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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 ...
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How to Identify the Four Main Types of Coils
Description: While there are many different types of heating and cooling coils (as seen on our Products page) all HVAC coils typically fall into one of the four general categories outlined below. ...
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What are Safety Light Curtains and How Do They Work?
From: Automation24, Inc.Description: Safety light curtains, as safety sensors, have the necessary features to prevent unexpected failures. ...
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7 Signs Your Application will Benefit from Differential Scanning Calorimeter
Description: Does your day-to-day analysis need you to observe the thermal transitions and behaviors of plastic materials or lead-free solders against heat? Does your lab explore nanomaterials in high-stress ...
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How Portable PMI Analyzers Make Being Proactive Easier
Description: Portable, robust PMI (positive material identification) analyzers mark an important change in the way for example oil and gas upstream, midstream, and downstream operators ensure their sites are ...
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Steve's Review of Agitators
Description: In today’s liquid coating finishing equipment and coatings review, the most overlooked area is the agitation of the coatings before and during use. Everyone looks at the coatings and the ...
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Dobot Has Opened The Largest Cobot Smart Manufacturing Plant In China
From: DOBOTDescription: On September 24, 2022, the Dobot Rizhao smart factory produced the 10,000th cobot. This is a historical milestone that began two years ago when the construction of the factory began. To date, Dobot ...
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Do I Need A Fume Extractor For My Laser Machine?
Description: Instead of mechanically scraping the material, laser engravers use light energy to change the surface of the product. The surface heats up to extreme temperatures, and it can start to melt, burn or ...
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McElroy Distributor & the TracStar® help Oman Oil and Gas Company Achieve Fusion Goals
Description: In Oman, right in the middle of the Arabian Desert, an oil and gas exploration and production company was racing against an upcoming deadline to complete an HDPE pipe lining job. The solution was to ...
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Pit Bull® 618 is Polypropylene Powerhouse
Description: The Pit Bull® 618 combines muscle with flexibility when fusing polypropylene pipe. ...
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Save Time, Money in the Field with McElroy Optimized Cooling™
Description: McElroy Optimized Cooling™ is a real-time algorithm that can positively impact efficiency, performance, and productivity when fusing HDPE pipe in the field by decreasing the amount of time spent ...
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What is a Fume Extractor Used For?
Description: Learn the importance of and just a few of the ways a fume extractor can and is used in various industries and applications. ...
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3 Food Processing Applications Where Immersion Heaters are Vital
From: WATTCODescription: Food processing is an overlooked yet sophisticated aspect of modern life that keeps the world fed and, where possible, healthy. Some food processes mainly depend on heating and, thus, need powerful ...
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3 Uses of Immersion Heaters in the Pharmaceutical Industry
From: WATTCODescription: The pharmaceutical industry relies heavily on immersion heaters for various processes. They can facilitate various laboratory processes, including the sanitation of medical and pharmaceutical ...
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4 Types of Immersion Heaters and Their Industrial Uses
From: WATTCODescription: The term “immersion heater” refers to more than just one type of machine — it’s a broad label. There are four key categories of immersion heaters, each with slightly different ...
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5 Benefits of a Circulation Heater for Industrial Applications
From: WATTCODescription: Whether it’s for decontamination or fluid circulation purposes, circulation heaters (a.k.a inline heaters) have numerous applications. These industrial heaters also come with their unique ...
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5 Benefits of Infrared Radiant Heaters in Mining Applications
From: WATTCODescription: Mining operations require a significant amount of heating and ventilation, especially in colder climates. It’s not uncommon for heating systems to add up to 50% of ventilating costs and almost ...
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5 Factors to Consider When Buying a Circulation Heater
From: WATTCODescription: Circulation heaters offer industrial businesses an efficient means to heat liquids and gases. But the efficiency of the circulation process is only reliable if the right choices are made before buying ...
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Advantages of Process Steam in the Manufacturing Industry
From: WATTCODescription: Process steam heaters generate steam for many manufacturing applications. Sanitizing pharmaceutical equipment, reducing the weight of building materials, and preserving food products all use process ...
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Application of Immersion Water Heater in Chemical Processes
From: WATTCODescription: Immersion water heaters are beneficial for various industrial applications. One of which is chemical processing. These heaters are submerged in water and heat the liquid by releasing energy. Many ...
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Applications and Consideration for Air Intake in Nuclear Power Plants
From: WATTCODescription: This article focuses on the design considerations for air supply and the applications within a nuclear power plant. Applicable to Evolutionary Power Reactor or European Pressurized Reactor or EPR, ...
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Applications of Electric Heaters in Carbon Capturing
From: WATTCODescription: Industrial producers and manufacturers are taking ownership of their role in the climate change crisis. The strategies and equipment they use directly affect sustainability and the environment. ...
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Applying Electric Heaters in Steam Recovery Systems
From: WATTCODescription: Recovery systems are essential for achieving emissions goals and reducing operational costs. Electric heaters in carbon capturing systems, for instance, allow for the recovery and capture of carbon as ...
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Benefits of Electric Boiler Heaters for Large Scale Industrial Applications
From: WATTCODescription: Industrial boiler heaters provide heat and power to various applications. These include agricultural soil steaming, steam generation, comfort heating, and sterilization. Many industries rely on these ...
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Benefits of Electric Heaters to Maintain Boiler Feedwater
From: WATTCODescription: Feedwater heaters preheat water for boilers. A steam-generating boiler, like those found in power plants, requires much less time and energy to convert this preheated water to steam. This efficiency ...
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Carbon Capture - Utilization and Storage
From: WATTCODescription: Carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS), or carbon capture and sequestration/storag e (CCS), is a groundbreaking process that aims to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the ...
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Choosing Finned vs. Unfinned Tubular Duct Heaters
From: WATTCODescription: Finned duct heaters have distinct advantages over unfinned and tubular ones and vice versa. Best of all, they have a wide range of industrial applications, namely, those that require heating. This ...
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Choosing Steam Pressure Systems: When to Use Low Versus High
From: WATTCODescription: Steam pressure systems serve various applications in various industries. Of course, different steam heating systems operate with varying pressure levels, and it’s important to know what system ...
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Circulation Heaters for CIP Systems
From: WATTCODescription: Clean-in-place systems are optimal for cleaning the interiors of pipes, tanks, and equipment in closed systems. This process uses circulation heaters to apply temperature and flow in a series of ...
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Circulation Heaters for Process Steam Applications
From: WATTCODescription: Electric circulation heaters are the ideal solution for industrial steam generation. They produce consistent quality for all types of process steam, whether saturated or superheated. Their ...
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Clean-In-Place Systems Guide
From: WATTCODescription: Caustic fluids, sediment buildup, and corrosion can wreak havoc on industrial equipment from the inside out. The inside surfaces of tanks/vessels, filters, and pipes are especially susceptible. While ...
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Difference Between Pure Steam and Clean Steam
From: WATTCODescription: Although steam generation methods are fairly similar, not all steam is created equal. Where high-quality steam with no chemicals or additives is necessary, care must be taken to create pure or clean ...
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Direct Steam Injection Heaters
From: WATTCODescription: Direct steam injection heaters are used for heating water and water-based fluids. Steam bubbles are injected directly into the target fluid with a nozzle or diffuser. The steam bubbles transfer heat ...
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Do Electric Heating Coil Materials Matter?
From: WATTCODescription: Not all materials in heating elements are made equal. Industrialists rely on various metal alloys, ceramics, and semiconductor materials in heating coils for different purposes and effects. This post ...
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Electric Flanged Heater Benefits in Mining Industry
From: WATTCODescription: To keep the mining industry harvesting essential materials needed worldwide, it relies on advanced modern equipment. For production to meet global demands, heating equipment that can increase ...
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Electric Heating - Challenges Facing the Industry
From: WATTCODescription: Due to the numerous advantages of electric heating, it is used extensively in industry despite the higher price of energy if compared with combustion. Of course, there is always a balance in using ...
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Enclosure Heaters 101
From: WATTCODescription: Enclosure heaters and cabinets protect heating systems and equipment. Ordinary enclosures offer suitable protection from physical damage and elemental damage such as condensation. Hazardous area ...
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Finned Tubular vs. Open Coil Heater Elements
From: WATTCODescription: One of the main components of an industrial heater is the heating element. The heater element transfers the heat to the target medium either through direct contact or from inside a protective sheath. ...
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Flow Batteries and their Role in Process Heating
From: WATTCODescription: Ice, glass, and iron are revolutionizing the way scientists think about the long-standing problem of energy storage. This is the story of flow batteries, newly emerging as a prominent stand-alone ...
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Food Processing: 5 Uses of Immersion Heaters
From: WATTCODescription: Food processing is one of the most essential yet delicate industries globally. For the health, safety, and wellbeing of the masses, food processing needs to be meticulous. With that said, many ...
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Four Useful Industrial Heaters and their Uses
From: WATTCODescription: Industrial heaters play a vital role in the maintenance of various industry-specific procedures. Whether it’s basic heating of water or processing oils, the right industrial heater can spell the ...
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Fuel Oil Handling System-Design and Considerations
From: WATTCODescription: The fuel oil handling system plays a critical role in the storage and transportation of fuel oils. Including other functions like bunkering, loading/unloading, and transfer. Heavy fuels like heavy ...
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Greenhouse Boiler Systems: How They Work & Why You Need One
From: WATTCODescription: Having a greenhouse boiler system that runs well and heats the greenhouse to an appropriate temperature is critical to a smooth operation. If you are trying to manage a greenhouse, understanding how a ...
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High-Temperature Heat Transfer Using Molten Salts
From: WATTCODescription: Composed of fluoride, chloride, and nitrate salts, Molten Salts have gained momentum due to their advantages and applications. They’re a preferred medium for heat transfer application, ...
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How Thermal Fluid Heating Works and How to Manage It
From: WATTCODescription: Thermal fluid heating is an integral component of many industrial applications worldwide. These systems have mostly replaced boilers thanks to the flexibility and control thermal heating offers. With ...
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How to Choose OTS Heaters for Liquid Heating Applications
From: WATTCODescription: Over the side heaters (OTS heaters) have many advantages, especially when providing heat to vessels located in cramped spaces. But they’re also advantageous for heating certain types of fluids. ...
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How to Select the Right HVAC Duct Heater
From: WATTCODescription: Choosing the right duct heater requires a deep understanding of one’s industry, the heating requirements of certain operations, and the heater’s capabilities. Selecting the right one can ...
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Immersion Heaters & Why Adequate Heat is Vital for Caustic Solutions
From: WATTCODescription: Caustic solution products such as soap and candles may seem insignificant, but they undergo a delicate and thorough process to meet industry standards. Sufficient heating is a significant component of ...
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Improved Temperature Control with Smart Controller
From: WATTCODescription: All heating processes benefit from precision temperature control. This is true for both commercial and industrial applications. Due to its sheer volume, however, precision makes its biggest impact in ...
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Industrial Energy Efficiency - How to Save Money by Cutting Energy Use
From: WATTCODescription: Industrial energy efficiency is often treated as an afterthought. Production quotas, lowering manufacturing costs, and profit margins usually take precedence. However, energy usage can add to your ...
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Industrial Uses of Process Steam
From: WATTCODescription: Cost-effective and efficient, process steam has excellent heat transfer capabilities with low toxicity. As a result, steam is widely used in industrial processes, manufacturing, and heating. The use ...
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Inline Heaters for Clean Water Heating
From: WATTCODescription: Clean water is that which is safe for human use and/or consumption. Of course, this is important for the food and beverage industry and domestic use, such as clean drinking water. It is also a ...
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Iron Flow Battery Technology and its Role in Energy Storage
From: WATTCODescription: Energy storage is a hot topic of discussion in the utilities sector and alternative energy generation because it is crucial to support grid electrical supply, transmission, and distribution systems. ...
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Metal Alloys Used in Immersion Heaters for Industrial Applications
From: WATTCODescription: The “magic” behind immersion heaters lies in their metals. In other words, their ability to keep various fluids and substances warm depends on the metals they’re made out of. This ...
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Natural Gas Heaters - Applications and Considerations
From: WATTCODescription: Ranking high amongst alternative energy sources, Natural gas is the cleanest burning hydrocarbon. It is transported in its gaseous state through pipelines to far-flung communities as a fuel source for ...
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Oil Heating with Inline Heaters
From: WATTCODescription: Online heaters use indirect heating to maintain flow, regulate, and control the temperature of the heated medium. They are commonly used in steam generation and preheating, as well as processing ...
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Pressure Vessels: A Guide to Understanding How They Work
From: WATTCODescription: Pressure vessels help keep liquids, gases, and vapors at their required pressure settings (for the applications they’re needed for). Of course, pressure vessels come in different forms, and ...
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Process Steam Circulation Heater: Material & Design
From: WATTCODescription: Steam is used in various process heating applications, both for home and commercial situations. Yet, circulation heaters for processing steam are primarily found in the industrial heating industry. A ...
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The Difference Between Low Pressure and High Pressure Steam Systems
From: WATTCODescription: Steam pressure systems are the standard heating system for various applications. They’re widely used because of their reliability and durability and because they generate clean, dirt-free heat. ...
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The Effect of Heat on Oil Viscosity in Industrial Sectors
From: WATTCODescription: In an industrial setting, oil viscosity directly impacts its quality and the ease at which you can extract it. Among various factors, temperature often determines the viscosity of the oil. That is a ...
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The Importance of Water Heater Maintenance
From: WATTCODescription: Both inline water heaters and immersion water heaters provide core functions in industrial processes. They provide everything from steam generation in power plants to sanitizing pharmaceutical ...
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Types of Steam in Process Heating Applications
From: WATTCODescription: The thermal energy transfer capabilities of steam make it an ideal solution for all sorts of process heating applications. We use them in everything from sanitization in the labs that created the ...
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Use of Inline Heaters at Construction Site
From: WATTCODescription: Construction sites are found in all climates for all types of industries and have endless potential for possible applications. To match this versatility and usability, the best construction heaters ...
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Welding Techniques Used in Heating Elements for Electric Heaters
From: WATTCODescription: Electric immersion heaters provide a vital source of heating in industrial applications by quickly raising the temperature of the heating medium. Their robust, compact, and uncomplicated design makes ...
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What are the Benefits of Using Tankless Water Heaters in Commercial Settings?
From: WATTCODescription: Tankless water heaters (a.k.a, inline heaters) are unique in their construction and mechanisms of action. They are a noteworthy alternative to heating for specific industrial applications and might be ...
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What is Impedance Heating?
From: WATTCODescription: Impedance heating is a clever approach to pipe heating. The pipe itself becomes the heater element rather than installing a heater into the pipe. The heating method achieves this by applying low ...
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What Purpose Do Chemical Heaters in the Industrial Sector Serve?
From: WATTCODescription: Many standard products and processes require chemicals to be heated at specific temperatures. Of course, that necessitates using heaters that can produce such temperatures. This post will examine ...
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Why Explosion-Proof Duct Heaters Matter in Mining
From: WATTCODescription: Mining is an inherently high-risk industry. In addition to the extraction of certain elements, the mines’ environments can put workers at risk of injury or illness. Explosive gases and compounds ...
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Why Use Industrial Heaters For Molten Salts
From: WATTCODescription: Molten salts, which are also known as salt melts, play an important role as a heat transfer medium in industry. Although water and oil are more common heat transfer fluids, there are many reasons ...
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Why Watt Density Matters When Choosing Heating Elements
From: WATTCODescription: Watt density refers to the measure of power from a heating element divided by the heated surface area of the element itself. Of course, that’s just the surface (excuse the pun) of this concept. ...
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Your Guide to Heater Elements and How They Affect Your Industry
From: WATTCODescription: Heating elements are the essential components that give heaters their function. Without them, a heater can’t heat anything. But not all heating elements are made equal; different types of ...
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Your Guide to Temperature Control Panels - The Ins and Outs
From: WATTCODescription: As its name suggests, the purpose of a temperature control panel is to regulate the temperature of a target substance in a vessel, so it remains at its optimal temperature. However, knowing what makes ...
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5 Simple Tips for Robotic Palletizing in Manufacturing Environment
From: DOBOTDescription: Robotic palletizing is a helpful hand manufacturing application for many enterprises. However, there are still a lot of bottlenecks and challenges of automation in the packaging production lines. ...
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Converting a Manual Screwdriving Solution into an Automated Screwdriving Operation
Description: First things first, converting a manual screwdriving solution into an automated screwdriving operation isn't as easy as you may think. ...
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Process Heating Solutions for Hydrogen Production
From: Thermon, IncDescription: The demand for electrical power globally has never been greater and continues to rise. First, there is a demand to help reduce carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. Second, there is a demand for ...
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Pro3 Series Printers Help SPANK Reduce its Components Validation Time by 50%
Description: SPANK designs, develops and manufactures a complete series of unique and exclusive components in their factory. Before adopting 3D printing technology, it was very difficult to discuss at an early ...
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Medical Monitoring: Secure Data with Serial Devices
From: Brainboxes LimitedDescription: Thanks to Brainboxes Ethernet to Serial Devices, medical professionals no longer have to manually enter data from medical equipment onto paper-based flip charts to monitor patient data. A serial data ...
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Top 7 Industrial Safety Tips for Your Engineering Facility
From: Lowell CorporationDescription: Industrial safety tips save lives. ...
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Coming Soon to a Store Near You: Robotic Clothing
From: Critical Link, LLCDescription: "...In university labs across the world, material scientists, computer programmers and fabric designers are working to advance robotic clothing at a rapid pace." ...
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Blackbird Autonomous Aerial Security Vehicle: 3D Printed Parts Improve Drone Manufacture
Description: How 3D Printers from Raise3D Improved Manufacturing ...
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Prosthetics for Everyone Who Needs Them: 3D Printing Reduces Costs of Prosthetics
Description: Customized prosthetics require unique and precision fitting parts that traditionally require lengthy and expensive iterations. These types of prosthetics have been unattainable to most of its intended ...
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Environmentally-Friendly Hydrogen - an Important Energy Carrier
From: SICKDescription: The reduction of environmentally harmful emissions, especially the reduction of carbon dioxide (CO2), is a central concern of climate policy. Energy from solar, wind, and hydropower, among others, ...
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3 Reasons to Deploy Sorting Robots
From: DOBOTDescription: Through the multiple diversity of application robots, sorting robots are paving their way to groundbreaking transformation. Sorting robots are widely used to automate highly-repetitive and boring ...
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Fluid Bed Dryers, Coolers and Moisturizers Buyer's Guide
From: Kason CorporationDescription: Kason fluid bed dryers, coolers, and moisturizers employ an innovative circular processing unit which is inherently stronger, lighter, and less costly to build—and finish to sanitary ...
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Kason's Food & Beverage Solutions Sourcebook
From: Kason CorporationDescription: Application Notes for Implementing Equipment and Processing Systems involving Vibratory Screeners, Centrifugal Sifters, Static Sieves, and Fluid Bed Dryers/Coolers/Moist urizers ...
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Kason's New Chemical & Plastics Solutions Sourcebook
From: Kason CorporationDescription: Kason VIBROSCREEN circular vibratory screeners (also called separators and sieves) separate bulk solid materials from solids and solids-laden slurries using multi-pane, inertial vibration that causes ...
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The Magic of Industrial 3D Printers: Their Applications in The Industrial World
Description: Industrial 3D printing technology has matured rapidly in many specific aspects, crossing the key thresholds of print quality, reliability, and cost structure. The latest advances in machinery, ...
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Bringing it Together - Shield Gases
From: Environics, Inc.Description: What is a shield gas and what effect might the choice of shield gas have on the weld? ...
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Driving Performance in Chemical Mixing
From: Marion Process SolutionsDescription: Achieving Greater Efficiency, Consistency, Repeatability and Sustainability in Chemical Mixing ...
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Electrification of Process Heating Equipment for CO2 Reduction
From: ChromaloxDescription: With today’s increased push for reduced CO2 emissions, including potential financial incentives, manufacturers are looking for ways to decrease generation of said emissions. One significant ...
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Gas Mixes and SCUBA: I want to be under the sea
From: Environics, Inc.Description: SCUBA diving has changed dramatically since the early days whenoctopus resized 600 the breathing air was pumped to divers from the surface. The freedom to move without being tethered to an air line ...
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How much Clean Air do we Need?
From: Environics, Inc.Description: What is "Zero Air" and why would you ever use it? ...
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Necrobotics? Who knew?
From: Critical Link, LLCDescription: Here's how the invention of necrobotics happened. ...
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Ozone and Ozone Generators - Good or Evil?
From: Environics, Inc.Description: Most people, when they hear the word Ozone, immediately think of air pollution and global warming. This is just a small part of the story. Ozone also has many useful applications. ...