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The Effect of Additive Manufacturing/Metal 3-D Printing on the Bottom Line
From: SLM Solutions NA, Inc.Description: To many, metal 3-D printing, or additive manufacturing (AM), is way out there on the "someday" horizon. In reality, however, it's already in use in multiple industries, providing a highly favorable ...
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Wattco's Guide to Industrial Heaters for the Chemical Industry
From: WATTCODescription: Many industries such as manufacturing and chemical processing require substances to be at precise temperatures to manufacture products. Often times, industrial heaters are used for their efficacy and ...
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Electric Heating In Cold Climates
From: WATTCODescription: An immersion heater is a device which heats various fluid types like water, oil, salts, solvents, and acids. With it immersed in the fluid that it is warming, all the heat generated is within the ...
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Immersion Heaters for Food Processing
From: WATTCODescription: Immersion heaters are the best way a food processing business can maintain a high-quality product and comply with governmental safety requirements. Immersion heating is a reliable and efficient ...
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Wattco Immersion Heaters: A Guide
From: WATTCODescription: Immersion heaters are some of Wattco's most popular products. They are one of the best heating solutions available due to their precision, efficiency, and low maintenance costs. Immersions heaters, ...
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5 Fundamental Rules for Designing Efficient Heat Transfers
From: WATTCODescription: Considering these basic rules for designing thermal heat transfers will expand a project's productivity, enhance your process, and diminish energy loss. An electric heater can distribute heat where ...
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How to Use Imaging Colorimeters to Correct OLED, MicroLED, and Other Emissive Displays for Improved Production Efficiency and Yields
From: Radiant Vision SystemsDescription: The application of imaging colorimeters improves OLED and microLED display production by ensuring visual quality of displays-measuring brightness and color uniformity at the pixel and subpixel level ...
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Improving Quality Inspection of Flat Panel Displays with Imaging Colorimeters
From: Radiant Vision SystemsDescription: Perhaps no single component is as critical to the usability and perceived quality of today's smartphones, tablets, and other electronics as their displays. Flat panel displays (FPDs) serve as the ...
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Selecting a Light Measurement Solution: 7 Critical Parameters
From: Radiant Vision SystemsDescription: Precision measurement of luminance and chromaticity in information displays, light sources, or other light emitting or reflecting materials requires careful consideration of application requirements ...
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Temperature and Power Controls for Industrial Electric Heating
From: WATTCODescription: A control system is an essential part of every industrial heating system. Whereas some applications may require a control system more than others, it is important to ensure that all process heating ...
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Application Note: Flexo Printing and Lacquer Coating
Description: DRG Globe Envelope of Canada produced 750,000 Courier pouches, with moderate blue ink coverage, using manual viscosity control and consumed 80kg of ink. In a second job of 760,000 impressions, they ...
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Can Coating Case Study
Description: Saint Clair Systems works with a 3-pc. can manufacturer to reduce variation in their end liner operation. Controlling the material temperature stabilized the pressure at the nozzle and yielded some ...
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Clear Coating Case Study
Description: Saint Clair Systems supplies an application solution to the Flex-n-Gate manufacturing plant in Evart Michigan. The resulting improvements in quality and material savings are dramatically better than ...
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Coil Coating Case Study
Description: Saint Clair Systems provides a free analysis to a potential customer. This analysis showed conclusively that the status quo was unacceptable and provided the company with comfort that a solution could ...
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Condensation Case Study
Description: Saint Clair Systems and a major supplier of electrostatic bells, cooperate in a study to pinpoint the cause of and developed a solution-for condensation related "spitting", electrical shorting and ...
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Controlling Orange Peel Case Study
Description: A tier 1 automotive supplier improves painted surface finish resulting in additional luxury automotive business. The solution provided a return on investment in less than five months. ...
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Controlling Percentage of Solids
Description: A number of industrial process fluids require maintenance of optimum solids content to produce uniform coatings. The manufacture of integrated circuits and printed circuit boards in the electronic ...
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Free Guide On Controlling Orange Peel
Description: Saint Clair Systems' Controlling Orange Peel eGuide provides guidance on reducing product rejects and improving your bottom line. In this guide, you'll find information on: Factors that contribute to ...
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Paint Viscosity Case Study
Description: Saint Clair Systems collaborates with a global manufacturer of wind turbine blades to overcome the combination of variations in temperature and a paint formulation they were not allowed to alter ...
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Tata Motors Case Study
Description: Saint Clair Systems worked with Tata Motors to resolve recurring and unpredictable line stoppages experienced at the manufacturer's Pune Facility. With our patented technology and expertise, SCS ...
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Trial Case Study: Automated Viscosity Control
Description: The random sampling with a #2 Zahn Cup placed only two readings within the control limits established for this test. The actual readings ranged from a desired 17 seconds to the highest reading of 29 ...
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Hardness Testing
Description: Manufacturers producing mechanical testing instruments and welding machines must gather data in order to measure physical displacement. Solartron Metrology's products are suitable for this type of ...
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Filtration Helps Gelatin Manufacturer Minimize Maintenance Costs
From: EatonDescription: One of the world's leading suppliers of collagen and gelatin proteins for the food, nutrition and pharmaceutical industries was using a filtration system that included bag filters. While the system ...
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New Filtration System Yields Sweet Benefits For Corn Syrup Producer
From: EatonDescription: One of the world's leading producers of corn sweeteners, including corn syrups, high fructose corn syrups, maltodextrin, crystalline fructose and dextrose, was looking for ways to sweeten its ...
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Properties of Liquids and Gases
From: Backer Hotwatt Inc.Description: Table describing common properties of liquids, including density, average specific heat, and boiling point. ...
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Properties of Metals
From: Backer Hotwatt Inc.Description: Table describing common properties of metals, including density, average specific heat, and thermal conductivity. ...
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Properties of Non-Metallic Solids
From: Backer Hotwatt Inc.Description: Table describing common properties of solids, including density, thermal conductivity, and melting point. ...
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Suggested Sheath Materials
From: Backer Hotwatt Inc.Description: The following table of recommendations should only be used as a guide. The proper choice should be based upon your knowledge of the conditions which exist in each application. ...
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Suggested Watt Densities
From: Backer Hotwatt Inc.Description: The rates below are recommended watt densities for use with various materials. Safe values vary with operating temperature, flow velocity, and heat transfer rates. In general,the higher the material ...
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Technical - Empirical Guideline for Cartridge Heater Life
From: Backer Hotwatt Inc.Description: Calculation page with charts. ...
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Wattage Calculation Data
From: Backer Hotwatt Inc.Description: The following formulae can be employed in determining wattage capacity required for different materials. ...
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A Deeper Look at Aqueous Cleaning Techniques
From: Armakleen Company (The)Description: A few months ago we talked about the different kinds of parts washing techniques that are available, and when they should be used. Aside from basic manual washing, the four most common techniques that ...
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Design, Commissioning and Testing of Gas Bearing Turbo Compressors with Gases Other Than Air
From: Celeroton AGDescription: Turbo compressors with gas bearings are not only used for the compression of air with 1 bar ambient pressure, but also for other pressure levels or refrigerants. ...
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Anthony's Coal Fired Pizza OneFlow® Saves Dough
From: WattsDescription: Hard water treatment for restaurant locations too expensive,and the ever-increasing amount of salt could potentially change pizza dough flavor and texture ...
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High Efficiency RTO
From: Air Clear LLCDescription: American Biltrite added a new high speed production line to their existing plant. A new thermal oxidizer was needed to meet stringent New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) air ...
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Neighborhood Odor Complaints
From: Air Clear LLCDescription: Henry Co. of East Kimberton, PA installs an Air Clear Coalescing Fiberbed Mist Collector System on their asphalt product process line for Odor Control. The Company manufacturers roof and driveway ...
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New Energy Efficient RTO Oxidizer
From: Air Clear LLCDescription: Roger's Corporation, formerly Arlon Silicon Technologies Division, Handy & Harmon install New High Efficiency RTO Oxidizer ...
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Oxidizer on Soil Vapor Extraction (SVE)
From: Air Clear LLCDescription: SVE operations generate high levels of organics in the first phase of remediation. Over years, as the remediation takes affect, the organic concentrations generated by the process are significantly ...
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Pre-Filters for Thermal Oxidizers
From: Air Clear LLCDescription: The plugging problem is exasperated due to the numerous types of contaminants plugging the oxidizer units which can be classified into the following categories: Solid organic particulate, solid ...
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Rail Car, Truck Loading & Tank Vent Emission Control System
From: Air Clear LLCDescription: In the spring of 2009 Air Clear installed a Two chamber RTO emission control system, for the Oil & Gas Industry, to controls 12,000 SCFM from numerous sources. Made with 304 SS. ...
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Regenerative Thermal Oxidizer Asphalt Roofing/Shingle
From: Air Clear LLCDescription: This particular Air Pollution Control System is operating on an Asphalt Roofing & Shingle Manufacturing Plant production line. Typically, Coalescing Fiberbed Filter Mist Collector Systems are stand ...
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Replacing Old Oxidizer with New Oxidizer
From: Air Clear LLCDescription: American Biltrite added a new high speed production line to their existing plant. A new thermal oxidizer was needed to meet stringent New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) air ...
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Waste Oxidizer: Air Pollution Control Options
From: Air Clear LLCDescription: As a result of the chemical production processes, a significant amount of hazardous and non-hazardous solid and liquid wastes are generated daily. Off-site disposal was not a cost-effective option. ...
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Concrete Testing
Description: Testing fixtures supplied for building materials such as the manufacture of concrete is important to ensure of the correct properties of the material and understand its capabilities. A fixture with a ...
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IPSUMM's New Flexible, Scalable IRIS Production Cells Promise to Revolutionize Conventional Manufacturing Processes
Description: IPSUMM's new flexible, scalable IRIS production cells promise to revolutionize conventional manufacturing processes - with a little help from Mitsubishi Electric. Newly expanding to a 18,000 sq. ft. ...
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RR Floody's Powerful New Flexible Feeder System Pairs Mitsubishi Electric robot and Cognex Vision System
Description: RR Floody's powerful new Flexible Feeder System pairs Mitsubishi Electric robot and Cognex vision system for fully integrated, "best of both worlds" solution. BACKGROUND RR Floody Company Inc. creates ...
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Versatech and Mitsubishi Electric Partner to Offer Innovative Energy Management Solutions
Description: Versatech and Mitsubishi Electric partner to offer innovative energy management solutions, with recent project providing customer with immediate six figure savings BACKGROUND Versatech, LLC of ...
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Non-Electric Mold Temperature Regulator
Description: Determine the correct water temperature setting for the Mold Temperature Regulator. Charts and graphs will help you decide if this product is right for your process. ...
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Five Reasons SPC is Nearly Impossible for Liner Operation
Description: In our recent blogs, Can Liner Weight Variations Impact Quality, Delivery, and Cost Structure, and Variation in Liner Placement Impacts Delivery, Quality, and Cost, too!, we identified weight and ...
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How Stabilizing Compound Temperature Improves Liner Weight Consistency
Description: In our prior post in this series, "The Impact of Temperature and Pressure on Liner Weight Consistency," we demonstrated that, for a fixed orifice system: In that previous post, we also noted that the ...
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The Impact of Temperature and Pressure on Liner Weight Consistency
Description: In our previous post in this series, Can Liner Weight Variations Impact Quality, Delivery, and Cost Structure, we detailed how variations in can end liner weight can negatively impact delivery and ...
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How to Avoid Cracking in Aluminum Alloys
Description: The majority of aluminum base alloys can be successfully arc welded without cracking related problems, however, using the most appropriate filler alloy and conducting the welding operation with an ...
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Pre-Stressed Structures Monitoring
Description: The Orbit® 3 Network can be used to correlate many physical quantities such as force, pressure and displacement. A combination of DP Series LVDT and an Analogue Input Module can be used to ...
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What's Titration and Why Should I Care?
From: Armakleen Company (The)Description: When dealing with aqueous parts cleaning, it's important to control the concentration of your aqueous solution in order to achieve ideal cleaning status and extend your bath life. ...
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How Aqueous Cleaners Are Helping the Auto Racing Industry Go Green
From: Armakleen Company (The)Description: In a world where words like "sustainability" and "go green" are being used extensively, especially in the auto industry, it is important to remember that those concepts are not limited to simply the ...
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Calculating Clean Room Cleanliness: How many FFUs and Lights?
From: Terra Universal, Inc.Description: Terra Universal will certify its cleanrooms to guarantee "as built" compliance with cleanliness standards. What matters, though, is how the cleanroom performs in real world applications-in your ...
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Frequently Asked Questions about Cleanrooms
From: Terra Universal, Inc.Description: Answers to both basic cleanroom questions as well as specific inquiries about Terra-made rooms. Useful insight for people with a new cleanroom, or thinking about ordering one. ...
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How to Design Your Compounding Cleanroom to Meet the Standards of the FDA and State Boards of Pharmacy
From: Terra Universal, Inc.Description: Compounders today face a confusing regulatory environment in which compliance requirements seem to shift from month to month. ...
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pH Control Using the Dif-Jet Injector
From: Fortrans Inc.Description: When it comes to controlling pH in process water and waste water in large-scale containment basins or ponds, not all pH control systems are created equal. Many times, the high-pH liquids that must be ...
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Quality Control Using Digital Probes
Description: The position and measurements of a zipper on a plastic bag needs to be taken in-process as the material is dispensed from a roll, prior to the cutting and heat sealing process. Measurements needed are ...
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Why Does Your Cleanroom Need a Roll-Up Pass-Through Chamber?
From: Terra Universal, Inc.Description: Materials get transferred into and out of cleanrooms all the time. The value of pass-through chambers is well-known, and labs count on them for continuity of their workflow and certification status. ...
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Worried About Cleanroom Costs?
From: Terra Universal, Inc.Description: Adding these energy-saving, maintenance-reducing features can save a bundle! ...
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Application Note: Autoclave Control Using the C360
Description: Steam is used to heat the autoclave contents, either by direct entry into the autoclave (where it is in contact with the product) or indirectly using a heat exchanger. The temperature is raised to a ...
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Application Note: Retort Control in the Food Industry Using the C1960
Description: Much of the food consumed each year is preserved by packaging it in hermeticallysealed containers in a process known as canning. One of the most important steps in the canning of foods is 'thermal ...
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Regulation of Reagent Injection for Phosphate Removal
From: HachDescription: Treatment plants are required to observe increasingly strict obligations regarding water quality, particularly in terms of phosphorus parameters. ...
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Correctly Classify Spills to Stay in Compliance
From: New Pig CorporationDescription: Spill response, containment and cleanup can be smooth processes with a comprehensive plan, the right products and well-trained employees. That's just one part of the equation, though. ...
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Three-Level AC Drive Eliminates Long Motor Cable Issues
Description: This alternative technology is ideal for petrochemical applications. ...
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Application Example - CC Chiller for Food and Beverage
From: PfannenbergDescription: An OEM manufacturer of pasta making equipment had production process issues. Faulty pumps in the cooling system obstructed the flow of fresh water during pasta production. The customer needed a ...
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Application Example - Climate Tests for Manufacturing Industry
From: PfannenbergDescription: They needed a climate testing chamber to pre-test their system for conformity with the necessary design criteria. In particular, checking the IP protection system (IP 54) is crucial to ensure that it ...
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Application Example - Combined Chiller & Air/Water Heat Exchanger for Industrial Laundry
From: PfannenbergDescription: German manufacturer setting up a industrial laundry system for an airport in the Middle East needed to cool the electronic components that controlled the laundry system. When the washing machine drums ...
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Application Example - Compact Fan Heater for Renewable Energy
From: PfannenbergDescription: We had a specific request from an OEM Machine Builder. They were looking for a new enclosure heater to protect the electronics in their outdoor wind turbine systems. The product needed to be durable ...
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Application Example - Custom Air/Water Heat Exchanger for Automotive Industry
From: PfannenbergDescription: An automotive OEM machine builder required a specific cooling solution that integrates into the electrical cabinets that house the controls for the their milling and turning equipment. ...
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Application Example - Custom Air/Water Heat Exchanger for Manufacturing Industry
From: PfannenbergDescription: We were approached by one of our customers to engineer an economical, integrated thermal management solution for their machines that use laser technology. The customer needed a solution that could ...
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Application Example - Custom Chiller for Automotive Industry
From: PfannenbergDescription: An automotive OEM manufacturer needed a chiller to integrate with their OEM machines. The main requirement from the OEM was to cool two separate circuits of oil, each of which must be controlled ...
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Application Example - Custom Chiller for Water Treatment Industry
From: PfannenbergDescription: An OEM machine builder turned to Pfannenberg for assistance with a project that required a chiller to fit in a smaller scale Ferrator water treatment system. Initially, a CC 6301 packaged chiller was ...
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Application Example - Custom Cooling Units for Infrastructure Industry
From: PfannenbergDescription: To provide a thermal management solution for railway tunnel enclosures in the Gotthard Tunnel, the world's longest tunnel. One of the greatest technical challenges on this project was to develop a ...
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Application Example - DTS Cooling Units for Telecommunications Industry
From: PfannenbergDescription: It's not uncommon for remote telecom enclosures to be located outdoors and need to withstand harsh environments. A telecom OEM approached Pfannenberg for an enclosure cooling solution for a project ...
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Application Example - EB Chiller for Infrastructure Industry
From: PfannenbergDescription: A rail component manufacturer needed a solution to eliminate downtime caused from the overheating of their track drilling unit. The current system used 2 undersized chillers, unable to keep up with ...
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Application Example - EB Chiller for Manufacturing Industry
From: PfannenbergDescription: A world leading manufacturer of hydraulic components and systems needed a smart and cost-effective solution to expand the cooling of lubricating oil used for machining metal parts. Their current ...
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Application Example - Partially Recessed Cooling Units for Wood Manufacturing Industry
From: PfannenbergDescription: An end user turned to Pfannenberg for assistance with managing their enclosure temperatures in a particularly harsh environment. The company produce high-quality construction and insulation materials ...
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Application Example - Prototype Development for Telecommunications Industry
From: PfannenbergDescription: An OEM manufacturer and fitter of multi-function housings in the telecommunications industry was lacking the resources to provide its customer with an electrical enclosure prototype with active ...
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Application Example - PWS Air/Water Heat Exchanger for Food and Beverage
From: PfannenbergDescription: Most of the OEM equipment installed in the bakery called for air conditioners to cool the drives, PLCs and additional electronics. Most times ACs can be a convenient and effective method for cooling ...
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Application Example - Stainless Steel Air/Water Heat Exchanger for Marine Industry
From: PfannenbergDescription: An OEM machine builder in the marine industry needed a thermal management solution that was NEMA Type 4/4X rated, but also resistant to highly corrosive salt spray (fog). In an industry that ...
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Application Example - Top Mount Cooling Unit for Manufacturing Industry
From: PfannenbergDescription: An OEM milling component manufacturer which develops processing centers for the precision boring and milling of high-precision components needed critical thermal management for their machine's control ...
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Application Example -Custom Air/Water Heat Exchanger for Pharmaceutical Industry
From: PfannenbergDescription: The challenge was that this system would be located in a Class I, Div II environment, meaning the enclosure and components had to be explosion proof. To remain competitive in price, the system ...
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Grit Definition & Profiles
From: Smith & Loveless, Inc.Description: The more you know about grit, the more you'll be able to separate fact from fiction. ...
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Let's Compare Competing Grit Removal Technologies
From: Smith & Loveless, Inc.Description: Understanding the pros and cons of different types of technologies helps you choose the right one. ...
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Wireless Measurement of Differential Housings
Description: Using one centralized WiGauge™ wireless solution for bore gauging on multi-machine cell projects, eliminates any redundancy that would occur by individually equipping each machine with its own ...
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Introduction to Hall Effect Thickness Gaging with the Magna-Mike 8600
From: Evident ScientificDescription: Hall Effect thickness gages like the Olympus Magna-Mike 8600 are small, lightweight instruments designed to make fast, accurate, and repeatable measurements of non-magnetic materials such as plastics, ...
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Probe Types and Their Usage
From: Evident ScientificDescription: These are the probes normally used for surface crack detection, also known as High Frequency Eddy Current probes (HFEC). They have a small coil that can be made shielded or unshielded. Most are ...
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What are Industrial Fiberscopes?
From: Evident ScientificDescription: Each Olympus Industrial Fiberscope is comprised of the insertion section (the distal end, bending section and flexible section), as well as the control and eyepiece section. ...
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What are Industrial Rigid Borescopes?
From: Evident ScientificDescription: High-resolution image transmission in a durable stainless steel insertion tube with light guide fibers for bright illumination. Wide selection available to suit any requirements. ...
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What are Industrial Videoscopes?
From: Evident ScientificDescription: The videoscope captures light reflected from a subject through an objective lens and directs it to the surface on the image sensor. The image sensor then converts the light into electrical signals and ...
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Improved Part Quality Using Cavity Pressure Switchover
From: DyniscoDescription: This study examined the improvements in injection molded part quality using cavity pressure to initiate switchover from injection pressure to holding pressure. Cavity pressure produced more ...
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Eductor Operating Principles
From: BEX Spray NozzlesDescription: An eductor uses a nozzle to produce a high velocity fluid jet to entrain the liquid surrounding the eductor (fluid can be either a gas or a liquid). The fluid in the nozzle jet and the entrained ...
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How Big Are Your Droplets? Find Out Using Laser Doppler Anemometry
From: BEX Spray NozzlesDescription: As two properly configured laser beams intersect, the light beams set up an interference pattern. As a droplet passes through this interference pattern, it scatters the light from the pattern in a ...
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Stratasys J750: Ultra-realistic Prototyping Using Multi-material, Multi-color 3D Printing
From: Stratasys, Ltd.Description: As an example of a company using 3D printing to respond to its rapidly changing market and customer demands let's consider OtterBox, a well-known manufacturer of mobile phone and tablet cases. Working ...
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Improve The Cooling Performance Of Your Molds
Description: Need to figure out your mold-cooling energy requirements for the various polymers you run? What about sizing cooling circuits so they provide adequate cooling capacity? Learn the tricks of the trade ...
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Make Water Treatment Part of Your Process-Cooling Program
Description: Dirty, rusty, smelly water can wreak havoc with even the most meticulous process-cooling program. Here??™s how to make sure your water is up to the task. This is what the water side of a ...
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Quick Mold Change Guide
Description: Manufacturing Engineers strive to reduce setup times and maximize machine run times, increasing profits. ...