Flow Control and Fluid Transfer Reference Materials
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Protecting Older Homes: How to Maintain a Treasured Investment
From: DynaQuip ControlsDescription: Household water damage causes nearly $20 billion in damages annually and if your house is 50 years or older, it may be particularly susceptible to this costly and worrisome challenge. But take heart: ...
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The DynaQuip Difference: 5 Reasons You Should Be Doing Business With Us
From: DynaQuip ControlsDescription: For over eight decades, DynaQuip has been dedicated to continually improving our service offerings and delivering the best possible solutions. Here are a few insights into core elements of our work ...
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Understanding Actuators: How to Determine Which Type of Actuator is Right for Your Industrial Applications
From: DynaQuip ControlsDescription: Typically there are two main actuator types: electric and pneumatic. If you are in the market for an actuator system, how can you determine which one is right for you and your operations? Here are ...
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Why WaterCop? Discover Benefits That Go Beyond Leak Detection
From: DynaQuip ControlsDescription: A growing number of homeowners (and second home owners) are installing leak detection device systems to help protect their properties from water damage. However, it is important to keep in mind that ...
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Constant Pressure Pump Control Valves
From: Flomatic ValvesDescription: Adequate and dependable water pressure is one of the simplest yet greatest luxuries of the modern-day household. Whether you're washing dishes, running a sprinkler system, getting the kids ready for ...
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4 Considerations for Valve Automation
From: Asahi/America, Inc.Description: Aside from the control system itself, the most comprehensively discussed component of any process system is the valve. ...
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Intelligent Electric Actuators Provide Flow Control at South Korean Chemical Plant
From: Rotork plcDescription: Over a 100 multi-turn and part-turn intelligent electric actuators have been installed at a new petrochemical site in Daesan, South Korea. The IQ actuators will provide flow control at the plant which ...
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Metals and Plastics Necessary for Compressed Air Piping Systems
From: Asahi/America, Inc.Description: Metal pipes have been used and installed in fluid and gas applications since the mid-19th century. ...
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CODE WARS: Press-Connect Fittings VS. Brazing for Refrigeration
From: RLS LLCDescription: There has been a “code war” raging over eliminating the use of listed press-connect fittings for refrigeration currently allowed by the Uniform Mechanical Code (UMC). ACCA’s Codes ...
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Enormous Savings in Water Consumption Thanks to Modern Vacuum Technology
From: Busch Vacuum SolutionsDescription: Sustainability and environmental protection are not just words to Rheinfelsquellen H. Hövelmann GmbH & Co. KG but, as one of Germany's largest private wells, a genuine concern. This is ...
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A Pressure Regulator is a Flow Control Valve
Description: As pointed out in many engineering texts, a pressure regulator is actually a control valve. The CE article discusses the ordinary regulator, whether spring-loaded or pilot-operated, as an economical ...
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Balanced Air-Operated Shutoff Valves Save Space & Enhance Efficiency
Description: Why BSR is Better than an Air Actuated Ball Valve: ...
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Introduction to Check Valves
Description: The patented diaphragm in the Plast-O-Matic True Blue Check Valve is designed to re-seat with a bubble tight seal regardless of mounting position or reverse flow. Ball style check valves require two ...
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Introduction to Gauge Guards
Description: Gauge Guards are an economical way to protect instruments from corrosion and clogging ...
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Valve Selection for the Safe Operation & Protection of the Pump Station
From: DeZURIK, Inc.Description: Proper valve selection that helps ensure safe operation and protection of the pump station can present a challenge to the engineer and owner. This white paper describes important criteria for ...
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Tubing Extrusion Materials
Description: We utilize a wide variety of compounds designed to meet your specific requirements such as biocompatibility needs, radiopaque loadings, and preferred sterilization methods. ...
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Flomatic's Water Well Maintenance Quick Guide
From: Flomatic ValvesDescription: Preventative maintenance is key to groundwater and well water protection. Groundwater Awareness Week, celebrated annually March 6th - March 12th, serves as a yearly reminder to tend, test, and treat ...
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Valve Selection Guide: Buna, EPDM, Or Viton
From: Flomatic ValvesDescription: Buna, EPDM, Viton® are all similar seal materials but what stands each of these apart? Choosing the right elastomer or polymer material is important for a number of reasons. While it may not seem ...
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Nail Down The Facts About Water Hammer
From: Flomatic ValvesDescription: The clunking, thumping and banging sounds of water hammer in a pipeline system are not only annoying, but can very often be a sound that indicates costly repairs in the near future. When the flow of a ...
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Ultra-Pure Water Systems
Description: For many years, the need for and consumption of ultrapure water has been increasing at a dramatic rate. Its use is essential in many industries such as pharmaceutical, laboratory research, food ...
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Everything You Need to Know about Creating a Secure Hose Barb Connection
From: Qosina Corp.Description: Mechanical hose barb connections, which consist of the hose barb, tubing and retention device, are ubiquitous in single-use systems (SuS). They look deceptively simple, but the process of bringing all ...
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Cast Iron, Ductile Iron, Bronze and Stainless Steel Valves: What's The Difference?
From: Flomatic ValvesDescription: Not all valves are built the same and there's good reason for that. Knowing a few basic facts about the different materials will ultimately have long-term effects on your application's capabilities. ...
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Why You Should Care About NSF/ANSI 61
From: Flomatic ValvesDescription: Water is life. It's as simple as that. Water is a key factor on a shortlist of necessary resources required to sustain life on this planet. As important as it is that we intake water, the quality we ...
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Avoid The Deep Freeze: How to Keep Old Man Winter Away from Your Home Appliances
From: DynaQuip ControlsDescription: The coldest part of winter weather is almost here, but it's not too late to take precautions to protect one of your largest home investments you might not think of this time of year - your home ...
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Drip, Drip, Drip: How a Water Leak Can Damage Your Home and Peace of Mind
From: DynaQuip ControlsDescription: What begins as a small drip can quickly escalate into catastrophic water damage that can also harm a homeowner's wellbeing, bank account and peace of mind. ...
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Protecting Your Home's Value: The High Cost of Home Water Damage - And How You Can Prevent It
From: DynaQuip ControlsDescription: Protecting the value of your house begins by having a plan for home leak protection. This article shows you how. ...
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Safeguarding Vacation Homes: How Vacation Property Owners Can Protect Their Investments From Costly Water Damage
From: DynaQuip ControlsDescription: Discover how multiple homeowners can help to protect their investments from water damage with intuitive WaterCop technology that is designed to uncover slow leaks (that often go unnoticed) before they ...
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The Water Issue: How We're Focused On Keeping Water In Its Proper Place
From: DynaQuip ControlsDescription: As a socially conscious brand, we believe clean water should be available to everyone and we're spotlighting a few charities that are doing their part to achieve this worthy goal. ...
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A Day in the Life of an Oil Rig Worker
From: DynaQuip ControlsDescription: Spend a typical workday with an oil rig foreman, experience through his eyes the challenges he faces, discover why there's little room for error when it comes to equipment and resources, and find out ...
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A History of Proven Solutions: How DynaQuip Evolved From a Three-Person Shop to an International Supplier of Valve Technology
From: DynaQuip ControlsDescription: A brief history of DynaQuip, from its beginning in 1939 to the present day. ...
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All About Butterfly Valves: How DynaQuip Manufactures and Delivers This Proven Valve Solution
From: DynaQuip ControlsDescription: What exactly is an automated butterfly valve, how does it work, and what is it used for? Here are a few details about one of DynaQuip's proven products and how it is used within various industries. ...
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Always Up to the Challenge: How DynaQuip Answers the Needs of the Industrial, Commercial and Residential Markets
From: DynaQuip ControlsDescription: By manufacturing and supplying automated ball and butterfly valves, electric and pneumatic actuators and accessories, plus lead-free valve solutions, DynaQuip is dedicated to creating durable flow ...
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Built for the Long Haul: DynaQuip Valve Technology is Reliably Designed and Developed to Work Where You Do
From: DynaQuip ControlsDescription: From the right valves to meet exact specifications to the required technical support, wherever our end users, OEMs and distributors work, DynaQuip works just as hard to meet their exact needs. ...
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Solutions at Work: Finding the Right Valve
From: DynaQuip ControlsDescription: Whether you are a valve distributor, OEM or working in the field, you need valve solutions that work as hard as you. Here are a few things to look for when choosing a valve supplier that can help you ...
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An Engineer's Guide to Selecting a Flow Restrictor
From: Lee Co. (The)Description: A flow restrictor is any device that restricts or limits the flow of a fluid—generally a liquid or a gas. Such devices may also be referred to as flow limiters. Calibrated orifices are one ...
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Rotork Electro-Hydraulic Actuators Provide Critical Safety Function in Malaysian Rail Network Infrastructure Enhancement
From: Rotork plcDescription: The Klang Valley Integrated Transit System serves the areas of Klang Valley and Greater Kuala Lumpur. There are two commuter rail lines within the metropolitan area, five subway lines, one busway line ...
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Why We Choose SiC Ceramic Parts Instead of Metal Parts in Slurry Pumps?
Description: SiC Ceramic Slurry Pump is applied for mining, metallurgy, coal power plant, chemical industry etc. It can stand large solids, for slurry with high weight concentration- 60% for mineral slurry and 45% ...
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How to Select an Actuator
From: Indelac Controls, Inc.Description: One product, a valve actuator, may be described by some as simply a black box, having an input (power supply or signal), an output (torque), and a mechanism or circuitry to operate a valve. Those who ...
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Secure Clamping of Small Panels with Vacuum
From: Busch Vacuum SolutionsDescription: When producing tabletops and facing, or working with material to construct merchandise fixtures, chutes, drawers and shelving, ASSTEC normally uses high-pressure laminate (HPL) panels processed on a ...
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How to Disassembling and Cleaning the Ceramic Valveless Piston Pump?
Description: Disassembling and Cleaning the Ceramic Valveless Piston Pump ...
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A Comparison of Fittings For Plastic Tubing
Description: There are many styles of fittings, from simple barbed varieties to multi-component compression types to heavy duty cam couplings. This paper will examine each style, what materials are offered, what ...
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PVC vs Polyurethane - A Tubing Comparison
Description: PVC and polyurethane are thermoplastic materials that can be formed into a variety of shapes, including tubing and reinforced hose. Both materials are useful in numerous applications. But depending on ...
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A Comparison of Hard Seat and Soft Seat Regulator Valve Design
From: ControlAir LLCDescription: When considering regulator "seats" what we are referencing is the supply or exhaust valve seat that interfaces with the pintle (valve plug) when opening and closing the valve during the process of ...
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What to Consider When Regulating Gasses Other Than Compressed Air
From: ControlAir LLCDescription: All gasses are able to be regulated as long as you are using the proper regulator with the proper materials in the proper situation. Hopefully, this guide will serve as the primer to determining which ...
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Application Bulletin: IA-1 Deionized Water System
Description: Pressure regulator provides constant feed pressure to booster pump. ...
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Application Bulletin: IA-3 Semiconductor Fabrication
Description: Flow Control Valve and 3-Way Electrically Actuated Ball Valve provide proper flow to rinsing system. ...
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Application Bulletin: IA-4 Printed Circuit Board Fabrication
Description: Relief Valve provide synchronous recirculation in washing system with deionized water. ...
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Application Bulletin: IA-5 Electronics Industry
Description: Check Valve provides positive seal on a vertical line in a reverse osmosis system. ...
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Application Bulletin: IA-6 Hospital/Lab
Description: Pressure regulators protect lab sinks from overpressure in 16 story building ...
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Difference Between Tube and Pipe
Description: Is It a Pipe or a Tube? ...
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Welded vs Seamless Stainless Steel Tubing
Description: Eagle Stainless Tubing & Fabrication utilizes the latest technology to create unparalleled, state-of-the-art solutions for our customers. You'll be amazed at what we can create together! Stainless ...
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Key Considerations for Selecting a Medical Pump
From: Lee Co. (The)Description: Newcomers to medical device design may think that pressure and flow rate are sufficient parameters to consider when it comes to selecting a pump. While this may be the case in some industrial ...
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Seven Critical Requirements for Selecting Valves for Fuel System Shutdown
From: Lee Co. (The)Description: Unlike the driver of a car equipped with an internal combustion engine, an airline pilot cannot restart a commercial aircraft's engine immediately after landing. It is critical to have fuel in the ...
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An Engineer's Guide to Selecting a Check Valve
From: Lee Co. (The)Description: A check valve, also known as a non-return or one-way valve, is a mechanical device that allows a gas or liquid to flow freely in one direction while preventing reverse flow in the opposite direction. ...
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How to Choose Smart Toilet Booster Pump (Micro DC Brushless Water Pump)
Description: With the sales of smart toilets increasing year by year, Market prospects are getting better and better, more and more enterprises have laid out the intelligent toilet industry, market participants ...
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How to Choose the Right Size Air Release Valve
From: Flomatic ValvesDescription: One size-fits-all is not a good way of thinking when it comes to selecting air and vacuum valves and air release valves. In fact, choosing the wrong size valve can negate the purpose of a release ...
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Proper Check Valve Selection Will Reduce Maintenance and Roping in Wastewater Pumping Systems
From: Flomatic ValvesDescription: Choosing the appropriate check valve for wastewater applications isn't as simple as it used to be, as the amount and type of modern trash going through wastewater pipelines is steadily increasing and ...
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How to Choose a Zero Cold Water DC Circulating Pump? TOPSFLO Engineers Tell You Three Core Elements.
Description: How to choose a zero cold water DC circulating pump? TOPSFLO engineers tell you three core elements. In 2020, traditional major appliances will decline ,but the categories of health and comfort will ...
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An Engineer's Guide to Selecting a Pressure Relief Valve
From: Lee Co. (The)Description: A pressure relief valve is a mechanical device which allows a gas or liquid to escape from a section of a fluidic system when the pressure exceeds a predetermined limit. ...
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High Efficiency with Our Leading Technology
From: Busch Vacuum SolutionsDescription: Our R5 rotary vane vacuum pump and a conventional oil-sealed screw vacuum pump have been tested by TÜV SÜD in terms of pumping speed, power consumption and evacuation time. The result documents in the ...
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Benefits of Thermostatic Balancing in the Return
From: ThermOmegaTech®Description: In this article, we will discuss how thermostatically balancing the return line to the water heater ensures that there is no significant temperature creep either higher or lower than the mixing valve ...
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Case Study: Inspira Health Simplifies Their New Construction Balancing Process with CircuitSolver
From: ThermOmegaTech®Description: In this case study, you will learn about the opportunity, installation, and result of implementing CircuitSolver thermostatic balancing valves into the Inspira Health Healthcare facility in Mullica ...
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Effects of Extreme Cold on the GURU Plug
From: ThermOmegaTech®Description: An environmental exposure test using a Tenney Environmental Chamber was conducted to determine if extremely cold air temperatures could cause the GURU® Plug to nuisance dump when engine coolant ...
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Effects of Hard Water on CircuitSolver Balancing Valves
From: ThermOmegaTech®Description: Since 2013, ThermOmegaTech has been testing the possible effects of hard water on CircuitSolver. With roughly 145,000 modulations, CircuitSolver cycles normally with no visible signs of mineral ...
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Our Story, Our Technology
From: ThermOmegaTech®Description: For over 35 years, thermostatic technology has been implemented in the aerospace & defense, railroad, industrial, and commercial plumbing industries for freeze protection, scald protection, steam ...
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The Basics of Freezing
From: ThermOmegaTech®Description: Discover how and why freezing occurs - a study on the less well-known facts on freezing and how to prevent freeze damage with thermostatic solutions in various applications. ...
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Thermostatic Balancing Cost Survey
From: ThermOmegaTech®Description: The CircuitSolver thermostatic balancing valve proves to significantly reduce costs by eliminating manual balancing labor when compared to traditional manual balancing valves - see the actual cost ...
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Fixed vs. Adjustable Balancing Valves
From: ThermOmegaTech®Description: An introduction of adjustable balancing valves for domestic hot water systems has recently entered the plumbing market, however, with 9+ years of experience and thousands of successful installations, ...
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Innovacera Developed Ceramic Fluid Metering Pumps for Filling Machine
Description: Innovacera is a professional supplier of technical ceramic components, has long-term cooperation in the research of ceramic materials with professors or researchers from universities and institutes in ...
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Wastewater Treatment Plant in Portugal Using Profibus-enabled Actuators
From: Rotork plcDescription: About Us COVID-19 Statement Our Purpose, Vision & Values Our Communities Our Markets Our Brands Our History Rotork plc Board Rotork Management Board Company Certificates Terms and Conditions Privacy ...
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Topsflo - Forging Ahead to Build a Century-old Brand of Micro Pump
Description: For production enterprises, brand confidence comes from the persistence of quality. Based on the brushless DC pump industry, TOPSFLO will develop bigger flow rate brushless DC water pump products to ...
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Application Focus: Patented Fail-Dry® a Key Factor in Specification for Portable Dialysis System
Description: This "turn-key" system is designed for minimal maintenance as it is installed in dialysis clinics throughout the world. ...
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Determining Amperage for a Plast-O-Matic Solenoid Valve
Description: how to calculate the amperage required for Plast-O-Matic AC or DC coils. ...
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Introduction to Solenoid Valves
Description: Immediately below is an overview of Plast-O-Matic's approach to Solenoid Valve design, followed by capsule descriptions with links to detailed catalog pages. ...
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Use of Chlorine with Thermoplastic Valves
Description: In an effort to clarify and prevent possible mis-applications of Plast-O-Matic products in dry chlorine service, in either the liquid or gaseous phase, we are restating specific passages as found in ...
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Space Electronics Qualification for Heat Pipes and Encapsulated Graphite Technologies
From: BoydDescription: Aavid, Thermal Division of Boyd Corporation developed a combined solution using copper-water mini-heat pipe and kCore encapsulated graphite heat spreader for direct thermal management of high ...
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How Air Pressure Regulators Are Priced
From: ControlAir LLCDescription: When it comes to the pricing of air pressure regulators there are a few factors that influence the cost. Those factors break down into the regulator's level of accuracy, the complexity of design, the ...
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Type 100 Explained: Why This Unit Does Not Allow "0" PSI of Output
From: ControlAir LLCDescription: The Type 100 Precision Air Pressure Regulator is our most accurate offering. The designed-in bleed orifice and measuring capsule allows this unit to remain in a reactive state and make incredibly ...
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What is the Purpose of the Negative Bias Option for Volume Boosters?
From: ControlAir LLCDescription: ControlAir offers a negative bias option for the Type 600, Type 6100, and Type 6200 volume boosters. We often get questions around the purpose of the negative bias and how it works. This blog post ...
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5 Steps to Choosing the Right Heat Shrink Tubing
From: Lapp TannehillDescription: To navigate the nearly infinite variety of heat shrink tubing in the market here are 5 steps to determine the right type of heat shrink for your application. ...
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Medical Grade vs. Industrial Grade Heat Shrink Tubing
From: Lapp TannehillDescription: Heat shrink tubing is widely used in many modern manufacturing applications across a multitude of industries. With the rapid pace of technological advancement in the medical industry, it is important ...
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Single Wall Tubing vs. Dual Wall Tubing
From: Lapp TannehillDescription: Both single wall and dual wall polyolefin heat shrink tubing are very similar in form, fit, and function, but you will want to pick the one that is best for your application and environment. How do ...
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Tips for Using Heat Shrink Tubing
From: Lapp TannehillDescription: Heat shrink tubing is a versatile product that can be used in a variety of applications where you find wire and cable. Even though it's a commonly used product, there are still some things that you ...
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What is Cold Shrink Tubing and Where Would I Use It?
From: Lapp TannehillDescription: Cold shrink tubing is tubing that shrinks in normal temperatures, so there is no need to heat the tubing to shrink it. It's supplied on a removable core in a pre-stretched shape. The inner core is ...
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Type 100 Explained
From: ControlAir LLCDescription: Why this unit does not allow "0" PSI of output ...
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Understanding a Regulator Flow Characteristic Curve
From: ControlAir LLCDescription: If it is critical to your process that output pressure remains at the same level, then you'll want to select a unit that has a low amount of droop. ...
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Approved Refrigerant List
From: RLS LLCDescription: Refrigerants approved for use with RLS fittings ...
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FAQs: Flame-Free Refrigerant Fittings
From: RLS LLCDescription: Article answering FAQs regarding troubleshooting, installation, press tools, technical, etc. about refrigerant fittings ...
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Follow the 6 Simple Steps Inside to Prep Copper Tube the Right Way to Prevent Leaks.
From: RLS LLCDescription: Sharp edges on copper tube ends may cause damage. ...
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RLS Flame-Free Refrigerant Fittings Installation Instructions
From: RLS LLCDescription: Make sure that all the tools and installation aids are available prior to beginning installation. The following list is to be used as a reference: ...
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RLS vs. ZoomLock Max
From: RLS LLCDescription: RLS HVAC/R Press Fittings Compared to Modified Plumbing Fittings. ...
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Third Party Testing: RLS Press Fittings/Connections
From: RLS LLCDescription: the findings of five independent tests performed to verify the effectiveness, durability and installation time savings of RLS press fittings/connections in high-pressure refrigeration systems, ...
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German Kärcher: A Discussion on Technical Issues
Description: Recently, German Kärcher engineer team visited TOPSFLO, who have had technical discussion with TOPSFLO for gear pump use for floor cleaner with suction application, finally reached preliminary ...
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Topsflo High-End Pump for High Quality Coffee Machine
Description: Recently Topsflo's cooperated coffee and tea brewing machine customer's new designed machine brings the batch brewing to the front counter with an equal focus on quality and aesthetic, together with ...
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Topsflo New Intelligent DC Variable Frequency Water Pump
Description: Through in-depth exchanges with well-known water heater experts at home and abroad and user data surveys analysis, Topsflo summed up the new development trend of water heater industry and pump ...
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Why Well-known Hot Drink Machine Companies Have all Chosen Topsflo Pumps
Description: Aiming at solving the industry pain points, Topsflo has specially developed the B03 and B10 series pumps for kitchen hot drink machine high temperature usage. ...
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6 Tips for Critical Sight Glass Applications
From: LJ StarDescription: Sight glass applications require varying levels of consideration during the design phase. In all applications, sight glasses will be subjected to forces involving pressure, temperature, thermal shock, ...
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Analysis of Undiffused and Diffused Light on Stainless Steel
From: LJ StarDescription: An analysis of why stainless steel appears to have a large number of imperfections under undiffused light but the same steel surface under diffused light does not reveals that diffused light has less ...
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What is Longitudinal Change in Heat Shrink Tubing?
From: Lapp TannehillDescription: How to calculate longitudinal change in heat shrink tubing. You can't forget to factor this in. ...
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Selection Guide Sizes (Hypodermic, Metric, Fractional, Aluminum, Pipe and Wire)
Description: What size tubing do you need? Hypodermic, metric, fractional, aluminum, pipe, and wire guides can help you decide. ...