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H e a d q u a r t e r s of the newly n a m e d Orbit P u m p s Ltd.

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Identity change at Liquid M o v e r s

Market awareness of the ' B r a n d ' product, a n d the challenge of m e e t i n g increased d e m a n d , has caused progressing cavity p u m p m a n u f a c t u r e r L i q u i d Movers Ltd to change its n a m e to Orbit P u m p s Ltd. F e b r u a r y 1989 saw the establ i s h m e n t of Liquid Movers Ltd in the UK as sole stockist a n d d i s t r i b u t o r s of p u m p s a n d p a r t s m a n u f a c t u r e d by Orbit P u m p s of South Africa. In six years b u s i n e s s had b u i l t - u p to a position w h e n Orbit SA could no longer keep u p with the UK's m a r k e t d e m a n d s . To facilitate this growth the Company moved into its p r e s e n t premises in Trafford Park, Manchester. Contact: Orbit Pumps Ltd, No.2 Westpoint Enterprise Park, Clar-

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AEA w o r k i n g to s p e e d CFD process

This new product will signifi cantly shorten the time it takes to generate a grid, by automatically building the grid with data imported from CAD files in the form of IGES d a t a or solid models. It will a u t o m a t i c a l l y generate a triangulated grid on the surface and fill the volume with a m i x t u r e of tetrahedral a n d p r i s m a t i c elements. This c o m b i n a t i o n of different element types is a very powerful method of accurately resolving b o u n d a r y layer and general fluid flows with an optimal size of grid. This grid g e n e r a t i o n technology has been successfully applied in GE Power G e n e r a t i o n a n d Aircraft Engines d u r i n g its d e v e l o p m e n t at GE, for the design a n d o p t i m i z a t i o n of turbom a c h i n e r y related components. AEA Technology will begin marketing the new technology in late 1997. Contact: AEA Technology, Advanced Scientific Computing, 554 Parkside Drive, Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 5Z4, Canada. Tel: +1 519 886 8435; Fax: +1 519 886 7580; E-math [email protected]

AEA Technology has entered into a development agreement with GE Corporate Research and DeT e s t i n g lab pays velopment, to develop an advanced Unstructured Grid off G e n e r a t o r for c o m p u t a t i o n a l fluid dynamics applications. This advanced technology was origin- A q u a r t e r of a c e n t u r y of ally developed by GE's Corporate experience in m a t e r i a l s testing Research and Development Me- a n d metallurgy of high alloys is chanical Systems laboratory in b e i n g m a d e available to the S c h e n e c t a d y New York, AEA outside world. Technology and GE will continue The testing service offered by to improve the technology, Weir Materials has already promaking it more user friendly and duced some n o t a b l e successes increasing the performance of in solving p o t e n t i a l p r o b l e m s the grid generation process. c o n c e r n i n g failure analysis, c o r -

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facility by p u r c h a s i n g a few rosion a n d m a t e r i a l s selection. A m o n g e q u i p m e n t at t h e h o u r s c o n s u l t a n c y on a r e t a i n e r c o m p a n y ' s m e t a l l u r g i c a l a n d basis. This allows i n s t a n t access corrosion laboratory i n for day-to-day metallurgical a n d M a n c h e s t e r is a s c a n n i n g elec- corrosion issues, with full supt r o n microscope, which e n a b l e s port for t e s t i n g a n d investigafracture faces to be e x a m i n e d at tion work, where required. high m a g n i f i c a t i o n s to establish Contact: The Weir Group PIc, 149 modes of failure. It also has N e w l a n d s Road, Cathcart, e d a x a n a l y t i c a l f a c i l i t i e s to Glasgow G44 4EX, Scotland, Tel: study corrosion debris a n d any +44 141 637 7111; Fax: + 4 4 141 significant I~atures in "the mi- 637 2221, cr(~structure so t h a t c o m p o n e n t Advanced test history can be fully established. R In c o n j u n c t i o n , metallurgical centre ready for and mechanical testing can operation confirm the component's c o m p l i a n c e with m a t e r i a l specifications. E x t e n s i v e c o r r o s i o n t e s t i n g facilities are also avail- Griswold Pump has reported the able to justify the correct mate- completion of a state of the art test facility at the companys' rials of construction. A new l a b o r a t o r y is being Thomasville, Georgia, unit. Designed for both p r o d u c t i o n purpose-built at Weir's Manchester site, which will further im- a n d research a n d developmenprove facilities and is available tal purposes, the c o m p a n y is to other interested parties for capable of testing from 0 to consultancy a n d testing services. 3500 gpm a n d u p to 400 psi. A n u m b e r of c o m p a n i e s have With 32 calibrated motors, the a h e a d y t a k e n a d v a n t a g e of the c o m p a n y is capable of t e s t i n g

u p to 150 hp, in s t a n d a r d voltages u p to a n d i n c l u d i n g 460 V, three phase. Contact: Griswold Pump Company, 107 Plantation Oak Drive, Thomasville, GA 31792, USA. Tel: +1 912 226 5255; Fax: +1 912 226 5567.

Handbook advises on packing usage The Fluid Sealing Association has released the revised edition of "Guidelines for the Use of C o m p r e s s i o n P a c k i n g s " . The book is s p o n s o r e d by the members of the C o m p r e s s i o n Pack ing Division of the Fluid Sealing Association a n d the E u r o p e a n Sealing Association. it provides i n f o r m a t i o n on c o m p r e s s i o n packings, their components, a n d the selection a n d p r o p e r m e t h o d s of application. The p u b l i c a t i o n is a r r a n g e d to p r o v i d e a useful tool for those who presently use or are

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