Specialized Industrial Products Reference Materials
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Telematics Lift Control System
From: Sensata TechnologiesDescription: Centralized information - Internet connected (cloud storage), drives preventive maintenance. We are leading industry trends with centralized information. Remote monitoring and operation - Real time ...
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3 Big Benefits of an Energy Management System
From: ABB Inc.Description: For facilities where power is critical and costly facility owners and managers rely on energy management systems (EMS) to better control their power distribution devices. Increased control is just one ...
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Bubble Pressure Tensiometer
From: KRÜSS ScientificDescription: A bubble pressure tensiometer is an instrument for determining the dynamic surface tension. The maximum internal pressure of a gas bubble which is formed in a liquid by means of a capillary is ...
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Contact Angle
From: KRÜSS ScientificDescription: When an interface exists between a liquid and a solid, the angle between the surface of the liquid and the outline of the contact surface is described as the contact angle ? (lower case theta). The ...
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Drop Volume Tensiometer
From: KRÜSS ScientificDescription: A drop volume tensiometer is an instrument for determining the dynamic interfacial tension. Drops of a liquid are produced in a vertical capillary in a surrounding second liquid. The volume at which ...
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Interfacial Tension
From: KRÜSS ScientificDescription: In the broader sense, interfacial tension is defined as the work which must be expended to increase the size of the interface between two adjacent phases which do not mix completely with one another. ...
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Surface Age
From: KRÜSS ScientificDescription: The surface age is the period of time from the beginning of the production of a surface or interface to the time of the observation or measurement. With surfactant solutions, the surface tension ...
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Surface Free Energy (SFE), Surface Energy
From: KRÜSS ScientificDescription: Surface free energy (SFE) is the work that would be necessary to increase the surface area of a solid phase. SFE has a decisive influence on the wettability of solids by liquids. It is therefore an ...
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Surface Tension
From: KRÜSS ScientificDescription: The work which is required to increase the size of the surface of a phase is referred to as the surface tension. As a measure of work per unit area or force per wetted length, surface tension has the ...
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Surfactant
From: KRÜSS ScientificDescription: Surfactants are so-called surface-active substances, as they reduce the surface tension of liquids or the interfacial tension of two-phase systems due to adsorption at the surface or interface ...
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Wettability
From: KRÜSS ScientificDescription: Wettability describes the attempt of a solid to form a common interface with a liquid which comes into contact with it. One measure of the wettability by a particular liquid is the contact angle. A ...
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Wetted Length
From: KRÜSS ScientificDescription: The wetted length is the length of the three-phase boundary line for contact between a solid and a liquid in a bulk third phase. Due to the surface tension, a force, which acts on the solid at an ...
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Energy Balance Studies in India with LAS MkII
From: OTT HydrometDescription: Three years ago, the Indian Institute of Remote Sciences (IIRS) in Dehradun, in collaboration with the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) in New Delhi chose the Kipp & Zonen LAS MkII to ...
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Calculate Your Risk Priority Number
From: bisco industriesDescription: Bisco Industries' director of materials and operations, Joshua Uhlich urges manufacturers and distributors to explore their risk priority numbers earlier rather than later ...
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React to Market Requirements in the Food and Beverage Industries in Time
From: ifm electronic gmbhDescription: The food and beverage industries are undergoing a major change. ...
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Safety Products for Events, Entertainment & Temporary Power Applications
From: CheckersDescription: Are you planning an outdoor event? You'll need to take some steps to make sure all your electric equipment is well-protected ...
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The Secret to Servicing Old CPVC Tubing
From: General Pipe CleanersDescription: A recent survey of more than 1,500 tradesmen about the proper way to service and repair CPVC tubing showed that many plumbers and contractors are operating on outdated information or failing to fully ...
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Case Study - Aerospace - Maintenance & Repair Kits
From: Zatkoff Seals & PackingsDescription: Traditional kitting methods are prone to errors, which are unacceptable for the stringent quality standards of the aerospace industry. Zatkoff developed an advanced robotic solution to produce ...
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Supporting Science in a World of COVID-19
From: BakerDescription: As vaccines are rolled out in many countries, the hope for a new normality could soon be on the horizon. ...
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How are Rugged Tablets used in Healthcare?
From: Teguar CorporationDescription: Applications of rugged tablets in healthcare include patient identification, electronic medical records, and hospital inventory management. ...
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The Increasing Role of Self-Care Medical Devices for Healthcare & Treatment
Description: The real and positive development of smart devices, specifically in the healthcare sector, where the development of smart and connected medical devices is proliferating. The vast majority of these ...
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How to Measure Angular Motion with a Gyroscope
Description: How to define rotation and what's needed to calculate angular velocity. how to measure rotation and what's required (including formulas) to calculate angular velocity with an accelerometer. ...
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Glossary
From: KRÜSS ScientificDescription: Our glossary defines and explains the terminology used in the field of surface chemistry. It is intended to help in classifying and using technical terms in the appropriate context. We would be ...
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Pallet Detection System with a Real-World Dataset
From: ifm electronic gmbhDescription: A pallet detection system optimizes a mobile robot fleet to meet today's fast-paced needs. ...
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Gr?goire - Autonomous Line Guidance for Grape Harvesters
From: ifm electronic gmbhDescription: Autonomous line guidance without GPS for mobile agricultural machines ...
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A New Generation of Milking Robots Thanks to 3D Technology
From: ifm electronic gmbhDescription: Automated adjustment of milking stimulation and cleaning of each teat ...
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Application Example - O3D for Static Volume Measurement
From: ifm electronic gmbhDescription: Flexibility and accuracy in the static volume measurement made possible thanks to five ifm O3D cameras (O3D303) of the 3D SMART CUBE from AGILE VISION S.r.l.. Why is this of great importance for ...
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Automated Grape Harvesting
From: ifm electronic gmbhDescription: "In vino veritas," so they say. A very simple truth is the fact that grape harvesting comes before wine drinking. But how? By hand or by machine? ...
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Face-to-face with Machines
From: ifm electronic gmbhDescription: An overview of challenges and technical progress. ...
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ifm Vision System for Universal Robots
From: ifm electronic gmbhDescription: Robotics: Plug-and-play integration of the 3D vision sensor possible thanks to newly developed software ...
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O3D - View from the Top
From: ifm electronic gmbhDescription: The automotive manufacturer Opel in Rüsselsheim relies on innovative technology in production. At a welding robot various stamped and deep-drawn metal sheets are welded to form a supporting element of ...
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Pallet Detection Systems Help Automated Forklifts Modernize Warehouse Operations
From: ifm electronic gmbhDescription: The right 3D sensing system can help automated forklift trucks (AFT) achieve better than 98.5% pick accuracy and reduce mission time while simplifying even the toughest high-rack operations. ...
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Landscaping Equipment Checklist
From: CheckersDescription: Are you planning to start a residential or a commercial landscape company? Here is a preliminary landscaping equipment list to give you an idea of some of the things you may need. ...
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Make Your Home Office Work for You
From: CheckersDescription: Are you working remotely for awhile to help stop the spread of COVID-19? Here are some tips for working effectively from home, courtesy of Notrax Europe. ...
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Food and Beverage Best Practices Q&A
From: LAPPDescription: Jeff Eyerman explains why keeping up with evolving safety measures in the food & beverage industry requires quality components. ...
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Treating COVID-19: Bipolar Drug Shows Promise and Other Hopeful Findings
From: BakerDescription: It has been highlighted that Ebselen is able to block enzymes that the new COVID-19 needs to invade and replicate within healthy host cells. The drug is currently used to treat Bipolar Disorder and ...
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VBI Selects Two Coronavirus Vaccine Candidates
From: BakerDescription: Two potential vaccines will take part in an adaptive Phase I/II human clinical study. Two candidates including VBI-2901, a trivalent pan-coronavirus candidate expresses the SARS-CoV-2 and MERS CoV ...
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Shaken, Not Stirred: Makr Shakr, KUKA, and SICK are Mixing Cocktails
From: SICKDescription: If you order a tequila sunrise on the rooftop terrace in the luxury hotel TownHouse Duomo in Milan, you will not get your drink served by a bartender made of flesh and blood, but rather from Toni, the ...
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Case Study: Custom Radiation Barriers for Radiopharmaceutical Developer
From: MarShieldDescription: MarShield was contacted by a radiopharmaceutical developer The Center for Probe Development and Commercialization (CPDC) to develop and build a series of custom radiation barriers that would be used ...
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Medical Ventilators
From: Sensata TechnologiesDescription: The modern medical ventilator is a sophisticated device that is used to supply human lungs with life-sustaining, breathable air. These devices are employed during times of medical emergency, surgical ...
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A Focus on Health and Transparency: Important Changes as Part of LEED v4.1
From: Belden Inc.Description: Ever since its adoption in 1998, LEED-the U.S. Green Building Council's green building project and performance management system-has morphed over the years to continue to encourage environmental ...
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Battery Housing Gasketing: LOCTITE® ESB 5100
Description: When a large automotive OEM sought a reliable yet serviceable gasketing material for its new EV battery pack design, it was able to rely on Henkel's broad portfolio to meet its short prototyping and ...
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Berg Propulsion Relies on LOCTITE® to Provide Reliability
Description: LOCTITE products are used to provide reliability along the whole manufacturing process: assembly of hydraulic pipes, fixing of hydraulic pipe systems, raw material processing for propeller hubs, ...
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E-Drive Stator Potting: LOCTITE® PE 1000LV
Description: Reliable and process-optimized stator ring potting solution ...
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About Thermal Dynamic Model
Description: Foundations of Electronic Circuit Simulation. In this article, we give a brief explanation of a Thermal Dynamic Model, which is another SPICE model used in thermal simulations. ...
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About Thermal Models
Description: Foundations of Electronic Circuit Simulation ...
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Comparison of Efficiency of Diode Rectification and Synchronous Rectification
Description: Design of a Secondary-Side Synchronous Rectifying Circuit to Improve the Efficiency of an AC/DC Converter ...
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Hybrid MOS Combines the Advantages of Both MOSFET and IGBT
Description: We explain a type of MOSFET that ROHM has christened "Hybrid MOS", combining the advantages of both MOSFETs and IGBTs. ...
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On ADAS, Autonomous Driving, and Vehicle Safety Technologies
Description: There is a difference between ADAS and autonomous driving. Here we will introduce automotive safety technology while touching upon the various definitions and terminologies. ...
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SiC MOSFET Bridge Configuration
Description: In this article we explain the bridge configuration that is assumed and its operation. ...
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Troubleshooting ?: Case When, Due to Surge, VDS2 Rises to Above Secondary-Side MOSFET VDS Voltage
Description: Design of a Secondary-Side Synchronous Rectifying Circuit to Improve the Efficiency of an AC/DC Converter ...
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What are Diodes? - Characteristics of Si Fast Recovery Diodes
Description: The characteristics of fast recovery diodes (hereafter "FRDs") and improvements in these characteristics, and their applications. ...
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What are Diodes? - Comparison of Features of Rectified Diodes
Description: The diodes discussed in this chapter are devices with high withstand voltages and the ability to handle large currents, but they can be classified into several categories according to their ...
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What are Diodes? - Features of Si Schottky Barrier Diodes
Description: As the second section on Si diodes, we explain the features and applications of Schottky barrier diodes (hereafter "SBDs"). ...
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What are Diodes? - Properties and Characteristics
Description: Types of Si Diodes ...
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What are MODFETs? - MOSFET Threshold Values,ID-VGS Characteristics, and Temperature Characteristics
Description: Here we explain the gate threshold voltage, which is a crucial characteristic of MOSFETs, as well as the ID-VGS characteristics, and the temperature characteristics of each of these. ...
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What are MOSFETs? - Fast trr SJ-MOSFET:PrestoMOS ™
Description: We will discuss the advantages of a fast trr, taking as examples the two PrestoMOS™ series of SJ MOSFET devices with even faster trr values. ...
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What are MOSFETs? - MOSFET Parasitic Capacitance and Its Temperature Characteristic
Description: An additional explanation of the characteristics of Si MOSFETs that are at present widely used as power switches. ...
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What are MOSFETs? - MOSFET Switching Characteristics and Temperature Characteristics
Description: In the previous session, we explained MOSFET parasitic capacitances. This time, we will discuss the switching characteristics of MOSFETs. ...
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What are MOSFETs? - Super-junction MOSFET
Description: Features and Positioning of Power Transistors ...
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What are MOSFETs? - Types and Features of High Voltage Super-Junction MOSFET
Description: In the previous section, the product positioning of Si-MOSFETs, IGBTs and SiC-MOSFETs, which in recent years have become the most important power transistors, was reviewed, and super-junction MOSFETs ...
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What are Transistors? - Categories and Features of Si Transistors
Description: From this section, we will discuss "Si transistors", which however include a number of categories, such as bipolar transistors and MOSFETs, depending on the manufacturing process and device structure. ...
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Women in Tech: From Medicines to Microchips
Description: Wenjie Dong, EDI and IT Business Process Specialist at ROHM Semiconductor Europe, speaks about her second career as an IT professional. ...
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Medical Device Compliance
From: IntertekDescription: The second amendment of IEC 60601-1 Edition 3:2005 is expected to be published in August and will include several changes and clarifications manufacturers need to be aware of to ensure products remain ...
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Water Jets vs. Cable Machines: What's the Difference?
From: General Pipe CleanersDescription: Question: We use cable drain cleaners at our facility, but my young guys keep telling me I should switch to high-pressure water jets to do the same job. Are they right? Answer: Well, yes and no. ...
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Automotive Lighting Solutions
Description: Automotive technology is undergoing a major transformation. A greater number of electronic components is needed to support the advancement of sensing and safety functions required for autonomous ...
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Sensata Joysticks and Rockers in Lift Truck Controls
From: Sensata TechnologiesDescription: Sensata's joysticks, switch rockers and analog rockers provide a complete solution for operational control of lift trucks. ...
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Small Mobile Boom Crane Extension
From: Sensata TechnologiesDescription: One of the most critical parameters to keep track of is the boom extension. For small booms like the one shown in the picture, installing a draw-wire assembly is the perfect solution. As the boom is ...
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Overview of UV Curing in the Medical Industry
Description: Manufacturers of a wide variety of medical products such as syringes, catheters, hearing aids, dialysis machines, medication patches, hydrogels, filters, test strips, etc. find UV curing of coatings, ...
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Indigo 500 Series Transmitter Improves Control of Malting Process
From: VaisalaDescription: As one of the world's leading suppliers of high quality malt products, Viking Malt has investigated the advantages of continuous humidity monitoring inside the malting process at its facility in ...
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Monitoring Medical Assets in the Finnish Red Cross Logistics Centre
From: VaisalaDescription: Two hundred kilometers north of Helsinki, in a storage facility carved into the Finnish bedrock, you can find a trove of goodwill and generosity. The Finnish Red Cross Logistics Centre in Tampere is ...
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7 Easy Ways to Reduce the Risk of Non-Compliance
Description: Consumer concern over food safety is growing worldwide. Although most of the food in the supply chain is safe, safety scares and product recalls continue to highlight the potential danger of foodborne ...
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Accurate Sensors To Improve Quality and Productivity
Description: Flexible METTLER TOLEDO Automation Sensors can be connected to automation systems from ABB, Emerson, Rockwell Automation, Group Schneider, Mitsubishi, Siemens and more! ...
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Breadth of Experience, Depth of Capability: Complete Product Inspection Solutions
Description: Product inspection solutions from METTLER TOLEDO safeguard the quality and integrity of your products, inside and out. As part of a truly global business we draw on a wealth of industry experience ...
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Compliance by Design in Pharmaceutical Water Systems
Description: For the production of pharmaceutical waters, source water must be treated using a combination of purification steps that are designed to remove specific types of impurities. The combination and order ...
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Consistent Formulation Quality: Preventing Errors in the Dispensing Room
Description: Wrong measurements caused by unsuitable scales, incorrect selection of raw materials, false labeling of materials and incorrect documentation. What do these problems have in common? ...
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End-to-End Connected Weighing: Full Visibility to Maximize Yield
Description: In the complex and quickly changing world of automation and IIoT, operations are left trying to adapt quickly to changing demands from customers and corporate strategy. Implementing connected weighing ...
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Equipment Safety for Product Inspection Equipment
Description: This paper is intended as a general guide on the topic of equipment safety, for users and suppliers of product inspection equipment. It should be thought of as a framework for discussion on the topic, ...
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Food Safety Standards and Legislation: Taking Steps to Ensure Compliance
Description: This white paper looks at the most common food safety standards and their latest requirements. Focusing on traceability, quality and quantity control, foreign body detection, hygienically-designed ...
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Greater Process Integrity with Intelligent Sensors
Description: In the process industries, maintaining product quality while improving process safety and controlling operating costs is a constant challenge. Maintenance demands for instrumentation and unplanned ...
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Measurement, Control, and Improvement in Reclaim/Recycle/Reuse for Semiconductors
Description: Water, the world's most precious commodity, has always been and will continue to be a critical component in the success of any economic process or endeavor. Every business has a different relationship ...
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PowerDeckTM vs. Standard Analog Scale: 4 Reasons to Adopt the New Technology
Description: Floor scales are an integral part of many bulk production processes, however due to their dated technology they can also be a source of headaches in their various production areas. The new PowerDeck ...
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Process Analytics Measurement Solutions for Industrial Applications
Description: METTLER TOLEDO provides full sales and service coverage worldwide. Wherever our customers are, we are the competent partner. Many global manufacturers rely on our longstanding experience to ensure the ...
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Switch to Optical DO Sensors: An Easier Way to Measure
Description: For many years, the biotech industry has relied on polarographic technology for dissolved oxygen (DO) measurement. Handling and maintenance of polarographic sensors is well understood and such sensors ...
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Understanding Sensitivity in Metal Detection: How to Maximize Performance of Your Metal Detector
Description: This guide explains the concept of metal detector sensitivity, key factors that impact it, and why a small difference in spherical sensitivity performance can mean a big difference in the length of ...
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Validation of Weighing Processes: Are You Up-to-Date?
Description: Good Manufacturing Practice guidelines are continuously revised to consider technological changes and current practices in pharmaceutical manufacturing. Process validation is a key requirement of all ...
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Vision Systems: Improving Production Efficiency
Description: At the heart of any good vision system is the inspection software that drives its ease of set-up and use. Increasingly, this software is also capable of carrying out statistical analysis, providing ...
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3 Ways to Optimize Your Benchtop Bioreactor Portfolio
Description: Easy transfer of technology from the laboratory scale to the production scale is a major requirement in the biotech industry. Further, down scaling of cell culture and fermentation processes back to ...
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5 Ways In Situ Gas Analyzers Improve Safety
Description: Caprolactam production requires tight oxygen control to prevent explosive conditions developing in reactor vessels. For a Chinese manufacturer, the slow response and high maintenance of their O2 ...
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Accuracy Guide: Hints and Tips to Improve Accuracy
Description: This guide covers good operating procedures and includes advice for maintaining in-line pH and dissolved oxygen (DO) sensors to ensure high measurement reliability at all times. ...
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Automating Road Maintenance with LiDAR Technology
From: SICKDescription: First place team of SICK's TiM$10K Challenge creates product to automate the process of road maintenance for local governments ...
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CO2 Theory and Best Practice
Description: This booklet provides an in-depth overview on the theory and practice of dissolved carbon dioxide (CO2) measurement, in particular, as it relates to the biopharmaceutical industry. ...
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3 Ways to Ensure Weighing Data Integrity
Description: Data integrity deficiencies often can be traced to human error. But current weighing systems provide a range of features that help ensure process data is accurately captured and securely stored or ...
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5 Steps to Optimize Calibration Efforts
Description: This calibration checklist describes in 5 steps how to integrate risk-based thinking into your calibration process and optimize calibration efforts. ...
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6 Tips to Increase Speed and Accuracy
Description: This eBook explains the benefit of weighing throughout the manufacturing or assembly process and details the solutions that work best in each area based on production needs. ...
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7 Solutions for Improved Weighing Automation
Description: METTLER TOLEDO's high-accuracy weigh modules are tailored to the needs of machine and equipment manufacturers for simple electrical and mechanical integration. ...
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Avoiding Electrostatic Discharge on the Manufacturing Floor
From: Mountz, Inc.Description: Do you believe in ghosts? If you are a manufacturing engineer, or find yourself involved anywhere within the production environment for microelectronics products, you should at least believe in the ...
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Ergonomic Standards Still a Threat to Manufacturers
From: Mountz, Inc.Description: Without proper ergonomics on the production floor, employees can be subject to musculoskeletal disorders when a mismatch arises between the physical capacity of workers and the physical demands of ...
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Terminology Used in the Field of Surface Chemistry
From: KRÜSS ScientificDescription: Our glossary defines and explains the terminology used in the field of surface chemistry. It is intended to help in classifying and using technical terms in the appropriate context. We would be ...
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Case Study - Consumer Durables - Large, Heavy Porcelain Products
From: Zatkoff Seals & PackingsDescription: A manufacturer of large, heavy porcelain products was experiencing issues with damage during shipment. Their existing solution provided insufficient protection, resulting in broken units, costly ...