Chlorinators - A Smart Option for Water Purification

Chlorinators are the most commonly used water purification systems and are installed by Municipal Corporations, Thermal Power Stations, Public Health Departments, Chemical Paper Pulp Industries and other concerned bodies. These are popular because all models available in the market are pre-assembled and tested in virtual operating conditions, thereby giving you the benefit of reduced installation costs.
In the chlorination process a specific amount of chlorine containing compound is added in the water. Working on simple principle, Chlorinators are far easier to operate, install and maintain, not to forget its water purification efficiency.
There are quite a lot of advantages of Chlorinators used for the treatment of water. They are effective on disease causing microbes like bacteria or viruses, reduces the smell caused by hydrogen sulfide. Moreover, it is proved by various studies that they also have the ability of breaking down bacterial slimes and destroying algae and facilitates the removal of iron from water. But, one should take care of the amount of Chlorinators used as these are available in different concentrations. One should take care of the amount of compound added in a particular quantity of water; as less amount may lead to retention of contaminants even after purification whereas excessive use may leave chlorine smell in treated water.
Chlorinators are also considered as the most cost-effective and safe method for purification of well water also, in which mainly sodium hypochlorite (also known as bleach) and calcium hypochlorite chlorinators are used.
One more type of dis-infection alternative is the Electro Chlorinators or electrolytic chlorinators that belong to the category of small water systems. In Electro-Chlorinators sodium Hypochlorite (NaOCL) is generated on-site with the help of salt, water and electricity.
Electro Chlorinators have several benefits over conventional chlorinators. Some of them are delineated below:

Requires only salt, water and electricity

Provides the power of chlorine without the danger of storing or handling hazardous materials

Sodium hypochlorite generated on-site does not degrade like commercial sodium hypochlorite

The total operating cost is less than conventional Chlorination methods

On-site generation of sodium hypochlorite allows the operator to produce only what is needed and when it is needed

Chlorinators also weigh over other water purification systems as these eliminates potentially dangerous handling and storage problems associated with other types of dis-infection practices. There are numerous chlorination devices and accessories available in the market such as the chlorine gas scrubbing system, for easy and proper functioning of chlorinators, for years to come.



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INDUSTRIAL MECHANICAL INSULATION AT MAVO

The Mavo Systems management team provides extensive experience with over 40 years in the industrial insulation industry. At Mavo Systems, our estimating, project manament and field personnel provide the utmost knowledge in technology and installation methods. This allows us to deliver a functional, cost-effective service with results that help establish long-term relationships with our customers.

Our asbestos, lead and other hazardous abatement and demolition services provide an economical and efficient means for customers to hire one contractor to perform coordinated tasks saving time and money.

At Mavo Systems we can provide money saving ideas with proven industrial application methods, reducing costs and yet maintaining lasting insulation systems.

Quality insulation projects require a combination of technology, knowledge, and extensive experience at all levels of the organization. In addition to our insulation services, we offer a cost-effective turnkey project that utilizes our asbestos removal division, reducing costs in ways that only a one-source contractor can provide.

Industrial & Commercial Insulation:

• Process piping
• Equipment - ID fans; vessels
• Boilers
• Baghouses
• Turbines
• Tanks

Facilities:

• Power plants
• Refineries
• Chemical
• Paper industries
• Food process

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“Mavo Systems performed their work very professionally and met project timelines and budget requirements on our major utilities project. The supervision responded quickly to our changing needs and quickly reacted to changing project dynamics when asked” I feel very comfortable utilizing Mavo’s services for large scale projects in the future and would not hesitate to recommend them to highly potential clients.”

Hard Chrome Plating Alternative

For quite some time now, engineers in all walks of industry that have been specifying the use of hard chrome plating for their components have been looking for alternatives to the process. Especially nowadays with a global awareness of environmental concerns and an increased value being placed on social responsibility of manufacturing houses, engineers have started the quest for hard chrome replacement processes with greater thrust than ever before. Additionally, corporate accounting personnel dread the cost of hazardous waste stream disposal from hard chrome plating lines and look for cheaper solutions without compromising product quality and performance.

These objectives that were seemingly impossible to achieve just a few years ago are now becoming well within the reach of technologists everywhere, thanks to extensive research and development in the field of thermal spray coatings. To put in a nutshell, thermal spray coatings technology can be used effectively as a replacement for hard chrome platings.

While that may seem like a major claim, there have been many instances of actual commercial success using chrome carbide - nickel chromium alloy powder as the raw material in order to generate coatings that have effectively worked very well in the field including in stringent aerospace applications.

While plasma spray coatings can serve fairly well in this endeavour, the key to producing high quality coatings as a hard chrome replacement lies in the use of the high velocity oxy-fuel process. Because of the tremendous velocity imparted to the powder particles and the dense metallurgical micro structures made possible by this process, the resulting coatings perform extremely well in functional tests. With the absence of carcinogenic hexavalent chrome, operator health and safety concerns get to be less of a concern and this is an added benefit. There are no hazardous waste streams to be concerned about.

An added feature of using the thermal spray process is the speed of deposition is greatly enhanced. From the stand point of productivity and lowered costs, this is a bonus feature. So, there ends your quest for a hard chrome plating alternative. Now all you need is to find yourself a good coatings vendor and your problems can get solved completely!

Everything You Need to Know About Fasteners

Construction and mechanical hardware essentially includes all the construction tools and mechanical accessories that are involved in various construction engineering applications. Besides knowing about all the mechanical and construction products like couplings, bearings and transmission chains it is also important to have an idea about how they are applied and used. There are various options of mechanical fasteners available in the hardware market. Some of the other popular versions of concrete fasteners are screws and lag shields that are best used in masonry wall materials. The toggle bolts are suitable for light and medium load and even hollow masonry. Choose from a wide array of construction fasteners that will surely keep your houses intact.

The Following is a guide that will tell you all about fasteners and their specific use.

Hammer Set Fastener

The hammer set segment of concrete fasteners are easy to install and are also hassle free as no washers and nuts are required to place it. Drilling the hole a little deeper and hammering the fastener is all one needs to do. This is becoming a popular choice for construction and mechanical hardware among manufactures suppliers as well as buyers. The only disadvantage of this fastener is that while removing the fastener, the wall gets damaged.

Sleeve Type Fastener

Known as sleeve anchors, these fasteners are best for holding a weight up to 200 pounds. Availability of different sizes also acts instrumental for this fastener in the construction hardware market. To install this, one needs to just pinch the side of the hole and screw it. However, be cautious while screwing it as over tightening can break it up. can break it around the hole.

Screws Type Fasteners

Screw fasteners are commonly used to attach windows, doors and even electrical boxes. The only requisite of installing these fasteners is the screw driver .They are the most popular fasteners as they can be removed and screwed back easily.

Plastic Type Fasteners

A plastic fastener is perhaps the most commonly used fasteners in the construction and mechanical industry. They are ideal for holding weight less than 50 pounds and show best results when paired with concrete, mortar, brick, and stone. However, be cautious while using these fastener in too soft concrete, the plastic anchors might break free while turning the screw with great force.

Metal Shield Fastener

This is also a popular choice for mechanical and construction applications that use soft materials like mortar and brick. Also known as soft metal shield anchors, these fasteners have a shortcoming of being subject to easy stripping in case when too much force is applied on the wench.

Spotlight on a Customized Hydraulic Press

A customized hydraulic press has been dancing around the fabricating industry for many years. Tailored to specific needs, the features and options of each press are chosen by the user to perform a specific application such as blanking, coining, compression molding, forming, punching or stamping. Each customer becomes part of the design team, working with the machine tool builder to incorporate the speeds, bed size, tonnage, stroke and any specialty options to best meet production goals.

Choosing hydraulics over mechanical operations provides the additional benefits of minimizing the footprint and reducing the overall investment. Hydraulics allow the generation of high forces in a compact area, reducing the overall structure and mechanism required for support of the force actuators. A mechanical press of the same tonnage is a larger machine requiring significantly more space and upping the initial investment. The number and variety of custom-designed hydraulic presses available at any given time is virtually limitless. Each machine is the product of a fresh design, making the most recent machine shipped from the manufacturer virtually the newest model.

In some cases, the customer brings more to the design table than his forming requirements. For example, Acuity Brands Lighting'¬s Indiana production facility worked with Beckwood Press Co. to integrate press bed rollers to minimize die setup time for its latest press. Acuity, the world's largest manufacturer of lighting fixtures, has 24 manufacturing facilities throughout North America and Europe. Products include indoor and outdoor lighting for commercial, institutional, industrial, infrastructure and residential applications. Architects, contractors, energyservice companies and maintenance personnel alike are familiar with Acuity brands that include Lithonia Lighting, Hydrel, Peerless, MetalOptics and Carandini.

Corporate-wide emphasis at Acuity continually focuses on creating a leaner, more effective organization to support efficient production and new product development. Part of that focus is to make machine purchases and initiate processes that increase capacity without increasing headcount. In 2006, the company's efforts were rewarded with a 12 percent increase in customer orders.

Ronald Knight, product manager at Acuity's Crawfordsville plant, explains that 15 of the company's newest presses have been fitted with computerized "smart die systems" to reduce die changeover time. Additional features of the newest Beckwood press include a 35-ton capacity, a 30-in. press stroke and 36-in.-by 36-in. bolsters. Optimum speeds for the application were determined to be 440 ipm on approach, 36 ipm for press and 44 ipm for return. Several design elements work toward time- and labor- saving goals. Bed rollers provided by Acuity were integrated into the design to assist with quick die change. A new safety light curtain incorporating a four-corner mirror system eliminates the guards with safety interlocks, increasing productivity while still safeguarding operators.

"We asked Beckwood for a larger control transformer for integration with our smart die system," Knight explains. "We had them change the swing-out pedestal to give the operator a little more usability. Operators love the quick die change and the light curtain. The setup men love this press."

Knight has seen value in investing in custom presses. "The benefits to customization are not buying what we don't need," he says. "With our last press purchase we didn't need the standard 100-ton press. We needed a 35-ton press with a 30-in. stroke and larger bed size. Why waste money on extra options or a higher capacity press?"

For more information on this process, please see Beckwood's article in the March 2007 edition of FF Journal (or contact us for a free issue).

Fall Protection Equipment Saves Lives

This past spring, a contractor faced a potential $70,000 fine from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for committing a violation of fall protection safety. The violation is considered "one committed with plain indifference to or intentional disregard for employee safety and health." Allegedly, workers were exposed to a 50 foot fall while working without fall protection on a building's roof. Employees are required by the United State Department of Labor Law 1926.501(b)(2)(i) to use fall protection when working from heights of 6 feet or greater.

Too many accidents occur every year in the workplace and too many times it is because of the lack of safety equipment. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there were 253,440 reported cases if work-related non-fatal falls, compared to 814 fatal falls reported by private industries in 2007. Accidents are not inevitable, and falls are no different. With the right combination of education, equipment and training, you can eliminate falls from your workplace.

Working in a high-risk industry is dangerous enough, so whether you're on a roof, platform, ladder, moving vehicle, or high rise, you need protection from falling. Falls from scaffolds, roofs and ladders constitute half of all disabling falls and they are often due to loss of balance because of tripping, slipping, and shifting or unstable ladders. Unfortunately, you cannot trust your body to have excellent balance at all times. With the right fall protection equipment, you can prevent disabling injuries and fatalities in high-risk workplaces.

Fall protection is more than wearing a hard hat and a safety harness. It starts with prevention and equipment. First you must identify all the potential fall hazards in your work environment: unprotected floor openings and edges, shafts, skylights, stairwells, and roof openings. Inspect fall protection equipment for defects. Use general equipment and installations like covers, handrails, guardrails and parapet walls to help prevent falls from happening. Select and wear personal fall protection equipment appropriate for the job at hand. Educate employees on current hazardous areas, signs of potential hazards, and have them continuously monitor for ongoing fall protection. This is as easy as a weekly safety meeting, discussing procedures in using fall protection equipment and responding to emergencies.

If your company is in need of new fall protection equipment, now is a great time to upgrade for the summer months. Established in 1992, Empire Safety and Supply has been providing clients with quality fall protection equipment for high-risk work environment needs. Their product lines range from harnesses and connecting devices, to fall protection systems and rescue/escape. Empire Safety and Supply represent over 800 manufacturers to offer clients the fall protection solutions and information they require. Empire Safety and Supply has a Warehouse and InventorySupport Team with the capability to ship thousands of products across the country and globe.

China's Wind Power Equipment Industry Received a Huge Order of 5.25 Million KW

On April 20th, 2009, Gold Wind won the bid of wind power concession projects of Inner Mongolia and Hebei, totaling 775,500 KW. The 517 bid machines are all GW77-1500 and the total value reaches RMB 4.187 billion (611 million USD). The delivery period spans from 2009 to 2012. XEMC won the bid of wind power concession projects of Fengning Wansheng wind power plant on Hebei Chengde wind power base, altogether 150,000 KW totaling RMB 797 million (116.3 million USD). In addition, XEMC also won the bid of wind power projects of Weichang Yudaokou wind power plant on Hebei Chengde wind power base, altogether 200,000 KW totaling RMB 796 million (116.2 million USD).

This wind power project of 5.25 million KW involves 25 wind power plants. Over 20 wind power entire-machine enterprises participate in bidding. Compared with the 3.8 million KW project bid of Gansu Jiuquan, the number of enterprises which have won the bids shows a slight increase. In the project of Gansu Jiuquan, besides Gold Wind, Sinovel and DEC, CSIC (Chongqing) Haizhuang also won a small bid. It is estimated that about 5 enterprises will win the bids this time and the share made up by the additional enterprises except the three tycoons will see an apparent increment. At present, after developing technologies and establishing productivity at early stage, altogether 70 plus wind power entire-machine enterprises have owned capability of bulk supply. Therefore, they all make great efforts to win the huge bid this time. In addition, what's worth noticing is that Guodian United Power Technology Company Ltd, a subsidiary of China Guodian Corporation, also participates in bidding for four wind power plants, some of which belong to the China Longyuan Electric Power Group Corporation, another subsidiary of China Guodian Corporation. In this way, the combination of wind power operator and wind power supplier might be a trend of China's domestic wind power market in future.

In this bidding, the price of wind power machines witnesses an apparent drop. The price of GW77-1500 bid won by Gold Wind in June 2008 stood at RMB 6398/KW that time and slipped to RMB 5399/KW this time. Although the prices of raw materials and spare parts affect the prices of bid machines, another factor of fierce competition within China's wind power equipment industry can not be ignored as well. It is predicted that the total output of Gold Wind, Sinovel and DEC in 2009 will reach 7 million KW. Even if the demand will perhaps jump to 120 million KW in 2020, China's wind power industry will represent an inevitable trend of surplus. In general, wind power entire-machine industry will see an increasingly apparent decline in gross profits in future. Certainly, there are differences between enterprises. Some will be kicked out and some excellent ones will create more profits than the average amount of the whole industry.

The increased installed capacity of China's wind power machines rose by 89 percent to 6.25 million KW in 2008 and the amount of this bid reached 5.25 million KW. It is predicted that China's demand for wind power will see an annual growth rate of 30 percent to 50 percent, for China is actively planning to build six 10-million-KW wind power bases.

Source: China Research and Intelligence