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The Unfair Advantage
Description: Kalitta Mototrsports used TECAT's WISER system to improve vehicle setup prior to races. ...
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Fine Dust - one of the biggest problems of modern cities
From: LufftUSADescription: Despite great efforts by governments worldwide, particulate pollution in the cities is growing. ...
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Color Sensing Improves Look and Feel of Smart Products
Description: The development of the market for tablets and smartphones has shown the power of novel, attractive industrial design to build strong market positions for OEMs. As the attention widens out to wearable ...
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Selecting the Proper Pressure Control Valve
From: KNF Neuberger, Inc.Description: Before deciding on the appropriate diaphragm pressure control valve for your application, it is important to first understand some of the basic uses of these devices. Gaining a better understanding of ...
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Remote Temperature Monitoring White Paper
From: Anaren, Inc.Description: A white paper analyzing the use of a temperature monitoring system for industries relying on temperature-sensitive equipment, the benefits of these systems, and the best solution to meet a ...
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Lufft VENTUS Ultrasonic Wind Sensor Proven for Offshore Operation
From: LufftUSADescription: The Lufft Ultrasonic Anemometer VENTUS-UMB successfully completed the test at the International Technical Inspection Agency TUEV SUED and now has the Protection Class IP68. This confirms officially ...
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Netherlands Cloud Height measured by Sensors from Lufft
From: LufftUSADescription: In the near future, the cloud height in the Netherlands will be measured by sensors from the German company Lufft from Fellbach (near Stuttgart). ...
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ATEX/IECEX Certified Electronics Manufacturer
From: Smith Systems, Inc.Description: ATEX/IECEx refers to European Directive 94/9/EC, which covers equipment and protective systems for use in areas endangered by potentially explosive atmospheres created by the presence of flammable ...
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LITRE METER FLOWMETERS DELIVER DESALINATION SOLUTIONS
From: Litre Meter LimitedDescription: Water shortages and drought are becoming more common and longer-lasting throughout the world in places as far apart as California and China. Desalination is being hailed as one of the most effective ...
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ARWIS Systems by Lufft on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan (United States)
From: LufftUSADescription: ARWIS systems by Lufft on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan (United States). ...
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Lufft Weather Sensors at the FIFA World Cup 2014 in Brazil
From: LufftUSADescription: Lufft weather sensors at the FIFA World Cup 2014 in Brazil. ...
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Monitoring of clima-sensitivity finds in an archaeological exhibition
From: LufftUSADescription: A majority of archeological sites are climate sensitive; therefore, the surrounding environment must be continuously and reliably monitored. The exhibition organizers have put their trust in Lufft ...
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Ultrasonic wind sensors for the DWD's maritime monitoring network come from Lufft
From: LufftUSADescription: Ultrasonic wind sensors for the DWD's maritime monitoring network come from Lufft. ...
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Application Note 221101D - Dynamic Torque Measurement
From: S. Himmelstein & CompanyDescription: Rotary power sources and absorbers have discrete poles and/or pistons and/or gear meshes, etc. As a result, they develop and absorb torque in a pulsating rather than a smooth manner. Furthermore, a ...
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Avoiding the Destructive Effects of Torsional Resonance
From: S. Himmelstein & CompanyDescription: The rapidly expanding use of diesel engines and a-c variable speed drive systems has made it essential for test stand users and designers to acquire a working knowledge of torsional effects. Both ...
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Tips for the Installation of MCRT® Torquemeters
From: S. Himmelstein & CompanyDescription: An MCRT® torquemeter must be installed properly as an integral part of a drive line network in order to achieve satisfactory operation. Proper installation will: a) transmit the desired torque ...
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Lufft delivers more than 100 ceilometers to German Weather Service (DWD)
From: LufftUSADescription: The DWD (Deutscher Wetterdienst meaning German Weather Service) is convinced, that a large number of cloud height sensors CHM 15k from the company G. Lufft will be used in the future. In a tender ...
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Biological Water Treatment
Description: ABB instrumentation was an obvious choice when the Swedish pulp producer Vallviks Bruk AB built a new plant for biological water treatment. Vallviks Bruk AB, located about 200 km (125 miles) north of ...
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Organics Monitoring: A Practical Guide
Description: Preventing product loss, lowering waste treatment costs, and reducing system maintenance and energy consumption through organics monitoring in the chemical, refining, food, and wastewater treatment ...
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Texas Refinery Identifes the Source of Boiler Contamination and Restores Production Using On-Line Steam Condensate Analyzer
Description: A major refinery in Texas, USA, recently experienced steam condensate contamination and major fouling of a boiler resulting in damage that led to an unplanned shutdown. The financial impact of the ...
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VortexMaster Helping Orient Petrochemical Terminal Co. Ltd strengthen energy managment and control
Description: Sinochem Sinopec Shanghai Orient Petrochemical Terminal Co., Ltd. (former Shanghai Orient Tank Co., Ltd.) was established in 1989, and is now located in Pudong District of Shanghai. It is a ...
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Electronic Inclinometers
Description: When tilted around the central axis , fluid will flow more in to one side of the recipient, as it seeks level. The pair of electrodes submersed in a higher quantity of fluid will produce a higher ...
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Water Level Sensing-Hydrostatic Technique
Description: Water level monitoring is an important parameter in many municipal, environmental and process applications. In each case, the measurement technique and the hardware required must be carefully chosen ...
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How to Be Safe, Save Energy and Lower Fuel Costs While Using an Oxidizer
Description: Thermal oxidizers are used to destroy the VOC's present in many industrial ventilation, process exhaust and waste air streams. As their use increases, so does a unique opportunity to be safe, save ...
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A Family Business Protects Their Product using Wireless Dataloggers
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: In August of 2014 CAS DataLoggers provided the automated temperature monitoring system for Longhini Sausage Co. Inc. in Connecticut, a family-owned business serving the Southern Connecticut area for ...
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Troubleshooting Accsense A2-05 Wired Pods
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: Some Accsense Monitoring users have encountered a Power over Ethernet issue concerning Accsense A2-05 Ethernet Temperature Dataloggers. To quickly resolve this and other issues, CAS DataLoggers has ...
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Why Use H2 Fuel for LFL Analyzers?
Description: There are technologies available that will measure % LFL levels that require no fuel. On a first approach this may seem like a nice solution, as there are no utilities needed and the safety ...
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6 Things to Consider when Designing a System to Continuously Monitor Calorific Value
Description: Measuring the calorific value of mixed gaseous fuels can be difficult. These complex mixtures of combustible and non-combustible gases and vapors can vary in concentration or composition over time due ...
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Measure and Control the Demands of a Flare Stack Application
Description: Flare stacks are often used to dispose of the waste products from batch chemical processes. Their waste streams may contain many components such as ethylene, propylene, natural gas, mineral spirits, ...
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Not all FIDs are the Same
Description: While flame ionization is the appropriate sensor technology for measuring total hydrocarbon levels in the parts-per-million (PPM) range, not all FIDs are the same. Many FIDs offered to process ...
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Predictive emission monitoring systems The power of software analyzers
Description: Gregorio Ciarlo, Federico Callero and Maurizio Simonelli, ABB SpA, Italy, discuss the application of predictive emission monitoring systems in applications when fuel characteristics are variable or in ...
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The Essential Requirements for a Reliable Solvent Vapor Analyzer
Description: Halloween is a time for ghosts, goblins & ghoul...but a really frightening thought would be having an unreliable monitoring system! Here are the essential requirements for a reliable solvent vapor ...
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Top 5 Characteristics of an Analyzer for a Flare Stack Application
Description: Fully Heated Assembly - Keeping all sample wetted parts of the sampling system and analyzer at a high temperature will ensure that all combustible vapors are properly measured, eliminating inaccurate ...
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Top reasons to install an analyzer in your flare stack application
Description: We've discussed the characteristics of an analyzer and the trends found in a flare stack application, but how about WHY you should install a monitoring system. Here are the top reasons you should have ...
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Trends in Flaring...Adaptability is Key
Description: Flare stacks are often used to dispose of the waste products from batch chemical processes. Their waste streams may contain many components such as ethylene, propylene, natural gas, mineral spirits, ...
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Beware of Low Humidity in the Printing Industry
From: Smart FogDescription: Do you work in the printing industry? If so, you should take a proactive approach towards monitoring the humidity levels in your workplace. Allowing airborne water vapor (or lack thereof) to remain ...
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Low Humidity and Electrostatic Discharge: What you should know
From: Smart FogDescription: Workplaces and other indoor environments with a low relative humidity (RH) are prone to a scientific phenomenon known as electrostatic discharge (ESD). ESD is defined as the sudden flow of electricity ...
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Testing safety critical PA systems in a nuclear power plant
From: NTi Audio AGDescription: This article describes considerations and the implementation of retrofitting a fully-automated procedure, for testing a public address system, into a safety-critical environment (a nuclear power ...
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BillerudKorsnäs board mill and PillowBlock load cells
Description: BillerudKorsnäs' machines for manufacturing of packaging paper, consumer board and container board are running with Pressductor PillowBlock load cells providing accurate wire and web tension ...
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Using the T&D Thermo App with TR-7wf Data Loggers
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: The T&D Thermo App from T&D Corporation can be used to accomplish a variety of functions with the TR-7wf Series of Wi-Fi enabled Wireless Data Loggers. This convenient App is available for free ...
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Accurately Measuring LNG Tanker Boil-Off Gas For Process Efficiency and Environmental Compliance
Description: With the recent growth in demand and production of liquefied natural gas (LNG), there has been an increase in trade and the need to transport it globally via LNG tanker ships. This increase in LNG ...
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Flow Meter Selection for Improved Gas Flow Measurements: Comparison of Differential Pressure and Thermal Dispersion Technologies
Description: As the costs of fuels and consumables (natural gas, hydrogen, oxygen, etc.) continue to rise, the ability to accurately measure the amount used in a process becomes significant in controlling costs ...
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Flow Switches for Refinery Water/Wastewater Control
Description: To ensure quality production of petroleum-based products in oil refineries, including gasoline, diesel, kerosene, heating oil, and byproducts for plastics and a variety of lubricants, operators must ...
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Greenhouse Gas Flow Monitoring Helps In Global Climate Change Effort
Description: As of 2010 most of the world's industrialized nations have recognized the climate change issues resulting from global warming that were presented in the 1997 Kyoto Protocol. Since that time, the ...
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How A Biogas Processing System Manufacturer Identified the Best Flow Meter for Gas Measurement
Description: Klargastechnik Deutschland GmbH is a leading bioengineering, designer, manufacturer and installer of biogas and digester gas processing equipment and systems that is headquartered in Germany. ...
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Hydrocarbon Recovery System Relies on High Accuracy Mass Flow Meters
Description: Loading and unloading of tankers at tanker terminals, refineries, and chemical plants releases large flows of hydrocarbon gas vapour that must be captured to protect the environment. ...
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Improve Flow Accuracy and Reduce Costs: Putting Smart Flow Conditioning Practices to Work
Description: If you need to increase your plant's productivity and reduce its operational costs, focusing on flow measurement can result in significant monetary savings, potential product quality improvements and ...
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Innovative New Air/Gas Thermal Flow Meter Changes the Rules
Description: Upgrading a plant's gas flow meters can improve process efficiency, reduce energy costs and save on maintenance expenses in both equipment and labor, as well as improve reporting accuracy to local ...
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Seven Tips To Cut Wastewater Aeration Energy Costs With Thermal Mass Flow Meters
Description: One of the biggest expenses in wastewater treatment operations is the cost of energy to run the blowers and compressors that produce air for the aeration basins. The figures most often cited are that ...
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High Performance Sensor Data with Rotary Interfaces
Description: With the proliferation of high performance, real-time sensing applications, the bandwidth capabilities of the transmission lines that carry these signals are highlighted. Much of the advancement in ...
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Watts Flood Protection Shutdown Valves Prevent Against Costly Flood Damage
From: WattsDescription: Protect valuable laboratory research from flood damage or destruction due to backflow preventer discharge. ...
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QVE00112 for Motor Control Circuits
From: Light in Motion LLCDescription: This article discusses the benefits of using an advanced Optical Interrupter for Motor Control ...
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Top Ten Questions to Consider When Selecting a Flammability Analyzer
Description: Processes that are monitored for solvent vapor concentrations are typically enclosed, heated spaces that require an active sample drawing system. They have an intentional release of solvent at all ...
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Drilling deeper - can position sensors take the heat?
From: BEI SensorsDescription: As the world strives to find and extract more oil to meet the increasing global demand, the technology challenges of drilling deeper wells intensify significantly. The push to reach deeper oil ...
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Vibration Monitoring & Analysis of Machine Humming
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: Gas turbine efficiency is critical to a facility's productivity. A global manufacturer of gas turbines uses Delphin Expert Vibro Data Acquisition & Control Systems for humming vibration analysis of ...
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Monitoring Meteorological Data Using a dataTaker
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: CAS DataLoggers has provided the dataTaker environmental monitoring system for a construction company which required an onsite weather station for their study of weather damage upon building materials ...
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Haitian Hospital Monitors Vaccine Temperatures Over WiFi
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: CAS DataLoggers has just provided the vaccine temperature monitoring solution for Hôpital Sacré-Coeur (HSC), a 122-bed tertiary hospital located in Milot, Haiti. To help protect these products, the ...
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Liquefied Natural Gas Fueling Stations
From: MSA SafetyDescription: Public and private fleet vehicles continue to migrate to use of liquefied natural gas (LNG) and compressed< natural gas (CNG) as this cleaner-burning fuel also offers lower fuel costs and lower ...
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Monitoring Sample Stores for a Pharmaceutical Manufacturer
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: Pharmaceutical product manufacturing is synonymous with strict quality control and traceability. A leading pharmaceutical manufacturer in the UK required a temperature data logger to continuously ...
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Natural Gas Fleet Maintenance Facilities
From: MSA SafetyDescription: LNG (liquefied natural gas) and CNG (compressed natural gas) are common methane fuels used by long haul trucking firms as well as municipal fleet vehicles, also known as NGVs (natural gas vehicles). ...
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Installation of MS45XX Pressure Sensors
Description: This paper provides suggested guidelines for the proper integration of the MS45x5 series pressure sensor into OEM designs. It also gives guidance in selecting the proper bypass capacitor and pressure ...
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LVDT Operation
Description: This document provides additional technical insight to customers who need a better understanding of LVDTs, as well as to engineers who design or specify electronics. ...
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Digital 3D Measurement of Complex Parts and Shapes
From: Micro-Epsilon GroupDescription: Mabotic develops and manufactures various designs of digital scanning units. scanCONTROL laser scanners are often used for digitisation of parts. ...
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Pharma Cold Chain Transparency Achieved with UHF RFID Temp Tags
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: Showcasing the use of UHF RFID technology in the pharma cold chain, CAEN RFID products have successfully provided the temperature monitoring solution for Medlog, a subsidiary of pharmaceutical ...
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Why Use Nitrogen?
From: Terra Universal, Inc.Description: Nitrogen is the standard medium for contamination-free storage because it is relatively inert-it neither reacts with stored materials nor carries moisture-and because it can be isolated and purified ...
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New Precise Method for Measuring Strip Thickness Using Laser Profile Scanners
From: Micro-Epsilon GroupDescription: Increasingly complex processing, optimisation of raw material costs or new standards mean there is a continually growing demand for sensor technology. Optical measuring techniques are becoming more ...
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Thermal Mass Flow Meter Helps Mud Logging Contractor Meet U.S. EPA Flare Gas Emissions Monitoring Requirements
Description: Upstream oil/gas production companies around the globe depend on mud logging service companies to analyze mud samples that help them maintain the correct direction for their drilling field operations. ...
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LITRE METER LAUNCHES SECOND OIL AND GAS SAFETY SURVEY
From: Litre Meter LimitedDescription: Litre Meter has launched the second in a series of oil and gas industry safety surveys that will be introduced throughout 2014. ...
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Telemetry Solution Sends Rainfall Intensity Data Online
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: CAS DataLoggers has just provided the hydrometric monitoring solution for a meteorologist manning a weather station measuring local rainfall intensity over the summer. Previously he had been looking ...
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The 6 Most Important Parts of a Temperature Monitoring System
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: In this White Paper, gather a basic understanding of the importance of a temperature monitoring system to protect your products and comply with standards. ...
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Improving Si-PIN X-ray Detector Performance
From: MOXTEK, Inc.Description: Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (EDS) instrument manufacturers and research labs are continually pressing for x-ray components that enable higher performance at a lower cost. High performing x-ray ...
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Introducing a New Paradigm for Thermal Dispersion Mass Flow
From: Sierra Instruments, Inc.Description: Since the publication of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) standard on thermal dispersion mass flowmeters in 2011, there have been major advancements in the technology. A review of ...
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Tips for Selecting the Right Inductive Sensor
Description: Locon Sensor Systems Inc. has an extensive selection of Contrinex inductive sensors that serve as the perfect choice for detecting metallic targets up to 65mm away. Letâ s take an in-depth look at our ...
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New Autoclave Validation Data Logging System
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: CAS DataLoggers and MadgeTech are excited to announce the release of the new AVS140 Autoclave Validation Data Logger System, featuring the HiTemp140 and the PR140 temperature and pressure data loggers ...
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Getting Down To Earth. A Practicle Guide To Earth Resistance Testing
From: MeggerDescription: Nothing is quite so common or abundantly available throughout the world as the earth's soil. We are more apt to think of earth as something to be tilled for planting or to be excavated for a building ...
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What Every Hospital Should Know About Temperature Monitoring
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: Accurate monitoring and alarming is vital for product safety in children's vaccine storage, blood and tissue storage, and other pharmaceutical needs. We at CAS DataLoggers conducted our own ...
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Optical Dissolved Oxygen with ISM® - Minimizing Corrosion in Power Plants
Description: Dissolved oxygen (DO) control is widely used in power plant cycle chemistry treatment to minimize corrosion in boilers, turbines, and piping. Efficient DO control relies on obtaining fast, ...
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Wireless Environmental Monitoring in a Museum
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: Eltek has supplied the next-generation wireless monitoring system for the interior of a prestigious museum located in Cambridge, England to ensure that the exhibits are in a controlled and ...
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How to Measure Current and Make Power Measurements
From: NIDescription: Learn how to measure current using transformers, transducers, and data acquisition devices. See how to use current measurements as part of a power quality analysis or power monitoring system Safely ...
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Enhance Control System Security Using Process Switches
Description: This white paper looks at how open Microsoft technology used in virtually all contemporary control systems, such as distributed control systems (DCS) and supervisory control and data acquisition ...
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I2C bus communication with digital HMI, HDI, HCLA, HCA and SSI pressure sensors
From: First Sensor AGDescription: The digital HMI, HDI, HCLA, HCA and SSI pressure sensors are calibrated and temperature compensated with an on-board ASIC, which provides a corrected digital pressure value. For the HDI, HCLA, HCA and ...
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LDE/LME Series - superior immunity to dust
From: First Sensor AGDescription: In this application note LDE/LME differential pressure sensors from First Sensor are experimentally compared to other sensors which use the same (thermal-anemometer-based, non-membrane) sensing ...
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SPI bus communication with digital HME and HCE pressure sensors
From: First Sensor AGDescription: The digital HME and HCE pressure sensors are calibrated and temperature compensated with an on-board ASIC, which provides a corrected digital pressure value. For the HCE series an additional analog ...
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Benefits of IEPE Accelerometer Isolation Design
Description: Integrated electronics piezoelectric (IEPE) accelerometers are a mainstay of the industrial vibration monitoring market. These rugged devices are found in a variety of industries monitoring anything ...
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Tech Brief: Corrosion Considerations for Underwater Vibration Monitoring
Description: Many customers install our sensors on submerged equipment such as pumps and platform support structures. In these applications in addition to the normal vibration requirements, consideration must be ...
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Monitoring and Alarming Multiple Incubators
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: Recently Accsense VersaLog provided the temperature monitoring solution for an in vitro fertilization clinic. Staff needed to log temperature on three stacked automatic injection CO2 incubators used ...
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Application Note - Acoustic Transducer Testing with dScope Series III
From: Spectral MeasurementDescription: The requirements for acoustic testing are quite unique within the field of audio analysis, and testing requires particular care to ensure good rejection of unwanted reflections (echoes and ...
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Application Note - Audio Multi-tone Testing using FFT Analysis
From: Spectral MeasurementDescription: Audio analysis with dScope Series III using synchronous multi-tones is fast and powerful. It allows many parameters of the equipment under test to be measured simultaneously, using a single stimulus ...
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Application Note - Broadcast Audio Testing with dScope Series III
From: Spectral MeasurementDescription: The radio broadcast signal chain is a long and complex path involving electro-acoustic transducers, mixers, storage media, interface channels, signal processing and more. Each process within this path ...
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Application Note - FM Multiplex with RDS
From: Spectral MeasurementDescription: The ability to generate an FM Multiplex (MPX) for stereo FM radio reception testing is made possible by the extended audio bandwidth of the dScope Series III audio analyzer. This application note is ...
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Application Note - Impulse Response Testing with dScope Series III
From: Spectral MeasurementDescription: dScope Series III Version 1.2x releases feature a set of tools for measuring impulse responses and derived parameters. Impulse response analysis is a powerful tool which can be used to measure ...
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Application Note - Rapid Bin-Centres Frequency Response Analysis
From: Spectral MeasurementDescription: The dScope Series III is a powerful and comprehensive audio analyzer platform, designed to give the user a great deal of flexibility in analyzing audio signals and carriers, making the system ideally ...
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Performance Challenges in Audio Converter Design - Ian Dennis (Prism Sound)
From: Spectral MeasurementDescription: The habitat of audio converters is ever-changing. Early converters were built into stand-alone digital audio equipment. Later, they were built as stand-alone conversion devices with dedicated digital ...
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Sonic Differences Between Identical CDs
From: Spectral MeasurementDescription: The Numerically-Identical CD Mystery: A Study in Perception versus Measurement The authors investigate claims that numerically-identical CDs can sound noticeably different on replay. It has been ...
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Wireless Water Level Control System for Construction Site Dust Control
Description: Cannon provided a large construction site with a temporary yet sustainable water supply control system. ...
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Confused about Carbon Monoxide & Ventilation?
From: Arjay EngineeringDescription: How does new legislature regarding Carbon Monoxide and Ventilation affect you, as an HVAC contractor? An in-depth look at factors and considerations regarding the implementation of a gas monitoring ...
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Not All Interfaces Are Created Equal
From: Filter Minder®Description: Engineered Products Company (Filter Minder) has recently added to its portfolio a line of Electronic Pressure/Vacuum Sensors suitable for a broad range of transportation and industrial applications. ...
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Guide to Sensor Selection and Placement
From: MSA SafetyDescription: MSA's guide to gas sensor selection and placement. ...
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Comparison of Thermal Buffer Effectiveness
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: Abstract: Experimental data was collected to examine the behavior of RTD probes in various thermal buffers in refrigerator and freezer applications. From the warm-up time vs. temperature curves, a ...
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Environmental Noise Control Trends in Instrumentation
From: Convergence InstrumentsDescription: 1 Noise Control Throughout the world, there is renewed effort to control noise levels in residential areas. High noise levels interfere with sleep and various human activities. In the long run it does ...