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5 Times Faster, Cost Reduced by 90%: 3D Printing Benefits Prototype Design of Automobile Parts
Description: Unitycoon uses 3D printers from Raise3D to produce spare parts models for prototyping and testing, enabling them to save costs and improve the success rate of prototype verification ...
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A Larger-Than-Life Coral Reef Sculpture: How 3D Printing Allows Us to Explore the World Beneath the Sea
Description: Feeling inspired from this collaboration, Jon Goebel began a project of 3D printing the e.Mandrinus coral to a larger-than-life scale, by printing it 80,000% of its original size. ...
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Advanced Radiation Medical Treatment Made Possible by 3D Printing
Description: The Korea Institute of Radiological & Medical Sciences uses a Pro2 Plus dual-extruder professional 3D printer in its laboratory. The team, led by Dr. Jonah Choi, makes use of the Pro2 Plus to ...
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Advances in Orthopedics: How 3D Printing Improves Medical Orthopedic Insoles
Description: Dr. Mirko Valenti introduced 3D printing technology to treat clinical cases of posterior tibial tenosynovitis with conservative corrective therapy. Dr. Valenti's introduction of 3D printing was both ...
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Architectural Models: Airflow Simulations Become Cheaper, Quicker and More Refined Using Raise3D Ecosystem
Description: Airflow patterns around buildings in a city can be very complex, especially when the buildings are too close to each other. The airflow often splits as it flows over and around the building, ...
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Bettidrink: Better Parts for Beverage Vending Machines Thanks to 3D Printing
Description: Bettidrink's RnD team applied 3D printing technology to mass-produce customized parts used in beverage vending machines. The company partnered with Raise3D to improve printing efficiency and the ...
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Diamond-Cutting: How Sonmak Was Able To Add Flexibility to its Production Line with 3D Printing
Description: Obstacles encountered when manufacturing parts without 3D printing ...
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Improved Learning: Education and Community Outreach Using 3D Printing
Description: Before 3D printing was introduced into university education, teachers lacked intuitive teaching tools in classroom teaching. ...
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Raise3d E2 Brings Interdisciplinary Design and Production in Art, Design, and Technology to Bolton School
Description: Aaron Winstanley, head of design and technology at Bolton School Junior Boys (Park Road Junior School) implemented 3D printing into Bolton education using the Raise3D's E2 IDEX desktop 3D printer. ...
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Willemse Technical Solutions: Successful Mass Customization with Engineering Material
Description: Willemse relied on the Raise3D Ecosystem comprised of six Raise3D printers and RaiseCloud management software to enable cost-effective low-volume production with fast turnaround times. ...
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2023 Top Trend: Adoption of Collaborative Robots
From: DOBOTDescription: Investment research firm EqualOcean recently published its outlook for 2023, in which it closely examined the top trends in the Chinese technology industry and interviewed experts to identify 6 of the ...
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CANopen Communication System (Part 1)
Description: CANopen can be defined in basic terms as the communication language used when transferring data on the CAN bus. The definition of data information by the sender and the receiver needs to follow a ...
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What are End Effectors and Why are they So Important in Robotics?
From: igus® inc.Description: The end effector (also referred to as end-of-arm tooling) is one of, if not the, most important component in a robotic arm. Without the end effector, a robotic arm is essentially useless. Whether ...
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Case Study: Handheld Screwdriving System Helps a Hamper Manufacturer Double Production
Description: A long time Visumatic customer manufacturing laundry hampers has been experiencing sustained sales growth. Production was given the task of nearly doubling production of this product at their ...
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Application Spotlight - Higher Torque Screws Installed in Tight Spots
Description: Assembly Process: Automatically feed and drive, one per cycle, an M4 x 20mm long torx drive pan head screw to required 4.8 Nm torque to secure a fan clutch housing. ...
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How To Improve Plant Safety, Raise Staff Morale And Reduce Batch Process Time By 70% - Biovation Labs; A Case Study
From: Marion Process SolutionsDescription: Products Used: Marion 60 Cubic Foot Paddle Mixer, Piab Pneumatic Conveyor, Kason Vibratory Sifter ...
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Increasing Mixing Capacity 150% While Reducing Batch Mix Time - Origin Nutraceutical; A Case Study
From: Marion Process SolutionsDescription: Read the informative article to learn how Origin Nutraceutical Inc. significantly increased mixing capacity, while reducing batch mix times! ...
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Selecting a Programmable Logic Controller (PLC)
Description: Until the PLC was created in 1968, industrial processes were handled by a series of hardwired relay banks, timers, and counters. These banks required a large amount of space and were time consuming to ...
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Electroplating Wastewater Treatment use PLC
Description: The electroplating process is the process of plating a thin layer of other metals or alloys on the surface of some metals by using the principle of electrolysis, which can add some new characteristics ...
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Semiconductor Vacuum Pump Helicoflex® Case Study
From: Technetics GroupDescription: Technetics Improves Vacuum Seal Performance with Innovative Engineering ...
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Gantry Crane can be Controlled by PLC
Description: Gantry cranes are mainly used for loading and unloading operations of outdoor cargo yards, material yards, and bulk cargo.To manufacture large ships, giant gantry cranes are essential. In addition, ...
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Dobot Advances the Home Appliance Industry with Automation
From: DOBOTDescription: New demands from consumers: There is a greater need for personalized products in the industry. The market is looking for products that are high-end, intelligent and customizable. This forces ...
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6 Things to Check Before Ordering Material Processing Parts
From: Kason CorporationDescription: Before you place your next parts order for a sifter, screener or related type of processing equipment, there are a few things you should check to make sure you are getting the right parts - and the ...
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Codesys PLC and Desulfurization System
Description: We are a country rich in coal and low in oil. Coal has always been in an absolute leading position in the composition of energy utilization. Even after many years of energy conservation and emission ...
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Our First Step in Testing: Understanding Your Process
From: Marion Process SolutionsDescription: A successful test starts from the beginning. ...
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Testing with Marion and Kason: A Step-by-Step Guide
From: Marion Process SolutionsDescription: For those who haven't tested with us in the past, we wanted to give a step-by-step guide of what to expect. ...
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The 3 Most Common Processing Equipment Installation Mistakes
From: Kason CorporationDescription: Successful material processing equipment installations don't happen by osmosis. It takes careful planning and a keen understanding of how your equipment works to avoid the kinds of hiccups that can ...
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Automation for Wastewater Treatment
Description: The automatic control system for wastewater treatment can efficiently realize the treatment of industrial wastewater, without the need for too many workers to monitor on site, and avoids the safety ...
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How to Get Your Building Ready for Winter
Description: Whether you like it or not, winter is on its way. So make sure you're prepared for the colder temperatures before they arrive. Now is the perfect time to check your building's HVAC system - including ...
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Predictive Maintenance Technologies Increase Operating Life of Tubular Drag Conveyor Systems
From: Cablevey ConveyorsDescription: Conveyance systems are critical to the efficient operations in many different fields of manufacturing. The biggest headaches of tubular drag conveyance systems are the constant maintenance tasks and ...
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What Can a Closed Loop Servo Do
Description: Closed-loop servo is actually a servo motor, because it has an encoder structure that can feed back the motion state of the motor to form a closed-loop control. Compared with other open-loop control ...
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Integrated Stepping Servo
Description: Integrated stepping servo belongs to the category of stepping servo. It is an industrial control execution structure commonly used in the field of automated production. Its operation can drive the ...
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Evaluating and Determining your Risks with Sick Safety Experts
From: SICKDescription: Employees responsible for safety are faced with complex laws, regulations, labeling measures and guidelines, making it difficult to remember the minute details. This is where the safety experts at ...
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Meet Fast Open/Close Times with Polygon™ LT
Description: McElroy's Polygon™ is the premier lightweight solution for fusing polypropylene pipe and fittings. This line of compact fusion equipment includes DataLogger® compatibility, allowing ...
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5 Benefits of Custom Gas Mixers for Chromatography Calibration
From: Environics, Inc.Description: The accuracy of any gas chromatograph is utterly dependent on the system's reliability, which can only be verified by gas calibration. ...
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Notes on Environmental Factors for Using PLC
Description: The scientific name of PLC is programmable logic controller, which is an essential machine for realizing industrial automation production. Next, let's talk about what environmental factors should be ...
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Why Gas Mixers are More Cost-effective than Cylinders in GC Calibration
From: Environics, Inc.Description: What is GC Calibration? ...
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Basic Principle of Photoelectric Sensor
Description: Photoelectric sensor emits visible light and infrared light through the transmitter, and then through the receiver to detect the light reflected by the detection object or blocked light changes, so as ...
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Improving Quality with Bend Measurement Tools
From: Sharpe ProductsDescription: Tube inspection technology provides increased accuracy and consistency, offering real-time diagnostics that give visibility to micro- and macro-data needed for quality control and verification. With ...
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Machine Repair Specialist Expands Services with Renishaw Multi-axis Calibrators
From: RenishawDescription: To become the go-to calibration service provider to its customers, KES Machine LLC has expanded its relationship with global engineering technologies company, Renishaw. By investing in the Renishaw ...
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Multi-Radius Tube Bending
From: Sharpe ProductsDescription: Multi-radius tube bending is used to create parts with two or more center line radii in one complete cycle. This allows complex shapes to be completely formed without removing or resetting the tube or ...
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The More Communication Ports on the PLC, the Better?
Description: The more communication ports on the PLC, the better? This is indeed the case, the more the number and types of communication ports integrated in the device, the more flexible applications it can have. ...
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The Right Conveyor System Can Help You Avoid Food Recalls
From: Cablevey ConveyorsDescription: The danger of contamination from harmful pathogens such as salmonella, listeria, and E. coli is perpetual, leading food processors to protect the public and their companies' bottom lines by keeping ...
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Testing and Inspecting Turbine Generator Stator Windings
From: OFIL SystemsDescription: There are many on-line and off-line methods of testing and inspecting Turbine Generator Stator (TGS) windings. All involve some degree of investment in equipment and hardware – at times quite ...
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Raise3D Printer, Improving the Precision of Robot Motion Developed by Hasegawa Laboratory in Tokyo Institute of Technology
Description: Hasegawa Lab purchased the Raise3D Pro3 printer to print complex and high-precision moving structural parts, with the aim of improving the mechanical flexibility of the robot. The Raise3D Pro3 printer ...
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Raise3d Shows How to 3D Print Economical and Customized Orthotic Insoles
Description: Orthotic insoles emerged after WWII as a treatment for lower limb biomechanical diseases. Orthotic insoles became a popular treatment due to its easy accessibility and a wide range of applications ...
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Hybrid Vehicle Case Study
From: BoydDescription: The concept developed by Boyd and the availability of prototypes enable the automotive industry to quickly design efficient inverters for hybrid and electric vehicles using Infineon HybridPACK DSC ...
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Liquid Cooling Solutions in Electric Vehicles
From: BoydDescription: This paper addresses current and upcoming trends and thermal management design challenges for Electric Vehicles and eMobility with a specific focus on battery and inverter cooling ...
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How to Troubleshoot Thermal Fluid System Problems
Description: Controlling the temperature of a process heated by thermal fluids is theoretically simple— increase the heater outlet temperature (on singleuser systems) and/or adjust the thermal ...
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Tips for Thermal Adhesive Bonding Automation for Lightweight Aviation Applications
Description: Here are a few tips for automating a bonding process for a lightweight aviation application. First, let's go over what a thermal adhesive bond is and what materials it bonds together. ...
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Safety As A Priority-Cut Resistant Gloves Are Just The Start
From: Engineered Profiles, LLCDescription: Even one accident is one to many. In any manufacturing environment safety is on everyone’s mind. Focusing on individual areas can be an effective way to reduce incidents plant wide, which is why ...
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Electric Servos for Printing Presses
Description: Printing machines are very common in our lives. There are all types of machines in workplaces, canteens, and advertising companies. Different printing machines can print different products, and the ...
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Flanged Immersion Heater for Water Supply Application
Description: Tempco was approached by a food packaging company that specializes in innovative and sustainable processing, packaging, and distribution of solid and liquid food products. They inquired about a flange ...
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Inside TEMA India: A Shell and Tube Heat Exchanger Case Study
Description: We’re continuing our look inside the shell and tube heat exchanger product line of our valued partner TEMA India. In our previous posts, we’ve looked at how shell and tube heat exchangers ...
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Laser Measuring Sensor For Lithium Industry
Description: The above process, such as unwinding and winding diameter, coating thickness and accuracy, accuracy of correction, are factors or parameters that affect the coating performance of lithium battery ...
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What is Plug-in PLC
Description: The scientific name of PLC is programmable logic controller, which is mostly used in the field of industrial control. You can compare it to the human brain. In the automatic production process, PLC ...
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Top Tips to Optimize Direct Steam Heating Applications
From: ProSonix CorporationDescription: Many companies have a need for heating of fluids in their facilities. These can include hot water for plant sanitation, boiler feedwater heating, heating of fluids to improve chemical reaction, along ...
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Top Tips to Optimize Steam Heating Tank Applications
From: ProSonix CorporationDescription: There is a need for hot water in virtually all food, chemical and industrial process plants. From clean in place (CIP) hot water and sanitizing to paper mill whitewater heating applications, hot water ...
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Pipe Fusion Fuels Growth of Australian Coal Seam Gas Market
Description: The addition of high-density polyethylene (HDPE) pipe, fused via butt fusion, has significantly boosted the efficiency of natural gas collection in the Australian Coal Seam. HDPE piping systems have a ...
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Advantages & Disadvantages of Ozone Transfer Standards
From: Environics, Inc.Description: Ambient air monitors can provide critical data about the health of our immediate atmosphere and what needs to change to improve air quality. Ozone transfer standards are a vital part of that process, ...
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PID Calibration for Oil & Gas Industries
From: Environics, Inc.Description: What are PIDs? ...
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Primary Components of Vibratory Fluid Bed Processors & Systems
From: Kason CorporationDescription: In this article, we'll explain the types, benefits, & components of fluid bed systems and processors. ...
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Sausage Processing and Servo Motors
Description: The length of the sausage sold in the cooked food restaurant is different, and it is often sold according to how much money per catty is. However, the "ham sausage" used by instant noodles is ...
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The Engineer's Guide to Hyperscale Network Material Applications
From: BoydDescription: This paper addresses current and upcoming trends and material science design challenges for Hyperscale Networks. As processing power and IoT/IoE (Internet of Things/Internet of Everything) continue to ...
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Boyd Guide to Two Phase Cooling 2022
From: BoydDescription: Over several decades, Boyd has been a leading innovator of two phase cooling with superior solutions for everything from consumer electronics to NASA applications. Boyd has utilized this experience ...
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Creating a Competitive Advantage in Enterprise Data Centers through Material Science
From: BoydDescription: This paper addresses current and upcoming trends and material science design challenges for Hyperscale Networks. As processing power and IoT/IoE (Internet of Things/Internet of Everything) continue to ...
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Black Forest Ham Specialities Stay Fresh Longer Thanks to Modern Vacuum Packaging
From: Busch Vacuum SolutionsDescription: The German company "Schwarzwaldhof Fleisch und Wurstwaren GmbH" in Blumberg in the Black Forest produces all kinds of Black Forest ham and sausage specialities, as well as raw cured products. Its ...
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New Vacuum Solution Ensures Safe and Sustainable Tires at Continental
From: Busch Vacuum SolutionsDescription: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH produces high-quality tires for cars and vans at its production plant in Aachen, Germany. In its tire manufacturing process, Continental uses an extremely effective ...
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Safe and Environmentally Friendly Loading and Unloading of Tankers in the Port of Gothenburg
From: Busch Vacuum SolutionsDescription: 130 direct services to destinations in Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Africa and North America: The Port of Gothenburg is the biggest in Scandinavia and the gateway to the world for a large part of ...
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Servo System and Servo Motor
Description: According to the different types of servo integrated motors, they can be divided into two categories: high-voltage servo and low-voltage servo. Low-voltage servo is often a servo type with a motor ...
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Vacuum Pumps for Pneumatic Suction Conveying
From: Busch Vacuum SolutionsDescription: Nowadays, pneumatic suction conveying is an important technology for feeding bulk goods gently through piping systems to the various process steps. In the area of food processing, the pharmaceutical ...
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How to Size an Indirect Paddle Thermal Processor for Drying
From: KomlineDescription: Properly sizing a paddle thermal processor is one of many crucial steps necessary to meet proper production and quality requirements of a given process. A paddle thermal processor is an indirectly ...
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Improving Indirect Heat Transfer WLR
From: KomlineDescription: This review of literature citations relates how mixing affects the heat transfer rates to solids in a variety of processing units. These units will include pan, horizontal (rotary vacuum), screw ...
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Dobot Launches Nova Series Collaborative Robots for Retail Sector
From: DOBOTDescription: Labor shortages and rising costs around the world are two major headwinds to the retail and service sectors, opening up new opportunities of automation transformation. To better capture this newfound ...
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What are the Servo Motor Encoders
Description: Servo motors are also called slave systems, which means very obedient machines. Compared with other motors, the biggest advantage of servo motors is precise control. So why is the servo control so ...
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Data Integrity and The Digital Twin, Part 1
From: DWFritz MetrologyDescription: Industrial production technologies are rapidly advancing, and traditional metrology is increasingly turning to non-contact measurement techniques to keep pace. To maintain the higher throughputs ...
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Data Integrity and The Digital Twin, Part 2
From: DWFritz MetrologyDescription: Metrology is moving from the lab to the manufacturing line, which brings non-contact techniques, digital twins, and the integrity of point clouds versus discrete measurement data under increased ...
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Why PLC Users Prefer Codesys
Description: PLC is an important industrial control automation equipment, which often plays the role of master station controller. At present, major international industrial control companies are sparing no effort ...
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Get Your Building Ready for Winter
Description: Whether you like it or not, winter is on its way. So make sure you're prepared for the colder temperatures before they arrive. Now is the perfect time to check your building's HVAC system including., ...
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How a Steam Coil Works
Description: Steam coils are used in a wide range of commercial and industrial applications, both for comfort heating and process heating. Marlo Heat Transfer Solutions manufactures a wide range of steam coils in ...
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What is a Modified Atmosphere Gas Mixer?
From: Environics, Inc.Description: Global transit capacities enable the rapid transport of perishable goods and produce across the world, meaning that consumers can enjoy products many miles from their country of origin. This is a ...
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Case Study: An Enabling Technology for Optimized Automated Manufacturing
From: Zygo CorporationDescription: The exacting nature of the mirrors manufactured by Cambridge Technology require laser interferometry to measure the surface form of almost every precision beryllium mirror it produces. The company ...
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Case Study: Electric Vehicle Manufacturing and Precision Metrology
From: Zygo CorporationDescription: In electric vehicles (EVs), new processing methods for gears must convert the high-force torque from electric motors to the RPMs at the wheel. This much be achieved while also reaching the consumer's ...
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Case Study: The Critical Role of Metrology in Product Development
From: Zygo CorporationDescription: Founded in 2010, Metronom Health is an early-stage medical device company, focusing on developing an innovative, opto-enzymatic continuous blood glucose monitoring technology for people living with ...
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How Metrology Can Improve Electric Vehicle Gears Processing
From: Zygo CorporationDescription: The growth of the EV market is inevitable. It places significant challenges in front of manufacturers as they wrestle with the need for technological advancements. Top of the list is the requirement ...
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Let's Put the Pieces Together
From: Zygo CorporationDescription: When it comes to asphere production, is there one part of the process that is more important than the others? ...
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Tips for Saw Mill Maintenance
From: Nylatech, Inc.Description: Sawmills, like many industries, are increasing production speeds to accommodate the growing demand for their products. However, this increase in output is causing increased wear and tear on equipment. ...
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Why Need Cobot Vision System For Production
From: DOBOTDescription: A collaborative robot's revolution takes its roots from a traditional industrial robot and its robot vision, developing into the safe collaboration between a robot arm and a human and the integrated ...
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Benefits of Choosing a Vortex A/C vs. Standard Vortex Tube Cooler
From: VortecDescription: Keeping your electrical enclosures cool, clean, and protected is an imperative maintenance task to ensure your enclosures maintain their operational effectiveness and to avoid unplanned downtime in ...
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Keeping it Cool with Vortex
From: VortecDescription: Thermal testing has proven that natural convection cooling is not adequate for today’s smaller, high power density enclosures. Heat dissipation by forced convection (fan cooling) is the most ...
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Pressure Transmitter Used in Speed Generating System and Automatic Control
From: Micro Sensor Co., Ltd.Description: Due to long service and poor automatic control of the old hydropower stations, the governor system for regulating the power output and rotate speed of hydro turbines generating set fails to work ...
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Which PLC Programming Languages Should I Use?
Description: PLC is also called Programmable Logic Controller, the full English name is Programmable Logic Controller, and sometimes referred to as PC. Of course, this PC is only used in the field of industrial ...
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Advantages and Disadvantages of Micro Servo Motors
Description: Servo motor is a big concept. If any motion motor is equipped with an encoder structure and can realize motion feedback correction, we can call it a servo motor. Generally speaking, the larger the ...
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5 Powerful Robot Process Automation Metrics to Evaluate Robot Deployment Performance
From: DOBOTDescription: In today's competitive environment, the deployment of robots does not guarantee successful automation. Hence, using RPA(Robotic process automation) metrics can help organizations define the level of ...
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What Are the Components of PLC
Description: PLC is a programmable logic controller. At present, it is mainly divided into two categories: integral PLC and extended PLC. Whether it is integral or extended, there are actually only a few ...
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Development of an Automated, Rapid Cure Process for CFRP Parts
From: Acrolab Ltd.Description: Acrolab was asked by a client to assist them with the development of an automated, rapid cure process for producing a series of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastic (CFRP) parts utilizing ISOMANDREL® ...
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Latest Guide to Assembly Robot: Why, What and How
From: DOBOTDescription: Today, we have assembly robots to construct and build the robot assembly line. It is based on a robot or robot arm, creating various products from large-scale to small items. ...
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Standard Process for PLC Projects
Description: When we choose PLC as the controller for the construction of industrial automation production line, we have to go through steps to make our process accurate. Therefore, the early process and ...
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How to Prevent EMI in 5G Applications
From: Newark, An Avnet CompanyDescription: 5G signals are transmitted using ultra-high frequencies, as high as 39GHz or more. In contrast, 4G uses 700 MHz to 2500 MHz to transfer data. Such high frequencies make 5G vulnerable to ...
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Creating Custom Heating Solutions for Hydrogen Fuel Engines
From: Backer Hotwatt Inc.Description: In the quest to find cleaner, more sustainable sources of energy, hydrogen fuel cell technology is a promising area. Hydrogen is present in water and nearly all living things. As a renewable source of ...