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When to use a Nozzle Manifold vs an Air Knife?
Description: Paxton's Application Engineers configure drying and blow off solutions based on your line and target specifications and their extensive knowledge of which air delivery devices are best for which ...
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Cutting in 3D
From: Hypertherm, Inc.Description: Automating plasma cutting in a 3D space requires everyone involved to be at the top of their game. Learn about this innovative solution from Arc Specialties, Kuka Robotics, and Hypertherm's ...
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What Is a Gantry Stage / Cartesian Robot?
Description: A precision gantry stage or gantry system is sometimes called a linear robot or Cartesian robot. Gantry robots typically provide overhead motion in 2 or 3 linear degrees of freedom (X-Y and X-Y-Z) and ...
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Could You Do More with Your Plasma Cutting System
From: Hypertherm, Inc.Description: Today's plasma systems have become highly portable and versatile tools that not only cut metal, but also offer precision gouging and marking. ...
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Material Utilization in Metal Fabrication
From: Hypertherm, Inc.Description: Regardless of where your business is in its growth journey, you probably know how important material utilization is. You also know about the numerous barriers to improvement, like unpredictable ...
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Safety and Purity in Personal Hygiene Products
Description: Expertise and dedication - Key enablers to meet ever increasing demands on product safety and purity ...
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Curiosity Leads to Success
From: STEGODescription: How STEGO nurtures their thirst for knowledge with innovations ...
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Advancements in Blower Technology: Blowers & Active Air-Cooled Systems
From: BoydDescription: This article will provide an overview of when to effectively utilize blowers and new advancements for next generation applications. Blower design is evolving as demands for new application ...
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In-line Variable Flow Direct Steam Injection Heater is Ideal for Food and Beverage Manufacturing
From: Pick Heaters Inc.Description: Just as there are numerous industrial applications for water heating, so too are there many challenges - maximizing energy efficiency, minimizing maintenance costs and many others. Nowhere is this ...
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ArmaKleen Bio 24 Cleaning Trial
From: Armakleen Company (The)Description: A manufacturing company sent us aluminum process components for a cleaning trial. They wanted to reduce the VOCs in the cleaning chemistries they used, along with eliminating hazardous chemicals/waste ...
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Case Study: Losing Your Cool
From: Armakleen Company (The)Description: Case Study: Losing Your Cool. A truck dealership needed to clean some EGR coolers caked with tough-to-remove soils. To clean them the cleaning trial team used 5% by volume of ArmaKleen 4 in 1 aqueous ...
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Computer Vision and Robotics Expand Industrial Capabilities
From: Wind RiverDescription: Cobots, or collaborative robots, are a new step in industrial robot technology. Unlike most robots, which act as replacements for human workers (and often operate in cages to prevent injury to ...
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Electrical Engineers in Automation: What are the Success Stories?
Description: The following technical discussion is part of an occasional series showcasing the ISA Mentor Program, authored by Greg McMillan, industry consultant, author of numerous process control books, 2010 ISA ...
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Making Legacy Machines Smart
Description: To begin with, let's define what "legacy machines" mean in this context. These are machines or industrial assets that do not intrinsically support real-time communication with a third-party system. In ...
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Pipe ID Control System
From: RIFTEK EUROPE Sp. z.o.o.Description: The System development is based on the order of our Italy partner for Ralc Italia Srl company. These projects continue our work in solving widespread ID measurement challenges. ...
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Screw Jack & ComDRIVE Maintenance
From: Joyce/Dayton Corp.Description: Removing and replacing the input worm shaft is simple. Watch as our engineer walks through the procedure. ...
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Trucking & Transportation Case Study
From: Armakleen Company (The)Description: A customer in the trucking & transportation industry was in search of a new cleaning process for their engine remanufacturing jobs. They sent us a water pump in dire need for a good cleaning. The ...
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The Smart Factory: Defining the Factory of the Future
Description: This white paper focuses on the details and reviews some of the concepts that help make a factory smart. The breakthrough strengths and technologies of the Smart Factory include shop-floor ...
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Robotics Advance with AI Technologies
From: Wind RiverDescription: Despite surging interest in industrial robotics, fundamental challenges still exist when trying to perform business operations and automate workflows across hybrid network environments and disparate ...
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Submerged Combustion Heating and Evaporation
Description: Submerged Combustion is a method of direct contact heating that has been practised in a wide range of industries for several decades. This article explain ...
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The Advantages of Inproheat's SubCom® Technology in the Potash Industry
Description: The Western Potash Corp. Milestone Phase I Project in Saskatchewan is a shining example of how Inproheat's guiding principles of trust, innovation, and expertise led us to deliver some of the key ...
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What is Your Plan if Your Opacity Monitor Stops Functioning, and You Can't Operate Without One?
From: LANDDescription: The 4500 MkIII opacity monitor from AMETEK Land is designed to give many years of reliable operation but sometimes breakdowns can happen. Many processes are not permitted to operate without a ...
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Dry Vacuum Technology for Chemical and Pharmaceutical Processes
From: Busch Vacuum SolutionsDescription: Vacuum plays an essential role in chemical and pharmaceutical processes. Whether in vacuum conveying, inertization, distilling or drying processes, vacuum is used everywhere to make processes safer, ...
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Drying with Heat Recovery
From: KomlineDescription: If long retention time or high degrees of product uniformity are necessary in a heating or cooling application, these units provide a compact, easily operated, reliable answer. ...
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Drying with Solvent Recovery
From: KomlineDescription: These systems have a reputation for safety and reliability. Many customers with brand experience in drying equipment will consider only Wyssmont systems when drying with solvent recovery. ...
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Frequently Asked Questions About The Turbo Dryer
From: KomlineDescription: FAQs regarding Wyssmont on the sales, engineering and production level. ...
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Test Lab Simplifies Dryer Selection Process
From: KomlineDescription: A dryer supplier's test lab helps a metals producer choose the right equipment for drying and calcining a metallic compound. ...
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The TURBO-DRYER
From: KomlineDescription: The TURBO-DRYER consists of a stack of slowly rotating circular trays. Material is fed onto the top tray. After one revolution, the material is wiped onto the next lower tray, where it is mixed, ...
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Compass Minerals Project
Description: Compass Minerals produces Sulphate of Potash (SOP) and Magnesium Chloride at its facility in Ogden, UT. Brine from Great Salt Lake is pumped into solar evaporation ponds to concentrate the salt ...
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Remote Inspection for Business Continuity
From: HSBDescription: Rapid growth in video collaboration platform capabilities during the global pandemic have supported the development of remote inspection activities across multiple industries. Although remote ...
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Built to Last - An Oregon Company Performs 3-D Pipe Cutting with Precision and Speed for a Dream Project
From: Hypertherm, Inc.Description: t's the famous line from Field of Dreams, the 1989 Kevin Costner movie that is often misquoted as "if you build it, they will come." The line may as well be the slogan for Oregon's Fought & Co. Since ...
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Metal Tech DIY: Why Every Enthusiast Should Have a Plasma Cutter
From: Hypertherm, Inc.Description: Restoring classic vehicles has vastly changed over the years. Rusted hulks that wouldn't get a second look are now being restored. Many need over 70-percent of the body panels replaced. While some ...
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The Case for Software Subscriptions in Your Shop
From: Hypertherm, Inc.Description: Subscription software services have made their way into the fabricating and manufacturing industries, including many commonly used programs related to ERP, CAD, CAM and even nesting. Users, for the ...
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Which Steinel Heat Gun Is Right for Me?
From: Lapp TannehillDescription: Essential Elements of a Heat Gun ...
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Facing the Limits of Indirect Heat Exchangers (Part 1)
From: Pick Heaters Inc.Description: The challenges of heating fluids and providing a steady hot water supply are important to a wide range of industry types, and there are many solutions that engineers employ to meet those challenges. ...
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Finding the Solution with Direct Steam Injection (Part 2)
From: Pick Heaters Inc.Description: The limits to indirect heat exchange examined in Part 1 become more significant as greater temperature or pressure is required for heat and hot water applications. In many cases, the solution for ...
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Seven Signs You Should Replace Your Gas Generator
From: Titus Company (The)Description: Is your gas generator reaching the end of its life? Here are seven signs it may be time to replace it: ...
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Surface Processing of Additively Manufactured Articles for the Improvement of Antimicrobial Properties
Description: Antimicrobial study was conducted to test the surfaces of a dditively m anufactured (AM) polyamide parts via powder - bed fusion . As printed parts exhibit rough, porous and powdery surfaces ...
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FEVE Powder Technology for Weather- and Corrosion-Resistant Coatings
Description: The new research presented in this article examines weathering performance and corrosion resistance using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy testing of FEVE powder-based topcoats on aluminum ...
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Technical Papers: Evaluating High-Gloss, Direct-to-Metal, FEVE-Based Waterborne Coatings
Description: The research presented in this article evaluates corrosion inhibitors with blends of various waterborne acrylic and FEVE resins for improved adhesion and appearance after UV exposure and corrosion ...
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How to Control Combustion and Monitor Emissions and Particulates for the Steelmaking Industry
From: LANDDescription: Combustion operations during steel production processes produce emissions which are subject to strict environmental regulation ...
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Safety Measures to Prevent Accidents at Construction Site
From: CheckersDescription: Around 25,000 workers suffered injuries on NSW construction sites in the last 3 years due to unsafe work conditions. We need to take safety measures seriously. ...
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The Increasing Importance of Technical Cleanliness
From: Evident ScientificDescription: The increasing complexity of technical products in the automotive, aerospace, heavy machinery, and electrical engineering industries requires clean production conditions and components. Residues on ...
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Correcting the Visual Quality of MicroLED Displays for Efficient Production
From: Radiant Vision SystemsDescription: Emissive displays, such as those made from OLED or microLED technology, can present quality control challenges. Because each individual LED/microLED is its own emitter, these displays can be subject ...
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Ensuring the Quality of Next-Generation Automotive HUD
From: Radiant Vision SystemsDescription: Head-up displays (HUDs) are starting to become a feature of new automobile models. Current 2D HUD technology projects flat images on a fixed viewing field, but soon a new generation of AR-enabled HUD ...
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Fractional Pixel Method for Improved Pixel-Level Measurement and Correction (Demura) of High-Resolution Displays
From: Radiant Vision SystemsDescription: As display resolutions increase, imaging systems are challenged to continue to provide accurate pixel-level measurements while applying increasingly limited relative imaging resolution during ...
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Human Factors Considerations for AR/VR Display Quality
From: Radiant Vision SystemsDescription: AR/VR/MR displays are viewed just 1 - 3 inches from the surface of the eye, meaning any defects or lack of clarity in the display image can be glaringly obvious. Additionally, display performance ...
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The Finishing Touch: Ensuring Quality of Touchscreen Display Devices
From: Radiant Vision SystemsDescription: Touchscreens have become commonplace--from our phones and tablets to ATM machines, information kiosks, the GPS display in automobiles. Learn more about different touchscreen technologies and how ...
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Five Steps to Simplify Silo Inventory Monitoring
From: BinMaster, Inc.Description: It takes just five basic components to design an inventory system for managing solids, powders, or liquids stored in bins, tanks, silos, and other storage vessels. ...
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Planning for Passing
Description: Trying to consistently pass IEST leak tests The Details Matter With new regulations making IEST-RP-CC034 HEPA and ULPA Filter Leak Tests required in many more facilities than ever before there are ...
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When Should HEPA/ULPA Filters be Changed?
Description: Filter Change Criteria There are 3 basic reasons to replace HEPA filters: The filter is too clogged to meet the required air flow for the system. The filter fails a required filtration test. To reduce ...
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Why Every Enthusiast Should Have a Plasma Cutter
From: Hypertherm, Inc.Description: Plasma equipment manufacturers have made it easier for the DIY'er by building products that are better and more compact, some are about the size of a small suitcase. These systems are easy to set up, ...
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Case Study #1: Andantex USA Provides Complete Automatic Lubrication System for Robotic 7th Axis
From: Andantex USA, Inc.Description: Our client had a challenge. They were using a Robotic 7th Axis system, meaning their robots not only handled painting, welding and machining of parts but also moved horizontally from station to ...
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Case Study #2: Andantex Provides Critical Components For One of the World's Top Aerospace Companies
From: Andantex USA, Inc.Description: Electroimpact came to us because they had some unique challenges with the design of an Automated Fibre Placement (AFP) machine, which was to be used for the manufacture of large commercial aircraft ...
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Case Study #3: Andantex Develops a Less Expensive, More Effective Solution for VTL Turntable Drives
From: Andantex USA, Inc.Description: The MSR VTL turntable drive system is a relatively new technology that allows for high power turning and precise C-Axis motion for milling. Previously, the turntable had been composed of a main drive ...
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Extreme Metrology: Big Science Requires A Nano-Perspective
From: Mad City Labs, Inc.Description: Extreme metrology applications involve more than enough unknown variables. Instrumentation whose performance has been proven should not be one of them. ...
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Hand Held Screwdriving System Helps a Hamper Manufacturer Double Production
Description: A long time Visumatic customer manufacturing laundry hampers has been experiencing sustained sales growth. Production was given the task of nearly doubling production of this product at their ...
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Sleek Robotic Assembly Cell Packs a Punch
Description: A screw driving robot machine for production where floor space is premium and quality control counts. ...
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Cobot Workstation Jump Starts New Product Production
Description: An electronics manufacturer was rolling out an updated product design and they wanted to prove out a new form of process automation at the same time. The part had compound angles for which the ...
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Case 2: Quick & Easy Changeover in Injection Molding Machine!
From: Imao-FixtureworksDescription: Panasonic Eco Solutions Electrical Construction Materials Mie Co., Ltd. manufactures intercom and fire alarm for home and they use IMAO's Quarter Turn Clamps on injection molding line for the resin ...
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What do you Need to Know about Ceramic Heating Elements?
Description: A temperature control device should be used on a ceramic heater. And the surface temperature of the ceramic heater should no more than 800? since the temperature is closely related to its working ...
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3D Optical Metrology - Versatile Tools For Advanced Manufacturing
From: Zygo CorporationDescription: When looking at metrology, general discussion often revolves around the relative merits of contact or non-contact measurement solutions. There is now a drive across nearly all industries for smaller ...
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Characterizing the Polishing Process Fingerprint of High Quality Optical Surfaces
From: Zygo CorporationDescription: The most sensitive and high precision optical systems are made possible by the ability to produce optics with - in some instances - sub-angstrom surface roughness. The polishing processes that allow ...
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Laser Interferometry - An Enabling Technology for Automated Manufacturing
From: Zygo CorporationDescription: Technological advances over recent years have elevated metrology from being a "necessary evil" in manufacturing scenarios to enabling technologies, allowing the measurement of previously impossible ...
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Meeting the Challenge of Measuring Super Smooth Surfaces
From: Zygo CorporationDescription: While the measurement of super smooth surfaces typically requires the use of optical metrology tools, it is important to realize that not all optical solutions are the same. The metrology option ...
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Optical Systems Integrators Choose ZYGO When Failure is Not an Option
From: Zygo CorporationDescription: The manufacture of Intelligence, Surveillance, & Reconnaissance (ISR) optics requires a rigorous analysis of the capabilities and methods of an optical component design/manufacturing partner. Not all ...
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Overcoming Pitfalls When Measuring Thin Plane-Parallel Optics
From: Zygo CorporationDescription: Innovative technology enables form measurement of both front and back surfaces of thin optics, simultaneously. Driven by the demand for smaller and smaller consumer products and semiconductor devices, ...
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Paper and Metal Roller Measurement
Description: Ensuring the maintenance of rolling machines in paper and metals industries is paramount to ensuring the ouput material is of the correct standard. The Orbit® 3 measurement system supplies the ...
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Superior Safety, from Switches to Sensors
From: ABB Inc.Description: Superior safety, from switches to sensors. The first-generation safety interlocks, like the mechanical door switch, were the best available solution 50 years ago - but were far short of perfect. Read ...
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ASHRAE199 Testing Standard: What Is It, What This Means for You as a Company, and How it Changes How and from Whom You Should Consider Purchasing Your Next Dust Collector.
Description: In 2016, The American Standards Testing Institute (ANSI) and The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE), issued a quantitative laboratory testing method for ...
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Friction and Coatings
From: Everlube ProductsDescription: Dry film lubricants offer very unique performance properties when friction is a concern. In most cases, solid film lubricants provide a lower coefficient of friction than traditional wet lubricants. ...
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Lubrication and Coatings
From: Everlube ProductsDescription: When using coatings for Lubrication purposes, the lubricant acts as a buffer to assist with motion ...
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Release and Coatings
From: Everlube ProductsDescription: In many applications, dry film lubricants offer excellent release properties. These release agents improve the effectiveness through multiple cycles of molding, keep tools clean longer, and provide ...
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A Look at the Latest in Optics
From: Radiant Vision SystemsDescription: From lasers and holograms to electron microscopes and contact lenses, some of the most significant technologies in everyday use have been made possible by aspects of optical science. New research and ...
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Exploring the Potential of LCoS Microdisplays
From: Radiant Vision SystemsDescription: Microdisplays using liquid crystal on silicon (LCoS) are emerging for use in AR/VR devices, head-up-displays (HUDs), and head-mounted displays (HMDs), along with many other applications of LCoS, a ...
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Face Shields Effective for Stopping Spread of COVID-19
From: Can-Do National TapeDescription: According to a recent Wall Street Journal article, face shields are playing a highly effective role in stopping the spread of COVID-19. ...
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Operating During the Pandemic: Steps for Ensuring Employee Safety
From: Qosina Corp.Description: As an essential business, Qosina has operated continuously during the time that state and government mandates forced non-essential businesses to shut down. For safety reasons, most of our employees ...
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AMT & DTI Create New 3D Printing Food-Contact Applications
Description: Utilizing the sealed surface finish provided by AMT's systems, Danish Technological Institute was able to produce components that meet EU regulations on food and skin-contact related applications. ...
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The Radiation Shielding Design Process - How MarShield Can Help Turn an Idea to a Finished Product
From: MarShieldDescription: MarShield provides custom radiation shielding options and offers to be involved right from the initial design phase all the way through to the manufacturing and delivery of the finished product. ...
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What Do You Know About Physical Barriers?
From: SICKDescription: Answering Your Questions about Physical Barriers as Addressed in Updated ANSI B11.19 Standard ...
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The Comprehensive Industrial Liquid Heating Systems Provider
From: Pick Heaters Inc.Description: Food safety is one of the most important issues within meat and poultry processing plants due to the potential for cross-contamination, foodborne illness, and accelerated spoilage. Proper sanitation ...
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Sitraplas: Risk-free Recyclate Processing
From: Sesotec GmbHDescription: SITRAPLAS GmbH is a producer of high-performance engineering plastic compounds. Founded in 2005, the company is headquartered in the city of Bünde in the East Westphalia region of Germany. Their ...
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Tempco Improves Strip Heater Design
Description: A company who supplies and repairs processing equipment for the semiconductor industry approached Tempco with a mica insulated strip heater that was supplied to them by another heater manufacturer. ...
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Tubular Process Heater for Warming Fuel Oil
Description: A Tempco Distributor requested a quote for a custom process heater design with a unique challenge. Their customer had a reservoir that is 8 x 23 feet but very shallow at only 16 inches deep. It was ...
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Improving Converting Curing Processes with UV LED Curing
Description: UV LED curing technology advances now enable applications, like converting, which require faster production speeds to become feasible. This article provides process design and development engineers ...
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UV LED Curing in Electronic Applications: When to Convert from Spot Curing to Flood Curing
Description: Spot curing is ideal for precision curing of a small diameter area, up to about 10 mm, either manually or in an automated process. In electronics applications spot curing is commonly used for bonding ...
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UV LED Conformal Coating: Top Considerations for Upgrading from Mercury Arc to UV LED Curing
Description: Many electronics manufacturers, PCB assemblers, and electronics manufacturing service (EMS) providers are using UV curing for conformal coating printed circuit boards (PCBs). As a result these ...
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Chile Case Study: Monitoring Aviation Safety in Diverse Climates
From: VaisalaDescription: Chile's civil aviation authority, Dirección General de Aeronáutica civil de Chile (DGAC), is responsible for maintaining safety and operations throughout a country that stretches 2,653 miles (4,270km) ...
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Vaisala Improves Aviation Safety at Palermo Airport
From: VaisalaDescription: The Punta Raisi Palermo Airport in Italy is subject to severe wind shear phenomena caused by the closeness of the nearby mountain Monte Pecoraro and the Mediterranean Sea. Wind shear can be described ...
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Boost Bioprocessing Efficiency by Choosing the Right Gas Mass Flow Controller
From: Sierra Instruments, Inc.Description: We can all agree that our economics and external drivers have changed in the last four weeks. The emergence of COVID-19 has changed the way we work, socialize and think about the world. In Sierra's 45 ...
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Planning a Winning Industrial Product Launch Podcast on Spotify (Podcast)
From: Hypertherm, Inc.Description: In this 45 minute podcast, Anibal Sepulveda of Hypertherm joins Matt and MJ to talk about product launches. In the pod, Anibal goes over the planning timeline, how they divvy up marketing manpower to ...
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World Textile Information Network - AMETEK Surface Vision Supports Quality Control of PPE
From: AMETEK Surface VisionDescription: At a time when nonwoven production lines are running at full capacity to meet the increased demand for PPE, it is important that quality isn't compromised. Nonwoven materials provide critical air ...
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4 Common Causes & Solutions of Circulation Heater Fouling
From: WATTCODescription: If you have noticed a decrease in the efficiency of your circulation heater, the most common culprit is fouling. Fouling is often accompanied by symptoms like pressure drops and inconsistent flow ...
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Circulation Heaters for Nuclear Power Generation
From: WATTCODescription: Circulation heaters are safe for operation even in hazardous environments. This makes them ideal for use in nuclear power plants. Their construction and controls ensure efficient and safe operation. ...
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Electric Heaters for Small Nuclear Reactors
From: WATTCODescription: There's a big future for small nuclear reactors. Although nuclear power has been an ideal power source for decades, globally, it has been underused. Less than 1% of nuclear heat is used in district ...
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Electric Heaters Keep the Food Industry Safe During Pandemic
From: WATTCODescription: Even with restaurants temporarily closing their doors or reverting to delivery-only models, the food industry has not slowed down. From production to supply, food is one of the most essential services ...
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How Direct Contact Heaters Evolved to Outperform CFHWS in Power Plants
From: WATTCODescription: Direct Contact Heaters (DCHs) have become more efficient than Closed Feedwater Heaters (CFHWs). CFHWs have been a mainstay in power plants for decades. Modern technological advances, however, have ...
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How to Choose Tri-Clamps for Your Heater System
From: WATTCODescription: Tri-clamp fittings are pipe connections with versatile uses. This type of connection compresses a gasket between two tri-clamp flanges closed a clamp for a sanitary seal. This makes a tight seal that ...
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Immersion Heaters for Water Purification
From: WATTCODescription: Water purification is an important process in both residential and industrial processes. Medical, pharmacological, chemical, and other industrial applications all require clean, potable water. ...
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Manage Your Compressed Air Costs
From: Hypertherm, Inc.Description: Business owners already know they need to keep an eye on the bottom line, but some overhead expenses become routine and, ultimately, just accepted. That's what happened at Hypertherm. The manufacturer ...