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More Displays than Wheels: Ensuring Automotive Display Quality
From: Radiant Vision SystemsDescription: Consumers used to smart phones and high-resolution display screens expect no less from their vehicle displays. Testing automotive display quality must accommodate requirements for measuring high ...
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Radwell Factory Maintenance Checklist
From: Radwell InternationalDescription: A sound maintenance plan is key to keeping a factory up and running, as it helps ensure both maximum productivity and minimal downtime. While there are several ways to approach the development of a ...
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Glass vs. Metal CO2 Laser Tubes
From: Epilog Laser Corp.Description: Why are Epilog Laser machines built with air-cooled metal laser tubes? A rack of epilog laser co2 metal laser tubes When you're looking to purchase a CO2 laser machine, there are a number of points to ...
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Protecting Linear Rail from Corrosion
Description: In linear motion applications, protecting rail and track form corrosion is a paramount concern. Keeping the machine system clean and corrosion-free can be a particularly difficult task if the working ...
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Precision Grip Guarantees a Clean Cut
From: Schmalz Inc.Description: In order for electrical vacuum generators, grippers and compact ejectors to be visible to the smart factory, they must provide digital energy and process data in real time. Schmalz integrates ...
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Vacuum Technology for the Digital Factory
From: Schmalz Inc.Description: In order for electrical vacuum generators, grippers and compact ejectors to be visible to the smart factory, they must provide digital energy and process data in real time. Schmalz integrates ...
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Infrared Medium Wave Radiant Panel Heater Warm-Up Curves
Description: Warm-Up Curve Graphs for Radiant Panel Heaters. ...
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Recommended Sheath Materials
Description: Table of Media Being Heated and corrosion ratings of element sheath materials as well as a Sheath Material Selection Guide and Maxmimum Recommended Watt Densities. ...
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Screw Plug Heater Wiring Diagrams
Description: Wiring Diagrams for Tempco Screw Plug Heaters. ...
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Sealed Quartz Lamp Specifications & Tolerances
Description: Standard Specifications and Tolerances for Tempco's Sealed Quartz Lamps. ...
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Sealed Quartz Lamps Wiring Diagram(s)
Description: Wiring Diagrams for Sealed Quartz Lamps. ...
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Sensor Comparison Chart
Description: Comparison chart for three types of temperature sensors: RTD's, Thermocouples and Thermistors. ...
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Silicone Rubber Heater Specifications & Tolerances
Description: Standard Specifications and Tolerances for Tempco Silicone Rubber Heaters. ...
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Silicone Rubber Heater Watt Density Information
Description: Wattage and Watt Density Information for Tempco Silicone Rubber Heaters. ...
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Temperature Conversions
Description: Table listing temperature conversions between Celsius and Fahrenheit and additional information including useful formulas and interpolation factors. ...
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Tubular Band Heater Specifications & Tolerances
Description: Standard Specifications and Tolerances for Tubular Band Heaters ...
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Tubular Heater Watt Density Information
Description: Watt Density information for Tempco Tubular Heater ...
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Tubular Heaters Specifications & Tolerances
Description: Standard Specifications and Tolerances for Tempco Tubular Heaters. ...
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Tubular Radiant Heater Wiring Diagram(s) & Options
Description: Wiring Diagrams for Tubular Radiant Heaters. ...
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SBD Case Study
From: Markforged, Inc.Description: Stanley Black & Decker, an S&P 500 company, is a diversified global provider of hand tools, power tools and related accessories, electronic security solutions, healthcare solutions, engineered ...
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Siemens Gas & Power
From: Markforged, Inc.Description: Applying Markforged Technology to Cut Lead Times and Drastically Reduce Tooling Spend ...
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Case Study: Medical Pin Feeder
Description: H. Galow Co., Inc. needed a solution to automate the insertion of extremely small and hard to handle stainless steel pins into a long cylindrical rod for a medical application. The dimensions of the ...
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Case study:Fire Sprinkler Heads
Description: Our customer was in need of a machine capable of feeding set screws that were not symmetrical on either end. We had to develop an intelligent escapement system that could visually inspect each part ...
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Case Study:Multi-Screw Feeder
Description: The system was required as a high speed presenter for robotic pick-up, but equally could be used with the highly reliable Weber escapement for blowfeeding. ...
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Tube & Pipe Mills Move from Off-line to In-Line Coating: UV Makes it Possible
Description: For many years coatings have been applied over welded steel tubular products to provide protection against corrosion, enhance product appearance, and make the product more suitable for a specific end ...
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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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Steam Stripping Removes Organics
Description: Steam stripping systems are used for the removal of organics such as Benzene as well as dissolved gases such as Ammonia. ...
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Choose the Right Plasma Tool for the Job
From: Hypertherm, Inc.Description: Plasma's popularity on job sites has grown in recent years, driven in part by technological advances that have made the systems smaller and lighter, and thus easier to move. At the same time, the ...
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In Search of the Perfect Tube & Pipe
From: Hypertherm, Inc.Description: Learn how Fought & Company (Tigard, OR) geared up to provide structural steel to build a new world class track and field center. ...
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MOLD TEMPERATURE REGULATOR
Description: Principle of Operation ...
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Heat trace systems for wet-pipe fire sprinkler systems
From: ChromaloxDescription: Chromalox's fire sprinkler pipe freeze protection system addresses operability, code approval, cost and installation approved to current NFPA 13, IEEE 515.1 and UL 515A standards for testing, design, ...
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Spotted: O3X at Walmart
From: ifm electronic gmbhDescription: Bossanova - most people will probably think of a Brazilian music genre. Only a few will think of a stock-taking robot. However, a robot like that, built by the company Bossanova and equipped with an ...
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Benefits of Immersion Heating for Industrial Tank & Reservoir Heaters
From: WATTCODescription: Tank and reservoir heating is an essential task in many industrial processes. It maintains mediums in a usable state, allows for preheating, prevents freezing, and avoids loss or damage to the ...
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How to Get an Immersion Heater Quote That Suits Your Needs
From: WATTCODescription: Selecting the right immersion heater is important. You need the right equipment to keep your operation efficient and profitable for years to come. Since each application is a little different, what's ...
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Retrofitting Equipment with Electric Immersion Heaters: A Guide
From: WATTCODescription: Electric power is in high demand for industrial heating. It's more efficient and cost-effective than fossil fuel heaters. When buying new immersion heaters, companies are turning to electric. But if ...
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Selecting Immersion Heaters for Curing Cement
From: WATTCODescription: Cement is essential to infrastructure. As far back as 700 BC, people were building kilns to prepare cement for homes, flooring, and cisterns. Today, we still use cement heavily in the construction ...
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Signs that it's Time to Replace Your Immersion Heater
From: WATTCODescription: Electric immersion heaters are designed for long-lasting performance. But there comes a point in every heater's lifespan where it needs to be replaced. We take a look at the signs and symptoms that ...
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Tank Heating Considerations for Bitumen Applications
From: WATTCODescription: Bitumen is a naturally occurring product that forms the basis of most modern infrastructure. From the walls of Babylon to today's roads and highways, our society relies heavily on bitumen. For most ...
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Hot Oil Heating vs Steam Boiler Systems for Tank Heating
From: WATTCODescription: There is a big increase in demand for electric circulation heaters. Yet, for tank heaters, steam boilers are still more commonly used than hot oil systems. Is steam heating better, or is the industry ...
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Immersion Heaters for Process Fluids
From: WATTCODescription: Process fluids are found in every major industry, and process fluid heating is an essential task for each of these. Electric immersion heaters are the ideal solution for heating industrial process ...
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Fast, Economical Tooling Options for Prototyping and Custom Builds
Description: For manufacturing industries such as aerospace, automotive, marine, and wind energy, prototyping is a familiar part of the product development process, commonly used for R&D testing, product ...
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Markforged Design Guide: 3D Printing with Composites
From: Markforged, Inc.Description: Designing for manufacturing is a critical part of the product development cycle. It prevents roadblocks in manufacturing and delivers successful parts well designed for the process. Designing for 3D ...
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Metal X Design Guide: Metal X Design Reference Sheet
From: Markforged, Inc.Description: Listed dimensions are as designed for your final part unless otherwise specified. These guides serve as recommendations and may not reflect all implementations, since 3D printing is a geometry ...
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Chinook Regional Hospital Installs CBEX Elite Boilers, Reduces Costs and Achieves Low-NOx Benefits
From: Cleaver-BrooksDescription: Chinook Regional Hospital is a 270-bed facility that serves as the main hospital for the city of Lethbridge and Southern Alberta, Canada. When the Lethbridge Regional Hospital (now Chinook Regional ...
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An Engineer's Mini-Guide to Blower Technology Selection
From: Aerzen USA Corp.Description: An engineer's mini-guide to blower technology selection ...
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Begin to Benefit from Automation (Even if You Cannot Get a Robot)
From: SigmaNESTDescription: The average shop taking their first steps into automation doesn't need to break the bank by investing in lights-out production with advanced robotics. There is a simpler, less expensive way to impact ...
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Success Story: HOLCIM CEMENT PLANT
From: Aerzen USA Corp.Description: Improving the Coal-feeding Conveying System in a Holcim Cement Plant ...
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Success Story: Air Separation Case Study
From: Aerzen USA Corp.Description: Air separation plant supplying oxygen to a glass furnace at a lighting products company; Experiencing significant reliability problems and excessive maintenance costs keeping the existing supplier's ...
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AERZEN Combines Blower Technology/New Control System for Energy Saving Operation Even in Case of Load Changes
From: Aerzen USA Corp.Description: If modernisations in wastewater treatment plants are due, as a rule the permanently reducing limit values of ammonium, nitrate and phosphate are pushing the investment decisions. If it concerns the ...
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Flare Gas Case Study
From: Aerzen USA Corp.Description: Flaring gas is the process of burning off unwanted gas from hydrocarbon processing plants, refineries, and gas wells. It is recognized as a major environmental problem by the EPA and the IPCC. ...
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Steam ZLD Case Study
From: Aerzen USA Corp.Description: ZLD (zero liquid discharge) is a wastewater distillation process that helps reduce waste brine discharge to the environment and recover the majority of the wastewater as clear reusable water. In ...
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Accelerating Automotive Lighting & Display Testing
From: Radiant Vision SystemsDescription: With technological advances, auto manufacturers are tasked with meeting ever-evolving regulations and industry standards for the safety and performance of virtually every element of a vehicle. To help ...
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Enabling Near-Eye Display Measurement within Augmented & Virtual Reality Headsets
From: Radiant Vision SystemsDescription: This paper discusses the challenges of near-to-eye display (NED) measurement to ensure the quality of devices such as virtual (VR), augmented (AR), and mixed reality (MR) headsets. It introduces ...
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Ensuring the Safety of Facial Recognition Systems
From: Radiant Vision SystemsDescription: Radiant Vision Systems has developed a solution to measure near-IR light emissions: the Near-Infrared (NIR) Intensity Lens. This February, the editors at New Equipment Digest interviewed Jens Jensen, ...
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OLED on the Cutting Edge
From: Radiant Vision SystemsDescription: Transparent displays? Flexible and foldable phones? Stick-on displays? These may sound like the displays of the future, but already Organic Light Emitting Diodes (OLEDs) are providing the foundation ...
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Quantum Dots: Nanotechnology Meets Displays
From: Radiant Vision SystemsDescription: Engineers have been making big strides in recent years to apply quantum discoveries and nanotechnologies to areas such as computing, sensing, cryptology, metrology, and imaging. If you've spent much ...
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The Display Landscape of Mini- and MicroLEDs
From: Radiant Vision SystemsDescription: As the name would imply, a miniLED is small-but not as small as a microLED (µLED). While there are no official definitions, microLEDs are typically less than 50 micrometers (µm) square, with most ...
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Case Study: Release Liner Manufacturer Benefits from UV Curing
Description: Read this case study to learn how a manufacturer of release liners utilized UV curing to improve their siliconizing process. Understand how changing to UV curing provided quicker changeovers, faster ...
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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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Thickness Gauging of Commercial Product
Description: With costs soaring and people becoming more environmentally aware, it is important for manufacturers of commercial products to try to reduce the amount of materials used where possible. ...
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Consumer-Centric Manufacturing and Its Impact on Packaging Strategy
From: Soft RoboticsDescription: The Fourth Industrial Revolution has ushered in a new consumer-driven manufacturing landscape. The consumer is truly king in this new world where companies like Amazon have set a new standard for ...
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Robots: The Future Has Arrived
Description: What's pushing the edges of robot development and capability today ...
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3 Different Ways to Clean a Sump! Feb 12, 2019
From: CECORDescription: There are several ways to clean a sump, but the method you choose depends on the machine, the sump, and its contents. ...
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4 Performance Considerations for an Air-Powered Sump Cleaner
From: CECORDescription: The source of power your sump cleaner uses can have a significant impact on its operational performance. If you are considering purchasing an air-powered sump cleaner, there are a number of ...
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No More "Dirty" Jobs | Clean Your Machine Sump Efficiently
From: CECORDescription: Cleaning your metalworking machine sump is an important job. If you do not have the proper equipment, it can also be dirty and time-consuming. Perhaps you have even delayed the cleaning of your ...
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Sieves: Old and New QC Issues
Description: Sieve calibration vs. sieve certification - and what it means for the actual performance of your sieves. ...
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Improve your waste grease recycling process with DSI
From: Pick Heaters Inc.Description: Brown grease - composed of fats, oils, and grease (FOG) and rotting food - has long been a problem for restaurants, food service operations and commercial kitchens. Brown grease can clog sewer lines ...
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The Next Generation of Advanced Robotics
From: Lapp TannehillDescription: In this paper, we'll show you new trends in advanced robotics, as well as some tips for properly specifying and installing cables into your robot. ...
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CASE STUDY: Visual Inspection of Dust Extraction System
From: Palladyne AI Corp.Description: The company's risk mitigation team was looking for options to potentially replace the manual inspection process of having two employees on a scissor lift to examine the Dust Extraction System ducts. ...
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Complete Guide to Gas Mixing and Blending
From: Sierra Instruments, Inc.Description: Gas mixing sounds simple enough. You simply mix a number of pure gasses to create a new mixture. Unfortunately, it's not usually as simple as it sounds. There are many variables and factors that play ...
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How to Calculate your Steam Needs
From: Pick Heaters Inc.Description: Steam is capable of transferring a large amount of heat to materials used in food and beverage processing, and it can be precisely controlled to within narrow temperature ranges. It can be applied ...
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Clean Air Solution Report-RP Series Dust Collectors
From: Micro AirDescription: Application: Plastic Grinding and Dust ...
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Selecting Machine Monitoring Relays for Your Application
Description: Machine monitoring relays detect abnormalities in incoming power and permit actions to be taken to protect equipment before damage can occur. Such relays are used in a wide variety of applications ...
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Application Note: Control and Monitoring of Heaters Used in Blow Moulding Machines
Description: Timely detection of heater malfunction in a blow moulding process can prevent scrap resulting from defects when the temperature is not optimally controlled. ...
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4 Reasons Why Rapid PCB Prototyping is so Important
Description: Any manufacturers worth their salt know that prototyping is an extremely important step in the innovation process and needs to be planned for and invested in, but many aren't aware that simply ...
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5 Common Mistakes to Avoid During the PCB Design Process
Description: Why are PCB Prototypes so Important? ...
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5 Reasons Why You Should Invest in Prototypes Early
Description: Prototyping is a unique asset for manufacturers when it comes to realizing a specific market goal. It's no secret that the companies which don't neglect the prototyping stage of innovation are often ...
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6 Reasons to Transition to In-House PCB Prototyping
Description: 6 Reasons to Transition to In-House PCB Prototyping ...
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6 Things to Keep in Mind When Mass Producing Your PCB Design
Description: There are so many electronics, variables, and design specifics to go over before you actually bring a final iteration of your prototype to mass production that it can almost seem too complex to ...
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Debunking the 6 Biggest Myths of Outsourcing Your PCB Prototyping Applications
Description: This article exposes the biggest myths about outsourcing and reveals the true benefits of in-house prototyping ...
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How an In-House Prototyping Solution Improves Rapid Prototyping and Product Development
Description: The case for in-house: How owning your own solution improves rapid prototyping and product development ...
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How Subtractive Manufacturing Revolutionizes In-House PCB Prototyping
Description: Much attention has been given to 3D printing in recent years as the technology has allowed users to manufacture a wide variety of items - from common mechanical parts to more outrageous projects like ...
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How to Streamline Your PCB Prototype Projects in 11 Simple Steps
Description: When it comes to bringing PCB prototype(s) from conception to production, there are many things you can do along the way to ensure that all of the variables are taken care of beforehand and are not ...
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The Biggest Problems with Outsourcing Design Data to Engineers
Description: The first part of this two-part series will reveal some of the unexpected expenses associated with outsourcing your PCB design data, as well as some options for how you can deal with them. ...
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Plasma Cutting Machine Maintenance
From: Hypertherm, Inc.Description: Preventive maintenance protocol for CNC plasma tables ...
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Plasma Cutting Tips to Improve Cut Quality
From: Hypertherm, Inc.Description: Nine suggestions to help you improve plasma cut quality. ...
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Benefits of Industrial Wastewater Treatment Using Direct Steam Injection
From: Pick Heaters Inc.Description: A DSI system can rapidly and accurately maintain temperatures for processing difficult materials, such as wastewater, and thereby increase the efficiency and reliability of the anaerobic digestion ...
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A Review of Industrial Heaters: Oil & Gas Industry Case Study
From: WATTCODescription: Industrial Heaters Wattco About Us Our Products Immersion Heaters Flanged Heaters Screw Plug Heaters Circulation Heaters Over The Side Heaters Inline Heaters Circulation Heaters Inline Heaters Flanged ...
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Electric Pipe Heaters in the Asphalt Industry
From: WATTCODescription: Pipe heaters are designed to fit inside of a pipe, making it possible to provide heat where other heaters cannot. They provide indirect heating and make it possible to remove for repair, cleaning or ...
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Importance of Load Banks in the Changing Energy Industry
From: WATTCODescription: Load banks serve to manage and shed power overloads from energy generating processes. They are especially useful in the renewable energy sector. ...
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Design Considerations for Overmolding and Insert Molding
From: Proto Labs, Inc.Description: A guide to two-material molding and bonding options with plastics, elastomers, and metal inserts ...
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ARMEX™ Versus Dry Ice
Description: Abrasive blasting with sodium bicarbonate (i.e., baking soda) is a popular surface-cleaning technique, but there are equally popular alternatives as well. One alternative method is dry ice blasting. ...
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How to Properly Dispose of ARMEX™
Description: As a safe and effective method of abrasive cleaning, ARMEX™ blast media offers numerous advantages. Its benign, sodium bicarbonate based formulation provides enhanced worker safety, comfort and ...
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Achieve a New Level of Clean - Please Your Toughest Customer
Description: Looking for a more efficient and safer cleaning process? Abrasive vapor blasting with ARMEX offers the best solution for cleaning and decontamination in food and beverage facilities. ...
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Vacuum Cups and Suction Cup Selection Guide
From: ANVER CorporationDescription: Vacuum suction cups can hold, lift or turn virtually any kind of material in the production process. The contact between a suction cup and the object to be handled is soft and light, and the technique ...
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Calculating KW Requirements for Heating Liquids and Gases
Description: When calculating the required KW, always use the maximum flow of the medium to be heated, the minimum temperature at the heater inlet, and the maximum desired outlet temperature ...
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Heating unusual liquid or materials? Helpful Guide
Description: From Actane Salt to Zinc Cyanide - learn about the chemical compatibility for process heating applications ...
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Helpful Engineering Data AREA & VOLUME FORMULAS
Description: Need to figure out the volume or area for a process or project you are working on - refer to these handy formulas ...
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Six Must-Have Accessories for Every Plumbing Contractor's Toolbox
From: General Pipe CleanersDescription: Sure, we all know we need a good quality pipe wrench and a well-made drain cleaner in our repertoire as we head out onto a jobsite. But what about those items we tend to forget that make our lives so ...
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Boiler Retrofit the Right Solution at Mount Royal University
From: Cleaver-BrooksDescription: Mount Royal University (MRU) in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, has a full-time student population of more than 10,000. Founded in 1910, the university moved to its current 118 acre suburban campus in 1970. ...