Equipment Round Up: Pumps and Fluid Handling

Johnson pumps added
The Johnson Pump line has been integrated into the SPX portfolio. Johnson’s TopWing, a series of bi-wing rotary lobe pumps, is available in eight sizes. Shaft seal options include single mechanical, quenched, double flushed or O-ring. It has feet for vertical or horizontal mounting. Safety relief valves are available built-on or separately. Pre-heating/cooling devices are in front cover and/or at the seals. Connections are available from 25mm to 100mm. They have superior hygiene, with a self-draining rotorcase and mechanical seal assembled in the liquid, and are easy to clean – CIP, SIP or by hand, with a minimum of entrapped liquid.
Waukesha Cherry-Burrell/SPX;
Delavan, Wis. 800-252-5200; www.gowcb.com

Careful handling
Handling dairy, bakery, cereal, beverage and confectionary products with care and ease, 800 Series pumps are now available for hygienic, high-performance applications in the food industry. To maintain the purity of the pumping product, the pumphead has no valves, is self-priming and can run dry without incurring damage. The low-shear action ensures consistent product quality with no siphoning or slip, providing accuracy of up to + 0.5 percent when handling flavorings, colorings and additives. It is the most hygienic pump available and complies with all USDA food handling and FDA, USP and NSF Class VI standards.
Watson-Marlow Bredel Inc.;
Wilmington, Mass. 800-928-7786; www.watson-marlow.com

Emerson Evolves DeltaV Control System
Food and beverage manufacturers who already employ or are ready for a sophisticated level of process control may be interested in the newest version of the Delta V control system. DeltaV version 10.3 contains many new features and advances over previous versions. It’s designed to take advantage of both WindowsXP SP3 (just released) and Windows Vista SP1. Configuration tools have been simplified. DeltaV Plant Explorer is redesigned with a new user interface and increased speed. DeltaV Control Studio, Recipe Studio, Expression Editor and Graphics Studio also have been redesigned with the same kind of “ribbon toolbar” made popular by Microsoft Office 2007. Diagnostics provide new automated processes for Foundation fieldbus device commissioning and replacement. Cyber security and safety instrumented systems have been integrated into this version. DeltaV since version 8.0 has had a robust batch executive, and version 10 introduces a single environment for batch operations. New features include a bigger, faster MX batch controller, with 2.5 to 3 times the performance and twice the memory. There’s a new historian. Batch campaign management and recipe exchange are enabled, as well as support for OPC XML-DA. DeltaV Compliance Suite “closes the loop in batch manufacturing.” Compliance Suite is an SOA- and .NET-compliant application that is designed to work in ISA95 levels 1, 2 and 3. Finally, the new system includes native support for WirelessHART instrumentation and gateways.
Emerson Process Management;
Austin, Texas 800-833-8314; www.easydeltav.com