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Servomex’s ongoing commitment to sustainability is the topic of our latest expert podcast.

Global Business Development Manager Stephen Firth is joined by our new director of Sustainability and Strategic New Product Development, Mike Proctor, and Paul Gaterell, Servomex Global Health, Safety, and Environmental Manager to discuss the key issues.

Together, they examine the foundations of sustainability in the business, and look at our strategy for the future.

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Servomex has announced the latest round of promotions following its recent reorganization.

The global experts in gas analysis have seen five new manager-level appointments as part of its pursuit of Operational Excellence that underpins its internal strategic review.

Karen Gargallo has been appointed to Business Unit Manager of Industrial Process & Emissions, Kieran Dray is now the Manufacturing Engineering Manager, and Matt Chambers, based at the USTC, has been appointed to th

Achieving accurate and repeatable low-level moisture analysis in the specialty gas industry while minimizing analysis instrument maintenance is a challenge many laboratory analysis equipment suppliers have tried to meet over years with a number of different technologies. It is now clear that Tunable Diode Laser Spectroscopy (TDLS) has emerged as the clear technology leader, however, this general technique is not standing still. Instruments utilizing various versions of this technique are now

Polyethylenes are thermoplastic resins obtained by polymerizing the gas ethylene [C2H4]. Because of its exceptional application flexibility, polyethylene’s rise in popularity for both consumer and industrial uses means that today it is the largest volume plastic in the world.

Low density polyethylenes (LDPE) are polymerized at very high pressures and temperatures, and the high density types (HDPE) at relatively low temperatures and pressures. Another type called linear low densit

The effective reduction of NOx emissions in combustion processes is a key objective for meeting environmental legislation. A generic term for NO and NO2 produced from the reaction of excess nitrogen and oxygen during combustion, especially at high temperatures, NOx is not only subject to legislative requirements for effective control on environmental grounds, but effective management also has important benefits for the effectiveness and efficiency of a combustion process.

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An all-optical sensor platform has been developed for hydrocarbon gas composition analysis enabling speciation and quantification of the individual hydrocarbon components in multi-component matrices of alkanes, alkynes, alkenes and/or alcohols. It performs such speciation without requiring physical separation of the compounds as performed in chromatography. The flow-through optical sensor provides unattended, real-time and consumable-free analysis suitable

The AquaXact 1688 ultra-thin film technology is based on major advances in micro layer deposition and metal oxide sciences. It provides measurements with a sensitivity several orders of magnitude larger than of those made with other technologies. The Servomex AquaXact 1688 sensor results are free of drift and insensitive to temperature changes.

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Aluminum Oxide (Al2O3) sensors measure the capacitance between an aluminum core and a gold fi

Maintenance of low oxygen concentration in reflow furnaces produces higher quality product, less product defect, and lower maintenance costs - potentially saving thousands of dollars per year. But only the advent of a unique non-depleting oxygen sensor by Servomex avoids problems with sensor contamination and depletion experienced by traditional sensing technologies.

THE ROLE OF OXYGEN ANALYSIS IN REFLOW FURNACES

Following the widespread elimination of chlorof

The precise and rapid analysis of process gases within an ethylene plant is vital to ensure safe and efficient operation, being used to optimize process efficiency while maintaining the highest levels of safety. These efficiencies can be achieved in a variety of ways, including shortening the residence time in the cracking furnace; rapid adaptation to changing feed-stocks; improving combustion control; optimizing fractionation; and improving process reliability. Safety can also be improved as

In the field of gas chromatography, many sensors are available that cover a broad range of measurements. Each of those sensors has advantages and drawbacks, so a solid understanding of the different technologies is important. Thermal Conductivity (TCD) and Flame Ionisation Detector (FID) sensors have been available for decades and are the most commonly used measurement technologies. However, there is now a new technology available that surpasses their performance, especially when ultratrace l