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IO-Link Vibration Monitoring of Fans in a Central Extraction System
From: ifm electronic gmbhDescription: The fans of an extraction system in the production hall are of crucial importance. Soldering vapours and fine dusts resulting from laser marking must be properly extracted. Otherwise, quality losses, ...
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John Deere - How John Deere is Digitising its Production with IO-Link Solutions
From: ifm electronic gmbhDescription: IO-Link masters and sensors as well as connecting data by Bluetooth are the solutions that allows John Deere to use 100% of the advantages of IO-Link. These advantages are the digitalisation of ...
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KHS - IO-Link Technology for Food and Beverage Packaging Line Machines
From: ifm electronic gmbhDescription: KHS is a global supplier of packaging line machines for the beverage industry. KHS equips its packaging line with ifm IO-Link technology, ifm connection technology, and ifm instruments. ...
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Koedood Equips the First Inland Vessel with Hydrogen Propulsion
From: ifm electronic gmbhDescription: In order to significantly reduce the still quite high emissions on the over 40,000 km of navigable inland waterways, the EU focuses on clean fuel through effective after-treatment of exhaust gases and ...
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Machine Tool: Energy Meter with Modbus TCP Interface
From: ifm electronic gmbhDescription: Electrical energy monitoring of a machine tool ...
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Metering, Visualisation and Analysis of Electrical Energy using Energy Meters with Modbus TCP Interface and Moneo RTM
From: ifm electronic gmbhDescription: Companies are increasingly focusing on production-level energy monitoring to allow for more efficient, sustainable and forward-looking planning. Information about possible reactive currents can be ...
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Monitoring of the Cooling Circuit for the Fermentation Tanks at the Distillery
From: ifm electronic gmbhDescription: Knowing how much energy is used in the production of spirits and wines ...
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Monitoring the Bladder Accumulator of a Hydraulic System with Moneo RTM
From: ifm electronic gmbhDescription: moneo RTM ensures easy monitoring of bladder accumulators in hydraulic systems. Potential bladder failures or ruptures can be detected early and sudden downtimes of the hydraulic system can be ...
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Monitoring the Hydraulic Power Unit of a Hydraulic Test Bench
From: ifm electronic gmbhDescription: Comprehensive condition monitoring of the hydraulic power unit. The aim is to monitor the wear in the hydraulic system and the running time of the pumps in order to optimise them. Limit violations are ...
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Ordered Today - Delivered Tomorrow
From: ifm electronic gmbhDescription: Online trade has experienced an enormous boom in recent years, not least due to the global pandemic. Compared to high street retail it has significantly expanded its market share. One of the key ...
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Pschorr Bräurosl - Oktoberfest 4.0
From: ifm electronic gmbhDescription: IO-Link guarantees beer supply in the Munich Oktoberfest marquee ...
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Self-Sufficient Drinking and Process Water Treatment
From: ifm electronic gmbhDescription: "Safe and clean drinking water is a human right" - this was already recognised by the United Nations in 2010. However, the reality still looks different: Over 2 billion people still drink from ...
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Sensors to Improve Safety in the Port
From: ifm electronic gmbhDescription: Port logistics monitoring with 3D sensors in Australia ...
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Training on a Smart Factory Model
From: ifm electronic gmbhDescription: Nothing will remind you of the dusty training models you may have encountered during the physics lessons at school anymore. The Iserlohn-based company Köster Systemtechnik offers didactic models that ...
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Veltins - Smart Valve Monitoring for the Secondary Circuit
From: ifm electronic gmbhDescription: The C. & A. Veltins brewery relies on MVQ valve sensors supplied by ifm ...
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Electronic Components in a Smart Watch
From: Utmel Electronic LimitedDescription: One of the consumer goods categories with the greatest rate of growth is wearables, which heavily rely on electronics miniaturization. Customers are becoming more and more reliant on smartphones and ...
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Choosing the Right Antenna Supporting Notes
From: A.H. Systems Inc.Description: How to choose the correct EMC test antenna based upon the requirements of the standard. A simple guide to determining the correct choice of antenna to match the test required. ...
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Tablet Oscilloscope to Measure CAN CONFORT Waveform
Description: The control units onto auto numbers a lot, the communication between these units works through CAN field-bus. ...
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CERN Particle Accelerator Materials are Characterized Using Testing Machines from ZwickRoell
From: ZwickRoell LPDescription: CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research (Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire) is one of the largest and most respected centers for fundamental physics research in ...
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How Automation in the Test Lab Promotes the Pace of Product Innovation
From: ZwickRoell LPDescription: Automated materials testing machines from ZwickRoell speed up product development and support an efficient and reliable quality control process. Based on these important benefits, Henkel AG & Co. ...
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BGA Sockets To Solve All Your Electronics Testing Needs
Description: Plastronics, a Smiths Interconnect technology brand, is a global provider of innovation for semiconductor reliability testing, meeting the industry’s burn-in socket needs for more than 40 years. ...
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Oscilloscope and Multimeter FAQ
Description: The oscilloscope is the equal of the engineer's eyes, It can transform electrical signals that are invisible to the eyes into a visible waveform, using the oscilloscope can observe various signal ...
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From Beetle Wings to Airless Tires and Beyond
From: Tinius Olsen, Inc.Description: Many modern innovations can be traced to adaptations of the natural world around us, but applying the principles found in nature to real-world implementations is not exactly apples-to-apples. Velcro ...
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The Myth Behind Commercial Off-the-Shelf Up-Screening
From: Rochester ElectronicsDescription: Semiconductor ASICs and standard products are subjected to manufacturing obsolescence, and as such there is a need to create a form, fit, and functionally equivalent device. ...
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The Quality of Test
From: Rochester ElectronicsDescription: The "Rochester Engineering Driven Test Approach" assures that the proper test coverage is implemented for all IC components tested at our corporate test facility, regardless of product functionality, ...
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Electrical Utilities Call for Creative Maintenance Solutions
From: OFIL SystemsDescription: Hydrophobic properties, pollution performance, ease of handling, low cost and compact power designs incredibly increase the use of composite insulators which are also called polymer insulators and NCI ...
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Spring Probe based Pin Grid Arrays (PGAs) for MRI Applications
Description: MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) systems are used to obtain a clear view of structures inside the body, non-invasively through applying the principal of nuclear magnetic resonance within a powerful ...
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Autoclaving for Medical Devices
Description: Autoclave sterilization of mechanical surgical and dental instruments used in invasive procedures is well known and has been used for many decades to assure the equipment is free of dangerous ...
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Introducing Vector - the Future of Extensometry
From: Tinius Olsen, Inc.Description: Tinius Olsens' new VectorExtensometer is real a step change in extensometer technology, capable of replacing multiple contacting and non-contacting sensors with a single, industry specific instrument. ...
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An Introduction to Phased Array Ultrasonic Testing
Description: The NDT Overview series serves as a primer to the major NDT methods and techniques covered in ASNT's publications. This introduction to phased array ultrasonic testing is adapted from the second ...
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Is it Really That Hard to Improve Chip Test Performance?
Description: Contemporary microprocessors or graphics processors can hold more than 50 billion transistors on them, with a failure rate of just shy of one in a billion. To achieve such levels of reliability in ...
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RED PITAYA KNOWLEDGE BASE: Circuits & Electronics Lessons
From: Red Pitaya, d.o.o.Description: The objective of this activity is to brush up on your existing knowledge about Kirchhoff’s laws and expand on that knowledge by showing how they can be applied in resistor circuits. A secondary ...
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Differences Between Oscilloscope and Multimeter
Description: In measuring the voltage, the difference between the oscilloscope and the digital multimeter can be simply expressed as "picture and number" difference. ...
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The Complete Guide to Electrical Insulation Testing
From: Newark, An Avnet CompanyDescription: Every electric wire in your plant - whether it's in a motor, generator, cable, switch, transformer, etc. - is carefully covered with some form of electrical insulation. ...
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Test Operations Procedure (TOP) 1-2-621 Outdoor Sand and Dust Testing
From: System of Systems, Inc.Description: This TOP provides guidance for conducting sand and dust tests using an outdoor test facility. Outdoor facilities are required when a chamber test is not feasible due to test article size and/or ...
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Testing a New Exercise at the JSI TRIGA Reactor - Cherenkov Radiation-based Power Meter
From: Red Pitaya, d.o.o.Description: At the Jožef Stefan Institute TRIGA research reactor, we employed a RedPitaya board to perform Cherenkov light intensity measurements in reactor pulse operation mode in the framework of a ...
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LCR Meter Measurement Accuracy
From: TEGAM, Inc.Description: LCR meters make taking L, C and R measurements very easy. However, if you want to be certain of the measurement that you have made, you must understand how an LCR meter operates and how the component ...
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Analog Meter Anti-Static Procedure
From: TEGAM, Inc.Description: This Application Guide discusses the need and procedure for using an anti-static control solution on sensitive analog meter movements such as the one found in the TEGAM AVM-2000 Nullmeter. Although ...
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How to Properly Zero a Kelvin Klip
From: TEGAM, Inc.Description: To insure proper operation of an instrument with Kelvin Klips, a short (zero) verification should be part of your standard work practices. ...
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Inductive Measurements with a TEGAM Model 1750
From: TEGAM, Inc.Description: Application Note 106 describes a method of compensating the TEGAM Model 1750's measurement circuit to be able to measure inductive test samples by connecting a capacitor. ...
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Input Bias Current Compensation
From: TEGAM, Inc.Description: This Application Guide describes the sources of input bias current on a high sensitivity instruments such as a null meter, the impact input bias current can have on measurements and how the user ...
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Noise Reduction and Filtering Techniques
From: TEGAM, Inc.Description: This Application Guide discusses the use of filtering to improve null measurements when noise on the signal source makes measurements difficult or introduces error. This note also helps the ...
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Null Meter Application Guide Introduction
From: TEGAM, Inc.Description: For the new user, the Application Guides provide a basic understanding of the fundamentals of measurement process that use Null Meters. For the experienced user, the Application Guides provide a ...
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Rationalizing Null Readings at Low Levels
From: TEGAM, Inc.Description: This Application Guide discusses the problems encountered when comparing nulls, especially nulls made in the micro-volt and nano-volt regions, between two null meters ...
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Real Time Wire Gauge Measurement
From: TEGAM, Inc.Description: This application note describes how a Microohmmeter with offset voltage compensation can assist a manufacturer or processor of electrical wire to measure wire gauge in real time and cost effectively ...
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Real Time Wire Plating Thickness Measurement
From: TEGAM, Inc.Description: This application note describes how a customer used the TEGAM Model 1750 High-Speed Programmable Microohmmeter to control the silver plating thickness of copper wire in real-time. ...
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Resistance Measurements of Small-Scale and Microscopic Material Samples and Components Using the TEGAM Model 1740
From: TEGAM, Inc.Description: This application note describes a measurement system developed by TEGAM and a customer to make high-accuracy, four-wire milliohm measurements of small-scale or microscopic components and material ...
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TEGAM Test Leads Compatible with Most Manufacturers' Ohmmeters
From: TEGAM, Inc.Description: Precision measurements require accurate, reliable connections all the way to the device under test. TEGAM manufactures precision instrumentation that measures with parts per million accuracy. TEGAM ...
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Testing LCD Display Panels with the TEGAM Model 1750
From: TEGAM, Inc.Description: The purpose of this Application Note is to describe how the unique features of TEGAM's Model 1750 High-Speed, Precise, Programmable Microohmmeter assist in testing large LCD panels ...
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The Fundamentals of Battery Pack and Module Testing
From: Unico, Inc.Description: With the continued global growth of electric vehicles, a new opportunity for the battery manufacturers is emerging: developing EV batteries that could exceed 200 gigawatt-hours by 2030. Yet while ...
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The LCR Meter as an Impedance Analyzer
From: TEGAM, Inc.Description: The LCR meter provides a simple and accurate way to measure impedance at a specific frequency point. However, for components that are more than pure L, C or R, this is often inadequate to fully ...
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Mechanisms of Sand and Dust Erosion In Gas Turbine Engines
From: System of Systems, Inc.Description: This two-part program emphasizes the materials science approach to understanding ductile erosion mechanisms. ...
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10 Dumb Things Smart People Do When Testing Electricity
From: Newark, An Avnet CompanyDescription: Anyone who makes their living by working with electricity quickly develops a healthy respect for anything with even a remote chance of being "live." Yet the pressures of the getting a job done on time ...
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ABCs of Electrical Measurement Safety
From: Newark, An Avnet CompanyDescription: Where safety is a concern, choosing an electrical tester is like choosing a motorcycle helmet–if you have a “ten-dol- lar” head, choose a “ten-dollar” helmet. If you ...
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Develop and Test Your EV Propulsion Systems with Simulated Resistance using Unico's E-Axle Dyno Drive
From: Unico, Inc.Description: With the continued global growth of electric vehicles, a new opportunity for the battery manufacturers is emerging: developing EV batteries that could exceed 200 gigawatt-hours by 2030. Yet while ...
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MEMS Accelerometer Performance Comes of Age
From: Newark, An Avnet CompanyDescription: Investment in MEMS process technology, coupled with design innovations, has greatly improved MEMS performance enough to make MEMS a viable option for a wider range of condition monitoring ...
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Cost-Effectively Extend The Range Of Your Existing RF Analyzer To mmWave 5G Frequencies
From: thinkRFDescription: Aerospace and defense agencies, spectrum regulators, mobile network operators, R&D organizations and silicon vendors have already made considerable investments in spectrum analysis solutions for ...
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Extend Your T&M to mmWave Bands
From: thinkRFDescription: This application note describes the integration of TMYTEK UD Box 5G up/down-converter with the thinkRF R5500 real-time spectrum analyzer, which will demonstrate the ability, to use existing sub-6 GHz ...
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RF Audit for Industry 4.0 Reducing the Risk of Downtime with Permanent RF Monitoring
From: thinkRFDescription: This article will first highlight some of the most important changes happening in the manufacturing industry before showing how the rise of wireless communications technology is increasing complexity. ...
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NIR for Yogurt Quality Analysis: Enabling Precise Quality Control for a Major Dairy Producer
From: KPM AnalyticsDescription: For decades, near-infrared spectroscopy (NIR) analysis has been used to verify the quality of dairy foods, including dairy powders, cheese, ice cream mixes, and more. Over the years, NIR calibrations ...
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How do I Choose Audit Filters for my Opacity Monitor?
From: LANDDescription: Ongoing quality assurance is important for any piece of measuring equipment. From a voltmeter to a spectrophotometer, calibration checks are needed to demonstrate that it is continuing to function ...
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Compressed Air is not Free
From: ifm electronic gmbhDescription: What if you could lower your annual compressed air costs without significant capital investment? ...
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MIL-STD-810H (Method 509.7) Salt Fog
From: System of Systems, Inc.Description: The salt fog Method is performed to determine the effectiveness of protective coatings and finishings on materials. It may also be applied to determine the effects of salt deposits on the physical and ...
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Harnessing Humidity with Chilled Mirror Hygrometry
Description: One can determine water content of a system by measuring headspace humidity because water vapor is in equilibrium with its separate phases. Applying chilled mirror hygrometry (CMH) to the measurement ...
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ifm Spotted: Unexpected Find in Sydney!
From: ifm electronic gmbhDescription: Australian ifm colleagues discover ifm sensors in Sydney and share their find with their colleagues in the ifm group of companies. ...
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Spotted: Taking a Closer Look Will Be Rewarded
From: ifm electronic gmbhDescription: The ifm products installed in the attraction raise visitors of the Karls adventure village 22 metres into the air. ...
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How LSP-HD Linescanners Maintain High-definition Measurements at All Scan Speeds
From: LANDDescription: Our compact and sophisticated high accuracy infrared LSP-HP linescanners are designed to produce advanced thermal imaging of moving processes and, importantly, deliver high-definition measurements at ...
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Measuring the Open Loop Gain of an Operational Amplifier
From: Venable InstrumentsDescription: Frequency Response Analyzers are often used to measure power system feedback loop response, impedance vs frequency of source - load impedances, and of passive components. They can also be used to ...
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Stability Analysis of Feedback Loops
From: Venable InstrumentsDescription: In this blog post, we will look at the power stage characteristics of the voltage mode boost and buck-boost converters operating in continuous conduction mode (CCM) as we did for the buck converter in ...
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How to Master Industrial Adhesion with Scientific Predictability
From: Brighton ScienceDescription: Manufacturers who produce products with surfaces that require paints, adhesives, or sealants face a challenge in determining the quality and reliability of the final product. The problem is often ...
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MIL-STD-810H (Method 510.7) SAND AND DUST
From: System of Systems, Inc.Description: Sand and dust environments include a wide range of materials and particulate size distributions. Method 510 defines dust as particulates less than 150 µm in diameter. Sand is defined as particulates ...
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Setting New Standards: Icing and Freezing Rain Testing Automation
From: System of Systems, Inc.Description: The purpose of a MIL-STD Icing and Freezing Rain Test is to evaluate the effect of icing against the operational capability of material. Likewise, these tests evaluate the effectiveness of de-icing ...
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Vision Inspection of Baguettes
From: KPM AnalyticsDescription: The manufacture of baked goods provides many challenges since there are a multitude of input variables that can affect product quality. The ability to continuously monitor key product attributes using ...
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High Temperature Test Hook Connectors
Description: Both the X100W mini-hook and XM micro-hook style connectors are available in high temperature test hook models. When environments or sterilization processes require products to withstand high ...
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Calculating a Calibration Factor
From: TEGAM, Inc.Description: When using an RF Power Meter with an RF Power Sensor to make an RF Power Measurement the user must know that the measurement is accurate and there is traceability to a known standard. All diode, ...
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Return Loss and VSWR Measurement Methods
From: TEGAM, Inc.Description: This app note describes the use of a TEGAM System IIA Power Sensor Calibration System (Figure 1) for SWR/Return Loss measurements. System IIA is a scalar measurement system whose principal function is ...
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Quantifying the Effectiveness of High Volume Metal Cleaning in Fresh and Aged Baths
From: Brighton ScienceDescription: In today’s video we will show you how to quantify the surface quality of metals when using fresh and aged baths. We will demonstrate how Water Contact Angle (WCA) measurements can provide ...
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Surface Quality Measurements Enable Plating and Coating Chemistry Suppliers to Guarantee Quality to Their Customers
From: Brighton ScienceDescription: Automotive supply chains are complex. Nearly 78 million vehicles were manufactured in 2020. Each vehicle may have upwards of 30,000 individual parts. Automotive original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) ...
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What Does Oscilloscope Consist Of?
Description: The oscilloscope is a type of electronic measuring instruments which can achieve a variety of object measurement. Then with what kind of structural components enable the general oscilloscope to ...
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Ergonomic Torque Arm Used on Automotive Assembly Line
From: Mountz, Inc.Description: Using an ergonomic torque arm makes a safer world through accuracy and precision ...
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How to Calibrate a Click Wrench
From: Mountz, Inc.Description: When calibrating a click wrench it is recommended to follow ISO6789 International Standard requirements. The standard covers things such as calibration methods, design requirements, and tool types. ...
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How to Measure Torque for Electric Screwdrivers
From: Mountz, Inc.Description: There are different methods for testing the torque output of an electric screwdriver. Each method has a key purpose. The video above provides a brief overview of the different methods. ...
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Sensors Thermal Testing
From: inTEST Thermal SolutionsDescription: This article, originally published in Sensors Magazine, describes engineering considerations for specifying thermal environments to optimize production throughput of temperature-compensated sensors ...
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Guide to Alligator Clips
Description: Alligator clips, also referred to as crocodile clips in Europe, are spring metal electrical clips with long, serrated jaws. The primary use of alligator clips is to establish temporary electrical ...
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What are Material Handling Best Practices to Keep Surfaces Clean?
From: Brighton ScienceDescription: Does your business, or your customer's business, deal with adhesion - either in the form of bonding, coating, sealing, printing or painting? Given that these processes may be occurring either upstream ...
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Major Pet Food Ingredient Supplier Cuts Costs with Unity Scientific® NIR Analyzer
From: KPM AnalyticsDescription: Custom protein calibration allows ACJ International to make rapid, on-the-spot assessments of incoming raw materials ...
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Quality Control In a Chocolate/Cocoa Plant
From: KPM AnalyticsDescription: Fast, accurate analysis is critical for both cocoa processors and chocolate manufacturers to optimize their process and insure quality. Optimizing the process will save the plant time and money and ...
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Vision Inspection of Bagels
From: KPM AnalyticsDescription: The manufacture of baked goods provides many challenges since there are a multitude of input variables that can affect product quality. The ability to continuously monitor key product attributes using ...
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Significance of Kelvin Measurement in Electrochemical Device Testing
From: Venable InstrumentsDescription: Advantages of utilizing 4-electrold (Kelvin-type) point test instrumentation when testing voltage and current. ...
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What Products Use Modified Atmosphere Packaging?
From: Environics, Inc.Description: Modified atmospheres are specifically created by modifying the natural composition and distribution of atmospheric gases within packaging to create optimal conditions for enhancing shelf life and ...
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Novel Nano-Photosynthetic Therapy Shows Early Potential for Stroke Treatment
From: BakerDescription: Scientists at Huazhong University of Science and Technology have developed a nanophotosynthetic therapy (NPT) platform that they hope could one day help to protect against brain damage in stroke ...
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IEEE Dictionary (IEEE Standard 100-2000)
From: MDE Semiconductor, Inc.Description: This Tech Brief is brought to you by MDE Semiconductor, Inc. - your source for Surge Protection products. We value your feedback to enable us to supply better products and assist our customers to ...
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An Introduction to Dr. R. David Middlebrook's Design-Oriented Analysis
From: Venable InstrumentsDescription: When I first started work at Venable Industries, as it was called back then, Dean Venable encouraged me to attend Dr. Middlebrook's Structured Analog Design Course at company expense. Although I wish ...
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Understanding the CAT Ratings on a Voltmeter
From: TEGAM, Inc.Description: A voltmeter is a widely used instrument in the electrical industry, utilized to measure voltages at various circuit points mainly in order to troubleshoot a problem. As the modern industry continues ...
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The Best Method of Measuring Contact Angles for Reliable Manufacturing Processes
From: Brighton ScienceDescription: Materials react with one another. Material properties impact how these interactions occur. Accurately anticipating, and planning for, material interactions is an important component of each materials ...
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Contact Angle and Surface Tension in Glass Cleaning and Coating
From: KRÜSS ScientificDescription: As a result of its high surface free energy, glass is outstandingly suitable for joining and coating. However, hydrophobic substances easily adsorb on glass surfaces, which makes bonding and coating ...
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Soldering Processes Contact Angle and Surface Tension as Parameters for Optimizing Soldering Processes
From: KRÜSS ScientificDescription: When brazing workpieces or soldering in microelectronics, the adhesion is brought about by adhesive forces at the interface. Pre and post-preparatory cleaning, wetting and the interfacial bonding ...
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Surface Treatment of Wood - Optimizing the Protection and Bonding of Wood
From: KRÜSS ScientificDescription: Wood surfaces are pre-treated and coated for decorative purposes or to increase durability. When formulating primers, glazes and varnishes, knowledge of the surface chemical properties of these ...
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Wettability of Contact Lenses
From: KRÜSS ScientificDescription: Soft contact lenses do not lie directly on the cornea but float on a thin film of tears. The length of time for which the lens is compatible, particularly when worn for a long time, depends on the ...
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Wetting and Coating of Textiles
From: KRÜSS ScientificDescription: Synthetic or natural fibers and fabrics are coated in order to produce functional textiles for particular tasks, such as rainproofing or providing resistance to fire. As well as the coating effect ...