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Does Your Medical Grade Foot Switch Need A Foot Guard / Shroud?
Description: Some medical applications, such as the medical laser industry, require that the foot pedal have a guard-shroud that covers the pedal to help prevent inadvertent actuation. Most applications don't have ...
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Electronic (PCB) vs. Mechanical Foot Controls
Description: An electronic foot control is a pedal consisting of electronics versus mechanical components such as gears, potentiometers, and snap switches. In the world of foot controls the use of electronics is ...
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Ergonomics, Weight Considerations, Measurements
Description: When designing a new foot switch there are many things that you must factor in, but surprising the simplest things could end up being the most important to the end user. The ergonomics, weight, and ...
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FDA 510(k) Clearance
Description: The FDA is arguably the most powerful governing body that regulates the medical industry in the USA. Linemaster has achieved FDA 510(k) Clearance on the IR Wireless foot control product line to prove ...
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How many functions are required, pushbutton options?
Description: When determining that a foot control is required for a particular application, one of the first questions that must be answered is "how many functions does the foot control have to perform?" The ...
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IP (Ingress Protection) Rating
Description: Ingress Protection (IP) ratings are developed by the European Committee for Electro Technical Standardization (CENELEC) (NEMA IEC 60529 Degrees of Protection Provided by Enclosures - IP Code), ...
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Material Makeup of a Foot Control
Description: The material makeup of a foot control assembly can be very simple depending on the application or very detailed if a more sophisticated solution is required. Some single pedal foot control enclosures ...
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Medical Standards
Description: When designing a medical foot control there are many things that must be into account. Certain criteria must be followed in order to produce an interface that meets the standards set forth by the ...
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Wired -vs- Wireless
Description: Wired foot controls have been around for decades. Linemaster created its first wired foot switch in the 1950's and have been adapting to customer requirements and incorporating technological advances ...
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Wood Veneer Slicing Machine
Description: Servos are used to process veneer quickly and provide "close shave" for wood processing machinery. ...
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Household Energy Storage System's Power Solution
Description: Abstract: The intelligent information age greatly increases electricity demand, which, in return, pressures people into seeking for green power generation due to the severe environmental pollution and ...
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Power Solution for Rail Transit
Description: Abstract: China has the world's largest high-speed rail network as long as 20,000 km so far, which not only comprehensively enhances the quality of China's road network but also further develops the ...
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Railway Applications & Selection Guide --- DC/DC Converter Used on Rolling Stock
Description: Abstract: This paper introduces components of vehicle electronic equipment of rail transit and different requirements for them, and puts forward key points complying with EN50155-2007 standard for ...
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Times of 1500V PV System has Come
Description: Abstract: The comparably high cost has been the main barrier to mass deployment of PV markets. How to reduce the cost and improve the efficiency becomes what counts most. 1500V PV power system takes ...
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Challenging Channels: Tubing Innovations Enable Greater Device Capabilities
Description: Technical innovations provided by tubing suppliers fulfill the various needs of medical device manufacturers. ...
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The Trends and Challenges of Medical Extrusion
Description: Our very own Tim Finn, Design Engineer, shared his thoughts on medical extrusion as a contributor to the article Extrapolating Extrusion by Sam Brusco in the October 2018 issue of MPO (Medical Product ...
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Catheter Coatings Benefit from UV Curing
Description: Coating a catheter with a hydrophilic coating allows the catheter to easily travel through the body. Learn why medical device manufacturers are using uv-curable coatings for their catheter coating ...
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Goodrive200A Series Inverter Application for Carding Machine
Description: The carding machine works by opening individual fibers and eliminating impurities of the cotton rolls or the chemical fiber fed by the hopper or the former working process, thus straightening the ...
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Overview of UV Curing in the Medical Industry
Description: Manufacturers of a wide variety of medical products such as syringes, catheters, hearing aids, dialysis machines, medication patches, hydrogels, filters, test strips, etc. find UV curing of coatings, ...
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The Changing Landscape of Medicine & Healthcare
Description: Technology is changing the world in dramatic fashion and it's doing so at a rate of change unparalleled in history. ...
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Constant Force Adjustable Spacers
From: Temper CorporationDescription: Temper® Load Rings are adjustable spacers that have unique properties: they are compressed at a constant force (permanent adjustment) and can spring back a small, constant value. The spacers are ...
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Application Note: Level Detection of Low Viscosity Liquid in Food and Beverage Market
Description: In Food & Beverage applications often it often happens that a standard capacitive sensor is not enough to distinguish the level of a low viscosity liquid in a tank from the film left on the wall. ...
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Application Note: Water Condensation in Freezers
Description: During the drainage of greywater tanks, condensation from wastewater from fridges and freezers can be a problem for supermarkets. ...
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Microlocation ushers major advancement in locating and navigating mobile robots
From: Humatics CorporationDescription: Any industrial automation expert will tell you that robot navigation is not a solved problem. Current localization solutions, using a variety of LIDAR and optical sensors, are often limited to indoors ...
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Microlocation: The Next Era of Navigational Technology
From: Humatics CorporationDescription: Back in the eighteenth century, Harrison's chronometers enabled the precise measurement of longitude at sea, opening new eras of trade and exploration. But not all technological innovations are ...
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Automotive EMC Measurements with Oscilloscopes
From: Teledyne LeCroyDescription: This article provides some insight into making effective automotive electromagnetic-compatibility measurements using an oscilloscope. ...
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Reducing Component Weight for Automotive Applications
From: Proto Labs, Inc.Description: Manufacturing process and material considerations for lightweighting ...
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Compliance to 40th Harmonic Measurement Requirements in Recent 10 CFR 429 and 431 Revisions
From: Ohio Semitronics, Inc.Description: The Department of Energy (DoE) issued changes to the requirements for determining pump energy for equipment driven by electric motors (10 CFR 429 and 431). The DoE issued a Notice of Proposed ...
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A compact solution for DSM food enzymes
From: CurTec USA, Inc.Description: DSM Food Specialities produces many specialty chemicals including food enzymes which help food manufacturers to get more out of their raw materials. In order to be able to guarantee the high quality ...
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The Glass Magazine
From: LANDDescription: Welcome to the first issue of AMETEK Land's new magazine for professionals working in the glass production industry. In this issue, you can discover more about AMETEK Land's products, the technology ...
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Designing Atmospheric-Pressure Plasma Sources for Surface Engineering of Nanomaterials
From: Amp-Line Corp.Description: Selective concentration of human cancer cells using contactless dielectrophoresis This work is the first to demonstrate the ability of contactless dielectrophoresis (cDEP) to isolate target cell ...
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A Microfluidic System for Biological Particle Enrichment Using Contactless Dielectrophoresis
From: Amp-Line Corp.Description: A Microfluidic System for Biological Particle Enrichment Using Contactless Dielectrophoresis Hadi Shafiee,1,2 John L. Caldwell,2,3 and Rafael V. Davalos1,2,4 * 1 Department of Engineering Science and ...
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MSilica Nanoparticles Treated by Cold Atmospheric-Pressure Plasmas Improve the Dielectric Performance of Organic-Inorganic Nanocomposites
From: Amp-Line Corp.Description: Microfluidic mixing using contactless dielectrophoresis The first experimental evidence of mixing enhancement in a microfluidic system using contactless dielectrophoresis (cDEP) is presented in this ...
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Zipcar Technology
From: Critical Link, LLCDescription: What with Omar's post of February 12th, and mine last week, it looks like February has been Car Technology Month here at Critical Link. We're really not all that car mad, it's just that there's so ...
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Positive Train Control
From: Critical Link, LLCDescription: In September 2008, a terrible collision between a freight train and a commuter train in California took twenty-five lives. Just last summer in Spain, a derailment caused by speeding, resulted in 80 ...
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The Internet of Health Care Things
From: Critical Link, LLCDescription: Often when we think of the Internet of Things, we're thinking about gadgets - cool items that make life easier (like my NEST thermostat), or stuff that's just plain fun (like my NEST thermostat). ...
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The Digitization of Medicine
From: Critical Link, LLCDescription: Dr. Eric Topol is perhaps the person most closely associated with the digitization of medicine. Last year, his book on the subject, The Creative Destruction of Medicine, was published. ...
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Large Scale Bulk Handling Project Boosts Gluten-Free Food Production at Bakery On Main
From: Flexicon CorporationDescription: After investigating various ways to upgrade the existing equipment, all of which proved unsatisfactory, Smulders decided to build an entirely new facility with an integrated bulk handling system ...
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Embedded Medical Devices: "A hacker's playground?"
From: Critical Link, LLCDescription: As embedded medical devices become more prevalent, and more sophisticated, the stakes will just keep getting higher and higher, and security will become more and more of a concern. ...
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Using Nitrogen Gas in Food Packaging?
From: GENERONDescription: Have you ever bought a bag of chips and wondered why there is so much air inside? Earth's atmosphere naturally includes nitrogen gas, but the air in your chip packaging includes an even higher ...
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Determination of Fat and Oil Content in Foodstuffs
From: Oxford InstrumentsDescription: Fat and oil content is an important measurement of nutritional value and product quality for many foodstuffs. In particular, this value is widely used to determine energy content and to calculate the ...
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Determination of Solid Fat Content in Edible Oils and Fats
From: Oxford InstrumentsDescription: Solid Fat Content (SFC) is an essential measurement for characterising edible oils/fats used in the bakery, confectionery and margarine industries for which a rapid and convenient method is required. ...
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Measurement of Oil Content in Dried Palm Mesocarp
From: Oxford InstrumentsDescription: Oil palm is grown extensively around the world, chiefly in Indonesia, Malaysia and parts of South America. Crude Palm Oil (CPO) is extracted from the flesh of the oil palm fruit (known as the ...
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Automation Team Slashes pH Maintenance Costs Using Rosemount Analytical Sensor Solutions
Description: Emerson Process Mangement determined that pH measurements could be improved by using HART™ digital field communication protocol in the transmitters that communicated with AMS™ Suite, ...
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Measuring Oxygen on Oil Field Steam Flood Steam Generators
Description: Oil field steam flood steam generators have been in use to aid in the recovery of heavy oil (ex. 13 API gravity) for more than thirty years. These steam generators burn fossil fuels such as natural ...
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Pharmaceutical Company Slashes pH Maintenance Costs in Batch Fermentation
Description: The customer determined that pH maintenance accounts for 46% of all the field work. Customer wanted to increase pH reliability and eliminate rework/scrap due to poor pH measurements. They also wanted ...
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PUR-Sense Sensors: Pharmaceutical and Food and Beverage Applications
Description: The PUR-Sense™ line of sensors was designed for the highly regulated Life Sciences and Food & Beverage industries and their inherently stringent requirements. Hygienic concerns and material ...
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Medical Electronics Growth Predictions for Today and Beyond
Description: Medical electronics is one of the strongest sectors in the market, with growth fueled by a variety of factors. ...
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The Changing Landscape of Medicine & Healthcare
Description: Embracing the disruptive technologies of the future ...
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ADAS Simulation Under Severe Vibrations
From: Altair Engineering Inc.Description: Automotive radars are becoming standard equipment on vehicles. Their purpose is to adjust the distance between vehicles and/or alert the driver when dangerous situations arise. Since 2010, the safety ...
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Bottled Water Company Implements Large Format Polymer Windows
From: IRISS, Inc.Description: One of the North America's leading bottled water companies dedicated to providing customers with healthy hydration options and equally committed to keeping their people safe, recently approached IRISS ...
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A more efficient way to understand worldwide metal standards
Description: Increasing demand for imported metals, varying attitudes to metal quality by country, new metal production techniques and keen competition are driving down metal prices. As a consequence, in some ...
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The Critical Role of Chemistry in the Vehicles of Tomorrow
Description: Today, the automotive industry is witnessing history in the making on multiple fronts. Advanced Driver Assistance Systems are changing the very idea of the driving experience. In concert with ADAS, ...
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To Stamp Or Not To Stamp? That Is The Question
From: HSBDescription: Over the past two decades, global sourcing of pressure equipment for use in the oil and gas and other continuous process industries has increased exponentially. At the same time, pressure equipment ...
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Microfluidic Mixing Using Contactless Dielectrophoresis
From: Amp-Line Corp.Description: The first experimental evidence of mixing enhancement in a microfluidic system using contactless dielectrophoresis (cDEP) is presented in this work. Pressure-driven flow of deionized water containing ...
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Selective Concentration of Human Cancer Cells Using Contactless Dielectrophoresis
From: Amp-Line Corp.Description: This work is the first to demonstrate the ability of contactless dielectrophoresis (cDEP) to isolate target cell species from a heterogeneous sample of live cells. Since all cell types have a unique ...
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Selective Isolation of Live/Dead Cells Using Contactless Dielectrophoresis (cDEP)
From: Amp-Line Corp.Description: Contactless dielectrophoresis (cDEP) is a recently developed method of cell manipulation in which the electrodes are physically isolated from the sample. Here we present two microfluidic devices ...
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The Future of Magnetic Bead Resuspension
Description: A prototype device has been developed to automatically keep the bead solution homogenous in a reagent trough and allows for the bead concentrations to be quantitatively verified. The device consists ...
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Solved Application Story #01 | Aerospace and Aviation
Description: HELI-CAL Flexure 2403 ...
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Solved Application Story #03 | Medical |
Description: HELI-CAL Flexure U-Joint 9491 ...
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What is Wash-down?
Description: A definition and description of wash-down and why it is important in the packaging industry ...
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FAQs
Description: FAQs A collection of questions that our custom solutions specialists are often asked. ...
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Glossary: A mini dictionary of common tubing terms
Description: Glossary A mini dictionary of common tubing terms ...
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Why Custom Medical Tubing May Be Right For You
Description: Off-the-shelf or custom? What's right for you? ...
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ATEX Directive
From: Dataforth CorporationDescription: The Directive is commonly referred to as the 'ATEX' Directive ('Atmospheres EXplosibles'), but may also be called the ATEX Equipment Directive. The Directive applies to electrical and/or mechanical ...
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Automated Solutions for SAE Standard HUD Measurement
From: Radiant Vision SystemsDescription: Head-up display (HUD) technology is one of the largest growth areas in the automotive market, with a key focus on increased passenger safety through improved vehicle operations and operator awareness. ...
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Fifty percent more Whiskey.
From: SEEPEX Inc.Description: Major productivity gain without loss of quality, thanks to a SEEPEX solution for Irish Distillers. ...
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Flow rate more than doubled.
From: SEEPEX Inc.Description: Buttermilk, which is highly popular in Ireland for baking scones and pancakes, is particularly sensitive due to its microbiological structure. Tricky conditions for profitable production are no ...
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Fresh and crispy.
From: SEEPEX Inc.Description: Fruits, vegetables and salad: The production of plant based food products involves huge amounts of green waste. For a global player in food production in the UK this is no longer a problem since ...
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Keeping the buttered side up.
From: SEEPEX Inc.Description: Wolf ButterBack produces premium frozen baked goods for the baking industry. Each baked good is frozen at the end of the production process. SEEPEX provided a customized solution for their production ...
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Smooth operator.
From: SEEPEX Inc.Description: No one had heard of them a few years ago, but today they are found in every refrigerated section: fruit smoothies. But how do bananas, raspberries and pineapples get into those small bottles? Quite ...
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High-speed non-cryogenic cooled infrared sensors using carbon nanotubes
From: World Star TechDescription: High-speed non-cryogenic cooled infrared sensors using carbon nanotubes ...
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Single carbon nanotube based infrared sensor
From: World Star TechDescription: Single carbon nanotube based infrared sensor ...
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Single Molecule Study of Bacillus Thuringiensis Reveals Tetramerization
From: World Star TechDescription: Single molecule fluorescence study of the Bacillus thuringiensis toxin Cry1Aa reveals tetramerization ...
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Don't Lose Your Certification: Transition to ISO 14001:2015
From: HSBDescription: ISO 14001 is the international standard that specifies requirements for an effective Environmental Management System (EMS). It provides a framework that an organization can follow, rather than ...
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Promising Future for New, Implantable Titanium Alloys
From: Pulse Technologies, Inc.Description: Biomedical applications have long utilized austenitic stainless steels, titanium alloys and cobalt-chrome-molybdenum alloys for their excellent mechanical properties and sufficient biocompatibility ...
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Transition to ISO 9001:2015
From: HSBDescription: ISO 9001 is a standard that sets out the requirement for a quality management system. It helps businesses and organizations to be more efficient and improve customer satisfaction. A new version of the ...
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Material for Sound Proofing and Sound Dampening
Description: Sound is undeniably a very important aspect of our existence. Aside from being a major form of communication, it's also put to task in geophysics; in aspects of signalling, location and positioning. ...
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Parking Stops: Rubber vs. Concrete
From: CheckersDescription: Concrete and rubber are the two most common substances from which parking stops are manufactured, and each presents unique advantages. ...
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What is the Best Wheel Chock Material?
From: CheckersDescription: When shopping for wheel chocks, material construction the most important factor to consider. ...
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About Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)
Description: Dexter Magnetic Technologies has designed and produced a large variety of permanent magnet static field sources for MRI/NMR applications, some based on our current quadrature magnet patents and others ...
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Ultrasonic Examination in Lieu of Radiographic Examination for Sections I & VIII Division 1 & 2
From: HSBDescription: Ultrasonic Examination (UT) is a permitted volumetric examination method in lieu of the required Radiographic Examination (RT) of ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, Sections I, VIII Division 1 and ...
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How to Better Mimic Cell Physiology
From: BakerDescription: Recently, many more genes are being shown to be direct targets of HIF, especially in cell type specific manners. This opens a huge door for new areas of research that just need to start culturing ...
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Top Five Reasons Why Monitoring the CO2 Concentration is a Great Idea
From: LufftUSADescription: CO2 has been a very hot topic for a few years now mainly due to its relation to climate change and also government policy. Leaving this aside, controlling and monitoring indoor levels of carbon ...
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3 FAQs in Aerospace Engineering
From: CEF Industries LLCDescription: In the aerospace manufacturing industry-whether commercial or military-there are many common questions frequently asked by clients. There are processes and terms that often need to be clarified, and ...
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Reproducing Water Film Heights
From: LufftUSADescription: In the following article Karl Schedler from MICKS describes how you can check water film heights manually. The described procedure is amongst others used by the German Federal Highway Research ...
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Updated Map of the Human Brain Shows 180 Different Regions
From: Laserglow TechnologiesDescription: A group of researchers at Washington University have updated the 100-year-old map of the human brain (originally made by German neurologist Korbinian Brodmann) in a scientific feat which revealed that ...
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The Latest Developments in ASME Pressure Equipment Codes and Standards
From: HSBDescription: ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code gets updated every 2 years. This report will cover major developments in the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code from the 2013 & 2015 Editions as well as major ...
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Handheld XRF in Exploration Drilling: Reverse Circulation/Rotary Air Blast and Diamond Core
From: Evident ScientificDescription: Portable X-ray fluorescence (pXRF) technology enables exploration managers to understand drill hole geochemistry during the drill program, helping managers to optimize budgets through informed onsite ...
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HOW TO OBTAIN THE NATIONAL BOARD OF BOILER AND PRESSURE VESSEL INSPECTORS
From: HSBDescription: The "R" Stamp was originally developed by the National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors (National Board) for use in repairing and altering ASME Code stamped boiler and pressure vessels. ...
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The ASME Code Process for a Code Case: Non-traditional Manufacturing Methods/Materials
From: HSBDescription: This article will go through the 5 W's and 1 H - Who, What, Where, Why, When and How - of ASME Boiler & Pressure Vessel Code (B&PVC) code cases relative to valves and other pressure equipment. The ...
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6 Tips for Spring Cleaning Your Drain Cleaning Equipment
From: General Pipe CleanersDescription: Expose, clean and lubricate all bushings, bearings and moving parts (this should be done at least twice a year.) A well-lubricated machine will last longer and is less likely to break down in the ...
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New Legal Framework Pressure Equipment Directive (PED 2014/68/EU) Synopsis
From: HSBDescription: 2014/68/EU was published on June 27, 2014 in the European Union (EU) Official Journal approved by the European Parliament and of the Council of May 15, 2014 as a part of a larger initiative by the EU ...
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Distribution Automation and Smart Grids
Description: This paper represents the recent work of NEMA's Distribution Automation Section, which represents manufacturers of DA equipment and systems used to supervise, measure, monitor, and control electrical ...
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Key Steps in Developing Decision-Quality Analysis
Description: Economists famously rely on an assumption of perfect information when theorizing how economic agents will react to exogenous shocks. ...
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New Regulations Proposed for U.S. Offshore Oil Drilling
From: Daemar Inc.Description: New Regulations Proposed for U.S. Offshore Oil Drilling ...
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North American Crude Oil System Map Shows Growing Oil Production Industry
From: Daemar Inc.Description: Recently, the world renowned energy publisher, Platts, unveiled its first North American Crude Oil System Map. The wall-sized map is perfect for boardrooms and displays all prudent information related ...
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ASME Boiler & Pressure Vessel Code Synopsis: All Code Sections
From: HSBDescription: The 2015 Edition of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code was published on July 1, 2015, and includes revisions, additions and errata approved by the ASME B&PV Standards Committees in 2013 and ...
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ASME Boiler & Pressure Vessel Code Synopsis: Section I -- Power Boilers and Reference Code Sections II, V & IX
From: HSBDescription: The 2015 Edition of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code was published on July 1, 2015, and includes revisions, additions and errata approved by the ASME B&PV Standards Committees in 2013 and ...
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ASME Boiler & Pressure Vessel Code Synopsis: Section III & XI -- Nuclear
From: HSBDescription: The 2015 Edition of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code was published on July 1, 2015, and includes revisions, additions and errata approved by the ASME B&PV Standards Committees in 2013 and ...