On March 5, the ISH Frankfurt began and impeller.net was there to report back on the most important news in the area of pump technology. This time we start with circulators, building automation and solar technology.
There is an installed base of over 120 million circulating pumps throughout the European community, resulting in an enormous consumption of electrical energy.
In the past decade, European directives for energy classification in the area of household appliances and lighting have been introduced. Wilo now presents a similar energy-consumption label for heating circulators.
Kollmorgen introduced the P80360 stepper drive, the newest addition to the company’s flagship P8000 stepper platform.
As the Pet Supplies Industry Association published in a press release, the sales figures for the pet food and supplies industry have recently increased significantly compared to previous years: Ready-made pet food alone generated just under €3.5 billion in online trade.
The British Pump Manufacturers Association (BPMA), which represents the business interests of UK and Irish suppliers of liquid pumps and pump related equipment, has further expanded its numbers with the addition of four new associate members, bringing the total roll call of ‘associates’ to fifteen.
Beverage bottles made of glass have again become increasingly popular in the last few years. Lots of consumers and beverage brands are now consciously opting for this type of packaging. A good number of bottlers are thus adding glass containers to their portfolio or expanding their production capacities.
EBARA CORPORATION has started the operation of ACCELIOT Inc.’s “STAR” System with their RFID technology.
Sugar icing is the “icing on the cake” of many baked goods. The dosing is usually done by hand in complex production steps. Most today s gingerbread decorations, for example, are still made manually with the piping bag. But the degree of automation is also being increased in the baked goods industry. There are several reasons for this: Stricter hygienic regulations or high personnel costs, for example. With the endless piston technology on which the dispensers and dosing pumps from ViscoTec are based, decoration tasks or filling in the confectionery industry can be carried out semi-automatically and fully automated.
IFAT Eurasia 2017, which took place between February 16 and 18, again demonstrated the continuing importance of Turkey as a hub for the environmental sector in the Eurasian region.
