in both drinking water and wastewater pose significant challenges tooperators.

Following the highly regarded 2022 awards ceremony in November of last year, the AEMT is delighted to announce that the nomination process for the 2023 awards programme is now officially open. Building on its past successes, the sixth outing of this sector specific awards scheme will again culminate in a gala presentation ceremony taking place on the evening of Thursday 23rd November at the Doubletree by Hilton Hotel in Coventry.

In this chemical bulk handling application, a ball-type check valve was specified as a foot valve to provide continuous pump prime. The centrifugal pump will not self-prime, and if it runs dry will result in seal failure. Prolonged operation in a dry condition is likely to result in catastrophic failure.

For the fourth time, researchers with marketable ideas, people looking to found companies and young start-ups can apply for the ACHEMA Founders’ Award.

The United Nations is calling for action on the occasion of World Water Day. 2023 marks the mid-term for the implementation of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals, such as SDG 6 on the global availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation.

Seventeen organizations have joined forces to support the United Nations Water Action Agenda, pledging to invest $11 billion in water innovation over the next five years.