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How did Pressure Sensors Move into Large-Scale Production?
From: Micro Sensor Co., Ltd.Description: The main production processes of pressure sensors are gluing - binding - diaphragm welding - oil filling - sealing - pressure impact- aging - temperature compensation - resistance adjustment - ...
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Guide: Torque Control and Safety for High-Volume Production Applications
From: Mountz, Inc.Description: The application of accurate and consistent torque on high-volume production applications is crucial to efficient assembly. ...
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Guide: Using, Converting, and Understanding Torque Values for Metric Bolts
From: Mountz, Inc.Description: It's important to properly convert units when dealing with torque values for metric bolts in order to ensure safety and efficiency. ...
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Pressure Measurement Solution in Micro Sensor
From: Micro Sensor Co., Ltd.Description: In oil and gas applications, pressure sensors are used widely which nearly involved all kinds of pressure types in the process of measuring, such as gauge, absolute, differential pressure, high ...
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Pressure Transmitter for Plasma Scrubber
From: Micro Sensor Co., Ltd.Description: Micro Sensor Provides a high stable pressure transmitter with high level EMC compatibility and explosion-proof design. ...
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What is a Weld Purge Monitor?
From: CO2Meter.comDescription: A weld purge monitor verifies no oxygen during argon back purge for TIG welding or argon CO2 blend for MIG welding. ...
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How Does an Electrochemical Carbon Monoxide Sensor Work?
From: CO2Meter.comDescription: AlphaSense is one of the most popular manufacturers of electrochemical oxygen sensors. Their sensors are used in dozens of 4-gas detectors and portable safety meters used worldwide. ...
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Oxygen Enrichment and Fire Hazards
From: CO2Meter.comDescription: The rapid increase in ventilators used in hospitals due to the COVID-19 outbreak has increased the risk of fires due to oxygen enrichment in enclosed areas. ...
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Gas Safety Monitoring in Medical and Healthcare Applications
From: CO2Meter.comDescription: Human life relies on respiration: the intake of oxygen and the release of carbon dioxide. Respiration provides a constant flow of oxygen molecules to our brain, organs and tissues while providing a ...
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Oxygen Deficient Atmosphere Hazards
From: CO2Meter.comDescription: Oxygen deficiency can be caused by a medical condition or by an oxygen-deficient atmosphere. Both can be dangerous. ...
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Cryogenic Safety: Working Near Cryogens
From: CO2Meter.comDescription: Cryogenic gases (called cryogens) include argon, helium, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, methane and CO2. These gases are used to produce very low temperatures in the laboratory, in research facilities, ...
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Can a Carbon Monoxide Detector Detect Carbon Dioxide?
From: CO2Meter.comDescription: A carbon monoxide detector cannot detect carbon dioxide. In general, a carbon monoxide detector uses an electrochemical sensor that outputs electric current proportional to the amount of carbon ...
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Fixed vs. Portable Gas Detectors
From: CO2Meter.comDescription: Customers often ask us whether they should use a fixed or portable gas detection device. While the difference may seem obvious, there are some key differences you should know about before you make a ...
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Gas Safety Alarm Mounting Height
From: CO2Meter.comDescription: All our gas safety alarms have sensors that measure specific gas levels in the air. Because some gases are heavier than air they will tend to "pool" at different heights in an enclosed area. ...
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How Does an Oxygen Sensor Work?
From: CO2Meter.comDescription: Oxygen sensors are used in various applications such as automotive industries, medical facilities, industrial safety, modified atmospheric packaging and much more. Each uses a different type of sensor ...
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Importance of MAP Food Safety Monitoring
From: CO2Meter.comDescription: Modified Atmospheric Packaging (MAP) is a method of food safety monitoring that is found in almost every aisle of your local supermarket. From packaged produce and meat, to potato chips and hot dogs, ...
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Industrial Oxygen Sensors
From: CO2Meter.comDescription: What's the difference between industrial oxygen sensors and other oxygen sensors? ...
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Modified Atmopshere Packaging Testing
From: CO2Meter.comDescription: Modified atmosphere packaging testing is required to validate the mixture of gases inside a sealed container of meat, fruit, vegetables, drinks, pharmaceuticals or any consumable products. ...
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MRI Room Oxygen Monitor
From: CO2Meter.comDescription: Oxygen Levels in an MRI room can be depleted by liquid helium leaks. For safety, an MRI room oxygen monitor is required. ...
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New Low Oxygen Monitor and Alarm for Cold Applications
From: CO2Meter.comDescription: This low-oxygen safety monitor and alarm uses a sensor capable of measuring potentially dangerous oxygen levels in freezers and other low temperature applications. ...
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Nitrogen from Ammonia in Poultry Farms
From: CO2Meter.comDescription: For centuries farmers have used chicken manure as garden fertilizer. Chicken manure is particularly high in nitrogen as well as potassium and phosphorus, the three most important elements in all ...
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Oxygen Deficiency Monitor
From: CO2Meter.comDescription: An oxygen deficiency monitor combines a room oxygen monitor and an oxygen depletion alarm. ...
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Oxygen Deficiency Monitor and Cryogenics
From: CO2Meter.comDescription: An oxygen deficiency monitor and alarm is used to alert staff before they enter an area that may have critically low oxygen levels caused by a pressurized gas leak. This is especially useful in ...
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Oxygen Safety Best Practices
From: CO2Meter.comDescription: Oxygen safety is critical for stored oxygen gas used in medical and industrial applications, as well as oxygen deficient situations. ...
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Oxygen Sensor Best Practices for Storage and Operation
From: CO2Meter.comDescription: The conditions oxygen sensors are stored in before they are used or when not in use can have a direct impact on the life of the sensors. Manufacturers will typically list the recommended storage ...
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Portable Trace Oxygen Analyzer Measures Weld Purge Results
From: CO2Meter.comDescription: A portable trace oxygen analyzer verifies that 100% of the oxygen has been purged from the back side of TIG welded stainless steel, titanium, nickel or zirconium alloys. If oxygen gas is present at ...
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Tecpen Oxygen Analyzer for Modified Atmosphere Packaging
From: CO2Meter.comDescription: The TecPen is useful as a gas analyzer for quality control during modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) testing shrink wrapped or vacuum sealed food products, or as a headspace oxygen analyzer. ...
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Trace Oxygen and CO2 Analyzer for Modified Atmosphere Packaging
From: CO2Meter.comDescription: A thin, hollow needle and micro-pump takes gas samples through clear packaging material. A pierceable septum is applied to the packaging material to insure outside air does not mix with the air ...
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Weld Purge Monitor by TecSense
From: CO2Meter.comDescription: As a trace oxygen analyzer, the TecWeld Weld Purge Monitor is most commonly used to verify argon flooding during welding of stainless steel or titanium pipe in the aerospace, automotive, nuclear, ...
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What is an Oxygen Generator?
From: CO2Meter.comDescription: Oxygen generators separate oxygen from air so that the gas can be fed into industrial processes in real-time or stored in pressure tanks. Oxygen generators are used in dozens of industrial ...
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What is Cryogenics?
From: CO2Meter.comDescription: The word cryogenics comes from the Greek word "kyros," which means cold. This combined with the abbreviated English word "to generate" make the word we know as cryogenics. ...
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Should I Choose an Air-cooled or Water-cooled Thermal Imaging Camera for my Furnace?
From: LANDDescription: Our engineering team has always been quite cautious about the cooling flows we state in our specifications on instruments designed for furnace imaging (for example for instruments like the ...
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Temperature Management in Automotive Bus Bar Systems
From: Isabellenhutte USADescription: Bus bar current transmission challenges ...
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Thermal Imaging Accuracy for Furnace Applications
From: LANDDescription: During discussions on thermal imaging of large furnaces/fired heaters, I get a lot of questions about the accuracy of thermal imaging cameras when measuring tube metal temperatures (TMTs). The answer ...
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Why Should You Use AMETEK Land Application Support to Choose the Right Pyrometer Instead of Purchasing Directly From the Internet?
From: LANDDescription: Engineers and technicians are typically highly qualified within their fields. They know the applications and processes in detail and provide continuous support to optimise them. ...
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Combustion Efficiency: Improve yours with PST's Oxygen Analyzers
Description: All combustion processes require the correct air to fuel ratio of fuel and oxygen. Incomplete combustion creates fuel waste, an increased level of toxic emissions and potential damage, affecting the ...
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Compressed Air Efficiency
Description: Moisture Measurement Can Help Meet The BCAS 10% Energy Efficiency Target ...
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Importance of Having an Oxygen Analyzer in your Metal 3D Printing Process
Description: Why it is important to have an oxygen analyzer in your metal 3D printing process? ...
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Importance of Humidity and Temperature Measurement in Data Centers
Description: Data Centre Performance: Keeping your Cool? ...
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ISO 8573-1 Moisture Measurement in Compressed Air
Description: Moisture content and what it means for compressed air quality ...
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Measuring Moisture in Medical Gases
Description: Why does moisture in medical gases matter? ...
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Precise Measurement in Moisture in Natural Gas
Description: Due to variations in natural-gas compositions or impurities, precision in moisture measurement was impossible to achieve - until recently. ...
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Sensors for Industrial Compressed Air Systems
Description: Improve compressor efficiency and reduce energy cost ...
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SenzTx Oxygen Transmitter: 3 Key Factors to Consider
Description: Engineers are constantly looking for new and innovative ways to improve the efficiency of their work. In many cases, this involves finding the correct product. When it comes to oxygen transmitters, ...
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Temperature and Quality: The Critical Connection for Pharmaceutical Production
Description: Compliance with GxP quality guidelines ...
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Using Electrolyzers for Industrial H2 Production
Description: What are the main sources of hydrogen for industry? ...
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Water Activity (aw) Measurement for Product Quality and Shelf-Life
Description: A guide to water activity in moisture-sensitive products ...
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Sensor Tip: When a Programmable Angle Sensor Provides Real Advantages and Why It's Easy to Accomplish-Even for Analog Outputs
From: Novotechnik U.S., Inc.Description: Programming position sensors for start-, mid- and/or end- point makes it easier to precisely calibrate a sensor that is already installed in machinery. This is especially the case for sensors that are ...
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Advance Warning of Landslides
From: Novotechnik U.S., Inc.Description: One of the major civil engineering firms is working with Novotechnik's IH5003 inclinometer that is employed in a warning system. ...
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Cassini-Huygens Saturn Research Project
From: Novotechnik U.S., Inc.Description: When the Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn lifted off at the beginning of October 1997, a conductive plastic potentiometer from Novotechnik was on board. ...
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Sensing the Position of Loading Ramp
From: Novotechnik U.S., Inc.Description: Novotechnik’s LWG transducers are fixed to the loading ramps and measure their positions. ...
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Case Study: Awe
From: Ultra EnergyDescription: Extending the life of AWE's critical systems ...
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Case Study: NuScale
From: Ultra EnergyDescription: NuScale partnered with Ultra to develop safety systems for next generation nuclear power ...
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Pressure Point 1: MEMS Pressure Sensors - Pressure Measurement Types
From: All Sensors Corp.Description: Microelectromechanic al system (MEMS) pressure sensors have changed the way that system designers and application engineers measure pressure. The simplicity of use, small size, low cost and ruggedness ...
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On and Off-Target Spray Deposition from a Solid Set Canopy Delivery System and an Axial-Fan Airblast
From: Turner Designs, Inc.Description: Off-target drift from airblast sprayers in vineyards and high-density tree-fruit orchards is a key concern among the growers and other stakeholders. A solid set canopy delivery system (SSCDS) is a ...
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Real-Time Oil Seep Surveillance in the Gulf of Mexico
From: Turner Designs, Inc.Description: In the Gulf of Mexico’s Mississippi Canyon, you’ll find undersea salt domes and mud volcanoes, known sources of natural oil seeps that rise to the surface of the ocean, producing oil ...
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Stretching a Standard Dynamometer to Reach a 45% Increase in Power Absorption
From: Froude, Inc.Description: Froude's F84 hydraulic dyno is the largest standard offering with a power rating of 12MW. Froude was challenged to develop a solution to stretch the standard dynamometer to reach 17.5 MW. ...
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The Nearshore Network - Instrumenting Lake Tahoe
From: Turner Designs, Inc.Description: The UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center (TERC) has been working to launch the world’s first, real-time Nearshore Network comprised of approximately 20 sites around the Tahoe basin. The ...
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Working Principle of Ultrasonic Measuring
Description: Ultrasonic Height Meter is developed based on the reflection priciple.. While sending a pulse signal, the built-in timer of reciever is activated, and stopped when reciever pick up reflected signal. ...
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Coastal Harmful Algae Bloom Monitoring via a Sustainable, Sail-Powered Mobile Platform
From: Turner Designs, Inc.Description: Harmful algae blooms (HABs) in coastal marine environments are increasing in number and duration, pressuring local resource managers to implement mitigation solutions to protect human and ecosystem ...
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What is a 4 Gas Detector?
From: CO2Meter.comDescription: CO2Meter works with partners across restaurant, beverage, indoor air quality, poultry, and industrial safety applications to design 4 gas detectors like our CM-500 GasLab Plus that meet their specific ...
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How Indoor Farming Uses CO2 to Boost Yields and Ensure Safety
From: CO2Meter.comDescription: Carbon dioxide, otherwise referred to as "CO2", is critical when it comes to promoting and enhancing plant yields. Hence, the reason that many indoor growers and cultivators all utilize the inert gas ...
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5 Best CO2 Controllers for your Grow Room
From: CO2Meter.comDescription: One of the most common questions we receive at CO2Meter.com, is "What is the best CO2 controller for my grow space?". Since being an indoor grower can often bring along some "growing pains," to better ...
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Fire Suppression Testing with CO2 Sampling Data Loggers
From: CO2Meter.comDescription: Fire suppression testing is one of the most common uses of CO2 sampling data loggers. This is because carbon dioxide (CO2) can quickly deplete the oxygen in a room to put out a fire. Unlike water, CO2 ...
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Indoor Farming Applications and CO2
From: CO2Meter.comDescription: Whether you are looking for CO2 as a means for supplementation, enrichment, fumigation, yield growth, production, or produce quality the gas is essential. ...
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The Importance of a Multi Gas Monitor
From: CO2Meter.comDescription: If you need to monitor several gases at the same time for work, you need a multi gas monitor. These hand held tools can measure one or more gas concentrations in real time. they are commonly used to ...
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What is Carbon Monoxide?
From: CO2Meter.comDescription: While CO2Meter.com is often recognized as a leader in providing carbon dioxide (CO2) solutions, we also focus on the topic of carbon monoxide (CO) and the appropriate safety solutions as well. In ...
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A New Practical, Reliable Approach to the Vibration Monitoring of Cooling Tower Fans
From: MachineSaver, Inc.Description: Modern vibration data collectors are typically equipped with uni-axial and tri-axial sensors. The purpose of this paper is to provide the benefits and advantages of an intelligent & smart ...
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Horizontal Pump - Trivibe Vibration Sensor
From: MachineSaver, Inc.Description: The horizontal pump is one of the most rugged and versatile types of process equipment. This particular pump has a unique skid design, intake, and a US patented thrust chamber (HTC) that can be ...
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TRIVIBE - A Low-Cost, Reliable Alternative to Minimize Operation Downtime on Centrifugal Pumps
From: MachineSaver, Inc.Description: The centrifugal pump is one the most versatile types of process equipment for all industries. Compared with other type of pumps (e.g., reciprocating and rotary pumps), centrifugal pumps are smaller ...
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Trivibe - Low-Cost, Practical Approach to Vibration Monitoring of Conveyor Belt Systems
From: MachineSaver, Inc.Description: A conveyor belt is the carrying medium of a belt conveyor system. A belt conveyor system consists of two or more pulleys (sometimes referred to as drums), with an endless loop of carrying medium - the ...
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Trivibe - Practical Approach to the Vibration & Temperature Monitoring of Diesel Engines
From: MachineSaver, Inc.Description: The Trivibe sensor can be mounted on the engine block, center-lined to the machine casing. The green blocks below indicate where the sensors should be mounted when monitoring for engine block ...
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Trivibe vs Battery Operated Sensors
From: MachineSaver, Inc.Description: IMPORTANT Battery Powered Vibration Sensors CONSIDERATIONS when making a choice. The typical specification for a battery-powered vibration sensor is 3 years of battery life at 25°C (75°F) If ...
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AMETEK Land Helps DN Castech Achieve its Accuracy and Safety Goals for Liquid Metal Temperature Measurements
From: LANDDescription: AMETEK Land has supported a major India-based manufacturer in its metal quality and casting safety goals. ...
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Ametek Land Monitoring System Reduces Refractory Failures
From: LANDDescription: Ametek Land's latest monitoring system helps to reduce failures and deterioration in glass furnace refractories ...
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Can the LWIR-640 be Used to Monitor the Refractory Condition of a Ladle?
From: LANDDescription: The use of refractory-lined vessels (ladles) to transport molten iron and steel is commonplace in steel plants worldwide. ...
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How to Set Glass Leak Alarms with the LWIR-640 Thermal Imager and Its IMAGEPro Software?
From: LANDDescription: In addition to providing a fast-response safety monitoring system, the LWIR-640 supplies the thermal data necessary to detect damage. ...
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Reducing Energy Consumption & CO2 Emissions by using Continuous Furnace Outside Shell Monitoring with Stationary Industrial Thermal Imaging
From: LANDDescription: Decarbonisation is becoming more important for industrial furnace operators in applications such as reheat furnaces, glass melt tanks, rotary kilns, and annealing furnaces. ...
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Reducing Energy Waste in EAFs
From: LANDDescription: Read our latest article in Steel Times International where our experts discuss how to reduce energy waste in an Electric Arc Furnace. ...
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What Are The Key Benefits of Using a SPOT Pyrometer with a SPOT Actuator?
From: LANDDescription: AMETEK Land pyrometers are commonly used to capture highly accurate and reliable non-contact temperature measurement across several industries. ...
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What Makes Stored Biomass Self-Ignite?
From: LANDDescription: Provided the raw materials are sustainably sourced, biomass fuels offer a low-carbon alternative to fossil fuels such as coal and natural gas. However, these fuels present some problems that do not ...
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Will a 1 µm and 3.9 µm Pyrometer or Thermal Imager Read the Same Tube Wall Temperatures (TWTs)? If Not, Which Value is Correct?
From: LANDDescription: To answer this question, we first need to discuss the infrared temperature measurement behaviour of pyrometers, line-scanners and thermal imagers working at different spectral responses. ...
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AMETEK Land Offers Biomass Boiler Operators a Thermal Imaging Solution for Fuel Feed Issues
From: LANDDescription: AMETEK Land offers an innovative way to diagnose fuel feed issues in biomass boilers. ...
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AMETEK Land Showcases the Latest Temperature Measurement Solutions to Ensure Consistent Container Glass Quality
From: LANDDescription: AMETEK Land has released a new guide to help container glass manufacturers achieve the most consistent product quality. ...
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Discover the Correct Pyrometer to Meet Your Measurement Challenges and Process Conditions with AMETEK Land
From: LANDDescription: Discover the Correct Pyrometer to Meet Your Measurement Challenges and Process Conditions with AMETEK Land ...
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Improve Your Glass Quality and Reduce Energy Consumption with Thermal Imaging from AMETEK Land
From: LANDDescription: AMETEK Land provides a new approach for cleaner and more efficient glass furnaces. ...
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Major UK Steel Manufacturer Sees Improved Yield Following Implementation of Slag Detection System from AMETEK Land
From: LANDDescription: AMETEK Land has delivered its SDS-640 slag detection system to Celsa Steel UK to improve yield during the tapping process. ...
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New Thermal Imager from AMETEK Land Offers Reliable, Continuous Temperature Measurements and Smart Functionalities in a Range of Industrial and Environmental Applications
From: LANDDescription: AMETEK Land has added to its industry-leading temperature measurement solutions with the launch of a new smart thermal imager. ...
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Reduce Risk of Failures in Glass Furnace Refractories with Solutions from AMETEK Land
From: LANDDescription: AMETEK Land helps to reduce failures and deterioration in glass furnace refractories with monitoring and detection systems. ...
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Connectivity: The Secret Weapon for Better Gas & Flame Detection
From: MSA SafetyDescription: The world of safety is in the midst of a revolution – the IIoT (Industrial Internet of Things) revolution where technology can enable a better, safer, more productive work environment. Nowhere ...
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Success Story: Ultra Creates Customized Solution for Obsolete Direct Immersion Sensors for NextEra
From: Ultra EnergyDescription: Many nuclear facilities across the nation and the world are dealing with the rising challenge of replacing or refurbishing outdated and obsolete sensors and transmitters. Quite often, the OEM is ...
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Temperature & Quality: the critical connection for pharmaceutical production
Description: The production of pharmaceuticals is one of the most tightly regulated of all the manufacturing processes. Every aspect of production is carefully controlled, with each of the key factors that could ...
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How Does Continuous Emissions Monitoring Work?
From: Environics, Inc.Description: This article will outline how CEMS work, their main components and why they are essential. ...
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Pressure Monitoring Solution for Diving Equipment
From: Micro Sensor Co., Ltd.Description: Micro Sensor, as a professional pressure sensor manufacturer, can provide diving equipment manufacturers with high-precision and stable pressure sensors, and also can provide customized solutions to ...
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Association between community noise and children's cognitive and behavioral development: A prospective cohort study
From: Convergence InstrumentsDescription: Noise exposure has been associated with adverse cognitive and behavioral outcomes in children, but evidence on longitudinal associations between community noise and child development in low- and ...
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Moisture in Hog Fuel
From: KPM AnalyticsDescription: Control of clay powder moisture is paramount to the production of quality floor and wall tiles of consistent dimension. Too high moisture results in a badly formed, flexible tile in the dry press, and ...
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Space-time characterization of community noise and sound sources in Accra, Ghana
From: Convergence InstrumentsDescription: Urban noise pollution is an emerging public health concern in growing cities in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), but the sound environment in SSA cities is understudied. We leveraged a large-scale ...
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An Insight into the Gas Generation Industry
Description: On-site gas generation offers a cost-effective, reliable, and safe alternative to liquid or cylinder supplies of oxygen or nitrogen. With the latest developments in pressure swing absorption (PSA) ...
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Application Example: Automated Bolting of the Upper Housing Part
From: SensoPartDescription: The challenge: The drill holes are located under the placed housing top. The sensor must determine the lower hole positions in the bottom part. The reflection of the components makes the position ...
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Application Example: Check of the Correct Feeding of Screws in the Right Position
From: SensoPartDescription: The challenge: Some of the screws are shiny and do not have a homogeneous, always equally reflective surface and contour. The installation space for the sensor is very narrow and at the same time a ...