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Precision Measurement in the Dairy Industry

June 19, 2024

The dairy industry in Eastern Canada faces numerous challenges, including ensuring food safety, maintaining hygiene standards, and meeting consumer expectations. As the demand for dairy products continues to rise in Canada, efficiency and quality become increasingly important. Westech Industrial, as a proud distributor of Vaisala Polaris™ Process Refractometers, offers advanced solutions to address these challenges with state-of-the-art instrumentation and process control technologies. Addressing Dairy Industry Challenges Ensuring Food Safety and Compliance: Strict hygiene standards are essential in dairy production to guarantee consumer safety and product integrity. Optimizing Equipment Sanitation: Efficient clean-in-place (CIP) and sanitize-in-place (SIP) processes are vital for maintaining…

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Case Study – Upgrading to ABB Flame Scanners: A Seamless Transition for Domtar’s Pulp & Paper Power Boiler

March 5, 2024

In the world of industrial combustion, maintaining operational efficiency while ensuring safety standards can be a challenging balancing act. Domtar’s Espanola pulp & paper mill in Ontario, Canada, faced such a challenge with their power boiler #9. The need to replace aging flame scanners without undergoing a time-consuming and costly safety recertification process led them to ABB’s cutting-edge flame scanning technology. Westech Industrial is proud to be the distributor of ABB Flame Scanners across Canada, offering innovative solutions that ensure both safety and performance. Domtar’s Espanola pulp & paper mill in Ontario, Canada. ABB’s 1:1 Replacement Solution The journey began…

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Westech Industrial Announces Partnership with Qmicro for Revolutionary Gas Chromatograph Products in Canada

February 21, 2024

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Calgary, AB – February 13, 2024, Westech Industrial Ltd., a leading provider of industrial equipment and services, is thrilled to announce a new partnership with Qmicro, the renowned manufacturer of advanced gas chromatograph systems. This partnership marks a significant milestone in Westech Industrial’s mission to bring cutting-edge analytical solutions to the Canadian market. Under this agreement, Westech Industrial will distribute Qmicro’s innovative gas chromatograph products across Canada, offering unparalleled precision, speed, and efficiency in gas composition analysis for a wide range of industrial applications. This collaboration is set to redefine the standards of process control and automation…

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Westech Industrial Ltd. Partners with ABB to Distribute Flame Scanner Products Across Canada

February 8, 2024

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Westech Industrial Ltd. Partners with ABB to Distribute Flame Scanner Products Across Canada Calgary, Alberta – February 09, 2024, Westech Industrial Ltd., a premier provider of comprehensive industrial solutions, proudly announces its partnership with ABB, a global leader in electrification and automation technologies. This collaboration designates Westech as the only authorized distributor of ABB’s Flame Scanner products in Eastern Canada, with distribution rights extending throughout the entire country. For over 55 years, Westech Industrial Ltd. has been dedicated to offering innovative solutions across a variety of sectors, including Energy, Municipal, Food & Beverage, Pulp & Paper, Mining,…

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Navigating Quality Control in Petrochemicals: The Role of Precise Color Measurement

January 22, 2024

Introduction:In the petrochemical and offshore industries, maintaining product quality is paramount. The challenge of ensuring consistent quality in products like lubricating oils, heating oils, diesel fuel oils, and petroleum waxes is a task that demands precision and reliability. One key aspect of quality control is the color measurement of these products, which is not just about aesthetics but closely tied to their refinement and purity. The Challenge:As companies strive for excellence in manufacturing and product consistency, they encounter the need for real-time, continuous measurement of product quality. Traditional methods can be time-consuming and prone to errors, leading to inefficiencies and…

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The Superior Hygienic Solution – Jacoby-Tarbox® Uni-San® Hygienic Sight Windows

September 29, 2023

THE PROBLEM A customer was searching for a sanitary fused sight window solution after experiencing supply chain disruptions with European manufacturers with their current sight window source. The customer also expressed dissatisfaction in paying an additional cost for an electropolish-finished product. They were paying more and waiting longer for this essential piece of equipment. THE SOLUTION A customer was searching for a sanitary fused sight window solution after experiencing supply chain disruptions with European manufacturers with their current sight window source. The customer also expressed dissatisfaction in paying an additional cost for an electropolish-finished product. They were paying more and…

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Engineered hygienic clamps — how precision gauging leads to hygienic union reliability and product quality

June 30, 2023

Just as a table needs at least three legs to achieve stability, adding an engineered clamp can be the third leg that ultimately stabilizes union performance to meet industry demands for greater consistency. The industry and standards organizations, like ASME BPE1, have standardized geometry for hygienic ferrules and categorized gasket intrusion, leaving only hygienic clamps as the missing “link” in fully defining hygienic joint or hygienic union performance. Just as a table needs at least three legs to achieve stability, adding an engineered clamp can be the third leg that ultimately stabilizes union performance to meet industry demands for greater…

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Case Study: Heat and Electricity for All of Kuopio – Verifiably Lower Emissions with SICK Sensor Intelligence

May 29, 2023

We are thrilled to present a remarkable case study that showcases the power of SICK Sensor Intelligence in revolutionizing emissions monitoring and energy production. Discover how Kuopion Energia, a leading energy company in Finland, leveraged our MCS200HW multi-component analyzer system to achieve unparalleled efficiency, lower emissions, and reliable supply of heat and electricity to the city of Kuopio. The Challenge: Modernizing for Cleaner Production As a responsible energy provider, Kuopion Energia understood the importance of continuously modernizing its power plant to comply with emissions laws and reduce its environmental impact. With the need for a versatile and low-maintenance analyzer system,…

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Westech Industrial Expands Operations with New London Location

March 27, 2023

Westech Industrial Ltd. is excited to announce the opening of a new Eastern Canadian regional head office in London, ON, located at 639 Sovereign Road, Unit #1. This new facility features state-of-the-art amenities and a more modern and spacious layout that will allow Westech Industrial to better serve its clients and support its growing business needs. “We are investing in the London region, and this move represents a significant milestone for our company. We are excited to base our eastern Canadian operations from London, ON and expand our capabilities to serve our customers’ needs and create new opportunities for employment…

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Case Study – 40 % Drop in Maintenance with Intelligent pH Sensor

March 9, 2023

Keeping pH measurements operational in pulp and paper processes can be a time-consuming challenge. For a multinational company, changing to a METTLER TOLEDO solution for wastewater monitoring has dramatically cut their maintenance time and costs. Too much time on sensor maintenance Based in northern Spain is a major company that develops, produces, markets and sells personal care, tissue and forest products in countries across the globe. In one of their pulp mills wastewater is closely monitored during processing to ensure only water that meets local regulatory requirements is discharged. During the early stages of treatment, the water has a high level…

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