Fieldbus training course
The Fieldbus centre at Lee College will be offering Fieldbus For Sales Professionals, a one-day certified training course intended for controls and instrumentation sales professionals needing a general understanding of Foundation Fieldbus technology, on 28 September 2007.
HVDC thyristor valve contract
Areva‘s Transmission and Distribution (T&D) division has signed a multi-million Euro contract to supply H400 High-Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) thyristor valves to interconnect the Chinese and Russian power grids.
Van Leeuwen Pipe and Tube Group appoints
Mr P.L. (Peter) Rietberg has been appointed as Chairman of the Board of the Van Leeuwen Pipe and Tube Group as of 1 September 2007.
CMMS-ST motor controller
Festo has launched an intelligent stepper motor controller which employs encoder-based feedback to deliver true servo functionality using stepper motor technology.
Actuation packages
The Chergui gas field, located on and around Kerkennah Island, near Sfax, Tunisia, was discovered as part of the West Kerkennah exploration permit granted in the late 1970's with preliminary reserves estimates of 50 billion standard cubic feet (SCF) under the anticipated development programme.