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Huge orders for Tank Heaters

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  • Tank heaters
  • stored fuel
  • stored oil

It is well documented that the temperature of stored oil and fuel affects viscosity. If tank temperature suddenly falls it causes the viscosity of the fluid to rise leaving your stored fuel or oil potentially un-useable. UK Flowtechnik supply a huge range of tank heaters for many different applications, large...

Flomec flow meters pave the way

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  • Flomec flow meters
  • application case study

Company Type: Paving Company Market: Asphalt Paving Production Application Category: Process Control/Proportional Bleeding Model Number: OM008S713-211R2 Application During the manufacture of asphalt paving, a mixture of rock, gravel and sand are added to and mixed with liquid asphalt. Prior to this mixing process, the aggregate must be dried and heated...

Flomec meters help monitor fuel generators

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  • application case study

Company Type: Power Company Market: Fossil/Hydro/Other Application Category: Monitoring Model Number: OM025P001-822 APPLICATION A generator used to produce power has a recirculating fuel supply that provides more fuel to the injectors than is consumed, resulting in a fuel return. Determining actual consumption required subtracting the return volume from the supply...

UK Flowtechnik LTD gains 'shop window' with European Oil and Gas Buyers

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  • Membership
  • Oil and Gas Buyers

UK Flowtechnik Ltd has gained a ‘shop window’ with companies in the oil and gas sector by joining Achilles FPAL - an online community, which is used by over 100 buyers from oil and gas companies. UK Flowtechnik Ltd which has 7 staff and supplies specialist flow meters, pumps, couplings...

Flomec meters help mine crude oil

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  • Flomec flow meters

Company Type: Chemical Mixing Market: Mining Application Category: Monitoring Model Number: OM006S513-222R2 APPLICATION Measure the Kerosene Dilutant (KD) pumped into the earth to breakdown the gravity composition of crude oil. This process helps extract crude oil from oil wells for processing. Monitoring the amount of KD pumped results in accurate...

Don't let the low temperatures ruin your fuel & oil this winter

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  • Tank heaters

At this time of year oil and fuel applications can experience start up problems due to the increased viscosity at cold temperatures. In many cases can cause mechanical or increased wear on system components. See the dramatic effect of temperature on viscosity here. At UK Flowtechnik we offer a huge...

A successful Composite Engineering Show for UK Flowtechnik

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  • Trade Show

For the second year in a row UK Flowtechnik Ltd. exhibited at the Advanced Engineering Show, a show that brings together engineers from a wide range of industry sectors. The two day event provided the ideal opportunity for UK Flowtechnik to network with engineers from across the adhesives & composites...

World first in metering extremely viscous adhesive

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  • Case Study

We were approached by a manufacturer of glue and resin dispensing machines to see if it we could accurately measure the flow rate of Araldite AW4804 aluminium filled adhesive and HW4804 hardener in a high temperature (210ºC) application. Andrew Biggs, Technical Sales Manager at UK Flowtechnik, said: “This was a...