Newsletter | October 3, 2012

10.03.12 -- Density And API Gravity

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Density And API Gravity
By Anton Paar USA
Petroleum, or crude oil, is a naturally occurring liquid recovered from beneath the Earth's surface. Refining crude oil leads to products like gasoline, diesel fuel, or lubricating oils. Petroleum products are complex mixtures of various hydrocarbons, characterized through their physical properties such as density. The API (American Petroleum Institute) gravity is an alternative value for comparing the densities of different petroleum products.


Capitalizing On Lean Manufacturing Concepts
By Mimi Panagiotou, Quadro Engineering Corp.
The concept of Lean Manufacturing has been growing in popularity in the manufacturing world for the past several years. Driven by several factors including a slowing U.S. economy, rising costs of input materials, an increase in rationalization of production facilities, and the influx of inexpensive products from overseas, manufacturers are embracing the premise of Lean Thinking to ensure their own survival.

Industry News

Energy ROI From Combining Algal Biofuel Production With Wastewater Treatment Examined
Ross Completes Its 3000th Double Planetary Mixer
Investment In Water Infrastructure Creates Jobs, Drives Innovation, And Safeguards Public Health
Biodico and LamdaGen Corporation Announce Collaboration
Water Recycling Solutions Earn Dow Middle East Award For Innovation In Sustainability
Graham Corporation Awarded Five Orders Totaling $7.5M
ExxonMobil To Expand High-Performance Synthetic Lubricants Capacity In Louisiana
Quest Integrity Group Introduces Furnace Tube Inspection System
NCC Receives New Chemical Tanker 'NCC REEM'
AspenTech Acquires PSVPlus
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Crushing Machinery Video
Atlantic Coast Crushers specializes in designing machinery that uses impact to shatter chunks, lumps, and agglomerations formed from friable materials. This video shows large chunks of rock crushed to a consistent, free-flowing size.

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Porous Media: Bag Filters Optimization Case Study
A large U.S. chemical plant that manufacturers monomer for paint coatings was spending more than $90,000 per year on bag filters.

Marken Clinical Trial Services Overview
Marken provides logistics and support services that are undertaken either directly with the biopharmaceutical companies or with the contract research organizations and the clinical trial supply companies.

FibreCrete — Chemical And Food No. 204: Datasheet
No. 204 is a fiber-reinforced and chemically resistant epoxy lining system used to protect concrete and steel from chemical and physical abuse. The interlocking fiber matrix within FibreCrete systems contributes outstanding flexural and tensile strengths while significantly reducing permeability.

Rotaball Tank Washer
The Rotaball tank washer is a compact, rotating-ball cleaning device used to wash the interiors of medium and smaller-sized tanks.

SacMaster® Bulk Bag Discharge Systems Datasheet
SacMaster Bulk Bag Discharge Systems are the solution in material handling for a variety of industries. Optimum design provides for capability of integration with volumetric and gravimetric feeders for a complete and accurate system to meter bulk bag supplied material.
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