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Preheating an automotive transaxle (welding) [MEC]
Description: The steel axle was painted with temperature indicating paint and a thermocouple was attached to the part... ...
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Brazing carbide tips to a steel cutter [MEC]
Description: The cutter was held in a vice and the coil was presented to heat the assembly. A ceramic rod was used to press the carbide tip onto steel cutter during brazing. ...
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Simple Advice on Desiccant Dryer Maintenance
From: Van Air Systems, Inc.Description: Regenerative desiccant compressed air dryers require preventive maintenance. All too often, the routine maintenance on air dryers is overlooked. Many air dryers simply run until something breaks. ...
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Cooper Tire gets a Better Grip...
From: ABB JOKAB SAFETYDescription: The Cooper Tire and Rubber Company Europe Limited, the manufacturer of Avon brand tires and recognized as a world leader in the pneumatic tire market, has begun updating machine safety systems with ...
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Eden E is perfect for the food industry
From: ABB JOKAB SAFETYDescription: Eden E has replaced mechanical switches on filling machines from ELOPAK in order to increase reliability and ensure a high level of safety ...
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JOKAB Solution for Bottle Filling Machine Manufacturer
From: ABB JOKAB SAFETYDescription: Saves Time, Money, and Meets Highest Safety Category for Worldwide Manufacturer of Bottle Filling Machines! ...
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Brazing a copper tube assembly [IH]
Description: The proposed system is capable of heating a wide variety of tube assemblies, is light enough to be used on a cart and is able to meet the client's time/productivity objectives... ...
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Brazing a copper tube assembly [MEC]
Description: The proposed system is capable of heating a wide variety of tube assemblies, is light enough to be used on a cart and is able to meet the client's time/productivity objectives... ...
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Preheating a titanium billet to temperature prior to rolling [MEC]
Description: Induction uniformly heats the large billet and the client's longer 15 foot billets quickly to 1800C... ...
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Confirmation of workpiece on pallet and robot hand( 2 air gaps transmission)
From: B&Plus USA, Inc.Description: Wireless power supply success story about Robot!! ...
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MBS International Airport ZMesh Roof Ice Melt System
From: Heatizon SystemsDescription: FREELAND, MICHIGAN October 2012- Heatizon Systems has a unique presence at the new MBS International Airport Terminal, in the Great Lakes Bay Region, in providing an extensive roof deicing system for ...
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A Different Look at Water: Part I
From: Dupont Water SolutionsDescription: It should be no surprise that the demand for water outstrips its ready supply everywhere around the world. As global population soars, food, energy and freshwater are becoming increasingly scarce. ...
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Sulfate Removal-The Adoption of a Water Treatment Technology by the Oil and Gas Industry
From: Dupont Water SolutionsDescription: Nearly all the water industry conferences nowadays have a significant part of the program dedicated to water treatment associated with the production of oil and gas. The same holds true for ...
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Thinking Differently About Water: Part II
From: Dupont Water SolutionsDescription: The Middle East and North Africa represent a vivid case study in water scarcity, with 6.3% of the world's population and only 1.4% of the world's renewable fresh water. Even abundant and valuable oil ...
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Annealing a steel shaft for stress relief [IH]
Description: Flameless induction heating allows formerly batch process to be done in-line saving time and energy. No rotation of part needed. ...
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Annealing a steel shaft for stress relief [MEC]
Description: Flameless induction heating allows formerly batch process to be done in-line saving time and energy. No rotation of part needed. ...
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Automating Water Jet Processes is a Smart Business Decision
From: Staubli CorporationDescription: For the past fifty years, manufacturers have experienced increasing pressure to produce more while simultaneously meeting challenges to reduce operating costs, improve operational efficiencies, ...
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Booklet available: Temperature Control By Means of Fluid Media
From: Regloplas Corp.Description: Content of this booklet: Theory: Temperature control units; Cooling systems for the plastics industry; Control engineering; Data interfaces; Temperature measurement in the plastics industry; Pumps; ...
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Curing ink on aluminum bottle caps [IH}
Description: A double channel coil is used for the ink drying application. Fifteen bottle caps are placed inside the coil and power is applied for 3 seconds to dry the ink. ...
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Curing ink on aluminum bottle caps [MEC]
Description: A double channel coil is used for the ink drying application. Fifteen bottle caps are placed inside the coil and power is applied for 3 seconds to dry the ink. ...
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Robotics in aseptic drug manufacturing.
From: Staubli CorporationDescription: They key to Advanced Aseptic Processing is absolute control of all sources of contaminants, most importantly the human element. Robotics and isolator-barrier systems are core technologies in this ...
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Importance of Anneal for Plating of Solar Cells
From: Despatch - ITW EAEDescription: One method to achieve low-cost, high effi ciency cells is to replace screen printing with plating. Plating promises to replace high cost silver with that of a lower cost metal, such as copper or ...
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Maintenance-Free Dryer for Solar Cell Metallization Lines
From: Despatch - ITW EAEDescription: A state of the art metallization dryer should be capable of completely drying cells without contamination of cells, the dryer or the environment. This poster illustrates how the Dritech dryer, through ...
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A Study in Machinery Failure Detection
From: SymphonyAI IndustrialDescription: This paper presents a comparison of machinery condition monitoring results obtained through the use of troubleshooting tools and traditional predictive maintenance instruments and software. ...
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The Secret Behind Effective Machine Condition Analysis
From: SymphonyAI IndustrialDescription: The field of predictive machinery test and monitoring has developed a wide range of techniques, methodologies and instrumentation. Although many of the tests are valuable diagnostic tools and are ...
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Cartridge Heaters Selection, Applications and Installation Guidelines
From: ChromaloxDescription: Type CIR cartridge heaters are most frequently used for heating metal parts by insertion into drilled holes. For easy installation, the heaters are made slightly undersize relative to their nominal ...
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How to Make a Fan Talk
From: Monarch InstrumentDescription: As the fan is running view it from the side. You will be able to detect any "wobble" or misalignment of the blades relative to one another. A fan in good condition should have all three blades ...
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Using a Stroboscope to Measure RPM
From: Monarch InstrumentDescription: The primary use for a stroboscope is to stop motion for diagnostic inspection purposes. However, the stroboscope can be used to measure speed. In order to do this, several factors need to be ...
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Brazing a brass tube assembly [valve manufacturing] [IH]
Description: With the recommended coil configuration, the cycle time turned out to be 25% less than what the client was targeting, resulting in increased production efficienc; a good braze joint was formed, and ...
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Brazing a brass tube assembly [valve manufacturing] [MEC]
Description: With the recommended coil configuration, the cycle time turned out to be 25% less than what the client was targeting, resulting in increased production efficienc; a good braze joint was formed, and ...
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Heating a nanoparticle solution to 40 ºC [IH]
Description: Heat a nanoparticle solution to get it to increase at least 40 ºC for medical research/laboratory testing ...
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Heating a 4" Tubular Carbon Susceptor to 5400 ?F (3000 ?C)
Description: A tubular carbon susceptor is held within an atmospherecontrolled quartz chamber. Induction is used to heat the susceptor... ...
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Soldering a Radio Antenna [MEC]
Description: To heat a coaxial antenna assembly to 600°F within 2 seconds for a soldering application. The goal to improve on an existing procedure with a soldering iron which required 10 to 15 seconds... ...
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Hardening a steel fitting for a machined parts manufacturer [MEC]
Description: The coil design enabled the part to be raised into the heating coilfrom the bottom. The design was also made to ensure it will work well within the customer's current setup... ...
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Stress relieving flat blanks of carbon steel to reduce wheel hardness [IH]
Description: Induction offers uniform heating, which flame does not offer, is more efficient than flame and can rapidly melt the materials... ...
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Stress relieving flat blanks of carbon steel to reduce wheel hardness [MEC]
Description: Induction offers uniform heating, which flame does not offer, is more efficient than flame and can rapidly melt the materials... ...
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Thermocold Costruzioni Srl Add Article Bombas de calor multifuncionales de alta temperatura Heating and Cooling Equipment
Description: Las leyes actuales muestran que el objetivo principal consiste en la reducción del consumo de energía y de las emisiones atmosféricas. Los edificios deben ser vistos como un sistema completo e ...
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Multifunctional units in the tertiary sectors
Description: In the buildings used in the tertiary sector, such as shopping centers, hotels, wellness center, large directional complex, there are frequent situations where is required simultaneous production in ...
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Air Showers- Increasing Productivity and Reducing Operating
From: Clean Air ProductsDescription: A cleanroom provides a controlled environment in which companies can produce contaminant-free products. Air showers are a vital component in maintaining that clean environment. They protect the ...
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Articulated Alignment Scope
Description: Customer needed precision alignment of tiny parts on a routine basis. Strong magnification was needed to make small parts visible for most accurate alignment. Instrument would have to look straight ...
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Deepwater Video Fiberscope
Description: The Water Division of a major city contracted with a commercial diving company to repair a malfunctioning valve some 700 feet underwater. Careful inspection of the valve's condition was needed prior ...
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MAIN ROTOR STRAP INSPECTION SYSTEM
Description: Critical surface inspection under high magnification is needed to assess the quality of edge preparation of individual rotor straps. These straps are later stacked to make "strap packs", whose ...
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Nuclear Weld Inspections
Description: Combustion Engineering designed a system to remotely repair coolant tubes in heat exchangers. The process called for inserting new liner tubes into old corroded tubes and to weld the top and bottom of ...
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Rocket Case Inspection System
Description: Design a carriage and slide to translate and rotate rocket case. Drives for both motions to be air-motors for explosive prevention. Include fiber optics illumination into both probes with high ...
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Rotary Scanning Probe
Description: Customer's needs were to view a reaction at the surface of crude oil within a narrow vessel. A thick walled glass tube, sealed at one end, was submerged in the oil, creating a passage for a viewing ...
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Scanning Zoom Borescope
Description: Inspect the entire front air intake section of a GE 404 engine, buried deep inside a new single engine aircraft being manufactured by Volvo. Only available port enables viewing from approximately ...
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Small Diameter/High Temp Borescope
Description: Certain sections of a high temperature glass-forming mill required remote monitoring via video. The customer wanted to re-use existing borescope cooling shrouds, but no offthe- shelf scope of the ...
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Underwater Spent Fuel Inspection System
Description: Inspect fuel elements within nuclear energy bundles located 10 meters under water. Probe size to be 8mm diameter with working length of 500mm. Probe must be capable of 90° scan from forward to right ...
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Incisive Surgical selects Cleveland Vibrator Turbomite vibrators
Description: The CVT-P-10 miniature turbine vibrator from Cleveland Vibrator Company was selected for the Incisive Surgical INSORB staple manufacturing site, where injection molding machines produce eight ...
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Automated Shipbuilding for Navy Aircraft Carrier
Description: Recently commenced is a project that will see Gullco welding automation used to produce two UK Navy Air Craft carriers in the coming months. This shipyard in Cammell Laird, Merseyside has selected ...
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Automation Solutions for Special Applications
Description: The project under way at Langfields involves welding large sections of stainless steel pipe in segmented bends. The internal diameter of the vessel is 1900mm with circumferential seams of 90 and 135 ...
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Improve Shipyard Welding Processes with Automation Carriage
Description: The Govan / Scotstoun Shipyard were faced with building new vessels with more stringent quality standards as well as a tighter deadline. These problems of having to decrease distortion levels as well ...
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Improved Cutting Processes with Automation Carriage
Description: Irish Cement has been producing cement for over 60 years and in order to maintain their competitive advantage they must have their facility in precise working condition. This is why when they were ...
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Achieving Peace of Mine
Description: By their general nature, the majority of mining activities take place in relatively pristine environments. As the level of environmental consciousness has increased around the world, the charge to the ...
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Polymers in the Mining Industry
Description: Mining operations can meet the demands of increased environmental vigilance with polymer preparation systems. With the amount of waste material that is produced during mining, that is a difficult ...
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Welding Automation Improves Overlay Processes
Description: The Queensland company IMES has begun using a Plasma Transfer Arc Welding (PTAW) process in the repair of their mining equipment. Through the use of Gullco International Pty Limited's KAT® ...
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Choosing Replacement Desiccant: Pitfalls to Avoid
From: Van Air Systems, Inc.Description: Desiccant doesn't last forever, regardless of the type of compressed air dryer that you have. All desiccant needs to be replaced or replenished eventually. However, there are a few things that have to ...
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Brazing a carbide to a stainless steel shaft for a gripper [MEC]
Description: A three-turn helical coil is used to braze the carbide to the stainless steel shaft. A silver solder washer is placed over the post on the shaft, the carbide is placed on the washer and flux is ...
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Brazing copper tubes to a brass manifold block [IH]
Description: The proposed process met the client's time objective, and is faster than oven heating. ...
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Annealing a copper wire connector (crimp) [IH]
Description: Due to the use of a higher power system, speed expectations were exceeded and improved over the client's previous method, which was torch heating. .. ...
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Annealing a copper wire connector (crimp) [MEC]
Description: The client wanted to be able to heat parts of various sizes, which was achieved with a concentrator coil. .. ...
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Brazing three copper tubes to create a four-way valve [MEC]
Description: Due to the use of a higher power system, speed expectations were exceeded and improved over the client's previous method, which was torch heating... ...
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Mass Spectroscopy of Metastable Species during Plasma Processing - GEC 2011
From: Hiden AnalyticalDescription: Among the techniques in common use for mass spectrometric studies of processing plasmas, the so-called 'threshold ionisation' (TI) method for examining the neutral species generated in a plasma has ...
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New Technology Offers Better Choices in Spectrophotometers
From: DatacolorDescription: Although color spectrophotometers are designed to measure specimens both accurately and repeatably, they accomplish these measurements only within tolerances. Spectrophotometers aren't perfect ...
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Brazing aluminum electrical lug assembly [MEC]
Description: A five turn helical coil is used to braze the assembly. The parts are assembled and placed in the coil. Power is applied and a braze stick is used to braze the two parts in 25-30 seconds... ...
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Brazing copper bars to copper slip ring (motor refurbish) [MEC]
Description: A three-turn helical coil is used to heat the slip ring. Power is applied for 25 minutes to bring the ring up to brazing temperature. The slip ring is then held at temperature as the self locating 52 ...
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Baked Goods Plant Realizes 60% Energy Savings
From: ITW Air ManagementDescription: Replacing an old, energy-hogging airdrying system with a state-of-the-art new one designed by Paxton Products enabled a major wholesale bakery to cut energy costs at one of their Canadian facilities ...
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Brazing various copper and steel tubes (HVAC) [IH]
Description: Customer is currently using flame brazing in a large facility for this application and will gain safety benefits with induction such as no hazardous fumes or open flames. Customer came to Ambrell ...
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Brazing various copper and steel tubes (HVAC) [MEC
Description: Customer is currently using flame brazing in a large facility for this application and will gain safety benefits with induction such as no hazardous fumes or open flames. Customer came to Ambrell ...
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Engineering Solutions for the PCB Industry
From: ITW Air ManagementDescription: Technical Devices Company serves the printed circuit board (PCB) industry, manufacturing machines which solder circuit boards; specialized circuit board cleaning machines to remove chemical residue, ...
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Perfect Date Coding with 80% Less Energy Usage
From: ITW Air ManagementDescription: Installation of a new drying system on a canning line at a leading carbonated soft drink bottler in Indianapolis, IN, has cut compressed air usage by 15 percent. The PowerDry System from Paxton ...
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Preheating a turbine blade (welding) [MEC]
Description: The end result is a preheating process that allows the part to move quickly to the welding step while meeting all quality requirements ...
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Heat of Compression Dryers Operating Cost: Ain't No Such Thing as a Free Lunch
From: Van Air Systems, Inc.Description: A discussion on the principles of an HOC dryer and then suggest why, contrary to the claims in our competitors' product literature, the HOC is not a low-energy means of air drying. ...
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Brazing copper and brass valve assemblies (HVAC) [MEC]
Description: The copper tube (1/8"/3.2mm) is inserted into the flared copper tube (1/4"/6.4mm). Two braze rings are placed on the copper tubes and the power is applied.... ...
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Brazing steel drill bits (aerospace) [MEC]
Description: The client wanted to heat three parts concurrently, and this process allowed up to five parts to be heated concurrently... ...
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Air-to-Water Heat Exchanger Reduces Operating Costs by $120,000 per Year
Description: A pharmaceutical company had a 5,000 SCFM oxidizer that they were looking to relocate to another facility across the United States. The destruction efficiency rate and heat recovery expectation at the ...
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Pemaco Superfund Site Remediation
Description: Pemaco was formerly a chemical facility located in a light industrial and residential area of Maywood, CA, adjacent to the Los Angeles River. No one knows how long hazardous substances had been ...
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EtO Sterilizer Abatement
Description: Product sterilization companies are generally required to utilize a pollution control device for treatment of exhaust gases from their aeration room and sterilization chambers. In the United States, ...
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Noncontact measurement of central lens thickness
From: Precitec, Inc.Description: The production of high-quality optical lenses from glass or polymer materials is subject to tight specification tolerances. Critical lens parameters such as central thickness have to be monitored ...
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Preheating steel rods for a welding application [MEC]
Description: Induction does a superior job penetrating the pin when compared to a torch, which is critical to preheating for welding and enables fast heating which can boost production compared to torch heating ...
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Pure Terephthalic Acid Plant
Description: A major chemical manufacturer required a pollution control system to destroy the halogenated volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emitted during the formulation of Pure Terephthalic Acid (PTA). ...
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RTO Handles High VOC Loading at Silgan Containers
Description: As the first generation of oxidizer systems in the industry nears the end of their service life, many canmaking plants face repair or replacement of their existing air pollution control systems. ...
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Surface hardening of steel screws
Description: Induction heating enables precise application of heat, faster process time and production rates and the ability to be incorporated into existing production lines ...
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World's Largest Remediation Site
Description: Hong Kong's Kai Tak Airport, the world's busiest airport in 1997, became the world's largest remediation site once it was closed. When the airport was decommissioned in 1999 in favor of the new Chek ...
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Double-Sided Flat-Honing Holds ±2µ, Speeds Production
From: Stahli USA, Inc.Description: A new fixed abrasive flat-honing technology has expanded the materials and tolerance capabilities of shop specializing in precision lapping. ...
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Fixed Abrasives Take Lapping Into Another Dimension
From: Stahli USA, Inc.Description: Traditionally, the grinding process known as lapping has been employed in stock removal of metal and ceramic workpieces to achieve a desired concentricity or "fl atness." Flat lapping typically ...
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Flat Honing Clears Production Hurdles
From: Stahli USA, Inc.Description: Aerospace bearings have to perform under extreme conditions for extended periods of time. Erik Keim can relate to this. As the manufacturing engineering manager for Emerson Power Transmission, he and ...
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Lapping and Flathoning with Two Wheel Machines
From: Stahli USA, Inc.Description: The term two-wheel or double-wheel lapping refers to a material-removal or cutting method between two rotating wheels. This description will explain how the wheels rotate with respect to each other, ...
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Lapping Gets Cleaner
From: Stahli USA, Inc.Description: Many companies are replacing their traditional flat lapping operations with a newer technology called flathoning --a process commonly known as clean lapping. Flathoning is a cleaner, faster process ...
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Abengoa Bioenergy Case Study
From: Cleaver-BrooksDescription: Cleaver-Brooks provides important Heat Recovery Steam Generation (HRSG) technology for Abengoa Bioenergy's high-octane automotive-grade ethanol plant in York, Nebraska. The Energy Recovery ...
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Alverno College Reduces Fuel Costs by 20%
From: Cleaver-BrooksDescription: In early 2009, following a long winter, the 70-year-old boilers at Alverno College in Milwaukee, Wis., started to blow tubes. As a result, John Marks, director of plant operations for Alverno College, ...
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Approaches to Produced Water Treatment Evolving
From: Eco-Tec, Inc.Description: Heavy-oil fields throughout North America are now fully engaged in utilizing produced water as boiler feed for thermal extraction - a more reliable, environmentally friendly approach compared to using ...
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Capistrano Unified Reduces Indoor Air Contaminants By 66%
Description: After exhausting maintenance options, Capistrano Unified officials turned to technology to help improve indoor air quality. The compact Sanuvox UV Air Purification Unit was installed in the HVAC ...
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Case in Point - UV and a Filter Overhaul Team Up to Clean Up IAQ in Miami
Description: UV and a Filter Overhaul Team Up to Clean Up IAQ in Miami ...
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Decas Cranberry Case Study
From: Cleaver-BrooksDescription: Decas Cranberry Products, Inc., is the second largest processor of sweet dried cranberries in the world. Its facility, located in Carver, Mass., processes more than 50 million pounds of cranberries ...
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Denver Federal Center Case Study
From: Cleaver-BrooksDescription: In order to maintain energy compliance, the Denver Federal Center (DFC) challenged the campus management, and the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), to reduce boiler fuel consumption in a ...
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EFD Induction develops new door straightening solution for Libra-Plast
From: EFD Induction a.s.Description: EFD Induction has developed an innovative door straightening solution for Libra-Plast, one of the world's leading manufacturers of bulkhead doors, hatches and containers for the maritime industry. The ...
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Lincoln Energy Systems Case Study
From: Cleaver-BrooksDescription: C-B Nebraska Boiler, an operating company of Cleaver-Brooks, provides critical auxiliary energy production for Lincoln Energy System's (LES) Salt Valley Generating Station in Lincoln, Nebraska, USA. ...
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North Carolina State University Case Study
From: Cleaver-BrooksDescription: Installed at the Centennial Campus of North Carolina State University, this unit is in the heart of multi-disciplinary R&D neighborhoods with university, corporate, and government facilities ...
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Olin Chlor Chemicals Case Study
From: Cleaver-BrooksDescription: Cleaver-Brooks prides itself on being at the forefront of combustion technology. NATCOM developed a burner package that was able to burn by-product H2 gas while simultaneously firing natural gas or #2 ...