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PRODUCT NEWS
LIFTING COMFORT AND SAFETY
MATERIALS handling equipment specialist Hyster is expanding its UT Series with the new H5.0-7.0UT range of 5-7 tonne forklifts.
Compared to its 4-5 tonne range predecessor, the new forklifts allow for additional lifting capacity for loading and unloading heavier goods.
Hyster area business director Pacific Mark Chaffey said to construct the new forklifts, the designers and engineers put themselves in the driver’s seat.
“For drivers to be productive and safe, they
need to be confident in their equipment – and
the equipment must be designed to respond to diverse site conditions, with the features that global experience tells us are the driver’s choice.
“The result was a robust and quality engineered forklift, designed to be the ideal solution to meet less frequent materials handling needs, while still offering the outstanding performance and service backup that Hyster is known for globally,” said Chaffey.
The forklift maintains high visibility of the load with its wide mast view to optimise safety.
PUMPING IT CLEAN
THE new Alfa Laval DuraCirc circumferential piston pump delivers robust design, high efficiency, and reliable operation; hygienic assurance with EHEDG as well as 3-A certification as standard; and easy maintenance.
Alfa Laval portfolio manager Pumps Russ Kelly says: “The DuraCirc is a game changer. It’s everything users want, all in a single pump – the perfect balance of supreme performance, superior hygiene, and simpler service.”
The DuraCirc pump range has robust construction and features a high efficiency design, wide performance envelope and low net positive suction head (NPSH)
requirement. With flow rates up to 150m3/h (660gpm), the
pump is capable of handling operating pressures up to 40 bar
(580psi), which is 15 per cent higher than all other circumferential piston pumps available today. Optional ports make it easy to replace existing pumps from Alfa Laval and other brands with the DuraCirc, without having to adapt pipework.
Certified to meet EHEDG guidelines and 3-A Sanitary Standards, the DuraCirc pump assures process integrity and product quality.
HIGH DEMAND DRIVING
FOR mobile systems such as pumps for the wine industry or cleaning machines that have a manageable structure, pumped media often places high demands on drive control. The
decentralised Nordac Flex Sk 200e frequency inverter is suitable for applications such as mobile conveying or dosing in process engineering, and applications with similar
requirements.
The inverter generates the control voltage itself and can be easily and locally
controlled and operated via switch and rotary potentiometer. Using the inverter’s integrated PLC, the device can perform minor logic functions autonomously.
The Nordac Flex Sk 200e demonstrates its high operational flexibility particularly with saving synchronous motors such as those required for
continuous operation.
Frequency inverters from the Nordac Flex series are
characterised by their high precision regulation. Extending into low-speed ranges, the drive control
prevents strong turbulences.
The drive systems ensure a high-resolution flow
setting and at the same time can measure the density, temperature and volume of the media using external sensors.
✷ PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT
ALOTOFDRYAIR
Some demanding applications in the food and beverage industry require extremely dry compressed air. The drier the air needs to be, the lower the pressure dew point needs to be. And the lower the pressure dew point, the higher the level of complexity, space requirement and cost involved.
Kaeser Compressors offers an integrated and intelligent solution that is energy efficient and space saving with its dry-running rotary screw compressors integrated heat of compression (i.HOC) dryers.
The dryer is integrated within the dry-running compressor and the desiccant is contained in a drum through which the compressed air flows in an axial direction. Desiccant regeneration and compressed air drying take place continuously, within a single pressure receiver. The drying and regeneration sectors are separated, both structurally and in terms of process. Slight pressurisation of the drying sector ensures that once dried, the compressed air does not reabsorb moisture from the regeneration air flowing by, in the adjacent sector.
In i.HOC dryers, desiccant regeneration takes place continuously, using the heat that already exists in the hot compressed air. Following the final air compression stage in the compressor, the hot compressed air is not sent to the compressors second stage coolers and lost, but it is diverted directly to the drying sector of the integrated rotating dryer before it exits the compressor.
The heat arising as a result of compression of the air is therefore also used for desiccant regeneration. This heat is freely available without cost, as no additional energy is required for the drying process. This translates into maximum efficiency and outstanding drying reliability.
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Kaeser Compressors W: au.kaeser.com
T: 1800 640 611
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