SECURA B.C. manufactures melt-blown polypropylene filter media for liquid and air filtration and filter cartridges for liquid filtration at absolute, nominal and economical grades. Production is based on SECURA’s own patented melt-blown technology.
SECURA’s staff are also active in designing filtering systems to meet the requirements of individual applications in a variety of industries, e.g. water filtration for beverages, juices, beers, pharmaceuticals, paints filtration for manufacturers and the automotive industry. Systems are also designed for the domestic potable water filtration market.
ABSOLUTE FILTERS
SECURA’s absolute filters achieve 99.98% (η =5,000) filtering efficiency, keeping low pressure drop and very high dust loading capacity. Due to the carefully designed internal structure of the filter, 100% of the filter’s volume is active in the filtration process (depth filters). Due to our unique patented production technology, SECURA’s filters keep high rigidity and do not allow the filter material to collapse under the increasing pressure during filtration.
Filters are mostly made with:
64mm O.D. and 28mm I.D. as double open end (with or without gaskets) or single open end with Code 3 or Code 7 endcaps. Typical lengths: 10in, 20in, 30in, 40in – FRA type
120mm O.D., 28mm I.D., 10in, 20in, 30in lengths, DOE – BSA type
140mm O.D., 90mm I.D., 23in and 40in lengths, SOE- FON type
6in O.D., 4.5in I.D., 20in and 40in lengths, DOE- CLA type
NOMINAL FILTERS
The filtering efficiency of SECURA’s nominal filters is kept at a 95% level, optimising the cost of filtration by minimising pressure drop and maximising the service life of the filter. Due to these feathers, nominal filters are made in the widest variety of diameters and lengths:
64mm O.D., 28mm I.D. – 5in, 7in, 9 ¾in, 20in, 30in, 40in lengths, DOE – FRN type
120mm O.D., 28mm I.D. – 10in, 20in, 30in lengths, DOE – BSN type
140mm O.D., 90mm I.D. – 20in and 40in lengths, DOE – FON type
6in O.D., 4.5in I.D. – 20in and 40in lengths, DOE – CLN type
ECONOMICAL FILTERS
The filtering efficiency of SECURA’s economical filters is kept at a 80% level, minimising the cost of filters. Low pressure drop and reasonably long service life make them suitable for domestic potable water applications. The filter dimensions are prepared for typical plastic housings:
60mm O.D., 28mm I.D. – 5in, 7in, 9 ¾in, 20in lengths, DOE – FRE type
110mm O.D., 28mm I.D. – 10in, 20in lengths, DOE – BSE type
INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION
SECURA is a leading manufacturer in Eastern Europe and markets its products through an international distribution network. Since January 2001 SECURA has joined the AQUA group of companies, supporting manufacturers of plastics housings, dosing pumps, self-cleaning filters and pump accessories.
SECURA’s staff of 35 includes four PhD specialists and six senior engineers to provide ongoing R&D support for production and engineering services for customers.
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The Verder Group and Samuel Hodge have announced that they have reached an in principle agreement under which the Verder Group will acquire 100% of the shares in Autoclude Ltd.
Autoclude designs and manufactures peristaltic pumps, mainly for the OEM and the laboratory market. The company has distributors in many countries and has an extensive product range which covers flow rates from 1ml/min to 23L/min, which are used in a diverse range of markets, e.g. the medical and the beverage dispensing industries.
"With virtually no product overlap, Autocludes’ products represent an attractive complement to the products in our Liquids division," said Andries Verder, CEO of the Verder Group. "We believe this acquisition will further expand our customer base throughout the Group. The combined businesses will benefit from economies of scale through a well established sales network and combined product development to accelerate growth and further strengthen our position in the peristaltic pump market."
"We believe this is an outstanding transaction for our associates, customers and partners," said Hamish Kinmond, director of Samuel Hodge. "Verder is at the forefront of peristaltic pump technology, making it the ideal partner for Autoclude. This combination is the best way to create exciting future growth opportunities for Autoclude’s associates and partners, and enhanced products for our customers."
Wallingford Software has announced the release of FloodWorks v6.0, its real time flood forecasting and warning software solution. FloodWorks is a modular software package that enables real-time simulation and forecasting of extreme hydrological and hydraulic conditions within river basins, drainage systems and the coastal zone. Version 6.0 provides users with a multitude of enhanced monitoring and data handling features.
One of the key new features in v6.0 is multiple status objects, which gives users powerful control over the mode of an operational FloodWorks server, enabling FloodWorks to switch to a higher state of alert when certain combinations of events are triggered such as heavy rainfall and high river levels in certain locations. It also provides users with as many status objects as they need to help monitor system events.
NEW AND ENHANCED MODEL ALGORITHMS
FloodWorks v6.0 also features new and enhanced model algorithms. New model algorithms include a rating equation to convert between river levels and flows, and the new simple runoff model. Enhanced model algorithms include extra outputs from the PDM rainfall-runoff model, a time-based priority infill model, and an enhanced rain-gauge averaging model for calculating a catchment’s average rainfall.
PRIORITY INFILL FEATURE
The time-based priority infill feature allows users to fill in missing telemetry data in a more open way ‐ in previous versions, if data was missing at a particular timestep, FloodWorks would look for replacement data in the first data source defined in a list. If no data was found, the second source in the list would be checked and so on.
Priority infill allows users to set a time span during which an alternative data source is valid. Outside this time span, that source is ignored and FloodWorks moves on to the next source in the list.
RAIN GAUGE AVERAGING
Rain gauge averaging is another useful addition. V6.0 allows users to choose the profile from a single gauge and scale this to give the same volume over the time period as the average from all the contributing gauges, allowing peak values to be maintained.
SERVER UPDATE FACILITY
FloodWorks v6.0 also has a server update facility, which enables minor changes to be made to an operational server without the need to export a completely new server. This is particularly useful when setting up and undertaking initial testing.
EXTERNAL RAINFALL FORECAST DATA
FloodWorks also now supports external rainfall forecast data from advanced weather radar display and rainfall forecasting systems. This can be radar data, rain gauge-only data, or merged radar and rain gauge data. The radar data is imported in XML format, compliant with many government data exchange standards.
450 PREVIOUS SAVED STATES
The approach to saving states has also changed. In previous versions, FloodWorks saved the latest 40 states for use as initial conditions in future forecast runs, but in some situations it was felt that this was not enough. This issue has been addressed by increasing the number of previous saved states to 450.
SILENT EVENTS
The silent events feature allows events that are not critical to the system to be hidden. If a large number of events are occurring, the map can quickly become confusing. Checking the visible checkbox ensures all critical events are shown while others where the box is not checked are hidden by default in event manager.
FloodWorks’ sales manager, Tyrone Parkinson, said: "The new version of FloodWorks is packed with important new features that both enhance its usability and underline the relevance of the solution to today’s operational modelling requirements."
Wallingford Software has announced the release of Version 8.0 of InfoWorks, the leading software solution for modeling, infrastructure planning and operational management in the water, wastewater and river-management sectors. The launch is in line with Wallingford Software’s commitment to issue two major software releases each year, offering users new functions, time-saving features, performance advances and enhanced presentation of information across the whole InfoWorks family ‐ InfoWorks CS for wastewater management and sewerage provision, WS for water distribution and supply and RS for river, channel and floodplain flows.
IMPORTANT NEW FEATURES IN VERSION 8.0
Important new features in this major release of InfoWorks WS include the use of area-based demands, enabling demand to be defined by land use, instead of only at properties. This allows users to specify values for networks that have no consumption data available. Another development is a timesaving feature that is ideal for water quality simulations that take a long time to stabilize. Runs can now be initialized using previously stored results.
There is also a new feature to group objects into component sets and aggregate the results, such as cumulative flow through a group of pumping stations. Also new is a third method of fire-flow capacity checking. Among more than thirty other additions in InfoWorks WS Version 8.0 is the simulation of the consequences of a failed pipe.
A powerful new capability in InfoWorks CS is snow melt modeling, which has been introduced in response to requests from users, particularly in Canada and the USA. The model incorporates factors such as the initial snow conditions, rainfall, temperature and wind and is derived from the approach used in SWMM. The new InfoWorks CS release also features a number of usability enhancements as well as a redesign of the method by which missing data values are inferred, giving greater flexibility than in previous versions.
Changes to InfoWorks RS include improvements to the way results are written, bringing faster simulations and more efficient disk usage. Other innovations include enhancements to the engineering validation rules and timesaving features such as the automatic calculation of floodplain section separation distances. There is also a new overview display, which provides a comprehensive summary of all the objects in the entire network or a selected area.
PLOT DATA USING SCATTER GRAPHS
Among the features that are common to InfoWorks CS, WS and RS is the ability to plot data using scatter graphs, to help correlate results or identify rogue values. The new versions now support the export of data to XML files and feature enhanced security options, including the ability to ensure that only database owners can save changes to global settings.
"We are always looking for further ways to help our customers," said Wallingford Software Sales Director Paul Banfield. "Our rigorous twice-yearly release schedule enables us to meet their latest needs, including responding to requests for new functions so that users can apply InfoWorks to an even wider range of situations. Specialist functions such as snow-melt calculations and the new method of fire-flow checking will provide invaluable tools for particular groups of users, while other enhancements offer quicker ways of carrying out everyday tasks, easier access to information, greater flexibility and better network-security."
Two of Saudi Arabian Amiantit Company’s manufacturing facilities in the Eastern Province wound up 2006 with contract awards amounting to a total of over 33 million dollars received between them in the last quarter of the year. The total amount is made up of 26 orders for various projects across the Kingdom adding up to US$ 33 million.
The majority of the orders are for GRE (glass reinforced epoxy) pipes and fittings that are being produced at the Amiantit Group’s manufacturing facility Bondstrand Limited (BSL), while the remaining orders are GRP (glass reinforced polyester) pipes and fittings that are being manufactured at Amiantit Fiberglass Limited (AFIL).
"These contract awards enabled Bondstrand and AFIL to start 2007 with full order books and it is gratifying to see that most of the orders come from within the Kingdom, which is and always has been our core market, " said Eng. Fareed Al-Khalawi, President and CEO of the Amiantit Group. "Furthermore, since most of these orders are for the Bondstrand plant, it totally justifies the investment that we made in researching and developing GRE pipes specifically for the gas and oil industries."
Eng. Fareed went on to say "With the Kingdom and other GCC countries enjoying a boom similar to the early 1970s, there is renewed activity in upgrading existing infrastructures and initiating new projects for the oil and gas industries and municipal water and sewage networks. With this in mind, I am confident that this year will continue as it started and we shall see 2007 close with excellent results."
Amiantit GRP and GRE pipes are corrosion resistant, as well as being strong and durable, yet light in weight, easy to install and environment-friendly. The world patents for Flowtite, the technology used in the manufacture of fibreglass reinforced pipes, is exclusively owned by Amiantit.
While GRE pipes are supplied to countries with oil and gas reserves, Amiantit’s environment friendly GRP pipes are in demand worldwide for transporting potable water and in sewage systems. Because they are corrosion resistant, GRP pipes also have industrial uses including transporting highly corrosive seawater for cooling systems. To meet increasing global demand Amiantit has GRP manufacturing facilities strategically located in countries as far apart as Germany and India, and South Africa and Brazil.