Lenzyme Installs Solar Heating Panels
Lenzyme has installed a solar water heating system at its remodeled manufacturing facility in Little Suamico, Wis. The multiple solar panels provide 100 percent of the company’s hot water needs, as well as supplemental heat. The company’s facilities also are highly insulated and designed to take advantage of natural daylight and keep energy demands to a minimum. The 16 solar panels measure 4 feet by 8 feet each. When fluid in the panels reaches 120 degrees F, a thermostatic switch activates a pump inside the building, circulating the fluid through insulated tubing to a heat exchanger and hot water tank. A diverter valve also redirects excess fluid under floors in the production and office area to produce radiant heat.
Simple Solutions Selects Distributors
Simple Solutions LLC, makers of the Wolverine brand of activated carbon filters, has added new distributors Carleton Environmental Services, Richmond, Ontario; Missouri Water and Wastewater Products, Camdenton, Mo.; and YTG, Yemen Technical Group, Sana’a, Haddah, Yemen.
Pump Systems Releases Guidebook
Optimizing Pumping Systems: A Guide to Improved Efficiency, Reliability, and Profitability from Pump Systems Matter and the Hydraulic Institute is a 250-page reference based on the collaborative efforts of 22 industry experts. The book includes graphics, illustrations and reference tables covering a range of topics, including pump fundamentals, pump and system interaction, calculating cost of ownership, improving the performance of existing pump systems, optimizing new designs and pumping system economics. For more information, call 973/267-9700 or visit www.pumps.org.
Infiltrator Adds ENGEL Injection-Molding Machine
Infiltrator Systems Inc. has installed the first of two ENGEL duo 45050/4400 robotic injection-molding machines at its Winchester, Ky., manufacturing plant. The new machines will enable Infiltrator to greatly increase its manufacturing capacity, replacing the production output of three older platen presses. The duo line includes 10 machine sizes, all withhigh-speed cylinders to help reduce cycle time. The company also operates several other ENGEL duo machines at its Kentucky and Utah facilities, including 720-ton, 1,250-ton and 1,900-ton units.
