EVENTS / NEWS
EVENTS CALENDAR 18–22 May 2014
25–27 June 2014
2 October 2013
69th STLE Annual Meeting
Lubrication, Maintenance and Tribotechnology Conference & Exhibition (LUBMAT 2014)
13th EDF–Pprime workshop: ‘Energy Saving in Seals’
Lake Buena Vista, Florida, USA Contact: Merle Hedland, Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers, 840 Busse Highway, Park Ridge, IL 60068-2302, USA Tel: +1 630 428 3400, Fax: +1 847 825 1456 Email:
[email protected] Web: www.stle.org/events/annual
20–21 May 2014
Manchester, UK Contact: Liz Roberts – Conference Officer, University of Central Lancashire (UCLan), Preston, Lancashire PR1 2HE, UK Tel: +44 1772 893809, Fax: +44 1772 894985 Email:
[email protected] Web: www.lubmat2014.org
O-Ring Prüflabor Richter GmbH’s seminar: ‘Testing of Elastomeric Seals’
20–24 July 2014
Grossbottwar, Germany Contact: Waltraut Mergenthaler, O-Ring Prüflabor Richter GmbH, Kleinbottwarer Str. 1, 71723 Grossbottwar, Germany Tel: +49 7148 922037, Fax: +49 7148 922038 Email:
[email protected] Web: www.o-ring-prueflabor.de/de/seminare
21 May 2014
2014 ASME Pressure Vessels & Piping Conference (PVP2014) Anaheim, California, USA Contact: Melissa Torres, Meetings Coordinator, ASME International, Three Park Avenue, MS 22E5, New York, NY 10016, USA Tel: +1 212 591 8257, Fax: +1 212 591 7856 Email:
[email protected] Web: www.asmeconferences.org/PVP2014
‘Joint Integrity Masterclass’ Cleckheaton, UK Contact: Karen Webb, British Valve & Actuator Association, 9 Manor Park, Banbury, Oxfordshire OX16 3TB, UK Tel: +44 1295 221 272 Email:
[email protected] Web: http://bvaa.org.uk or The Academy of Joint Integrity Email:
[email protected] Web: www.academyofjointintegrity.com
22 May 2014
26–28 August 2014 Fluid Leak Management Users’ Group (FLMUG)/Valve Team Users’ Group (VTUG) Summer Meeting 2014 Oak Brook, Illinois, USA Contact: Karen Miller, Coordinator, FLMUG, 306 Coves End Point, Seneca, SC 29678, USA Tel: +1 864 882 7406, Fax: +1 866 882 8890 Email:
[email protected] Web: www.fluidleak.com
Futuroscope Chasseneuil, France Contact: Nöel Brunetière, Institut P’, CNRS – Université de Poitiers – ENSMA UPR 3346, Département GMSC, SP2MI, Bd Marie et Pierre Curie, BP 30179, F86962 Futuroscope Chasseneuil Cedex, France Tel: +33 5 49 49 65 31 Email:
[email protected] or Email:
[email protected] Web: htp://edf-pprime-2014.sciencesconf.org
6–7 October 2014 12th European Fluid Machinery Congress Edinburgh, Scotland Contact: Amelia Brunt, Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 1 Birdcage Walk, London SW1H 9JJ, UK Tel: +44 20 7973 1294, Fax: +44 20 7222 9881 Email:
[email protected] Web: http://events.imeche.org
8–9 October 2014 18th International Sealing Conference (18th ISC) Stuttgart, Germany Contact: Dr Christian Geis, Fachverband Fluidtechnik im VDMA, 18th ISC, Postfach 71 08 64, 60498 Frankfurt/Main, Germany Tel: +49 69 66 031318, Fax: +49 69 66 032318 Email:
[email protected] Web: www.sealing-conference.com
‘Methods of Leak Testing, Theory and Practice of Test Gas Leak Detection’ (seminar)
9–12 September 2014
Offenbach am Main, Germany Contact: Stefanie Wüst – Project Management Academy, International Sealing and Gasket Technology (ISGATEC), On the Parade Ground 1A, 68167 Mannheim, Germany Tel: +49 621 717 68880, Fax: +49 621 717 68888 Email:
[email protected] Web: www.isgatec.com
HERVICON + PUMPS 2014
14–16 October 2014
Sumy, Ukraine Contact: Organizing Committee, HERVICON + PUMPS 2014, Sumy State University, 2 Rimsky-Korsakov str., Sumy 40007, Ukraine Tel: +38 0542 333594, Fax: +38 0542 333594 Email:
[email protected] Web: http://hervicon.sumdu.edu.ua
2014 International Elastomer Conference
16–20 June 2014
22–25 September 2014
21–23 October 2014
ASME Turbo Expo 2014
43rd Turbomachinery & 30th International Pump Users Symposia
Element Oilfield Engineering with Polymers 2014
Houston, Texas, USA Contact: LaDonna O’Hara, Registrar, Turbomachinery Laboratory, Texas A&M University, 3254 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843-3254, USA Tel: +1 979 862 1012 Email:
[email protected] Web: http://turbolab.tamu.edu
London, UK Contact: Jenny Skinner, Senior Conference Organiser, Applied Market Information Ltd, AMI House, 45–47 Stokes Croft, Bristol BS1 3QP, UK Tel: +44 117 924 9442, Fax: +44 117 989 2128 Email:
[email protected] Web: www.amiplastics.com
Düsseldorf, Germany Contact: Joanna Ku, Administrator, Conferences & Exhibitions, ASME/IGTI, 6525 The Corners Pkwy, Suite 115, Norcross, GA 30092, USA Tel: +1 404 847 0072 (x 1652), Fax: +1 404 847 0151 Email:
[email protected] Web: www.asmeconferences.org/TE2014
Nashville, Tennessee, USA Contact: Rubber Division, American Chemical Society, 411 Wolf Ledges, Suite 201, Akron, OH 44311, USA Tel: +1 330 972 7814 Web: www.rubber.org/2014-international-elastomer-conference
LabTecta bearing protection range from Aesseal is now ATEX certified
U
K-based Aesseal Plc is offering its customers a complete range of patented bearing protection products with full ATEX certification, complemented by an ATEX service support network. According to Aesseal, complying with ATEX directive 94/9/EC, LabTecta is the first range of bearing protection products to be certified to the latest harmonised EN standards, which adds to the growing list of ATEXcertified products from the firm. Bearing failure accounts for 20.8% of all rotating equipment downtime, with bearing contamination attributed as the major cause, says the company. LabTecta is specifically designed to prevent the ingress of water and 16
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dirt, and the egress of lubricant, which reduces the chance of bearing failure. The design uses centrifugal forces to open and close “micro-gaps” in the seal to ensure the application can breathe when running, but is perfectly sealed from contamination when it stops running and the forces cease. (Aesseal is currently preparing a feature article that will cover in greater detail its LabTecta bearing protection seal. This is scheduled to appear in Sealing Technology later this year.) Contact: Aesseal Plc, Mill Close, Bradmarsh Business Park, Rotherham S60 1BZ, UK. Tel: +44 1709 369966, Fax: +44 1709 720788, Email:
[email protected], Web: www.aesseal.com
Aesseal Plc’s LabTecta bearing protection range is now ATEX certified.
April 2014