October 2019

GRUNDFOS says today the Grundfos Product Center (GPC) is well-known as the ‘go to’ pump selection tool of choice for an increasing number of industry professionals. This could be because much thought and consideration went into its design to deliver an online tool that would make choosing the right pump solution as straightforward as possible. The company says this ease of selection is also true when a replacement pump is required. Simply log onto the Product Center and select the REPLACEMENT option on the home page. From here, enter the name of the old pump into the Quick Search field or alternatively, you can enter the pump name and other data into the Classic Search field. The Product Center will then display the top three replacement pump choices and you can filter your selection by choosing either the pump with the lowest purchase price, the pump with the lowest energy consumption or the pump with the lowest total lifecycle costs. This then offers the option not just to simply replace, but to e-place by selecting the most energy efficient options. Grundfos says additional requirements, such as fluid type, lifecycle costs and evaluation criteria provide additional filtering options and will ensure that finding the best pump replacement choice is there waiting for you, whenever you need it. w | www.grundfos.co.uk CASTLE says its latest innovation has made complicated environmental noise monitoring a thing of the past. With live data streamed directly to thecastlecloud.com, solar panels and lithium battery options, the E-Box has all the bases covered with 3 options available, The LITE, POWER and LIVE. Castle says its E-Box brings flexibility and intelligence like never before. Housed in a compact, lightweight and weatherproof casing, the E-Box is easily transported and deployed. t | 01723 584 250 e | enquiries@castlegroup.co.uk . Anaerobic adhesives are said to be the ideal choice to augment the seal or holding force of a mechanically joined assembly. They serve as thread lockers, thread sealants, structural and instant bonders, retaining compounds and flange sealants. When designed into an assembly, these products can reduce component inventories, decrease total manufacturing costs, enhance equipment reliability and minimise aftermarket breakdown and associated warranty problems. LOCTITE says it was the inventor of anaerobic adhesives for engineering tasks and continues to develop the technology to expand its scope of application, and to provide an overview of how these products can provide 100% leakage safety Henkel has compiled a new guide. Entitled ‘Adhesive & Sealant Solutions That Stop Leaks Before They Start’, this 8-page publication uses graphics to show the wide range of applications that benefit from its adhesives. w | www.henkel-adhesives.com/uk/en/industries/ manufacturing/fluid-process-leak-prevention.html Total leakage prevention British Cables Company (BCC) in Manchester says it has replaced the control system on two insulated cable-making lines resulting in a 29% increase in the number of reels produced during an eight-hour shift. The new system controls the wire tension and maintains the correct drawing diameter as the wire is pulled through an extruder, while running at an increased speed of 1,800 metres a minute. The company was unable to source spare parts for the original control system. This resulted in frequent breakdowns costing over £60,000 per annum in lost production. Restarting the system added a further £38,000 per annum in engineering costs. The original control system was slow to respond, setting up the machine to produce a new colour of cable often resulted in several false starts, resulting in wire snapping and up to 10,000 metres of scrapped cable. The new ABB Compact HMI SCADA system, supplied, installed and commissioned by ABB’s Engineering Centre in Coalville, controls two ABB AC500 programmable logic controllers (PLCs) on each line. The PLCs are linked by ProfiNET to five ABB variable speed drives (VSDs), rated between 4 kW and 60 kW, each of which control the speed of ABB AC motors. In addition, a smaller ABB VSD is used to control the positioning of the water trough that cools the extruded wire. Upgrading the motors and drives has reduced energy costs by £16,000 a year across the two lines. The control system now triggers cable colour changes on the fly by reducing the machine speed to 200 metres a minute during the changeover. This has resulted in an 80 % reduction in waste. t | 01925 741517 e | layla.hewitt@gb.abb.com Control system cuts costs Brand-new environmental noise monitoring system Process, Controls & Plant October 2019 www.pwemag.co.uk Plant & Works Engineering | 37 E-place your pumps

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