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Identifying and Reducing Ground Loop Feedback
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: While grounding can prevent and resolve many power issues, it can also create serious issues of its own. One of the most common problems is known as ground loop feedback--often resulting when ...
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Food & Beverage Packaging Case Study: Barcode Scanner Validates Labels for GS1 Compliance
Description: See how the Paulig Group ensured compliance with GS1 barcode standards and eliminated human errors in their coffee packaging and distribution processes using Microscan's QX-870 barcode scanner. ...
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DAQ Systems for Real-Time Product Quality Testing
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: No matter your manufacturing process, your business can greatly benefit from accurate product testing and verification. These demanding applications require a data acquisition system to capture ...
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Distributed Modular I/O Reduces Costs using IO-Link Technology
From: Balluff, Inc.Description: Distributed Modular I/O Reduces Costs using IO-Link Technology ...
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Electronics Industry Case Study: Barcode Imagers Ensure Quality Part Labels to Meet Customer Requirements
Description: Learn how ASYS ensures code quality and verification in production lines to avoid downtime and failures, while enabling full traceability of parts and production processes. ...
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Temperature Profiling a Coffee Roasting Cycle
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: CAS DataLoggers recently supplied the temperature profiling solution to a coffee brewer who makes his own product from his home to sell at local shops and through his website's store. First the beans ...
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Packaging Industry Case Study: Barcode Scanner Ensures GS1 Validation and Traceability
Description: See how the Paulig Group ensured compliance with GS1 barcode standards and eliminated human errors in their coffee packaging and distribution processes using Microscan's QX-870 barcode scanner. ...
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Recording Road Surfacing Data to Prove Process Efficiency
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: CAS DataLoggers recently provided the intelligent data logger solution for a company owning several bitumen spray trucks used to seal roads and highways. Management wanted to demonstrate their process ...
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Best Practices for an Optimal Accsense System Deployment
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: CAS DataLoggers provides its Accsense continual monitoring and alarming systems for use in a variety of industries as a way to securely store and view your data on our cloud servers. Accsense data ...
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Portable Grant Data Logger Used In Demanding Clinical Studies
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: CAS DataLoggers has recently provided the Grant Squirrel data logging solution for a promising medical research application. The aim of the study was to investigate the effect of interferential ...
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Cleanroom Monitoring and Alarming Using a DAQ and Control System
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: CAS DataLoggers recently provided a Delphin TopMessage data logger for a Cleanroom Monitoring and Alarming application in a major hospital which needed a DAQ and control system to record extensive ...
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LabVIEW Goes Wireless With T&D!
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: CAS DataLoggers and T&D are pleased to announce that National Instruments has recently released LabVIEW drivers for T&D's RTR-500W Wireless Data Collectors. T&D's inclusion in LabVIEW, the industry ...
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Life Sciences Industry Case Study: Cell Analyzers with 2D Barcode Readers Help Streamline Laboratory Workflow
Description: See why Miltenyi Biotec chose Microscan 2D imagers for their analyzers to achieve a single integrated solution for autolabeling of samples and barcode detection of antibodies. ...
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Understanding the Role of Auto ID in the FDA's UDI Initiative
Description: The U.S. FDA's proposed UDI (Unique Device Identification) program contains much that is of interest to the Auto ID community and to manufacturers and labelers of medical devices. Describes the UDI ...
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A Faster Way to Automatically Unload Data via FTP with DT8X DataLoggers
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: The Applications Specialists at CAS DataLoggers show you in this brief tutorial how to automatically unload data from dataloggers in the popular DT8X series by using FTP. This is done to allow these ...
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How to Configure Your Accsense Datalogger System
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: CAS DataLoggers Accsense gateways (B1-0x) and network pods (A2-0x) are shipped configured for DHCP. When they are plugged into the network and turned on, they will try to obtain an IP address, DNS, ...
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Tracking Toothpaste Levels in a Storage Tank
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: CAS DataLoggers recently worked with a large consumer products company that produces toothpaste in one of its plants. At the moment they were in the process of setting up a vendor-managed just-in-time ...
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Air Valve Testing to Streamline a Manufacturing Line Throughput
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: CAS DataLoggers recently provided the data acquisition and control solution for a factory supervisory team looking to solve a quality control problem on their main manufacturing line. Their process ...
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Validating Brake Performance on a Prototype Passenger Car
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: CAS DataLoggers recently supplied an advanced DAQ system for an automotive manufacturer who needed to evaluate the reliability of a prototype vehicle's braking system. The front disk pad temperatures, ...
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Monitoring and Controlling Pretreated Liquid Waste
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: CAS DataLoggers has just provided a dataTaker data logger for a manufacturer facing stringent environmental regulations requiring them to continuously monitor and manage their effluent disposal. This ...
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Is a Laser Scanner or an Imager the Best Choice for Your Application?
Description: Should laser barcode scanners be considered "obsolete" technology and are imagers (camerabased readers) the only viable technology for today's applications? While imagers have seen increased use due ...
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Optimizing for IT People: Monitoring and Controls with SNMP
From: Moxa Inc.Description: The increasing use of Ethernet and TCP/IP for industrial automation networks is a long-attested industry trend, and anyone familiar with IA systems is well aware why: TCP/IP networks provide a much ...
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Determining Thermocouple Accuracy on a dataTaker Data Logger
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: The spec sheets for any of the dataTaker DT8X series of loggers do not contain direct accuracy information on temperature measurements by thermocouple. Instead it offers a voltage accuracy based on ...
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Capturing and Simulating Rotational and Jitter Angle-based Measurements
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: Capturing and simulating the high-speed rotations involved in automated machines and test rigs often plays a major role in industrial automotive applications. Common requirements are accurate speed ...
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Don't Lose Your Data-Log Directly Onto Your dataTaker
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: Our intelligent dataTaker data loggers are used every day in machine monitoring, geotechnical, and environmental applications. One of their most convenient features gives users the choice to record ...
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Load Cell Monitoring in a Tunnel Jacking Operation
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: CAS DataLoggers recently provided the dataTaker DT80 datalogging solution for Custom Systems & Controls, Inc., specializing in system design, process control and automation. CSC was contracted by ...
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Remote Monitoring For a Hangar's Backup Generator
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: Recently CAS DataLoggers provided the remote monitoring system for a company working on a new method to reduce condensation damage to aircraft kept under simulated desert conditions. The hangar's ...
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4 Quick Steps to Install your Electrocorder Data Logger from the Web
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: CAS DataLoggers offers the popular Electrocorder data logger kits for common and specialty applications such as energy usage/power factoring, machine monitoring, solar/alternative energy research and ...
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HVAC Monitoring Saves Costs for a School Building
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: This summer, CAS DataLoggers recently supplied the wireless monitoring solution for a middle school maintenance supervisor who needed to view energy usage on the building's HVAC system before winter ...
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Control, DAQ and Calculation--All Using a dataTaker
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: A company utilized a CAS DataLoggers monitoring solution for a controlled atmosphere environment project as part of pilot testing for a new process. The hostile atmosphere produced was incompatible ...
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Choosing Data Loggers for Your Green Building Project
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: The green building industry is quickly expanding, and successful projects benefit from accurate assessment and evaluation from start to finish. From hospitals to industrial process to single-family ...
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Upgrading Firmware and Retrieving Data on a dataTaker DT8x Using a USB Drive
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: Across a wide range of industries, users rely on dataTaker data loggers for their machine monitoring, temperature profiling, remote monitoring, and other applications. The dataTaker DT8X Data loggers ...
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UPS Power Monitoring from CAS DataLoggers Solves Voltage Problems
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: Recently CAS DataLoggers Applications Specialist Pat Picciano recommended the EC-1V Single Phase Voltage Logger Kit to solve a customer's UPS (Uninterruptible Power Source) power drops, revealed when ...
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Using Delphin ProfiSignal Software's Stopwatch Function to Find Train Length
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: CAS DataLoggers supplies Delphin data acquisition systems including the Expert Key or LogMessage systems, which can be used in a train yard for many different real-time monitoring applications. These ...
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Managing Critical Roll Bearing Deterioration
From: Azima DLIDescription: Mill technicians at Orchids Paper suspected that two roll bearings were deteriorating on their most critical paper machine. Relying on Azima DLI's WATCHMAN™ Insight program to provide early ...
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Troubleshooting Infrequent Alarms in a Substation
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: CAS DataLoggers recently provided a dataTaker DT80 datalogger for a manufacturer experiencing 'Under Frequency' alarms at their electrical substation which were slowing production. Maintenance staff ...
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Turning Point Analysis with dataTaker Data Loggers
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: Turning Point Analysis is a method of data compression for arbitrary waveforms. The incoming waveform is sampled at speed and analyzed in real time to identify the turning points (Maxima and Minima) ...
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Autarchic Measurement for Testing Diesel Particulate Filters
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: CAS DataLoggers recently provided the data acquisition device for a manufacturer developing a wide range of emission-reducing components to retrofit into existing vehicles. Along with producing diesel ...
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How to Use DeLogger 5 in Windows 7 Using a USB Connection
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: Users of the bestselling dataTaker Series 3 dataloggers can log just about any physical value using these flexible systems. DeLogger 5 software is still in use on many existing DT80, DT85, and DT800 ...
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Exhaust System Monitoring for Diesel Engines
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: Incoming EPA regulations such as RICE NESHAP have made particulate emissions reduction important in the diesel engine industry. To help manufacturers achieve compliance, CAS DataLoggers has provided a ...
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Food Sterilization System Monitors Temperature and Humidity
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: CAS DataLoggers provided the temperature and humidity monitoring solution for a decontamination facility using Ethylene Oxide (EtO) preconditioning rooms which needed to be continually monitored and ...
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Monitoring Productivity in a Glove Factory
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: CAS DataLoggers recently provided the productivity monitoring dataloggers for the Wells-Lamont Industry Group, a high-quality manufacturer of work gloves and member of the Marmon Group of companies. ...
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Application Note - Acoustic Testing with the CoCo Analyzer
From: Crystal InstrumentsDescription: How the customer uses the CoCo Vibration Analayzer for acoustic testing. ...
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Application Note - Modal Testing on Hockey Sticks
From: Crystal InstrumentsDescription: How CI customer is using the CoCo-80 vibration analyzer to "tune" the model response of their hockey sticks. ...
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Criminal Investigation Recording Equipment
From: Advantech Co., Ltd.Description: Using automation to remove the police from having to manually record criminal interviews. ...
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Monitoring and Recording Harmful Gas Detection in a Chemical Plant
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: CAS DataLoggers recently supplied a chemical company with a combination gas detection and temperature recording system. For safety reasons, the plant needed a data logger to monitor hydrochloric acid ...
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Environmental Monitoring in an Emu Farm
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: Recently CAS DataLoggers provided an environmental monitoring data logger for a emu farm's animal husbandry project. To prevent health risks to the animals, the owners required accurate temperature ...
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Process Temperature Monitoring for a Pharmaceutical Company
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: Recently CAS DataLoggers provided the temperature datalogging solution for a pharmaceutical company needing to monitor process temperature. A portable device was required which could record ...
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3 Ways to Connect a Cellular Modem to Accsense Monitoring Systems
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: Accsense monitoring systems connect to the Internet to monitor several physical values such as temperature and humidity, and also provide phone and email alarming features. CAS DataLoggers provides ...
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Monitoring Flow Rate in a Channel to Minimize Water Pollution
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: CAS DataLoggers provided an intelligent environmental datalogger for a stormwater monitoring project, gathering the data on water flow rate which was then collected underground via USB retrieval. ...
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Data Logging and Control For Wind Turbine Applications
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: CAS DataLoggers recently provided the data acquisition solution for a customer monitoring a wind turbine. This modular system monitored a wide range of parameters including temperature, voltage, ...
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Measuring Bridge Mode Shapes with CoCo-90
From: Crystal InstrumentsDescription: Working with a local University in South Korea, a CoCo-90 customer was able measure the first Mode Shape of the bridge shown below. Six sensors were placed mid span and were spaced approximately 25 ...
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Monitoring and Controlling a Die Casting Press
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: CAS DataLoggers recently supplied the data acquisition and control solution for a prominent manufacturer operating die cast presses. These presses used hydraulic systems to force molten metal into a ...
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The Basics of Signal Attenuation
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: Attenuation is a reduction of signal strength during transmission, such as when sending data collected through automated monitoring. Attenuation is represented in decibels (dB), which is ten times the ...
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Tips for Using Cellular Technology for Pipeline Management
From: Moxa Inc.Description: Traditionally, radio communication was used for remote monitoring applications, and even though this communication medium has proved cost-effective, a significant disadvantage was the limit imposed on ...
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Monitoring and Controlling Solar Heating Systems
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: A solar hot water system installer had a need for automated monitoring to track the temperature, water flow rate, and several other parameters at various points in the system. The goal was to setup ...
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Coastal Monitoring Using a Custom DAQ Solution
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: CAS DataLoggers recently developed a custom measuring process for a large county's environmental department to acquire data on the wave run-up at a local levee as part of the county's 2010 general ...
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Food & Beverage Packaging Case Study: Automated Pallet Tracking in Food & Beverage Logistics (.pdf)
Description: Learn how this international beverage manufacturer increased the efficiency of its pallet loading process by using barcode scanners for automated data tracking. ...
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5 Tests to Calibrate Your DT80 Range Data Logger
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: For Series 3 dataTaker devices CHESTERLAND OH-June 28, 2012 The new Series 3 DT80 range data loggers from dataTaker are intelligent monitoring solutions used the world over in almost every imaginable ...
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Remote Communication with a Train via GPS
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: CAS DataLoggers recently supplied the datalogging solution for a major sugar cane grower using a wireless radio link to communicate with a sugar train running on an extensive rail network around the ...
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Vibration Monitoring with Delphin TopMessage Systems
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: CAS DataLoggers recently supplied the real-time data acquisition system for a manufacturer who needed to perform vibration monitoring on their plant's manufacturing equipment as demands on machine ...
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Monitoring Machine Run Times
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: CAS DataLoggers recently provided the datalogging solution for a manufacturer of screw machine products who wanted to track the operating time of the different machines in his shop to see if there ...
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Preventing Failures in Industrial Process Equipment
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: CAS DataLoggers recently provided the automated temperature monitoring solution for a customer producing plastic film in 5 plants across the US. Normally, at least one plant would burn out an electric ...
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Injection Valve and Pump Testing in Real-Time
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: CAS DataLoggers recently provided the datalogging solution for a large manufacturer who needed to test its injection valves and pumps to be used in a wide variety of engines. These valves consisted of ...
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3 Essential Things You Need to Know Before Buying a pH Data Logger
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: Measurement of the pH of a solution is very common in industrial manufacturing processes, plating, wastewater treatment and environmental monitoring. Logging this data provides you with information on ...
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System Monitoring for a Prototype Transmission
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: Recently CAS DataLoggers provided the data logging solution for Twin Disc Incorporated, one of the world's leading designers and manufacturers of power shift transmissions, headquartered in Racine, ...
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3 Steps to Connect and Properly Scale a 0-5V Signal to an A1-09 Accsense Pod
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: Many CAS DataLoggers customers utilize Accsense A1-09 Wireless Voltage Data Loggers to record and monitor voltage for their critical applications in healthcare, health sciences, and research and ...
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Residual Load Testing of Anchor Bolts
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: CAS DataLoggers recently supplied the data logging solution for a world-leading manufacturer of masonry fasteners. As part of their product development, company engineers needed to measure the peak ...
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Remote Monitoring a Load Cell on a Crane Hoist
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: CAS DataLoggers recently provided the remote monitoring solution for a crane servicing company which needed to monitor a load cell located on the hoist of one of its cranes. The servicer also had a ...
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10 Things to Know Before Purchasing a Data Logger for Remote Monitoring
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: Remote monitoring applications in fields such as oil and natural gas extraction, environmental monitoring, and fleet management often require close attention to detail. Users need to accurately record ...
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Diesel Engine Turbochargers on Test Benches
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: CAS DataLoggers recently provided the data acquisition solution for a leading German manufacturer developing and producing marine diesel engines and compact turbochargers enabling optimal levels of ...
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Enabling Multiple Serial Ports on dataTaker Data Loggers
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: CAS DataLoggers often provides technical support to customers working with dataTaker data loggers featuring 1 or 2 serial ports and who want to add more ports in certain applications such as ...
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Production Test: Monitoring a Metal Stamping Press
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: CAS DataLoggers recently provided the real-time data acquisition solution for an automotive manufacturer using metal stamping presses to shape their torque converters. Stamping was used to create a ...
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Preventative Maintenance Monitoring in a Hydropower Plant
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: CAS DataLoggers recently provided the data acquisition solution for a hydropower plant setting up hydro turbine condition monitoring for preventative maintenance. Personnel worked without any clear ...
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Spotting Electric Flowmeter Violations Using a Data Logger
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: CAS DataLoggers recently supplied the industrial datalogging solution for Pasco County Utilities, a provider of quality services to customers at a reasonable cost and in an environmentally responsible ...
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Creating a Calibration Polynomial for dataTaker Scaling Using Excel
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: Many measurement instruments do not have a linear measurement scale, and require a more complex equation to properly scale them to engineering units in a dataTaker data logger. However, you can use ...
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Air Pressure Monitoring for a Chemical Fume Hood
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: CAS DataLoggers recently provided the pressure and temperature datalogging solution to a manufacturer using a chemical fume hood to protect workers by containing vapors, dusts, gases, and fumes, and ...
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Food & Beverage Packaging Case Study: Quality Control and Error Prevention in Food Packaging (.pdf)
Description: Mislabeled food products can have serious consequences to the manufacturer, retailer, and the consumer. Margarine manufacturer, Bunge Finland Oy, received a request from one of its large global ...
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Ensuring Labeling Accuracy in the Packaging Process (.pdf)
Description: This white paper focuses on barcode and machine vision systems that can be used in packaging lines to ensure label accuracy and to comply with safety regulations as well as mandates or codes of ...
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Temperature Profiling for Molten Product Pourings
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: CAS DataLoggers recently provided the portable datalogging solution to a major manufacturer who specialized in a molten product that needed to cool gradually in an extremely temperature-sensitive ...
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How to View dataTaker Data Files in Excel
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: To download data from dataTaker dataloggers for viewing in Excel, first connect to the dEX web server in the dataTaker by typing the IP address (as given on the data logger's display) into your ...
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Connecting and Scaling a 4-20ma Signal to an Accsense A1-10 Pod
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: Many CAS DataLoggers customers utilize Accsense A1-10 Wireless Current Data Loggers to record and monitor current in critical applications such as healthcare, health sciences, and research and ...
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Environmental Measurement System
From: CONTEC Co., Ltd.Description: A system consisting of an embedded setup computer with a selectable number of expansion slots according to the number of interface boards to be connected to measuring instruments. ...
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High-Powered Engine Testing on a Navy Patrol Boat
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: CAS DataLoggers recently provided the data logging solution for a heavy equipment and engine dealer. The company was running a strenuous test program to help a leading manufacturer validate a new ...
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Monitoring Operation of Automated Machinery
From: CONTEC Co., Ltd.Description: A Web server based on the F&eIT microcontroller sends alarm mail in real time for an abnormality occurring in automated machinery running unattended at night ...
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Proper employment of guided wave radar in
From: Endress+Hauser, Inc.Description: The heart and soul of any boiler based power generation system is the steam loop or circuit. Without the proper availability of water in this system, efficiency suffers. In more extreme circumstances ...
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Remote Supervisory System for Temperature and Humidity in Greenhouses
From: CONTEC Co., Ltd.Description: A Web server based on the F&eIT microcontroller provides remote monitoring for greenhouses where high-grade ornamental flowers are grown ...
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Stock and forwarding / an inventory control system with a Handy terminal loading
From: CONTEC Co., Ltd.Description: The use of wireless LAN enables real-time merchandise control, improves operational efficiency, and reduces storage and retrieval troubles. ...
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Structural Monitoring Inside a Copper Mine
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: CAS DataLoggers recently supplied the intelligent datalogging solution for the operators of a copper mine. For the safety of both miners and machinery, it was essential that any potentially dangerous ...
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Vehicle management system
From: CONTEC Co., Ltd.Description: Vehicle Management System Provides Support for Garbage Collection Orders and Operations ...
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Quality Assurance in Magnet Production
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: CAS DataLoggers recently provided the data acquisition and evaluation solution for a magnet producer which needed to increase manufacturing quality and thereby decrease the need for expensive ...
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Monitoring Water Quality Runoff From a Coalmine
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: CAS DataLoggers provided the intelligent datalogging solution for an open-cut coalmine managing a high salinity water runoff into local retaining dams. The water from these dams could only be released ...
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Using a Digital Input to Start and Stop a Grant SQ20XX Data Logger
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: Many Grant Squirrel owners want to use their logger's digital input to extend logging duration since they don't need the device to continually log data, and this also helps users who don't want to ...
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Monitoring Plastic Extruders for Temperature and Power
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: CAS DataLoggers recently provided the datalogging solution for a plastic tubing manufacturer who needed to monitor their plastic extruders for both power and temperature to ensure reliable and safe ...
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Coker Valve Monitoring in a Refinery
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: CAS DataLoggers recently provided the data acquisition and control solution for a large manufacturer of valve systems for use in many different industries. The company produced ball, needle, choke, ...
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Identifying Thermal Mass Problems In Paint Curing
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: CAS DataLoggers recently supplied the oven datalogging solution for a manufacturer of commercial snow removal equipment which was experiencing periodic problems with the quality of their powder-coated ...
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Material Testing: Monitoring Metal Fatigue Crack Growth
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: CAS DataLoggers recently supplied the data acquisition and control solution for a prominent manufacturer of material used in the aviation and aerospace industries. Characterizing the growth rate of ...
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Performance Monitoring in Refrigeration Diesel Engines
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: CAS DataLoggers recently supplied the portable datalogging solution for a leading manufacturer of transportable temperature control systems for use across many different mobile applications, such as ...
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Optimizing Production at a Mining Quarry
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: CAS DataLoggers recently supplied the datalogging solution for a major international building supplies provider experiencing regular downtime in one of their mining quarries. Raw materials were ...
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Updating Modem Module Firmware on DT8xM Model Data Loggers
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: The bestselling dataTaker DT8xM intelligent data loggers offer users all the capabilities of the popular DT8xM models while adding a built-in cellular modem to suit a wide range of remote monitoring ...