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Monitoring a Radon Mitigation System for Better Home Air Levels
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: ADU-500 offers a cost-effective, wireless solution for continuous monitoring of a radon mitigation system that will reduce harmful radon gas. ...
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RTD Instrumentation
From: Transcat, Inc.Description: Many instrument technicians have limited familiarity with RTDs and the calibration of instruments that monitor temperature using RTDs. This article provides a better understanding of these devices. ...
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Sanitary Flow Measurement in a Dairy Plant
From: Transcat, Inc.Description: With 40 separate facilities, a large milk and juice packaging company in Japan has a dual need for liquid flowmeters: (1) to ascertain when the process of cleaning the pipes and tanks has been ...
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Ultrasound Technology
From: Transcat, Inc.Description: Airborne/Structure Borne Ultrasound is a predictive maintenance/energy conservation technology used to locate leaks, detect electrical emissions and to inspect mechanical conditions in operating ...
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Why Measure Soil Resistivity?
From: Transcat, Inc.Description: Soil resistivity measurements have a threefold purpose. First, such data is used to make sub-surface geophysical surveys as an aid in identifying ore locations, depth to bedrock and other geological ...
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FDA Compliant Blood Storage and Preservation
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: CAS DataLoggers provides a hopsital with a temperature monitoring and alarming system that will help ensure reliable blood storage and preservation. ...
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How to Comply with NFPA Code 30 Requirements for Level and Flow Detection
Description: National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)® Code 30 defines safeguards to reduce the hazards associated with the storage, handling, and use of flammable and combustible liquids. In the USA, NFPA ...
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Oven Temperature Profiling at Extremely High Temperatures
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: A portable oven temperature profiling solution monitors the curing of metal alloys at 800 degrees Fahrenheit to ensure consistent product quality. ...
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Cold Chain Vaccine Storage Monitoring and Alarming
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: A single-use temperature data logger for monitoring your cold chain vaccine storage can help safeguard your supplies and prove product quality. ...
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Focus on Biosensors Version 2
Description: A biosensor is a device capable of detecting a certain substance or analyte with high specificity. Examples of such analytes are glucose, lactate, glutamine and glutamate. Most biosensors measure the ...
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The Importance of Cold Chain Monitoring for a Beverage Supplier
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: CAS DataLoggers demonstrates the importance of cold chain monitoring for a beverage supplier with a compact, in transit data logging solution. ...
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Surface Tension a Definition - Rings, Bubbles, Drops & Plates
Description: However, the measurement of surface tension can take many forms, which can be confusing. In an attempt to get some clarity, we have articulated two principle measurement concepts in this article: ...
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Continuous Temperature Monitoring System Protects Life Science Products
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: A continuous temperature monitoring system successfully measures and records the temperature of 50 freezers storing life science products. ...
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The Challenges of Measuring Flare Gas
From: Sierra Instruments, Inc.Description: The associated gas generated from oil production has received a lot of attention recently. In many areas, the lack of gas collection infrastructure requires this gas to be flared off. Many ...
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Understanding Capillary Tube Thermal Mass Flow Meters & Controllers:
From: Sierra Instruments, Inc.Description: Flow meters and controllers are used every day in general purpose industrial and laboratory applications and in the semiconductor industry. Have you ever wondered how capillary tube flow meters work? ...
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Measuring Soil Moisture to Maximize Plant Growth
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: Measuring soil moisture is done accurately with the ADU-500, offering reliable measurements to ensure crop quality and maximize plant growth. ...
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How Non-Contact Level Sensors Benefit Cement Producers
From: BinMaster, Inc.Description: The new reality of level measurement begins with continuous, low-maintenance, non-contact level sensors. Real-time data provides high-visibility inventory to cement manufacturers. ...
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Select the Correct Non-Contact Sensor
From: BinMaster, Inc.Description: Chemical and harsh processing environments appreciate non-contact sensors for their accuracy, durability, and long service life. But which sensor option is best? ...
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How to Measure Surface Temperature of Metal for Quality Welds
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: Learn how to measure surface temperature of metal for a quality weld, prevent metal deformation, and analyze data using logging software. ...
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Reliable Incubator Monitoring & Alarming with a Data Logger
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: CAS DataLoggers provided the incubator monitoring solution for an In Vitro fertilization clinic in need of reliable real-time monitoring and alarming. ...
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Comparing Thermocouple Sensor Probes and RTD Sensor Probes for Temperature Applications
From: TEGAM, Inc.Description: One of the questions often asked to TEGAM is, "Which temperature sensor should I use, an RTD probe or a Thermocouple probe?" The answer used to be easy - a thermocouple sensor for industrial use and ...
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Delivering Proof of Quality in Frozen Food Transport
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: CAS DataLoggers provides a valuable solution for proving quality in frozen food transport, making it easy to keep tabs on the product. ...
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Digitizing Temperature Measurement for Product Safety and Quality
From: TEGAM, Inc.Description: TEGAM President Adam Fleder gave an interview to Process Expo recently on the importance of accurate temperature measurement and data collection in Food Safety applications ...
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Do You Need an Intrinsically Safe Digital Thermometer?
From: TEGAM, Inc.Description: Is there a hazardous location in your manufacturing or production facility? ...
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How Does a Digital Thermometer Work?
From: TEGAM, Inc.Description: Today, the best thermometers are digital, both for speed and for accuracy. Yet, most people do not know how a digital thermometer works. ...
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How the Times Have Changed for Thermometers and Thermocouple Calibrators!
From: TEGAM, Inc.Description: When we look back in time, it's hard to imagine the patience that was necessary to develop an accurate thermometer. ...
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How to Calibrate a Temperature Probe
From: TEGAM, Inc.Description: To calibrate a temperature probe, you need to know a few basic details about the temperature probe itself and a bit concerning the physics involved. ...
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How to Decrease the Error in Thermocouple Measurements
From: TEGAM, Inc.Description: A simple change can improve the accuracy of your thermocouple measurements by over 75%. The most common thermocouple type today is Type K. You see the yellow connectors everywhere ...
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Infrared: Non-Contact Temperature Measurement
From: TEGAM, Inc.Description: What is Infrared? How is Infrared used for Temperature Measurement? ...
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RTD Thermometers: Reading Temperature
From: TEGAM, Inc.Description: Reading Temperature RTD, PRTD, PT100: What's the Difference? Let TEGAM Explain: An RTD is a Resistance Temperature Detector. Resistance Temperature Detectors (RTD) use the physical properties of ...
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Scenarios: Infrared or Contact Thermometers
From: TEGAM, Inc.Description: This post is Part 2 in a two part series regarding Contact vs. Non-Contact Thermometry and "How Infrared is Used for Temperature Measurement". ...
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What Exactly is Cold Junction Compensation? How Does It Relate to the Use of Thermocouples as Temperature Sensors?
From: TEGAM, Inc.Description: I was recently asked, "What does Cold Junction Compensation do?" This question requires that I summarize how thermocouples work and the physics behind them. ...
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What is a Thermocouple?
From: TEGAM, Inc.Description: What exactly is a thermocouple? It is two wires of dissimilar metals that produce a thermoelectric voltage when the two ends are at different temperatures. ...
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HVAC Monitoring Saves School Building Significant Costs
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: A wireless T&D data logging system provided a school building with reliable and cost-effective HVAC monitoring to record energy usage and save costs. ...
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Food Industry Temperature Measurement
From: TEGAM, Inc.Description: The accurate measurement and control of temperature is critical to the quality and health-safety of food products. With the impact of the Food Safety Modernization Act (S510) and the dynamic nature of ...
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Preserving the Magna Carta with Temperature and Humidity Monitoring
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: Temperature and humidity monitoring of the Magna Carta with a data logger demonstrates a reliable and affordable solution for museums. ...
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Comprehensive safety solution for OEM machine builders
From: SICKDescription: With the production of large equipment and machines, a safe and productive work environment is crucial to success. Original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) build large machines and supply equipment, ...
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Machine safety in automotive production with deTec4
From: SICKDescription: Machine safety in the production of automotive parts is critical to maintaining a productive and safe environment. With body assembly, integrators, and powertrain manufacturing, the safety needs may ...
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Machine Safety in Automotive Production with deTec4
From: SICKDescription: Machine safety in the production of automotive parts is critical to maintaining a productive and safe environment. With body assembly, integrators, and powertrain manufacturing, the safety needs may ...
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Modular Safety System Eliminates Need to Redesign Safety Circuit Boards
From: SICKDescription: As the electronics industry continually changes and expands, safety standards must also keep pace with the rapid growth. To maintain safety standards, electronics manufacturers use safety circuit ...
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Paving the way for simple safety solutions
From: SICKDescription: In the manufacturing of tires, there are a lot of moving parts needed to run an efficient and productive operation. As a result, safety is of utmost importance to protect workers from machinery and ...
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Paving the Way for Simple Safety Solutions
From: SICKDescription: In the manufacturing of tires, there are a lot of moving parts needed to run an efficient and productive operation. As a result, safety is of utmost importance to protect workers from machinery and ...
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Safety and automation produce results for the packaging industry
From: SICKDescription: Sometimes it seems as if safety and automation work against one another, but that doesn’t always have to be the case. With the influx of automated machinery, end-of-line packaging plants have ...
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Sail into the Future of Emission Control with MARSIC
From: SICKDescription: The maritime industry is highly important to the transport of vital goods across the world's oceans. Around 80 percent of the volume of international trade in goods is transported by sea, according to ...
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Top Applications for Safety Light Curtains
From: SICKDescription: To protect personnel from automated machinery, opto-electric protective deices, such as safety light curtains, can be used. SICK's deTec4 safety light curtains provide top quality protection. ...
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Simple Monitoring Setup Optimizes Greenhouse Temperature Control""
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: Greenhouse temperature control is monitored using temperature and humidity data loggers to find cooler zones and maintain crops. ...
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Automatic Data Retrieval of Frozen Food Storage Temperature Monitoring
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: A food manufacturer collects real-time data on frozen food storage temperature, which is automatically transmitted via Modbus saving time. ...
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Acoustic Monitoring System for Endangered Species
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: An acoustic monitoring solution helps pinpoint endangered species location using a variety of input channels to connect with each array's microphone. ...
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Monitoring Concrete Curing Temperature
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: CAS DataLoggers provides the concrete curing temperature monitoring solution for a construction company aiming to determine duration of each project. ...
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Temperature and Humidity Monitoring Protects Thermal Insulation in Buildings
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: CAS DataLoggers use Grant data loggers protects storage of thermal insulation in buildings by monitoring temperature and humidity levels. ...
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White Paper: Beat the Heat: Thermal Engineering Solutions for Rugged Computing
From: Sealevel Systems, Inc.Description: The following white paper discusses the thermal design strategies of thermal simulation, structural conception, component choice and circuit placement. ...
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The Importance of Piano Humidity Control
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: CAS DataLoggers provides the piano humidity control solution for a company passionate about the importance of maintaining valuable instruments. ...
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Application: Drive Shaft Measurement for Shift Harshness Evaluation
Description: The Challenge A transmission manufacturer wanted to measure real-world shift harshness over time, with road trips incorporating both hot and cold, and dry and wet conditions. ...
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Application: Half Shaft Monitoring
Description: The Challenge A manufacturer of aftermarket automotive parts wanted to measure torque at the wheels during hard launch, to compare results of a stock vehicle with those of vehicle built with their ...
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Application: Torque/Turn Measurements
Description: TECAT was challenged to develop a reduced cost torque monitoring system that could be used on existing hydraulic chain tongs. ...
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Pharmacy Inventory Management Using a Temperature Monitoring System
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: Pharmacy inventory management was controlled using a temperature monitoring system which ensured industry requirements were met. ...
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Monitoring Temperature for Quality Control in the Pet Food Manufacturing Process
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: CAS DataLoggers provides the pet food manufacturing process monitoring solution to ensure continuous documentation and that FDA standards are met. ...
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Laboratory Temperature Monitoring & Alarming Using a Data Logger
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: CAS DataLoggers provides the multi-channel solution for laboratory temperature monitoring and alarming in a medical R&D lab. ...
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Water Quality Monitoring & Testing for Many Different Sensor Types
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: CAS DataLoggers provided the dataTaker DT82E for water quality monitoring and testing of a dam's overflow catchment area requiring many sensor types. ...
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Solder Pot Temperature Monitoring Helps Improve Product Quality
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: CAS DataLoggers provides a dataTaker data logger to monitor solder pot temperature, reduce defective components and improve product quality. ...
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Top 3 Reasons Why the Temperature Fluctuates in Your Fridge or Freezer
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: In this White Paper, CAS DataLoggers discusses how to implement refrigerator temperature monitoring properly to avoid fluctuation in a fridge/freezer. ...
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Accurate & Consistent Gas Mixing - Why Mass Flow Control Provides Pure, Repeatable Results
From: Sierra Instruments, Inc.Description: For many experiments it's critical to achieve precision control in gas mixing and blending applications. In fact, the quality of research and results depends on trusting all the variables in an ...
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Application Note: Avoid Costly Mistakes - Get the Key with Ultrasonic Flow Meters
From: Sierra Instruments, Inc.Description: Whether you are running a large municipal water facility or one of the over 37,000 rural water utilities in the United States, water usage and costs drive your decisions. Learn how to avoid costly ...
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Application Note: Beverage Manufacturing - Mass Flow Controllers Provide Precise Carbon Dioxide CO2 Injection
From: Sierra Instruments, Inc.Description: In the beverage production process, precise mass flow control of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) is a crucial part of creating high quality brews and beverages. It is pivotal that beverage manufacturers have the ...
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Application Note: Burner Control for Manufacturing
From: Sierra Instruments, Inc.Description: Industrial mass flow control is a crucial part of burner and combustion control in manufacturing applications. Precise mass flow control of the fuel-to-air ratio to the burner keeps melt temperatures ...
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Complete Cleanroom Environmental Monitoring Solution in a Single System
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: Accsense Monitoring systems are ideal Cleanroom environmental monitoring applications, ISO 5 product fill cleanrooms, test sample incubation, and more. ...
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Application Note: Ensuring Continuous Water Supply in Mobile Irrigation Systems
Description: In rural locations, irrigation of fields might not be an easy task to accomplish due to the limitation or inaccessibility of the electrical grid. ...
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Application Note: Speed Control of the Wood Pellets According to its Density
Description: In HVAC applications like Pellet Burners, a capacitive sensor is usually used to measure the level of pellets in the hopper. ...
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Application Note: Switching of Heaters in Extrusion Machines
Description: Until a few years ago it was very common to protect SSRs with semi-conductor fuses. Semiconductor fuses are a special type of fuse which are not always readily available worldwide and can also be very ...
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Application Note: Switching of Heaters in Flexography Printing Machines
Description: The customer's request is to have a panel mount solution that can handle the load current without the need for a supply voltage. ...
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Application Note: Switching of Heaters in Plastic Injection Machines
Description: In order to have a neater panel layout and ease of mounting, some OEMs are switching over from hockey pucks to solid state contactors. The main objective is to reduce panel size. ...
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Application Note: Timely Detection of Heater Failure in a Drying Process
Description: In semi-conductor manufacturing, solid state relays are used to control the switching of infrared heaters that are used to dry lead frames after a washing process. ...
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Air Pressure at Altitude Calculator
Description: Calculate Altitude from Air Pressure, Calculate Air Pressure at Altitude ...
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High Voltage Switchgear, Sulfur Hexafluoride & Moisture Issues
From: The Kahn CompaniesDescription: Moisture in Sulfur Hexafluoride (SF6) an insulating gas can cause rapid and severe deterioration of high-voltage switchgear. During electrical power distribution at transmission voltages (ranging ...
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Interplanetary Air Pressure at Altitude Calculator
Description: Wondering what the air pressure is on Jupiter or Mars? Check out our Interplanetary Air Pressure at Altitude Calculator ...
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Sample Rate: How to Pick the Right One
Description: only a small part of the frequency range between zero and the Nyquist frequency is acceptable. What can we do to improve the situation? ...
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Simple Harmonic Motion Calculator
Description: This tool calculates the variables of simple harmonic motion (displacement amplitude, velocity amplitude, acceleration amplitude, and frequency) given any two of the four variables. ...
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Simple Harmonic Motion Calculator - How it Works
Description: Displacement, Velocity, Acceleration, Frequency Calculations ...
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Vibration Measurements: Accelerometer Basics
Description: ...discuss and compare several different accelerometer types that can be used for vibration measurement. ...
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Vibration Measurements: Vibration Analysis Basics
Description: ...discuss and compare several different ways to analyze your vibration data. ...
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Food Safety Monitoring Protects a Family Sausage Business
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: CAS DataLoggers provided the automated food safety monitoring solution for a family sausage business, keeping their quality meats protected. ...
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Monitoring Milk Deliveries with an In Transit Temperature Recorder
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: A major milk supply company needed an in transit temperature recorder to monitor their deliveries for health risks and make necessary corrections. ...
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What does a Moisture Balance Cost?
Description: Determining the specs, and finding the cost of the best LOD Moisture Balance for your application can be frustrating, confusing and time consuming. There are more than 20 manufacturers of LOD moisture ...
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Ten Best Practices For Proper Vaccine Storage
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: CAS discusses the ten best practices for proper vaccine storage and how they can help you protect your valuable assets. ...
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Cold Chain Validation For DHL Using CAEN RFID Tags
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: DHL finds a cold chain validation solution to keep pharma products safe in transit by using a custom CAEN RFID temperature tag. ...
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What do we mean by "Compliance", and Why is it Important?
From: LANDDescription: Accurate temperature measurement are critical in quality aluminium extrusion production. ...
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How to: Mapping & Visualization of Challenging Material
From: BinMaster, Inc.Description: A food processor needed highly accurate volume measurements to know when to refill ingredient bins. 3D level sensor technology provided precise performance, even in dusty conditions. ...
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Optimizing Cereal Production & Food Processing
From: BinMaster, Inc.Description: Cereal production requires accurate volumes of grain storage, sugar inventory, and temper silos. Level sensors provide inventory accuracy through all phases of food processing. ...
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Precision in Food, Beverage, and Oilseed Production
From: BinMaster, Inc.Description: Oilseed processing byproducts are used in several industries. Safe and accurate storage of hulls and seeds is a must! Continuous level sensors provide real-time inventory levels. ...
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BioFuels: Increasing Volume Accuracy at an Ethanol Plant
From: BinMaster, Inc.Description: An ethanol plant was unimpressed with other sensors' performance in dust. In this case study, read how a level sensor with multi-point measurement offered a more accurate solution. ...
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Cocoa Bean Storage & Processing for Food & Beverage
From: BinMaster, Inc.Description: Cocoa processing requires level sensors that can handle a variety of bulk materials, from beans and separated shells to nibs and powders. Simplify inventory with multi-point measurement! ...
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Simplifying PVC Production with Precise Sensors
From: BinMaster, Inc.Description: Measuring S-PVC vinyl resin and PVC powders can be difficult. The right level sensor provides inventory accuracy, simplifies material management, and benefits plastics production. ...
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Understanding Accuracy in a Bin Level Monitoring System
From: BinMaster, Inc.Description: Inventory measurement discrepancies are inconvenient, costly, and wasteful. Precise level sensors provide accurate data-more specifically, continuous sensors offer real-time data. ...
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Insertion Flow Meter Straight Run Requirements
From: Sierra Instruments, Inc.Description: You have specified the correct industrial Thermal insertion mass flow meter and received your brand new meter. Now what? Where do you install the meter for optimal performance? This is where ...
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Part 1: Challenges with Submetering Natural Gas
From: Sierra Instruments, Inc.Description: In an article for Gases & Instrumentation magazine, I explored energy management as it relates to the natural gas industry. Natural gas exists in abundance in this country, with production expected ...
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Understanding the iSeries Totalizer for Gas Mass Flow Rate
From: Sierra Instruments, Inc.Description: Do you have questions about the iSeries flow meter Totalizer App that comes standard with every QuadraTherm 640i/780i Thermal Mass Flow Meter. We get many support questions regarding the app, ...
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Collecting Meteorological Data Using a Weather Station Data Logger
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: To determine how roofing tile performs in various weather conditions, a construction company utilizes a weather station data logger to monitor data. ...
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Real-Time Monitoring & Warning Systems for Cyclones
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: In remote tropical northwest Australia, a shipping company requested a single, rugged solution to monitor cyclone formations. ...
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UHF RFID Temp Tags Provide Transparency In The Pharma Cold Chain
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: CAS DataLoggers has the pharma cold chain solution for Medlog, a company looking to track medicines all the way to the customer using UNF RFID tags. ...
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New wireless vibration meter represents explosion of capabilities
From: Convergence InstrumentsDescription: When a client seeking vibration meters for a confidential project came to AV-Consulting, a Netherlands-based noise and vibration specialist, the new VSEW mk2 - 8g from Convergence Instruments proved ...