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<b>INFRARED FLAME DETECTOR WATERTIGHT IP66 ENCLOSURE </b><br> For industrial applications, indoors and outdoors, where fire can spread out rapidly due to the presence of highly inflammable materials (fuel, gas, paint, alcohol, paper, etc.) and where vast premises need an optical detector with a great sensitivity and large field of view. One detector can monitor a large area and responds immediately in the presence of fire, yet of small sizes. Built-in automatic and manual TEST device for the remote monitoring of the detector ability.
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<b>Industrial Plants for Composites, Rubber and Plastics</b><br> You are a manufacturer of composites or technical laminates? Are you a rubber or plastics processor? Whether you produce fibreboards, simple or fibre-reinforced plastics (FRP), composite materials, prepreg, organo sheets or organo boards, PVC flooring, or rubber conveyors – Hymmen is your ideal partner to expand existing production plants or transform them into highly efficient systems or else we can turn completely new ideas into reality. The continuous double belt presses for the manufacture of composites and processing of rubber and plastics or the compression of powdery materials precisely illustrate Hymmen s core expertise.
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CSS (Combi Slip Sheet) Sliding sheet for loading and unloading of 20, 30 and 40 foot containers in less than 6 minutes
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<b> Drum chipper - DPF </b><br> DEMUTH DPF Drum Chippers are extremely simple machines with updated constructive characteristics, which to considerably increase efficiency and durability. The machines were projected after observing and using several equipament in operation. Considering that drum chippers are equipment initially used in countries of essentially tropical woods, they were properly projected and the experience proved to be machines of very long durability, high versatility and low maintenance
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Spain | Asturias is positioned as a destination to attract forestry investments
Asturias claims its potential to attract new projects linked to wood processing. The region has resources but also a business, industrial and technological ecosystem that was highlighted yesterday by twenty speakers in Madrid.
Buenos Aires | The XV National Agribusiness Forum of LIDE Argentina will debate how to convert innovation into competitiveness
The agroindustrial sector is going through a transformation in which data and technology occupy an increasingly relevant place. However, having more information does not necessarily mean producing better, reducing costs or generating new businesses: the real leap in competitiveness begins when this data is integrated into processes and becomes decisions capable of generating results.
A hybrid slab points to a new stage for timber prefabrication
A 20-tonne load test has just turned a research concept into a tangible signal for the timber construction industry. Researchers at the University of Stuttgart tested a full-scale, 9 by 5 metre timber-concrete composite slab supported on columns and designed to span in two directions. The result is more than another structural component. It proposes a different way to design, manufacture and assemble floors for multi-storey buildings.
The Andean Region will host the First National Congress on fires and forest restoration
The meeting will be held on November 21 and 22 and will bring together brigade members, firefighters, forestry workers, specialists, technicians, researchers, organizations, producers and communities to address prevention, combat and recovery of areas affected by fire.
200 years ago they planted thousands of trees to stop river erosion: today they realized they were wrong
The introduction of this tree to the western US to combat river erosion backfired, displacing native species and disrupting fragile ecosystems. When talking about ecological restoration, planting trees often seems like one of the most obvious solutions to recover a degraded landscape. However, in fragile ecosystems, an intervention intended to help can end up generating new problems if the relationships between species, water and soil are not taken into account.
Spain planted millions of eucalyptus trees to get cheap wood. 90 years later, we have confirmed that they are a green desert
This tree was planted by millions in Spain and scientists now link it to the loss of biodiversity For decades it was the tree chosen to repopulate forests and supply the paper industry.
They trained 120 Garabí Group operators for the initial response to forest fires
The Ministry of Production of Corrientes trained 120 forestry workers from the Garabí Group in Gobernador Virasoro, with the aim of strengthening knowledge and response capabilities against rural and forest fires.
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