SPX Corp. completed the acquisition of SGS Refrigeration Inc. of Dixon, Ill. SGS manufactures and distributes industrial refrigeration products, including industrial evaporators and evaporative condensers, in the North American market.

Total Olefins Antwerp upgraded its cooling equipment, replacing 12 existing cooling tower cells with six new units. Babcock & Wilcox subsidiary Spig S.p.A. handled the cooling tower upgrade project at the Antwerp, Belgium, production facility. It was undertaken to improve the plant’s performance, Spig says. The project was completed on schedule without disrupting the plant’s production capacity.

Chart Industries Inc. completed its acquisition of Harsco Corp.’s Industrial Air-X-Changers business (Air-X-Changers), effective July 1.

A static pressure control system for older-model spiral freezers can help upgrade equipment operation, says its manufacturer. The SPCS from GEA instantly controls the airflow, which reduces frost buildup, increases productivity and improves product quality. Because the control system allows users to save energy, it offers a four-month return on investment, says GEA.

The presence of scale is common to a facility’s operations. It can cause a surge in energy consumption and have a significant impact on operational costs. This is why it is vital to properly maintain and protect your equipment.

InterCool USA, an industrial refrigeration design-build firm, acquired the industrial refrigeration division of Freije-RSC, a 50-year-old engineering company with operations in Indiana and Ohio.

According to a report, cold storage firm Frozen Assets LLC signed a lease for 124,406 ft² of space in Chicago. This will be the company’s second cold storage facility in the Chicago area. The company is also leasing freezer space available at the site. 

A local report says that Chill Build Jacksonville LLC will construct a 222,834 ft² cold storage facility for Preferred Freezer Services on 13 acres in northwest Jacksonville. The $43.5 million investment is expected to create at least 40 jobs.

California-based Southwest Thermal Technology was approached by one of its OEM customers to provide a shell-and-tube cooler to chill a client’s salsa prior to bottling. The request was more challenging than it sounds.

Manufacturers engaged in process cooling or other applications where temperature control is critical may experience elevated energy costs on a regular basis. Also, the potential for dust and other environmental particulates clogging the cooling system or hindering robotic assembly can result in high maintenance costs, reduced productivity and excessive downtime.

Thermal spray coating is an industrial coating process that consists of a heat source (flame or other) and a coating material (in powder or wire form). The coating is melted into tiny droplets and sprayed onto a surface at high velocity. Upon impact, a bond forms with the surface. Repeated passes build up the thermal spray coating and form a layered structure.

It is critical that process cooling systems relying on cooling towers have robust but cost-effective filtration equipment for water reuse. Cooling tower water frequently contains hazardous materials that should be managed to avoid reintroducing them into the process cooling equipment or system.

Designed to be coupled with a variable-frequency drive and motor, I-Series achieves its peak efficiency to ensure maximum cooling capacity with minimum power. 

Designed for indoor, outdoor, remote and washdown applications that require a closed-loop system to protect electronics, PKS Series are designed for cooling industrial electrical and IT components that need dust protection. 

The design of the Novaplex Vector process triplex diaphragm pump reduces the installation footprint by arranging pump heads in three dimensions. The arrangement of the heads also reduces the number of crankshaft bearings from six to two, compared with traditional triplex pumps.