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White Paper - Building a More Profitable Colocation Environment
Description: Data center management is currently undergoing a period of great change, much of which is being driven by two factors: new technologies and increasing demands. Data center managers are struggling to ...
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White Paper - The Four Trends Driving the Future of Data Center Infrastructure Design and Management
Description: Throughout the first decade of the 21st century, countless new technologies, unprecedented business demands, and expanding IT budgets created the modern data center. On the cusp of this century's ...
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Contracting a methane gas extraction system at a landfill
Description: Engineering and installing methane gas extraction wells requires expertise that virtually all owners contract out. Here's what these specialty contractors do and why. ...
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Evaluate Your Lubrication Program, Part 5 of 6
From: GPAlliedDescription: One of the main goals when dispensing lubricants should include contamination control. ...
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How to Evolve to the "next level" of Maintenance and/or Reliability Maturity
From: GPAlliedDescription: How does an organization evolve to the next level of Maintenance and/or Reliability Maturity? ...
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Improvements in Glass Encapsulation Technology Offer Significant Advantages for Implantable Medical Devices
From: ValtronicDescription: The most recent advances in glass encapsulation of microelectronic devices offer important benefits to the developers of "smart" implantable medical devices. These benefits include reduced risk of ...
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The ESDU Engineer - Issue 13
From: IHS ESDUDescription: ESDU 04007 presents a semi-empirical estimation method for normal force and pitching moment of forebody-cylinder combinations whose cross-sections are either a square or an equilateral triangle, ...
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The ESDU Engineer - Issue 10
From: IHS ESDUDescription: Data Item No. 97024, "Derivation of endurance curves from fatigue test data, including run-outs", and the two Fortran programs that accompany it. The Data Item and programs provide a method for the ...
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The ESDU Engineer - Issue 11
From: IHS ESDUDescription: FP is a CFD (computational fluid dynamics) method coded in Fortran for calculating the flow field and aerodynamic forces of a wing or wing-body combination in a subsonic stream, including the effects ...
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Tank Spacer Redesign
Description: A customer came to Field with a request for quote on a plastic spacer. Due to potential liability issues, the stability level in this two-piece tank system needed to be increased, without increasing ...
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Case Study: Wilson Industries
From: Novation IndustriesDescription: Wilton Industries, a contract manufacturer for national leading consumer products companies, approached NOVATION to assist with design and development of a highly engineered All-in-OneTM screwdriver. ...
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Fastener Redesign During New Product Introduction
Description: Hand tool redesign resulted in *20 Times Longer Tool Life! *Increased Quality *Increased Performance Consistency *Eased Assembly *Increased Joint Performance *Improved Operator Ergonomics *Reduced ...
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Elimination of Scrap in High-Speed Rotary
Description: Reduced Scrap and Increased Product Performance Yields Cost Savings of over $22,000 Challenge During a line review of a customer's facility, the Field team noticed a significant amount of product ...
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Laser Level Product Redesign
Description: Field Redesigns Tool, Yields $47,000 in Savings ...
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Safety Siren Fastener Redesign
Description: Replacement of an Expensive and Unnecessary Patch Leads to a 63% Reduction in Fastener Costs and a $10,000 Saving ...
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3 Reasons Why Operations Does Not Support Maintenance and Reliability
From: GPAlliedDescription: One of the most common things maintenance folks say is that operations does not support maintenance and reliability. ...
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Pyroid Pyrolytic Graphite Stripper Foil for High Energy Applications (Film Analysis)
Description: Comparison of Pyroid pyrolytic graphite stripper fols for radionuclide production against other carbon based thin films ...
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Reliability Centered Lubrication - Self Assessment Maturity Matrix
From: GPAlliedDescription: 5 Ways to Assess where your plant stands in your Reliabilty Centered Lubrication Program ...
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Evaluate Your Lubrication Program, Part 4 of 6
From: GPAlliedDescription: Component modifications can be the defining mechanisms for an excellent lubrication program. ...
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Financial Planning for Asset Management- Training
From: GPAlliedDescription: In this article published by Uptime Magazine subject matter experts Darrin Wikoff share some key points with the readers on cutting costs, assets strategies, and financial planning. ...
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The Plant Excellence Playbook
From: GPAlliedDescription: In this article published by Uptime Magazine subject matter experts Darrin Wikoff and Tim Goshert share some pages from their plant excellence playbook and share with the reader how to create ...
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Failure Analysis: Excessive Tensile Loading Can Result in Necking, Thread Spreading and Ductile Overload Failure
From: Sherry LaboratoriesDescription: Today we will look at a case in which bolts were submitted for failure analysis by a Middle Eastern oilfield equipment manufacturer. The bolts were manufactured in the United States. ...
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Wave Energy Conversion Systems Designed for Sensor Buoys
Description: Electro Standards Laboratories is working to solve the problems associated with powering remote sensor buoys. ...
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Active Implantable Medical Devices: Winning the Power Struggle
From: ValtronicDescription: Size, weight and volume matter when developing and manufacturing an electronic implantable device, but power supply issues are paramount. A look at current and emerging technologies. ...
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Fastener Failure Analysis: Fracture Failure of Countersunk Flat Head Screws Case
From: Sherry LaboratoriesDescription: We have the opportunity to view an analysis conducted on behalf of a European appliance manufacturer experiencing fracture failure of countersunk flat head screws. Three bags of T40 M8 x 27 flat head, ...
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Failure Analysis Field Prep Procedure
From: Sherry LaboratoriesDescription: A very important, yet sometimes overlooked step in failure analysis is field prep for sample preservation. Irreversible damage can occur if the proper steps are not taken to prepare the sample for ...
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Fastener Failure Analysis: Preventable Fatigue Failure
From: Sherry LaboratoriesDescription: One of the most frequently encountered fastener failures involves fully preventable fatigue failure. This case study examines metallurgical failure analysis of fractured bolts, used in a clamping ...
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From 3D scanning to aerodynamics optimization: when Creaform mixes with extreme sports
From: Creaform Inc.Description: Holders of the Guinness speed record in street luge (157 km/h), luge enthusiasts from Québec City decided to take up a new challenge: pass the symbolical mark of 100 mph, with no engine! Among these ...
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Converting Reliability Initiatives into Measurable Returns
From: GPAlliedDescription: Return on assets (ROA) is a leading financial and asset performance indicator used by investors and executives when making decisions that impact the long-term viability of a business. In this article ...
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Effluent Screens Solve Commercial Sewer District Appllcation Problems
Description: La Pine, Oregon is the state's largest urban, unincorporated region with fl ourishing industrial, commercial, and residential growth. Located 30 miles south of Bend, La Pine is developing municipal ...
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Maintaining Critical Systems During Capital Improvement Projects
From: TEAM Industrial ServicesDescription: When undertaking a capital improvement project, it's imperative to utilize technologies that are adaptable and reliable to not only meet current project needs but to also to facilitate your future ...
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How 3D scanning helped Australia's kayak team
From: Creaform Inc.Description: Olympic sport keeps pushing athletes to find new and nuanced ways to condition their bodies. The same is true with their equipment. Engineers continually look for new refinements that propel the ...
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Military Robot
From: Safco LLCDescription: A manufacturer of military robots approached Safco to custom design an array of AC/DC and DC/DC dual chargers to simultaneously charge both their robots and control units ...
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Tool Box Talk - Remote Diagnostics
From: GPAlliedDescription: How Effective Is Your Condition Monitoring Solution? Listed below are some common occurrences of a traditional in-house Condition Monitoring application: ...
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The Seven Causes of RCF (Root Cause FAILURE)
From: GPAlliedDescription: Root Cause Analysis (RCA) can be a very powerful tool for eliminating defects and increasing efficiency and profits. After witnessing hundreds of RCA efforts in every different type of organization ...
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Designing a Better Heating Controller for a Heated Clothing Company.
From: Safco LLCDescription: A manufacturer of heated clothing was experiencing field failures with their heating controller. Safco was asked to assist in troubleshooting the reason for the failures and to recommend and design a ...
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Electrical Safety 101
From: TÜV SÜD America Inc.Description: Electricity is a large part of our lives, providing comfort and convenience, and is essential to many workplace operations. Because of this, a safe source of electricity is often taken for granted and ...
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Engineering Design & Development
From: Safco LLCDescription: A manufacturer of military robots approached Safco to custom design an array of AC/DC and DC/DC dual chargers to simultaneously charge both their robots and control units. ...
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Managing the Agency Approval Process for a Rugged Hand Held Survey Computer Company
From: Safco LLCDescription: A manufacturer of rugged hand held surveying computers approached Safco regarding their need for a high current vehicle charging cable assembly that could meet and pass world wide agency safety ...
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Outsourcing Production for a Wireless Data Communication Company
From: Safco LLCDescription: A manufacturer of wireless data communication equipment was recently acquired with the acquiring company consolidating manufacturing facilities. Space limitations necessitated outsourcing a number of ...
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Managing Lubricant Changeover
From: GPAlliedDescription: from Time To Time, companies Will maKe eXecuTiVe decisions to change lubricant suppliers. These changeovers can wreak havoc on a stable lubrication and oil analysis program. It is important to have a ...
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Lean Manufacturing & Reliability Concepts
From: GPAlliedDescription: At the core of Lean Manufacturing philosophy is the concept of elimination of waste. It is about getting precisely the right resources to the right place at the right time to make only the right ...
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MORE THAN JUST A PHASE - 4 steps to reliability-centered lubrication
From: GPAlliedDescription: It's common to see plants focus continuous-improve ment efforts on maintenance initiatives. There's a desire to implement additional condition monitoring technologies or expand existing coverage ...
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The Benefits of Standardized Performance Metrics for Tolling
From: TÜV RheinlandDescription: Congress is considering imposing interoperability requirements among the nation's major factions of toll collection standards. California Department of Transportation's (Caltrans) Title 21 already ...
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Failure Modes and Effects Analysis
From: Stilwell Baker, Inc.Description: What could go wrong Electronic engineers often use FMEA (Failure Modes and Effects Analysis) in the design process as a discipline to meet quality standards for regulatory or customer requirements. At ...
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Best Practices for International
From: TÜV RheinlandDescription: Electrical and medical device manufacturers face an array of challenges in delivering products to international markets. Complying with diverse and evolving regulatory requirements that vary by ...
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Are You Doing Too Much PM?
From: GPAlliedDescription: Unless you have been living on another planet for the last fifty years, you already know that the case for doing Preventive Maintenance (PM) is watertight if focused on the correct failure modes. Done ...
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Slice Pack A-Line Auto Loader RCM-Blitz Discovery
From: GPAlliedDescription: The RCM Blitz is a process used to develop a complete maintenance strategy by breaking a system down into its individual components, determining how the components can fail and developing a process to ...
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Design for Compliance - Get Through the Certification Process in the Least Amount of Time and for Minimal Cost
Description: Get Through the Certification Process in the Least Amount of Time and for Minimal Cost ...
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How to Successfully Manage Compliance In Challenging Markets and Countries
From: TÜV RheinlandDescription: The recent economic turmoil is forcing companies to look for new ways of generating revenue with the least amount of investment. In other words, striving to get more for their dollar. One of the most ...
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MCA Detects Where Vibration Analysis Could Not
From: GPAlliedDescription: GPAllied and Allied team members identify and correct failures in a Coal Pulverizer at a client site bringing the plant back on track. ...
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AS9100C: How to Effectively Interpret the Evolving Quality Management Requirements in the Aerospace Industry
From: TÜV RheinlandDescription: For the aerospace industry and its suppliers, AS9100 Revision C (Quality Management Systems Requirements for Aviation, Space, and Defense Organizations) represents important and imminent choices. The ...
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Electrostatic Discharge
From: TÜV RheinlandDescription: Static electricity is defined as an electrical charge caused by an imbalance of electrons on the surface of a material. This electrical charge may be transferred from one material to another by way of ...
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Grinding Mill Bearing Study
From: GPAlliedDescription: In this whitepaper Ricky Smith and Bill Keeter examine failure elimination and FRACAS. GPAllied SMEs walk you through this process and how to apply it in your facility to reduce failures in your ...
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Buying a Thermal Imager for Condition Monitoring
From: Snell Group (The)Description: Over the past few years there have been considerable breakthroughs in the market for thermal imagers. Prices have dropped considerably and image quality has improved significantly. Infrared cameras ...
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Electric Motor Testing-The New Kid on the PdM Block
From: Snell Group (The)Description: While vibration analysis and infrared thermography have been widely used for years as part of predictive maintenance programs, Electric Motor Testing (EMT) is a relative newcomer to condition ...
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THE TIME DILEMMA FOR POWDER PROCESSING
Description: Stop operations! Shut down on line 2! Whatever is wrong needs fixing right away before any more products get processed! This type of situation happens every day and comes about for a variety of ...
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Artificial lens hazing root-cause analysis
Description: Intraocular lenses (IOL) are often implanted as a replacement for cataract-damaged lenses, or in some cases to change the optical power of the lens. These lenses were originally made from poly(methyl ...
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Preventing complications during orthopaedic surgeries
Description: A major complication in total hip replacements is the risk of fracture of the femur as the implant stem is inserted. This fracture can occur intraoperatively in up to 5% of patients and causes serious ...
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Technical comparison of hair products
Description: A manufacturer of high-end hair products wanted data to compare their products to competitor products to demonstrate quantitative benefits of their technology. Cambridge Polymer Group developed test ...
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Reducing Steps to Achieve Safety Certification
From: Altera CorporationDescription: Many application developers have concerns about incorporating functional safety. Project managers and members of the validation team are confronted with a new and unknown field of safety ...
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Contact Resistance Analysis for Press Fit Applications
Description: Maintaining contact resistance within specified parameters is a critical performance factor for the success of any press-fit application. Therefore all press-fit zone designs must be tested to meet ...
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Infrared Tip - Watch Out for Thermal Gradients
From: Snell Group (The)Description: Using thermal imaging to determine both the cause and severity of a hot spot isn't always easy. Just because you see a problem doesn't necessarily mean you have located the heat source. In most all ...
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Concurrent Engineering Concept Speeds Device Development and Time to Market
From: Pro-Dex, Inc.Description: What if there was a way to accelerate the development of new products by minimizing the need for formal conference room gatherings, improving meeting efficiency, and streamlining the entire process ...
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Counterfeiting is Damaging your Brand
From: TÜV RheinlandDescription: Counterfeiters and criminals are working hard to copy your products, compromise your supply network and steal your trade secrets - and they're becoming smarter and better-equipped with every passing ...
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Failure elimination made simple
From: GPAlliedDescription: A must-read guide for maintenance and reliability leaders. Covering the key principles of Lean manufacturing and the 3 types of inspections for mistake-proofing. Mike has worked in the maintenance and ...
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Minimal Site Disruption with RetroFAST®
Description: Rob Sanna, technical advisor for L&S Water Technologies, was contacted by a homeowner in September 2003 to provide maintenance and pump out for a 14-year-old conventional septic system utilizing a ...
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Understanding and Using the Computed Radiography of Bridge Welds
From: TÜV RheinlandDescription: Defects in materials can occur during the fabrication of the steel, the welding processes, or from years of inservice environmental factors. Corrosion and cracking, especially at welded joints, are ...
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With a great deal of infrastructure work on the horizon, many problems will
Description: In rehabilitating existing sewer lines, typically the flow of sewage cannot simply be diverted; it must be "bypassed"-or temporarily pumped around the pipe being repaired or replaced. To do this, ...
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Feasibility Assessment Pulsed Arc Electrohydraulic Discharge Device
From: Boyd TechnologiesDescription: This paper reviews the feasibility for market commercialization of a configuration of a novel water treatment technology, pulsed arc electrohydraulic discharge (PAED). The PAED technology was ...
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Nano Sizing Via Wet or Dry Grinding
Description: Nano-sized particles are desirable in many industries, from active pharmaceuticals and pigments to technical ceramics and electronics, and are used to improve reactivity, provide increased surface ...
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Demystifying the European
From: TÜV RheinlandDescription: The development of the Machinery Directive has been 30+ years in the making. Most recently the current version of the Machinery Directive (2006/42/EC) created a series of new requirements that ...
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Hexavalent Chrome Contamination in Texas Groundwater Treated by Wastewater Ion Exchange Service
Description: In 2003, Siemens Water Technologies was awarded a contract to provide design, installation and off-site recovery for a chromate contaminated groundwater supply in Odessa, Texas. The site was the ...
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Scanning the 19th Century (.pdf)
From: Creaform Inc.Description: École Centrale de Nantes is a topnotch science and technology school. Over the years, it has acquired a solid reputation and has become a grande École for general engineering, as demonstrated by its ...
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The Bucket Drilling Method
Description: For drilling with the bucket rig, groundwater must be at least 8-10 feet below existing grade or the drill rig needs to be ramped up to achieve 8-10 feet of head, which in some cases may require a ...
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Sheet Metal Design Handbook (.pdf)
Description: Press brake forming-The fundamental advantage of a press brake as a forming tool is its flexibility. By using standard vee-dies, cost savings can be realized through economical set-ups and run times ...
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Caravan Ingredients Uses Artisan Evaporator/Stripper™ to Improve Monoglyceride Production (.pd)
From: Artisan Industries, Inc.Description: Caravan Ingredients, a leading supplier of food emulsifiers, was using vertical wiped-film evaporators to recover monoglyceride. The process required recycle during startup to achieve product purity, ...
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Torque Talk: How to Make Your Mark in Europe
Description: As markets globalize, we in the United States have to learn new rules for product acceptability around the world. In particular, the E.U. requirements for electrical safety impact your designs for ...
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Air Effluent Control Rotabed Scrubber: One Way to Meet Cluster Rules in the Bleach Plant (.pdf)
From: Bionomic IndustriesDescription: The so-called Cluster Rule promulgated by the US EPA at the end of 1997 seeks to legislate control of both air and water emissions under one, all-encompassing regulation. With proper design and ...
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Breakthrough Nitrogen Oxides Chemistry Saves Costly Scrubber (.pdf)
From: Bionomic IndustriesDescription: By using an innovating chemistry to treat nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions, silicon wafer manufacturer ShiinEtsu America, Inc., (SHE) avoided adding a costly new scrubber. The scrubbing solution, a ...
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Casebook: New Scrubber Technology Reduces Installation Costs (.pdf)
From: Bionomic IndustriesDescription: A 100,000-acutal-cubic-feet-per-minute (acfm) RotaBed scrubber recently supplied to Tri-Gen Biopower for sulfur dioxide (SO2) control at Gilman Paper, St. Mary's Ga., saved the company an estimated ...
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Chemical Equipment: Nitrogen Oxide Technology Gives American Superconductor an Economical, Environmentally Friendly Treatment Solution (.pdf)
From: Bionomic IndustriesDescription: The installation of Bionomic Industries Inc.'s (Mahwah, NJ) innovative ScrubPac™ BIONOxSOLVER abatement system is enabling American Semiconductor Corporation to treat the nitrogen oxide (NOx) ...
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Chemical Switch Cuts Costs, Improves Safety (.pdf)
From: Bionomic IndustriesDescription: The BIONOxSOLVER™ chemistry, developed by Bionomic Industries Inc. (Mahwah, NJ), provides CRC with a safe, easy-to-handle, high-efficiency NOx scrubbing solution that eliminates the production ...
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Car Tuning: 3D Scanning to Upgrade Your Car! (.pdf)
From: Creaform Inc.Description: Besides offering a complete line of tools for graphic arts and the technical support for these products, the company Techno-Gestass is a player in the car tuning market niche. As it happens, ...
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How Bypass Projects Have Changed During the 21st Century
Description: During the past 20-plus years, the sewer bypass equipment and methods of installation have undergone a steady evolution; today, automatically controlled pumps are the trend. ...
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Speaking the Language: Application Fluency
From: Milestone Systems, Inc.Description: In today's increasingly complex data networks, application fluency is the key to avoiding gag-inducing performance issues. The awareness required to fully understand a multitude of applications and ...
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Project Provides Opportunities for Dewatering Research and Development
Description: The project involves high and low volume dewatering, requiring the team to shift gears from pumping thousands of gallons per minute on one part of the job to pumping just 10 or 20 gallons per minute ...
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Maximizing Your CMMS Potential for Data Harvesting By Dave Bertolini (.pdf)
Description: Perhaps it will surprise you to learn that 90% of Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS) contain little data worth trying to utilize for sound maintenance management decision making. There ...
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The Bucket Drilling Method: For Drilling in Soil Below Groundwater Level
Description: Bucket drilling was designed specifically for drilling in all types of soil below the groundwater level. Opening the rotating bottom of the bucket is automatic or manual-operated device. The rotating ...
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Bypass With Care: Bypass Pumping is a Key Component of Many Sewer Rehabilitation Projects
Description: With the project upcoming infrastructure work on the horizon, many problems will arise in trying to do work around existing buildings, roads, and other structures. Billions of dollars in Federal Aid ...
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Geotextiles in Dewatering (.pdf)
Description: Soil erosion isn't just a problem for farmers, Niagara Falls and the Grand Canyon. Most construction projects have to contend with the effects of water on excavations-not only as a consequence of ...
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Aftermarket Aircraft Part Identification
From: ANALYZE Inc.Description: There is a large global market in sourcing aftermarket parts to be used in the ongoing maintenance of aircraft. In some instances, airline and independent aircraft maintenance centers require ...
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Improving Medical Device Design to Ensure Safe, User-Friendly Devices (.pdf)
From: InvetechDescription: What made the ubiquitous iPod such a success? It wasn't the first MP3 player on the market; it had less storage capacity, fewer features, and cost more than many of its competitors. On paper, when ...
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Restoration of Glycol Cooling Systems for Static Compensators at the Chibougamau Substation (.pdf)
Description: Station compensators are power electronic devices used to control the flow of reactive energy through the power grid. They react quickly to balance current fluctuations, regulating voltage and ...
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Restoration of Glycol Cooling Systems on Thyristors at the Nicolet Substation (.pdf)
Description: Thyristors serve as electric switches used to control capacitive load. Since they can emit a great deal of heat, cooling is essential to their operation and to the stability of the network they serve. ...
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Restoration of Hydraulic Oil Systems on Synchronous Compensators at the Lévis Substation (.pdf)
Description: In Quebec, electricity must be carried thousands of kilometers from hydroelectric stations in the north to consumers in the south. Substations dot the transmission grid to ensure power transfer and ...
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Readers Put Their Seal of Approval on Technology Providers (.pdf)
Description: For the fourth consecutive year, the results are in and the votes have been tabulated for Chemical Processing's 2007 Readers' Choice Awards. This reader-driven survey is important to a lot of people ...
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Value Engineering (Material Reduction) of Round Base (.pdf)
From: CCEDescription: One of CCE's customers is a furniture manufacturer. They have a round base that is used as base support in chairs and bar stools. The customer wanted CCE to investigate if there were opportunities to ...
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RoHS and WEEE - The Essentials (.pdf)
From: Zeus, Inc.Description: RoHS: Directive 2002/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 January 2003 on the Restriction of the use of certain Hazardous Substances in electrical and electronic equipment - This ...
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Leveraging Co-Located Design, Engineering and Manufacturing in Low Cost Countries (.pdf)
From: CCEDescription: Globalization is a double-edge sword. While consumers benefit from lower cost products and more choices, manufacturers struggle with intense global competition. To cut costs multinational corporations ...
