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Industry Update 85 Six-figure sum invested High efficiencies, low emissions An engineering firm, operating in the print industry, reports it has invested £110,000 in its digital marketing strategy. Absolute, based in Huddersfield, has appointed Leeds-based creative agency, TALL to strengthen its online presence. Absolute says the two businesses first worked together on the development of its ‘Sono’; the world’s first and only ultrasonic on-press cleaner. Through 3D visuals, animation, digital and print literature, video, website UX planning, design and build, Tall says it brought to life the ‘Sono’product, enabling Absolute’s customers to assess cost savings, performance and usability. Following the success of Sono, Tall says it has now been contracted to create a digital brand re-fresh for Absolute’s three remaining products, giving each its own identity. w| https://tall.agency/ Steel breakouts can be catastrophic process failures that are both extremely dangerous and costly. Monitoring the health of ladles and torpedoes using thermal imaging can greatly minimise the risk but a handheld infrared camera can only provide a periodic check on the health of these critical transport structures. ANT Automation reports it has overcome this limitation by developing a system that provides continuous thermal monitoring and at its heart is FLIR thermal imaging.“Many steel mills have a handheld camera and they maybe go in once a week or every couple of days to take some pictures of the ladle,”explains ANT Automation’s Javier Barreiro.“While these surveys can provide valuable information, the probability of catching a hot spot is very low during a routine inspection. You could be in normal operation and have a refractory brick break creating a hot spot in less than a minute.” Continuous monitoring is clearly the answer but it isn’t practical, cost-effective or safe using manual imaging. For many steel mills, ANT Automation’s CIRA (continuous, infrared analysis) platform is providing a good solution. It is an integrated machine vision system that is totally automatic, requiring no human intervention. Javier Barreiro continues:“We capture a hot spot in the early stages by analysing and tracking the history of the ladle. Every ladle has a unique ID and it is imaged from multiple angles during each use; historical data provides insight into any problem areas. The system differentiates between developing hot spots and normal plant activity such common splashes, spill-over or overflow.” w| www.flir.com FULTON reports the VSRT is the first steam boiler to emerge from its new ‘PURE Technology’approach, and says it’s an initiative that’s resulted in a world-first design that is durable, long- lasting and boasts the highest efficiencies and ultra-low NOx emissions as standard. Commenting, Fulton’s Leigh Bryan says: “PURE Technology aims to enhance heat transfer, provide class- leading efficiencies, improve steam quality and reduce NOx emissions. “Rather than further-improve products like our J Series to achieve these goals, PURE Technology – the culmination of Fulton’s clean slate approach to design – challenges the industry status quo on conventional boiler design by engineering solutions that are fit-for- purpose and fully-optimised for all applications.”says Leigh. t| 0117 972 3322 e| sales@fulton.co.uk w| www.fulton.co.uk Continuous thermal imaging Freudenberg Sealing Technologies, a leading global specialist in sealing products and their application, says it has made its proven and successful Simmerring seals available in two new materials to suit food industry applications. Availability for the new products is via DICHTOMATIC UK, the exclusive provider for Freudenberg’s food and beverage related products in the UK. The company says the Freudenberg Simmerring has been proving itself as a successful sealing product for the past 85 years and designed for the reliable sealing of rotating shafts, Simmerring can today be found in millions of applications and machines across a myriad of different sectors. Importantly, the product is flexible, highly loadable and very dependable. Based on this portfolio of attributes, Freudenberg Sealing Technologies has now further developed Simmerring for use in the process industry, by making it available in food-grade materials. Conventional PTFE shaft seal rings soon reach their limits at high rotational speeds and pressures, which typically leads to leaks and other seal failure modes. In addition, to date it has not been possible to use Simmerring in the food industry as its PTFE materials have not been approved for food-related applications. With this challenge in mind, experts at Freudenberg Sealing Technologies set about developing two new Simmerring materials especially to meet the requirements of process industries such as food and beverage, and pharmaceuticals. t| 01332 524422 e| fst-food-beverage@dichtomatik.co.uk w| food-beverage-seals-uk.fst.com HENKEL is a leading innovator in adhesive technology and reports it has consistently introduced new developments for industrial applications at successive Southern Manufacturing shows. The company says these products have been for the core engineering applications for which the Henkel brands LOCTITE, TEROSON, BONDERITE and TECHNOMELT are best known and they include structural and general bonding, threadlocking and sealing, gasketing, retaining and functional coating. Henkel says Southern Manufacturing 2019 continues this trend with latest generation and new products being demonstrated for all of these established applications but this year it will also introduce visitors to an exciting new development, its 3D printing material solutions for industrial manufacturing, Stand H165. w| www.henkel.com 3D printing capability Annual Buyers’ Guide 2019 | Plant &Works Engineering | Seals available in food-grade materials