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Taking Pressure Off Blower Selection with Regenerative Technology
Description: Blowers provide critical enabling technology for chemical processing plants and refineries to handle or separate hazardous and corrosive gases, whether in vent header off-gassing, spot source, ...
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Double-Sided Productivity
Description: Adding an automatic bar feeder to a CNC turning center is one way to boost productivity and free up an operator. On a milling machine, loading and unloading workpieces with an automated part transfer ...
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Evaporative Cooling: The Best Way to Cool Hot Gases and Reduce Emissions
From: Spraying Systems Co.Description: If you have gases to cool or condition, you know technology is advancing rapidly and you have more options than ever before. However, the basic need to cool hot gases and reduce volume quickly still ...
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Races are Won at Pit Stops
Description: The requirement to minimize costs is driving every production site. Especially in the terms of cost-efficient production within global competition, there is no alternative today. It is a matter of ...
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Tooth for Tooth: Gear Cutting
Description: Precise gear cutting doesn't come cheap. Until now it has been necessary to rechuck workpieces numerous times or use costly CNC lathes. But as the saying goes, "it ain't necessarily so," because EWS ...
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Coal Pulverizer
Description: An inspection port for the lubrication system of a major utility's coal pulverizer leaked continuously due to poor design and construction, combined with use of a conventional general-service sheet ...
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Combustion Turbines
Description: A critical component in combustion turbines used by utilities to generate electricity is the crossfire tube which feeds natural gas to the turbine. This tube contains a packing set which, should it ...
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Glycol Line Heater
Description: When natural gas is transferred from a well head to a distribution center, it is typically pumped through a network of pipelines. To maximize the capacity of the pipelines, the gas is compressed to ...
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Infraredology: P3 - The Gas Infrared Curing System
Description: Dr. Leach remembers it well. As the Clinical Director at The Institute of Curing (aka Vice President of Thermal Innovations Corporation), Leach felt confident he had seen it all. However, even he ...
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Proper Installation of a Bolted Joint Gasket
Description: Bolted flange gasket technology continually evolves with new designs and materials that provide more reliable and durable seals. Plant operators can choose from a wide variety of gasket products that ...
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Understanding 2D Symbol Verification (.pdf)
Description: The purpose of Data Matrix symbol verification is to ensure reliability and consistency of symbols based on the strict criteria outlined in the ISO/IEC 15415, AS9132, and AIM DPM quality standards. ...
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Fluid Bed Dryer-Screener System Quadruples Production of Granular Chemical
From: Kason CorporationDescription: A 48-in (1220mm) diameter Circular Fluid Bed Dryer equipped with an integral circular vibratory screener quadrupled production of a proprietary granular chemical product, and improved quality by ...
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Graceful Scale Up of Mixing Systems
Description: When acquiring a process that involves one or several mixing steps, foresight for scale-up or expansion remains to be a subtle but important factor for long-term success. As production requirements ...
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Proof of Performance
From: Filtroil, Inc.Description: CIMCO - Bill Messemer, Maintenance Supervisor for CIMCO: "With Filtroil] we use the same oil year in and year out and we almost never have servo valve problems........." Nypro-Nymedex (Massachusetts) ...
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The Evolution of Modern High-Capacity Pellet Classifiers
From: Kason CorporationDescription: Circular vibratory separators have been classifying plastic pellets for well over 25 years. During this time, production rates have increased many-fold which has forced designers of this equipment to ...
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Turret Tool Sharpening
From: DCM Tech CorpDescription: At McQuay Manufacturing, turret press operators follow a standard procedure. Once they observe parts with burrs or other signs of tooling wear, they remove the worn tools, place them in the box, and ...
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The Design and Use of Locating Pins
From: MISUMI USADescription: Typically, the locating pins are used for controlled, fine tolerance positioning of a work piece. For example, a pallet that is moved along one axis, where the drive mechanism is not accurate and ...
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Why Go Custom When You Can Configure?
From: MISUMI USADescription: What is the configurable component? - The configurable component is a component that allows the engineer to specify critical dimensions through various design parameters. MISUMI USA, Inc. is a leading ...
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Cooler Upgrading: A Timely Topic
From: Moore Fans LLCDescription: Do you need more air out of your air cooler or cooling tower? Do you have increased process demands? Obsolete or inefficient fans? Stricter noise specifications? There are numerous reasons to consider ...
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Fan Design
From: Moore Fans LLCDescription: The following discussion describes the basic considerations in efficient axial flow fan design and illustrates features that will assist the reader in recognizing well-designed units. One of the most ...
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How to Recognize a High-Efficiency Fan
From: Moore Fans LLCDescription: The most important requirement of a fan wheel is that it must impart to the air stream a uniform velocity and pressure over its entire area. Any well-designed axial flow fan wheel is sure to have two ...
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How to Select a Low Noise Fan
From: Moore Fans LLCDescription: The total sound power produced by the fan can be calculated by the empirical formula below. The formula yields the Sound Power Level (PWL) in decibels. Logs are to the base 10: PWL = 55.2 + 30Log VT + ...
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Methods of Modulating Air Flow
From: Moore Fans LLCDescription: Although fans must be selected to meet airflow requirements under maximum conditions, they may be operated at reduced flow a large part of the time. Reducing airflow as conditions permit should return ...
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Modulating Airflow
From: Moore Fans LLCDescription: Although fans must be selected to meet airflow requirements under maximum conditions, they may be operated at reduced flow a large part of the time. Reducing airflow as conditions permit can return ...
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Noise Level Prediction for Moore Fans
From: Moore Fans LLCDescription: This paper refers to the Noise Level Prediction option in the fan rating program furnished by Moore. The program will respond to your fan rating input by calculating the fan Sound Power Level (PWL) ...
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Resonances of Pivoted Blades
From: Moore Fans LLCDescription: Variable speed drives are seeing ever increasing usage as an efficient way to control process temperatures by varying the airflow of an air cooler or cooling tower. Car must be taken, however, to ...
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The Advantages of Pivoted
From: Moore Fans LLCDescription: It is generally recognized that variable speed motors offer an efficient means of precisely controlling airflow, reducing energy use and lowering noise level, but . . . The Problem: API Standard 661 ...
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Theory of Rating
From: Moore Fans LLCDescription: In order to select a fan for a given performance, it is first necessary to know the density ratio of the air or other gas being handled - that is, the ratio of the actual density to the density of ...
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Two Hubs Are Better Than One!
From: Moore Fans LLCDescription: The question of how large a fan hub should be is commonly asked. The answer is simple: A hub must be large enough to pick up where the blades are no longer able to carry the load. As the radius is ...
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Alpenrose Dairy Case Study
From: Alar Engineering Corp.Description: Alpenrose Dairy goes beyond being a producer of high quality dairy products; it is a family fun center. There is Alpenrose Stadium, "Dairyville", the Quarter-Midget Racing Arena, an Outdoor Velodrome, ...
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DJ Environmental Case Study
From: Alar Engineering Corp.Description: What do restaurant grease trap waste and bat guano have in common? Jay Minear, owner of DJ Environmental, can handle both. By using a sophisticated system to pretreat and dewater grease trap waste and ...
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Guidelines for Filtration
From: Filtroil, Inc.Description: Material contaminants can exist as gas, liquid or solid. A gas can either be dissolved or entrained in the fluid. A liquid, depending on its compatibility with the fluid, can be free, dissolved, or ...
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King Quarry Case Study (.pdf)
From: Alar Engineering Corp.Description: King Quarry - Northern Wisconsin's foremost producer and supplier of natural stone products, was established in 1958 and is located in the picturesque community of Sugar Camp, Wisconsin. King Quarry ...
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Quad City Brick Case Study (.pdf)
From: Alar Engineering Corp.Description: Quad City Brick & Stone, Bettendorf, IA processes Indiana Limestone, Wisconsin Limestone, Rustic and Cocoa to produce face brick, cut stone and retaining walls. To expand capabilities and increase ...
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Vacuum System Handles Fine Alum Sludge - Town of Tewksbury, MA (.pdf)
From: Alar Engineering Corp.Description: The Tewksbury Water Treatment Plant in northern Massachusetts is using a vacuum filtration/dewatering system to dewater up to 8,000 gpd of settled residuals produced during the clarification of 3mgd ...
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Water Management For Architectural Stone Shops by Park Inds.
From: Alar Engineering Corp.Description: Did you know that song of the larger volume stone shops will consume well over 200 gpm of water daily? That's a lot of water. So what do you do with 20,000 to 100,000 gallons or more of wastewater a ...
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Flue Gas Desulphurization Manual
From: BETE Fog Nozzle, Inc.Description: BETE has supplied nozzles for use in open and packed spray towers and jet bubbling reactors since the late 1950s. With the passage of the first Clean Air Act in the United States, it was natural for ...
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Spray Drying Manual
From: BETE Fog Nozzle, Inc.Description: Drying is the process of removing liquid from solids by evaporation. The drying process has been used for thousands of years to reduce transport weight and increase the storage life of numerous ...
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Filtration Systems Help Meat Packer Maintain High Quality and Save Money
Description: The installation of a filtration system and a nitrogen generator system is helping Fresh Mark Inc., an Ohio meat producer, improve its already high quality standards while saving about $20,000 per ...
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Membrane Filter Saves 12 Hours/Week Maintaining Refrigeration Dryer
Description: Switching to a membrane dryer saved 12 hours per week that a manufacturer of forestry equipment previously spent maintaining a refrigerant dryer used to remove moisture from compressed air. Drying ...
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Steam Filters Help Weetabix Maintain Highest Possible Quality Standards
Description: The use of steam filters on the feed line for a pressure cooker provides Weetabix Canada with an extra level of quality assurance in producing over 90 brands of breakfast cereal. The filter removes ...
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How to Choose an Ionizer
From: All-Spec IndustriesDescription: There are a few things to keep in mind when choosing an ionizer. First start by deciding which style of ionizer will work best for you. This includes overhead ionizers, desktop ionizers, and gun type ...
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How to Choose a Solder
From: All-Spec IndustriesDescription: The first step in choosing a solder is to decide what metals are going to be bonded, because the type of metal used will greatly influence the type of solder used. Soft solders are often used with ...
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Use of HEPA Filters in Biological Safety Cabinets
From: NuAire, Inc.Description: Air filtration is a topic affecting everyone's lives, whether it is for occupational safety requirements, environmental or home health concerns. Control of airborne particulates in indoor environments ...
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Basic Principles of Silicon Detectors
From: Edmund Optics Inc.Description: Through the photovoltaic effect, silicon detectors provide a means of transforming light energy to an electrical current. The root of the theory behind this phenomenon is a small energy gap between ...
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Contrast Enhancement Through Filtering
From: Edmund Optics Inc.Description: During packaging, pharmaceutical pills of different colors need to be sorted. An automated imaging system, which distinguishes between the different colored pills, is essential in increasing ...
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Type and Definitions of Filters
From: Edmund Optics Inc.Description: Bandwidth: The wavelength range that a filter passes. This width is defined at a specific transmission value. In the case of interference filters, the standard is to define bandwidth as Full Width at ...
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Understanding Spatial Filters
From: Edmund Optics Inc.Description: Spatial Filters are designed to be used with lasers to "clean up" the beam. Often times a laser system does not produce a beam with a smooth intensity profile. In order to produce a clean Gaussian ...
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How our Cone Crusher Works?
Description: HPC series cone crusher with high-efficiency and hydraulic pressure was widely used in mining, concrete factory, sandstone making, etc. The machinery’s pressure resistance strength is under ...
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How our Jaw Crusher Works?
Description: Jaw crusher can be used with the ore dressing equipment or used independently. Jaw crusher can be used to produce the aggregate for subgrade, railway ballast and construction sand and stone. The jaw ...
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How Our SBM-VSI Crusher Works
Description: SBM VSI crusher is designed by reputed German expert of Shibang and every index of VSI crusher is in world’s leading standard. SBM VSI crusher incorporates three crushing types and it can be ...
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The Basics of ESD Gloves
From: All-Spec IndustriesDescription: Workers usually wear gloves to protect the electronic items they are building from ESD but the gloves also serve as a barrier to protect the products from finger prints and scratches. Nitrile gloves ...
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Inside Filters
From: Edmund Optics Inc.Description: Filters can be used to attenuate light either evenly across a certain portion of the spectrum (neutral density, polarizing, retarders, etc.) or unevenly (ie. interference, dichroic, color). Typical ...
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A Planning Strategy for High Density Data Centers
From: Rittal CorporationDescription: The high density data center design conversation begins, "Just what do I need to consider when designing and implementing a high density data center?" For some time now, Rittal has endeavored to help ...
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Case Study: Long-Term Maintenance Savings at Atlas Mfg. Using Ultra-Web Cartridge Filters
Description: Industry: Metalworking Problem: High maintenance cost from having to change commodity filters too often. Solution: The Donaldson Torit Ultra-Web filters installed at Altas have maintained low pressure ...
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Case Study: Longer Filter Life
Description: It was time for cleaner air at Ready Machine Tool & Die Corp., Connersville, Ind. The dust collector that this stamping and die manufacturer had previously used to filter dust required frequent ...
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Case Study: LaFarge upgrades Dust Collectors using the Donaldson® Torit® Dalamatic® Insertable
Description: The expansion of a cement storage warehouse provides the opportunity for dust collection system upgrade and money savings. In response to the increased demand for cement in the fast growing US coastal ...
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Filtroil Oil Filtration Comparison
From: Filtroil, Inc.Description: Our product is backed by a 100% guarantee with an unconditional 90-day, buy back warranty. Here are several reasons why Filtroil would be a profitable addition for companies requiring hydraulic ...
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Three-Dimensional Microfabrication by Two-Photon Polymerization
From: Newport CorporationDescription: For many technologies, smaller is synonymous with better. Shrinking the size of devices brings many advantages: more components per unit area, lower power consumption, lower cost, faster response, and ...
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Choosing a Woven Wire Screen for Top Separation Perfomance
Description: In any screening application, achieving top-quality product and peak efficiency requires careful screen selection. This article explains how to choose the right woven wire screen for your application. ...
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Screener Troubleshooting: Diagnosing and Solving Screen Problems
Description: Whether your screener scalps, removes fines, or grades material, the machine's failure can have costly consequences. A torn or otherwise compromised screen can force you to reprocess material, scrap ...
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Extending the Life of Your Soldering Tips
From: All-Spec IndustriesDescription: The short life of a soldering tip is a common complaint among those who solder for work and those who solder for fun. The switch to lead-free solder has also taken a toll on the life of soldering ...
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Build Prototypes with Modular Fixturing
From: Bluco CorporationDescription: Deployed behind the seven plants that make up Vermeer Manufacturing, Inc., stands an army of welding fixtures, their steel frameworks scarred by exposure to frigid winters, summer heat, and the rains ...
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Building a Better Bus with Precise Modular Fixtuirng
From: Bluco CorporationDescription: Virtually any new product can present a host of development problems when moving from design idea to initial finished product. When the product involved is an entirely new design for a bus, the ...
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Jog Shuttle Controller
From: TormachDescription: The Jog/Shuttle Controller (PN 30616) is a human interface device to aid speedy and accurate man¬ual positioning of the axes of the PCNC1100. It serves the role of the device often termed an ...
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Machine Vise Datasheet
From: TormachDescription: The Tormach milling machine vise combines all standard features of a modern milling machine vise, but in a frame size that uniquely suited to the PCNC 1100 and other small mills. The vise features ...
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Modular Fixtures Cut Fitup Time
From: Bluco CorporationDescription: Precision table and modular fixtures replace tack tables and handheld parts for subassembly, special orders, and toolmaking How often has poor fitup accuracy resulted in late shipments for a fab shop? ...
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Modular Fixturing Halves Robot Welding Cycle Time
From: Bluco CorporationDescription: Expanding manufacturing requirements and shrinking budgets have persuaded many manufacturers to partner with their suppliers to shoulder a larger share of the production burden. Progressive, ...
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Modular Fixturing Helps Fab Shop Hold Tight Tolerances
From: Bluco CorporationDescription: Precision Metal Fabricators, LLC, Franklin, Mass., is a young, fast-growing fab shop focused on the fabrication and field installation of large-scale, gantry-based ultrasonic inspection systems. These ...
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Modular Fixturing Spurs Growth at Grove
From: Bluco CorporationDescription: Grove Worldwide is a corporate success story many other American companies could do well to emulate. From its inception in 1947 until today, this southcentral Pennsylvania-based organization has grown ...
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Modular System Replaces Custom Fixtures
From: Bluco CorporationDescription: For economic and precise positioning, clamping, tacking and welding of multi-piece components, the modular, three- dimensional, Demmeler fixturing system can be indispensable. Besides obviating costly ...
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Tool Setter Datasheet
From: TormachDescription: The Tormach Tool Setter (PN 30669) is typically used to measure and set tool lengths and Z-axis work offsets. When contacted by a tool it works with the machine control software to record position. ...
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Crossflow Scrubber and Air Filtration Pilot System
From: Kimre, Inc.Description: This design utilizes stage-wise scrubbing and filtering of gases and contaminants in a compact, easy to maintain package. Inherent in the design is the flexibility to collect a diverse range of ...
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Principles and Practices of Stud Welding
Description: The stud welding process is an extremely fast and dependable process for attaching abrasion resistant "hard facing" studs. The stud and a ceramic ferrule are held in proper position in the gun by the ...
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How Filtroil Solves Oil Contamination Problems
From: Filtroil, Inc.Description: Particulates enter the system in a variety of ways. The four main sources are: Impurities in new oil and contaminants inadvertently introduced when new oil is added to the system. Exterior pollutants ...
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Methods of Inspection to Determine The Presence of Potential Arc-Flash (.pdf)
From: UE Systems, Inc.Description: Arc flash can kill. Arc flash can be considered as a short circuit through the air. It produces tremendous energy that will travel outward from electrical equipment. An arc flash produces temperatures ...
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Autombile Industry: Driving Hard for Quality and Cost Reduction - Case Study
From: RenishawDescription: With negative headlines often surrounding the British car industry, it is easy to forget that major manufacturers continue to operate world-class volume vehicle production facilities in the UK. The ...
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Case Study (Aerospece): Renishaw Systems Crucial to Manufacturing at Martin-Baker
From: RenishawDescription: Martin-Baker, the world's leading supplier of aircraft ejection seats, rely on Renishaw's QC10 ballbar and machine tool probe systems to manufacture complex, high-quality components. Martin-Baker ...
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Case Study: Air Bearing Production Given a Lift
From: RenishawDescription: The rise in the popularity of air bearing spindles for new applications owes much to the ability of modern machine tools to provide extremely tight dimensional tolerances and fine surface finishes. ...
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Case Study: Complex Tool Setting at the Speed Motor Sport Demands
From: RenishawDescription: Renishaw's automatic tool setting and tool breakage detection systems recently installed at Hewland Engineering Ltd, are proving to be highly successful in raising productivity of transmission part ...
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Case Study: Flying success with Dunlop Aerospace Braking Systems
From: RenishawDescription: Dunlop Aerospace Braking Systems, a part of Meggitt plc, is a global organisation that designs, develops and manufactures wheels and brakes for commercial and military aircraft applications. Aircraft ...
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Getting a (Gentle) Grip
Description: But what if the piece is too fragile or irregular for point-source gripping, or the factory environment is too corrosive or hostile? Or perhaps you want to cut costs and parts from the clamp or just ...
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A Guide to Understanding and Mixing Thickeners
Description: Rheology modifiers, commonly referred to as thickeners or viscosifiers, are everpresent in most products. The use of these additives cut across several process industries including food, ...
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Dry Blender Selection Criteria - Vertical & Horizontal Designs
Description: In processing plants around the world, ribbon blenders are used to mix many thousands of products, from fertilizers and plastic resins to flavored coffees and cosmetics. The ribbon blender is one of ...
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How to Specify the Right Multi-Agitator Mixer for Your Application
Description: As competition in virtually all industries intensifies and becomes more global, all manufacturers Are trying to do more with less in order to remain competitive. On the process line, that means ...
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Ultra High Shear Mixing Technology
Description: Since most industrial processes don't take place in a beaker, we must always consider the real world behavior of high-shear batch mixers in large vessels. Thinking on a molecular level, we ask, "How ...
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Luster Sensor Accurately Detects a Thin Clear Coating
From: Omron Electronics LLCDescription: A thin layer of glossy coating presents one of the toughest presence/absence detection problems in packaging and quality inspection. It shows up when you try to inspect clear shrink-wrap safety bands ...
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Flash Steam Calculator: Saturated condensateand Sub-Cooled Condensate
From: Spirax Sarco, Inc.Description: Find the amount of flash steam formed from condensate in downstream pipework due to the pressure drop across a throttling device like a steam trap. The calculator can also be used to size a flash ...
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ABCs of DRO Manual
Description: ACU-RITE readouts are application-specific systems for the manual machine tool industry. The primary benefit is saving time and increased productivity. The addition of a readout system on any machine ...
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Edge-Seal Mounting Support for Diesel Particulate Filters (.pdf)
From: ACS Industries Inc.Description: Due to the large sizes, high bulk densities and high thernal expansion coefficients of diesal particulate filter (DPF) substrates, conventional mounting systems fail to provide sufficient mounting ...
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Corrosive Atmospheres
From: Kooltronic, Inc.Description: Corrosive environments, such as those found in chemical plants and in industries where processes result in harsh chemical by-products, usually preclude the use of filtered ambient air for forced ...
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Sierra Premium Shake Installation
From: Nichiha USA, Inc.
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Abrasion Resistant Coating on Surface
Description: Feltes Sand and Gravel, located in Elburn, IL, is the leading producer of sand and gravel construction materials in the Chicago area. They mine sand, gravel and boulders for diverse contractors, ...
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Impact Resistance
Description: The customer was having severe problems with constant corrosion and abrasion on their steel aggregate hoppers. The company used bolted-down plastic liners as protection on their hoppers. The plastic ...
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Primary Containment - Liner
Description: The company was having problems with its cake slurry tank. The original manufacturer had coated the tank with a coal tar substance to protect the carbon steel. Due to the high degree of acidic ...
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Secondary Containment - HVAC Containment
Description: An HVAC system located internally on the third floor has on occasion backed up and created a small flood situation that could potentially damage the unique flooring and a key testing laboratory ...
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Secondary Containment - Sulfuric Acid
Description: Two of the chemical storage tanks' secondary containment area, which was constructed out of concrete and coated with epoxy paint, was beginning to deteriorate. With common spills associated with a ...
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Using PIPE-FLO® to Design New HVAC Chilled Water Systems
From: Engineered SoftwareDescription: After talking with our customers at engineering firms serving the commercial HVAC market, we discovered they use PIPE-FLO® primarily when adding to or troubleshooting existing HVAC piping ...
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How to Properly Maintain and Service Your Oxidizer
Description: Your air pollution control system represents a significant investment in not only initial capital but also ongoing maintenance and operation. Routine inspections performed by your staff combined with ...
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When to Use a Hot Water Pressure Washer or a Cold Water Pressure Washer
From: Hotsy Cleaning SystemsDescription: Because both hot and cold water pressure washers have models with the same flow rate, the same pressure and the same capability of cleaning indoors or outdoors, it begs the question: how do I choose ...
