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Thermal Press Heat Staking and Plastic Swaging: Procedures, Process Parameters, and Guidelines for Plastics Assembling
Description: The heat stake process is used in many high technology fields and consumer products manufacturing and offers many benefits. ...
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What Variables are Necessary for Good Heat Sealing?
Description: For plastics heat sealing, anisotropic and formono-isotropic liquid crystal display (LCD) assembly heatseal connector (HSC) to printed circuit boards (PCB connectors), front panel displays, or other ...
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Custom Home Controls - tekmar Simplifies Big Radiant Job
From: WattsDescription: Jim Hedden, owner of George's Plumbing and Heating, routinely services and installs complex radiant heating systems in sprawling custom homes. The rural area lacks natural gas service, so he's often ...
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Technologies and Trends in Precision Fluid Dispensing for Medical Product Manufacturing
From: Nordson EFDDescription: The medical device industry has come a long way in the last 20 years. Part of the evolution has come from advancements in other industries, such as information technology, plastics and polymers, and ...
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Air Pollution Control Solutions
From: Air Clear LLCDescription: Air Clear, LLC manufacturer of Industrial Air Pollution Control Equipment, designed, manufactured and installed a 45,000 ACFM Coalescing Fiberbed Filter Mist Collector (FB) with an indexing pre-filter ...
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Soil/Sludge and Silt Remediation
From: Air Clear LLCDescription: During the manufacturing of explosive and propellants, the loading, assembly and packing of munitions, large quantities of contaminated wastewater, i.e. "pink water", was disposed of into lagoons. ...
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Meet Your New R&D Partner - Your Equipment Manufacturer
From: Pick Heaters Inc.Description: How equipment manufacturers are assisting food companies improve their processes and products. ...
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EPA SPCC Compliant Secondary Containment System Solution
From: Strongwell CorporationDescription: Strongwell's collaboration with AEP resulted in the development of the lightweight COMPOSOLITE® secondary containment system, which is corrosion and UV resistant, strong, low in thermal and ...
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Versatility of fiberglass tanks make them ideal for commerical fire protection systems
From: Xerxes CorporationDescription: Designers of fire protection systems can confidently select a fiberglass water tank installed above or below grade based on decades of use storing hazardous and flammable liquids. As concerns continue ...
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Boiler Basics
From: Cleaver-BrooksDescription: Learn more about the different types of boilers available, which applications they are appropriate for, and what to look for when deciding which one is right for you. ...
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Checkers All-Purpose Whip Testing
From: CheckersDescription: Here at Checkers, all of our products undergo rigorous testing to ensure that only the best products reach the market we serve. For this reason, we did some in-house testing on our All-Purpose ...
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Understanding Ingress Protection Classifications
From: RK Automation SolutionsDescription: The protection classification offered by an enclosure is shown by the letters IP (Ingress Protection) and two digits. ...
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How To Calculate Heat Dissipation for VFD's
From: Thermal Edge, Inc.Description: When you're building a panel containing Variable Frequency Drives (VFDs), it's easy to underestimate their contribution toward the electrical enclosure's heat load. Part of the problem arises from the ...
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Going Green: The Benefits of Aqueous Cleaning
From: Armakleen Company (The)Description: Presentation about the benefits of green cleaning. ...
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Chemical Compatibility Chart - Metals
From: Terra Universal, Inc.Description: This chart is intended as a general guide for various materials and chemicals. It shows some of the materials used in Terra's products and chemicals likely to be used with them. Testing is strongly ...
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Chemical Compatibility Chart - Plastics
From: Terra Universal, Inc.Description: This chart is intended as a general guide for various materials and chemicals. It shows some of the materials used in Terra's products and chemicals likely to be used with them. Testing is strongly ...
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Chemical Compatibility Chart - Rubber and Synthetics
From: Terra Universal, Inc.Description: This chart is intended as a general guide for various materials and chemicals. It shows some of the materials used in Terra's products and chemicals likely to be used with them. Testing is strongly ...
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Should Vape Manufacturers Be Regulated By The FDA and Require Cleanrooms To Prevent Contamination?
From: Terra Universal, Inc.Description: The Wells Fargo Securities Tobacco Talk recently conducted a survey of tobacco wholesalers representing over 25,000 retail locations and discovered these wholesalers held the solid belief that ...
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What Makes a Room Suitable for Aseptic Processes?
From: Terra Universal, Inc.Description: Biological contaminants are ubiquitous. Microorganisms such as bacteria or fungi roam free in most environments and can cause disease. A major goal of aseptic applications, including surgery, ...
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New York University Cogeneration Plant, New York City
From: Cleaver-BrooksDescription: NYU needed to repower its decades-old cogeneration system and cut emissions at its main campus in Lower Manhattan. The new gas turbine-based system cut the university's energy bills by $5 million a ...
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The Lowdown on Locating Pins
From: MISUMI USADescription: Get the lowdown on locating pins: which is the best locating pin style for your application? ...
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Cost Savings at Delta Airlines
Description: At Delta Airlines' Calibration Laboratory, the Pratt & Whitney Labmaster Universal has again proven itself as a resource that will expand and enhance the capabilities of any laboratory that makes ...
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Harmonic Drives ROI
Description: Harmonic Drive located in Peabody, MA is a leading manufacturer of precision gears, gearheads, servo actuators and motion control systems. The Pratt and Whitney Labmaster Universal has helped Harmonic ...
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NASA - Roller Bearings to Millionths
Description: The lead tribology Metrologist of one NASA laboratory stated "The radial internal clearance and axial internal clearance kits for the Labmaster Universal will help further establish us as a very ...
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10% savings of expensive stabilizer raw material realized utilizing efficient reversible homogenizing mixer
From: ARDE Barinco, Inc.Description: Scott Foods, Inc., is a specialty manufacturer of high quality sauces, marinades, and aloe vera products in Paramount, CA. Powdered stabilizer gums such as Xanthan Gum and Carrageenan are used to ...
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5000 Liter Batch of Xanthan Gum Dispersed in 30 Minutes
From: ARDE Barinco, Inc.Description: PROBLEM: Bentley Mills, City of Industry, CA, recently installed a state-of-the-art, computer-controlled carpet printing system. The turn-key system was supplied with color mixing and gum preparation ...
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Antibacterial Emulsion Hand Cleaner Production Increased 30%
From: ARDE Barinco, Inc.Description: Problem: Increasing sales and the prospect of having to work overtime or put on an extra shift to meet production requirements is the kind of problem most chemical producers would like to have. ...
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Carpet Dyeing Paste Production
From: ARDE Barinco, Inc.Description: Early in 1979, we conducted a careful study of our color kitchen mixing procedures. We found that instead of making all our dyeing pastes from scratch, we could increase our production, improve ...
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High Flow, High Shear Rotor/Stator Mixer Combines with Scraped Surface Agitation to Prepare Fine Grain Creams and Lotions
From: ARDE Barinco, Inc.Description: Gar Laboratories, Inc., is an FDA-REGISTERED provider of complete contract packaging services for sun screens, bathe creams, liquids, creams, lotions, soaps, perfumes and colognes. At their facility ...
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High-Shear Reversible Homogenizer Ensures Abrasive Product Stability
From: ARDE Barinco, Inc.Description: PROBLEM: Abso-Clean Industries, Inc., of Detroit, MI, needed to increase production capacity for several liquid abrasive cleaners. More mixing tanks and floor space would be required to keep up with ...
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In-Line Dispersing Grinder Saves 15-20 Cents Per Gallon For Paint Manufacturer
From: ARDE Barinco, Inc.Description: Difficulties were experienced at a paint manufacturing operation when pigment particles were reagglomerated during let-down. ...
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In-Line Powder Disperser Cuts Blending Time 75%
From: ARDE Barinco, Inc.Description: Polymeric thickener is dispersed into 1000-kg batches of gels. ...
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Reversible Homogenizing Mixer Blends Stabilizer Slurries For Fruit-Based Sauces
From: ARDE Barinco, Inc.Description: Top quality fruit-based sauces, fillings, and toppings for food service and industrial markets are processed at the Clovis, CA, plant of Lyons Magnus. The company grows its own fruit, including ...
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Reversible Homogenizing Mixer Increases Production 300%
From: ARDE Barinco, Inc.Description: Problem: Increasing demand for natural honeysuckle and apple cream rinses created a manufacturing bottleneck for Tom's of Maine, Inc., who manufactures and sells natural personal care products such as ...
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Reversible Homogenizing Mixer Prepares Ideal Emulsions and Suspensions
From: ARDE Barinco, Inc.Description: Problem: Spray-Tek, Inc., a custom spray drying company located in Middlesex, NJ, processes products including starches, gelatins, celluloses and gums in continuous production runs of up to four ...
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Savings Reported At The Print Plant, Inc.
From: ARDE Barinco, Inc.Description: An Ardematic Automatic Mixing Station, connecting conveyor and Spraymation, Inc., programmed liquid dispensing system has reduced color shop labor from 6 to 3 men per shift at the Print Plant, Inc., ...
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Simplied Ointment Manufacture Using Improved Suspension Technique
From: ARDE Barinco, Inc.Description: Ever since the establishment in 1878, H. Clay Glover Company has been a leading manufacturer of over-the-counter anti-dandruff products. As one of the country's oldest pharmaceutical manufacturing ...
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Maximizing Return on Acquiring a 3D Printing / Additive Manufacturing Capability
From: Stratasys, Ltd.Description: 3D printing is establishing a presence across a very wide variety of industries, from musical instruments to medical implants. The benefits of the technology are widely known and have been confirmed ...
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Steps To Reduce Steam Energy Losses
From: Cleaver-BrooksDescription: The fuel spend in a manufacturing or process operation is a significant part of the company's operating budget. Studies show that plants waste as much as $0.27 to $0.39 of every dollar due to poor ...
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Annealing copper tubes to create formed tubes and pipes
Description: The application involves a variety of copper tubes for annealing applications; the end products are formed tubes and pipes for various industrial uses. ...
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White Paper: Energy Saving Innovations in Paint System Design
Description: Lean manufacturing says that money spent on resources for any goal other than the creation of value is wasteful and should be eliminated. Green technology seeks to conserve natural resources and curb ...
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Coordinating Product Color Across Job Functions
Description: Controlling the color and appearance of products can involve a number of individuals, departments, and suppliers. This process requires a color to be specified, produced, and inspected for accuracy ...
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Niche Manufacturing and Lean Production
From: Torque TransmissionDescription: As manufacturers, we want to build quality tools and parts that fit our customers' needs. But we are also business people and customers needs have to be balanced against what is best for the business. ...
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White Paper: Five Steps To Save Energy
Description: Process optimization is one of the easiest ways to save energy and money on new or existing ovens or drying equipment. ...
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White Paper: Right Angle Pop-Up Chain Transfer
Description: Right angle pop-up chain transfer for wood and cement drying lines, useful when parts need to make a 90º turn. ...
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Design Engineers Checklist for Meeting All Thermal Management Requirements
From: Thermal Edge, Inc.Description: This checklist is intended to help design engineers verify the important thermal management requirements for enclosure cooling systems. The checklist covers environmental conditions, cooling ...
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How to Easily Replace an Enclosure Cooling System from Another Manufacturer
From: Thermal Edge, Inc.Description: When an enclosure air conditioner on one of your electrical enclosures fails, you need to act quickly before the panel overheats. But what do you do when you cannot find or contact the original ...
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Six Tips for Selecting a Sealed Electrical Enclosure & Cooling Package
From: Thermal Edge, Inc.Description: Although many electrical enclosures are naturally ventilated, there are a number of sound technical reasons for using sealed electrical enclosures. These include keeping components clean, dry, and ...
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A Checklist of Boiler Maintenance Tasks
From: Cleaver-BrooksDescription: According to a study conducted by the National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors, poor maintenance practices or a defective low water cutoff causes most boiler incidents, including those ...
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Averaging the Color of Your Sample
Description: When there's a lot of variation in a sample's color, evaluating it against the standard or communicating its color to others becomes more complex. With the appropriate measurement instrumentation, ...
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Best Practices: Visually Evaluating the Color of Samples
Description: The method for evaluating the color and appearance of a sample is unique to each application. Many applications, including textiles, ink, plastics, and paint, require visual assessments to be ...
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Color Formulation to Match Color Standards More Efficiently
Description: When formulating the color of dye, ink, paint, plastic, or other materials, standardized procedures and conditions are required to match standards through a more efficient process. This involves ...
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Color Measurement Instrument Geometries
Description: Which Illumination Angle is Ideal for Evaluating the Color of Your Samples? An object may appear brighter, duller, lighter, or darker depending on the angle at which it is viewed. This is because ...
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Defining Color Tolerances: Is the Color Difference Between the Sample and the Standard Acceptable?
Description: The end goal of implementing a color process is to get the color you want, or your customer wants, for the finished product through an efficient and streamlined process. If the color of a product ...
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Identifying Color Differences Using L*a*b* or L*C*H* Coordinates
Description: How Closely Does the Sample Match the Standard? Even if two colors look the same to one person, slight differences may be found when evaluated with a color measurement instrument. If the color of a ...
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Same Instrument Models, Different Color Measurement Results?
Description: When coordinating the color of a product or a sample internally or throughout the supply chain, measurements of the objectâ s color are often performed by two or more instruments. Instruments that are ...
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Sample Preparation and Presentation for Accurate Color Measurement
Description: To accurately measure the color of your samples, standardized procedures are required. This includes preparing and presenting the samples the same for each instrumental measurement reading. If ...
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Specular Component Included (SCI) vs. Specular Component Excluded (SCE)
Description: The texture and glossiness of your samples may make them appear brighter, duller, lighter, or darker. This is because an object's surface condition directly affects how the wavelengths of light ...
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Thermochromism: The Effects of Temperature on Pigments and Dyes
Description: Using heat or high temperature is common practice in plant operations to manufacture a product. Elevated temperature, however, can affect a product's physical appearance, particularly color. This ...
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Understanding Standard Illuminants in Color Measurement
Description: Without light, we cannot see color. With light, color is seen but may appear differently under one type of light than another. An apple, for example, may appear redder under incandescent light than it ...
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Understanding Standard Observers in Color Measurement
Description: The sensitivity of the human eye varies from person to person, often causing color to appear differently to each individual. This subjectivity often leads to inconsistencies when evaluating or ...
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Advanced Membrane Degassing Technology for Radiation Source Term Reduction and Corrosion Control in Nuclear Power Plants
Description: Dissolved gas control in a nuclear power plant's water system, including the primary make-up water storage tank and refueling water storage tank, can be essential to reduce radiation source term ...
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Jotem Water Treatment uses Liqui-Cel® for Oxygen Removal from the Feedwater of a Central District Heating System in a Dutch Power Station
Description: Central district heating systems have gained attention in recent years because they can be more efficient than localized boiler units. The efficiency of district heating is usually realized due to ...
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Liqui-Cel® Membrane Contactor Technology Being Evaluated for Dissolved Gas Removal from Water in Many Hydrocarbon Processes
Description: The oil and gas industry has utilized various deaeration technologies for many years to remove dis-solved gases, particularly oxygen, from injection water. Minimizing the environmental impact, ...
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Functional safety to IEC/EN 61508
Description: Every use of technology simultaneously represents a safety risk. The breakdown and malfunction of process plants and machines can lead to personal, environmental and material risks. The effects of ...
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Trends in Microsensor Measurement
Description: "Good. Fast. Cheap. Choose two." This common adage doesn't just apply to the design of systems; it also applies to the system itself. ...
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4 Enclosure Cooling Methods that Prevent Plant Shut-Down
From: Thermal Edge, Inc.Description: In industrial facilities, electronic equipment is frequently used for motor control and most machines are PLC controlled. This use of electronic equipment has increased electrical enclosure heat loads ...
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Active vs Passive Scanning for Multi-Point Measurement
Description: The distinction between touch-trigger (single point) measurement and scanning is well known. Touch trigger has been described as a "woodpecker" approach-measure a point, move to another location, ...
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Increase Employee Safety with Layers of Protection
From: Honeywell Sensing & IoTDescription: We ask a lot of our employees when we ask them to work with hazardous chemicals and products during their workday. Even with advanced engineering controls and safety precautions, accidental chemical ...
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Watts OneFlow® Anti-Scale Systems Solves Hard Water Woes in Public School
From: WattsDescription: Scale build-up in the combi ovens in all the district's kitchens was so bad that at times lunch was served late. After replacing the ovens several times, and trying a variety of treatment systems, the ...
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Watts TRITON™ Pipe Fusion System Trims Costs and Labor
From: WattsDescription: TRITON™ Pipe Fusion System Trims Costs & Labor. ...
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EXPERTISE: HEATERS, CONTROLS, SYSTEMS, ENGINEERING
From: Infinity Fluids Corp.Description: Please read this operation guide before operating any Infinity Heaters. ...
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Infinity Heaters Technology and Reference
From: Infinity Fluids Corp.Description: As with all Infinity heaters, our CRES and CENTAX designs offer the best size, weight and cost savings available in the market. The durability and specialized construction of our heaters make them ...
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5 Precautions to Consider for an Outdoor Electrical Enclosure Air Conditioner
From: Thermal Edge, Inc.Description: Outdoor electrical enclosures can be found in applications such as security systems, digital signs, telecommunications, and any other situation when electrical components are present. When selecting a ...
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Hazards for Crew Members on a Barge Deck
Description: A barge deck is a non self-propelled flat bottom vessel used for transportation on oceans, rivers and canals. They transport oversized materials such as machinery, grain, coal and fuel. Today's barges ...
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Retrofitting Containment Curbs for Safety
Description: Incidental spills in mixing areas in agricultural environments are dangerous to the environment and humans. Nearly three-fourths of all pesticide accidents occur to non-users of the material, ...
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Annealing a bolt shaft [IH]
Description: A three turn helical coil is used to heat the shaft of the bolts for 10 to 12 seconds on the large bolts and 18 to 20 seconds on the smaller bolts using the same coil... ...
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APCO Packaging Moves Perlite in Low Headroom Area with Flexible Screw Conveyor
From: Flexicon CorporationDescription: A packager contracted to blend and package expanded perlite, delivered in bulk bags too large to be emptied into the packaging equipment. A Flexicon flexible screw conveyor proved the best way to move ...
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Sanitary Ribbon Blender Helps Food Processor Meet GMP, HACCP Standards
Description: Quality Custom Blending specializes in custom blending of dried powdered food products and strives to maintain the highest quality standards. When expanded production was needed, the firm added a ...
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Braze an end plug on a stainless steel car grill [IH]
Description: A three turn square shaped helical coil is used to heat the end of the grill. End plugs are inserted into the grill and the assembly is inserted into the coil for 30 seconds. ...
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Heating fastener blanks for thread rolling [HCE]
Description: Induction heating provides faster cycle times and extended tool life with preheat step, hands-free heating that involves no operator skill for manufacturing... ...
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Heating fastener blanks for thread rolling [IH]
Description: Induction heating provides faster cycle times and extended tool life with preheat step, hands-free heating that involves no operator skill for manufacturing... ...
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Corrosion Resistant Heating For HCL Pickling
From: TITAN Metal FabricatorsDescription: The Steel industry has traditionally used PTFE immersion coils and direct steam spargers to heat pickle baths. This article reviews the alternatives offered with Tantalum coils and Tantalum shell and ...
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Biopharmaceutical Company Installs ClearFire-C Boilers to Meet Tough Emissions Requirements
From: Cleaver-BrooksDescription: Emissions regulations in the San Francisco Bay Area are some of the most stringent in the country. ...
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Twin Flexible Screw Conveyors at Tequila Producer Boost Efficiency, Safety, Quality
From: Flexicon CorporationDescription: Casa Cuervo, which produces tequila, eggnog, sangria wine and margarita mix, improved efficiency, safety and quality by installing a Flexicon material-conveying system in its Guadalajara distillery. ...
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Annealing ammunition casings [IH]
Description: Induction offers the same result every time, while a torch often delivers variation and there is no open flame with induction... ...
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Brazing a steel and copper strip to carbide [IH]
Description: Heating took less than 30 seconds, is highly repeatable and there is no open flame, clear benefits over flame heating.It is a safer method of heating than torch heating... ...
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Vocational Service Blends Dry Products for Commercial Bakers with Sanitary Ribbon Blender
Description: A vocational center operates a plant in which blends a wide range of dry bulk food ingredients. The facility uses a Munson Double Ribbon Blender because of its versatility and ability to produce a ...
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Exterior coatings producer blends abrasives with no shaft seal wear
Description: A manufacturer of stucco and exterior coatings uses a Munson ribbon blender to meet the challenge of blending heavy, abrasive aggregates non-stop, all day, without premature seal leakage. ...
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Family-run Seasonings Company Puts More Spice into Production
From: Flexicon CorporationDescription: To meet increasing demand, J.O. Spice Company reorganized its production operations including adding a Flexicon bulk bag discharger. The redesigned system is both more efficient and easier to operate. ...
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Annealing a zinc wire prior to forming pellets for air rifles [IH]
Description: A fourteen-turn coil is used to heat 3.9" (100mm) of zinc wire. The wire is placed in the coil for 5 seconds to reach the desired condition just prior to the forming process... ...
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Basics of Electric Heaters
From: Backer Hotwatt Inc.Description: The simplest definition of an electric heater is any device that changes electrical energy into heat energy. But from that simple explanation, electric heaters explode into a myriad of types, sizes, ...
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Bulk Bag Unloading/Filling/Conveying System Supplies Packaging Line with Powdered Flavors
From: Flexicon CorporationDescription: Surging sales of powdered flavors exceeded the capacity of a plant's manual dumping and packaging equipment. The company boosted production with two bulk transfer systems manufactured by Flexicon. ...
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How to ensure flowmeter performance and continued accuracy using ABB's in situ verification tools
Description: Enhanced long term accuracy and reliability through in situ verification. ...
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De-bonding a magnetic steel paint can lid [IH]
Description: The goal of the process is to quickly and cleanly remove the can lid and to pour out paint to reformulate. Induction enabled rapid removal of the paint can lids... ...
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Soldering windows to time indicator housings [IH]
Description: Soldering soda lime glass metal edged windows to steel time indicator housings ... ...
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Introduction to Air Pollution Control
Description: Has a regulatory agency announced regulations in your industry or declared your workplace unhealthy? Do your neighbors complain about odors? Do you face the dilemma of balancing company profitability ...
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Steps to Treat Boiler Water
From: Cleaver-BrooksDescription: Boiler water treatment is important for proper operation and maintenance of a boiler system. If proper water chemistry is not followed and maintained, a boiler will begin to have problems within the ...
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Electropolishing Standards and Guidelines
From: Terra Universal, Inc.Description: This document provides a description of the electropolishing (EP) procedures performed by Terra Universal. It also specifies a series of criteria for evaluating the integrity and cleanliness of the ...
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Glovebox 101
From: Terra Universal, Inc.Description: Terra's versatile designs let you configure a chamber to your exact process specifications-using standard control modules and standard pricing! This 2-step overview will help you select the right ...