Manufacturing and Process Equipment Reference Materials

Description: Tank and reservoir heating is an essential task in many industrial processes. It maintains mediums in a usable state, allows for preheating, prevents freezing, and avoids loss or damage to the ...

Description: Selecting the right immersion heater is important. You need the right equipment to keep your operation efficient and profitable for years to come. Since each application is a little different, what's ...

Description: Electric power is in high demand for industrial heating. It's more efficient and cost-effective than fossil fuel heaters. When buying new immersion heaters, companies are turning to electric. But if ...

Description: Cement is essential to infrastructure. As far back as 700 BC, people were building kilns to prepare cement for homes, flooring, and cisterns. Today, we still use cement heavily in the construction ...

Description: Electric immersion heaters are designed for long-lasting performance. But there comes a point in every heater's lifespan where it needs to be replaced. We take a look at the signs and symptoms that ...

Description: Bitumen is a naturally occurring product that forms the basis of most modern infrastructure. From the walls of Babylon to today's roads and highways, our society relies heavily on bitumen. For most ...

Description: There is a big increase in demand for electric circulation heaters. Yet, for tank heaters, steam boilers are still more commonly used than hot oil systems. Is steam heating better, or is the industry ...

Description: Process fluids are found in every major industry, and process fluid heating is an essential task for each of these. Electric immersion heaters are the ideal solution for heating industrial process ...

Description: What is a Thermal Fluid System,Advantages of Thermal Fluid Systems ...

Description: Thermal Fluid Systems Glossary ...

Description: For manufacturing industries such as aerospace, automotive, marine, and wind energy, prototyping is a familiar part of the product development process, commonly used for R&D testing, product ...

Description: Designing for manufacturing is a critical part of the product development cycle. It prevents roadblocks in manufacturing and delivers successful parts well designed for the process. Designing for 3D ...

Description: Listed dimensions are as designed for your final part unless otherwise specified. These guides serve as recommendations and may not reflect all implementations, since 3D printing is a geometry ...

Description: Chinook Regional Hospital is a 270-bed facility that serves as the main hospital for the city of Lethbridge and Southern Alberta, Canada. When the Lethbridge Regional Hospital (now Chinook Regional ...

Description: An engineer's mini-guide to blower technology selection ...

Description: The average shop taking their first steps into automation doesn't need to break the bank by investing in lights-out production with advanced robotics. There is a simpler, less expensive way to impact ...

Description: Improving the Coal-feeding Conveying System in a Holcim Cement Plant ...

Description: Air separation plant supplying oxygen to a glass furnace at a lighting products company; Experiencing significant reliability problems and excessive maintenance costs keeping the existing supplier's ...

Description: If modernisations in wastewater treatment plants are due, as a rule the permanently reducing limit values of ammonium, nitrate and phosphate are pushing the investment decisions. If it concerns the ...

Description: Flaring gas is the process of burning off unwanted gas from hydrocarbon processing plants, refineries, and gas wells. It is recognized as a major environmental problem by the EPA and the IPCC. ...

Description: ZLD (zero liquid discharge) is a wastewater distillation process that helps reduce waste brine discharge to the environment and recover the majority of the wastewater as clear reusable water. In ...

Description: With technological advances, auto manufacturers are tasked with meeting ever-evolving regulations and industry standards for the safety and performance of virtually every element of a vehicle. To help ...

Description: This paper discusses the challenges of near-to-eye display (NED) measurement to ensure the quality of devices such as virtual (VR), augmented (AR), and mixed reality (MR) headsets. It introduces ...

Description: Radiant Vision Systems has developed a solution to measure near-IR light emissions: the Near-Infrared (NIR) Intensity Lens. This February, the editors at New Equipment Digest interviewed Jens Jensen, ...

Description: Transparent displays? Flexible and foldable phones? Stick-on displays? These may sound like the displays of the future, but already Organic Light Emitting Diodes (OLEDs) are providing the foundation ...

Description: Engineers have been making big strides in recent years to apply quantum discoveries and nanotechnologies to areas such as computing, sensing, cryptology, metrology, and imaging. If you've spent much ...

Description: As the name would imply, a miniLED is small-but not as small as a microLED (µLED). While there are no official definitions, microLEDs are typically less than 50 micrometers (µm) square, with most ...

Description: Read this case study to learn how a manufacturer of release liners utilized UV curing to improve their siliconizing process. Understand how changing to UV curing provided quicker changeovers, faster ...

Description: UV LED curing technology advances now enable applications, like converting, which require faster production speeds to become feasible. This article provides process design and development engineers ...

Description: With costs soaring and people becoming more environmentally aware, it is important for manufacturers of commercial products to try to reduce the amount of materials used where possible. ...

Description: The Fourth Industrial Revolution has ushered in a new consumer-driven manufacturing landscape. The consumer is truly king in this new world where companies like Amazon have set a new standard for ...

Description: What's pushing the edges of robot development and capability today ...

Description: All equipment needs maintenance, but when you're talking about a nuclear power plant, there's no room for error. So when a customer needed to service the valves on their component cooling water (CCW) ...

Description: There are several ways to clean a sump, but the method you choose depends on the machine, the sump, and its contents. ...

Description: The source of power your sump cleaner uses can have a significant impact on its operational performance. If you are considering purchasing an air-powered sump cleaner, there are a number of ...

Description: Cleaning your metalworking machine sump is an important job. If you do not have the proper equipment, it can also be dirty and time-consuming. Perhaps you have even delayed the cleaning of your ...

Description: Sieve calibration vs. sieve certification - and what it means for the actual performance of your sieves. ...

Description: Brown grease - composed of fats, oils, and grease (FOG) and rotting food - has long been a problem for restaurants, food service operations and commercial kitchens. Brown grease can clog sewer lines ...

Description: In this paper, we'll show you new trends in advanced robotics, as well as some tips for properly specifying and installing cables into your robot. ...

Description: The company's risk mitigation team was looking for options to potentially replace the manual inspection process of having two employees on a scissor lift to examine the Dust Extraction System ducts. ...

Description: Gas mixing sounds simple enough. You simply mix a number of pure gasses to create a new mixture. Unfortunately, it's not usually as simple as it sounds. There are many variables and factors that play ...

Description: Steam is capable of transferring a large amount of heat to materials used in food and beverage processing, and it can be precisely controlled to within narrow temperature ranges. It can be applied ...

Description: Application: Plastic Grinding and Dust ...

Description: Machine monitoring relays detect abnormalities in incoming power and permit actions to be taken to protect equipment before damage can occur. Such relays are used in a wide variety of applications ...

Description: Timely detection of heater malfunction in a blow moulding process can prevent scrap resulting from defects when the temperature is not optimally controlled. ...

Description: Any manufacturers worth their salt know that prototyping is an extremely important step in the innovation process and needs to be planned for and invested in, but many aren't aware that simply ...

Description: Why are PCB Prototypes so Important? ...

Description: Prototyping is a unique asset for manufacturers when it comes to realizing a specific market goal. It's no secret that the companies which don't neglect the prototyping stage of innovation are often ...

Description: 6 Reasons to Transition to In-House PCB Prototyping ...

Description: There are so many electronics, variables, and design specifics to go over before you actually bring a final iteration of your prototype to mass production that it can almost seem too complex to ...

Description: This article exposes the biggest myths about outsourcing and reveals the true benefits of in-house prototyping ...

Description: The case for in-house: How owning your own solution improves rapid prototyping and product development ...

Description: Much attention has been given to 3D printing in recent years as the technology has allowed users to manufacture a wide variety of items - from common mechanical parts to more outrageous projects like ...

Description: When it comes to bringing PCB prototype(s) from conception to production, there are many things you can do along the way to ensure that all of the variables are taken care of beforehand and are not ...

Description: The first part of this two-part series will reveal some of the unexpected expenses associated with outsourcing your PCB design data, as well as some options for how you can deal with them. ...

Description: How artists are relying on plasma to create intricate designs. ...

Description: Preventive maintenance protocol for CNC plasma tables ...

Description: Nine suggestions to help you improve plasma cut quality. ...

Description: A DSI system can rapidly and accurately maintain temperatures for processing difficult materials, such as wastewater, and thereby increase the efficiency and reliability of the anaerobic digestion ...

Description: As specialists in the design and supply of custom thermal oil heat transfer systems, we have the resources to build custom systems in a cost-effective and timely manner. At Thermal Fluid Systems, we ...

Description: Biodiesel and biodiesel blends are renewable, clean-burning alternative fuels produced from a diverse mix of waste oils, such as vegetable oil, soybean oil, and animal fats. A commercial-scale ...

Description: Industrial Heaters Wattco About Us Our Products Immersion Heaters Flanged Heaters Screw Plug Heaters Circulation Heaters Over The Side Heaters Inline Heaters Circulation Heaters Inline Heaters Flanged ...

Description: Pipe heaters are designed to fit inside of a pipe, making it possible to provide heat where other heaters cannot. They provide indirect heating and make it possible to remove for repair, cleaning or ...

Description: Load banks serve to manage and shed power overloads from energy generating processes. They are especially useful in the renewable energy sector. ...

Description: A guide to two-material molding and bonding options with plastics, elastomers, and metal inserts ...

Description: ARMEX blast media reduces scrap rate by 90% saving thousands of dollars! ...

Description: Abrasive blasting with sodium bicarbonate (i.e., baking soda) is a popular surface-cleaning technique, but there are equally popular alternatives as well. One alternative method is dry ice blasting. ...

Description: Reduce restoration costs, remove surface corrosion, and heavy rust with ARMEX soda blasting materials. ...

Description: Knowing why you would use a wet machine over dry and knowing when siphon is better than direct pressure or visa-versa is required to make sure any custom engine builder gets the right machine the ...

Description: Blasting materials such as ARMEX blast media are green, and safe, ways to clean engine parts. Baking soda won't etch the surface of the parts being cleaned. It is very effective on aluminum, and can ...

Description: Quickly clean FDA-regulated food processing facilities with ARMEX non-destructive cleaners. ...

Description: As a safe and effective method of abrasive cleaning, ARMEX™ blast media offers numerous advantages. Its benign, sodium bicarbonate based formulation provides enhanced worker safety, comfort and ...

Description: Two of the most difficult cleaning jobs are fire and mold remediation, where non-destructive cleaning is critical. Soda blasting can dramatically reduce fire and mold remediation labor costs while ...

Description: Using ARMEX soda blast material in petrochemical plant cleaning, often without shutting down the work area. ...

Description: De-painting and cleaning with easy non-toxic ARMEX soda blasting abrasive. ...

Description: Soda blasting is an environmentally responsible method to remove coatings and contaminants from a variety of substrates. Sodium Bicarbonate is non-hazardous, nontoxic, and biodegradable. ...

Description: When cleaning surfaces or substrates that cannot be damaged, the only blasting abrasive to use is ARMEX. The gentle physical propriety of baking soda but yet aggressive cleaning ability is what makes ...

Description: Looking for a more efficient and safer cleaning process? Abrasive vapor blasting with ARMEX offers the best solution for cleaning and decontamination in food and beverage facilities. ...

Description: Vacuum suction cups can hold, lift or turn virtually any kind of material in the production process. The contact between a suction cup and the object to be handled is soft and light, and the technique ...

Description: When calculating the required KW, always use the maximum flow of the medium to be heated, the minimum temperature at the heater inlet, and the maximum desired outlet temperature ...

Description: From Actane Salt to Zinc Cyanide - learn about the chemical compatibility for process heating applications ...

Description: Need to figure out the volume or area for a process or project you are working on - refer to these handy formulas ...

Description: Sure, we all know we need a good quality pipe wrench and a well-made drain cleaner in our repertoire as we head out onto a jobsite. But what about those items we tend to forget that make our lives so ...

Description: Mount Royal University (MRU) in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, has a full-time student population of more than 10,000. Founded in 1910, the university moved to its current 118 acre suburban campus in 1970. ...

Description: Today, Brigham Young University-Idaho (BYU-Idaho) in Rexburg, Idaho, educates its 19,400 students in more than 40 buildings around campus with a total of about three million square feet of conditioned ...

Description: Built in 1981, First Canadian Centre (FCC) is a 41-story office tower located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. In 2010, commercial real estate firm GWL Realty Advisors sought to implement strategies to ...

Description: Sly Fox Brewing Company, headquartered in Pottstown, Penn., is well known throughout the Mid-Atlantic region for its award-winning brews and support of outdoor enthusiasts. The brewery was founded in ...

Description: There are 24 schools in the Springfield Public Schools district, located in Springfield, Oregon. Terry Rutledge is the mechanical, electrical and plumbing foreman responsible for managing the systems ...

Description: Steam pressure systems are essential in the food and beverage industry, as well as any precision manufacturing process. They rely on heaters to achieve and maintain high enough temperature to sanitize ...

Description: Immersion heaters are the beating heart of all sorts of industrial processes. As such, your heater is an important investment. Learn how to protect that investment with Wattco's inside secrets on ...

Description: A couple of months ago, in posting about neural networks, I wrote a bit about my experience with robotics when I was in grad school at UMass back in the day. Robotics have gotten a lot more ...

Description: How Do They Compare With Other Heating Applications ...

Description: Boiler systems today are engineered to increase efficiency and reduce operating costs. Condensing boilers are a popular option because they recover energy that otherwise would be discharged out the ...

Description: The reflectCONTROL Automotive and surfaceCONTROL Robotic inspection systems provide easy, fast and reliable quality inspection of surfaces. From a complete chassis to a single painted part, smallest ...

Description: The Pine Glades Development in Jackson Hole, Wyoming offers breathtaking scenery and a unique Jackson Hole experience. This development, 7 blocks from the town square, features a western and ...

Description: Automotive tires are the only direct connection between the vehicle and the road surface. In terms of safety and performance, flawless, high quality tires are critical. Therefore, quality control is a ...

Description: Knowing the difference between CR and CT, what they are designed to do and the applications for which they are suited can result in a great deal of savings because of the cost variation. ...

Description: Many companies that design and sell snow melt systems specify 50 Watts (170.6 Btu's) per Square Foot for the heating area. Delivering 50 Watts per Square Foot often times requires a very large source ...

Description: Hot oil (Also known as thermal fluid) heating systems are used in a number of industrial processes. Oil, glycol, and water are the most typical mediums for this process...We take a look at some of the ...

Description: Industrial chemical manufacturing requires precise heating systems. This is especially true for heating flammable or volatile solutions. The precision and reliability of electric industrial heaters, ...