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900 Series Monitor/Controllers Cut Costs/Waste, Increase Production
From: Myron L CompanyDescription: Implementation of 900 Series Monitor/Controllers cuts costs and waste while increasing production at large-scale residential HVAC manufacturing facility. ...
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Controlling Listeria Monocytogenes Contamination
From: TEGAM, Inc.Description: Contamination Through Effective Time/Temperature Process Controls ...
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How Python, Python Libraries, and IDEs Work Together to Analyze Data
Description: For engineers who need to analyze shock and vibration data, Python can be a very powerful tool. But getting started with Python and understanding its relationship with libraries and IDEs can be a ...
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The Seven HACCP Principles
From: TEGAM, Inc.Description: For food processors and handlers, HACCP and the FSMA have brought about an unprecedented emphasis on process data collection, record retention, and data reporting. ...
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What is Best for Your Temperature Measurement Application?
From: TEGAM, Inc.Description: CONTACT or INFRARED? Each method has its own set of strengths and weaknesses. ...
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Inkjet Printers Pressure Monitoring Solution
From: Micro Sensor Co., Ltd.Description: In order to guarantee the printing quality of the inkjet printer, it is necessary to control the pressure applied on the ink by a pressure measuring element with high precision and sensitivity, so as ...
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Useful Dew Point Conversion Tables you can Download and Use
Description: Pressure dew point (PDP) is a measure of humidity where the gas is under pressure – for example in a compressed air system. If the pressure of the gas increases, the dew-point temperature also ...
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Industrial Sight Flow Indicators
From: LJ StarDescription: LJ Star Sight Flow Indicators for industrial applications are the most common flow indicators style that enables visual observation of process flow through a pair of sight glasses mounted on a carbon ...
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Technology and Benefits of Advanced Inductive Technology for Linear Position Sensors
From: Novotechnik U.S., Inc.Description: This white paper describes new and improved technology that offers engineers specific advantages in speed, accuracy and reliability over previous linear position measurement technologies including ...
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How to Calculate Pressure Dew Points (PDP) Accurately?
Description: Avoiding condensation is vital for many processes. It can damage equipment, make its way into sensitive processes, shorten the life of air-driven tools or reduce product quality. Many applications use ...
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Smart Water Supply Monitoring Solutions
From: Micro Sensor Co., Ltd.Description: Micro Sensor realizes real-time collection and monitoring of production and operation data by supporting corresponding data acquisition/transmission equipment and cloud equipment in water sources, ...
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Intelligent Monitoring Solutions to Industrial Gases
From: Micro Sensor Co., Ltd.Description: Due to the danger of gas including nitrogen, oxygen, carbon dioxide, argon, hydrogen, helium, it has higher requirements on the preparation process, container handling, storage, and transportation ...
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Adapting Pressure Transducers for Your Applications
Description: Choosing the right pressure transducer for a specific application can be overwhelming. There is a vast array of choices, many of which duplicate performance. If you don't find the right combination of ...
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Barometric Sensors 101
Description: A barometric pressure sensor is a new type of barometer that measures atmospheric pressure. They are commonly used for weather measurement, altitude compensation, dive watches, altimeters, underwater ...
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How Do Mass Air Flow Sensors Work?
Description: Mass air flow sensors are detection devices that are used to measure mass flow rate, and they play a critical role in the function of various medical equipment. Respirators, ventilators, anesthesia ...
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How Does a Humidity Sensor Work?
Description: Humidity refers to the amount of water vapor present in the surrounding air. Humidity sensors are devices that measure moisture and air temperature in an environment and convert the data into a ...
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Learn the Difference: Rated Pressure, Overpressure & Burst Pressure
Description: In many applications and industries, it is not uncommon to come across the risk of excessive pressure, or overpressure, within the pneumatic or hydraulic network of equipment, especially in facilities ...
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Pressure Sensors for Critical Environments
Description: For many decades, Servoflo has been helping companies meet their pressure sensing measurement needs for a variety of applications, including those in critical environments. Our pressure sensors range ...
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Pressure Sensors for Medical Ventilators
Description: Medical ventilators supply air or other gaseous mixtures to patients through the use of pressure. These devices are used when patients require assistance breathing or are entirely unable to breathe on ...
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High Frequency Sensor for Sweeping Robot
Description: Sweeping and mopping the floor is a laborious and laborious physical activity. If there is a carpet in the home, and the hair that falls from it is unclear and unclean, it is even more difficult. ...
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Thermal Sensor Assemblies and Wire Harnessing
From: Birk Manufacturing, Inc.Description: As you may already know, Birk Manufacturing’s core business is focusing on the manufacturing of flexible silicone and Kapton® heating elements. But, did you know that we also specialize in ...
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Alloys Glossary of Terms
From: Isabellenhutte USADescription: ALLOYS GLOSSARY OF TERMS ...
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Trace Impurities in Ultra-High-Purity and Specialty Gases
Description: Many applications require very high purity, inert gases to blanket hazardous chemicals or as protective atmospheres. The electronics and semiconductor industries use ultra-high purity specialty gases ...
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Five Uses for Portable Flue Gas Analysers
From: LANDDescription: Fixed flue gas analysers measure emissions of gaseous pollutants from large combustion sources such as power plants and industrial boilers. They continuously provide data 24 hours per day for extended ...
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How to Determine Spectral Emissivities in Real Applications
From: LANDDescription: The (spectral) emissivity is commonly defined as the ratio of the emitted radiation of a real object to the emitted radiation of a black body at the same temperature ...
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Importance of Combustion Control and Emissions Monitoring in Steel Production
From: LANDDescription: Combustion operations during steel production processes produce emissions that are subject to strict environmental regulations. Monitoring and controlling these emissions is a regulatory requirement ...
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Linearization Feature for the Turbine Flowmeter
Description: A turbine flow meter is characterized by a calibration factor, commonly referred to as the k-factor. An ideal turbine flowmeter would have a k-factor perfectly constant (stable) across the entire ...
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Encoders: Why They're Used and How to Make Your Selection
From: PortescapDescription: Encoders provide feedback for accurate motor control relating to speed and positioning. Portescap looks at the technologies involved and explains how to choose the encoder for your application. ...
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What is Partial Pressure of Oxygen and How do you Calculate it?
Description: But, what is partial pressure? It is a question we are asked frequently when it comes to the O2 sensor working principle. In this article, we will address the definition of partial pressure, the ...
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Agrochemicals Plant Transforms Tank Inventory
From: BinMaster, Inc.Description: An agrochemicals company needed to manage over 150 stainless steel tanks containing fertilizers and chemicals. Compact non-contact sensors offered a solution for real-time inventory. ...
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2D Laser Scanners RF627 Series
From: RIFTEK EUROPE Sp. z.o.o.Description: The main goal of the project is not just to develop a new scanner instead of outdated RF625 one. ...
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Flat Washers (Spacers) Thickness Measurement System
From: RIFTEK EUROPE Sp. z.o.o.Description: Washer thickness control with ±5 um accuracy. ...
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Inner Diameter Measurement Gauges for Special Holes
From: RIFTEK EUROPE Sp. z.o.o.Description: The development of two Gauges is based on the orders of our Chinese partner. These projects continue our work in solving widespread ID measurement challenges. ...
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Redesign of Cable Fixing RF602 Model
From: RIFTEK EUROPE Sp. z.o.o.Description: We'd like to inform you, that we changed design of cable fixing. Now we use the same method as in the RF603 sensors, and this completely closes the problem. ...
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RF627 2D Laser Scanners Upgrade
From: RIFTEK EUROPE Sp. z.o.o.Description: First, we would like to inform that we discontinue production of outdated RF625 Series scanners and we no longer accept orders for them. ...
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RF627Smart Laser Scanner
From: RIFTEK EUROPE Sp. z.o.o.Description: We have completed the first stage of our large project and begin production of the Smart version of the scanner (RF627Smart), which makes it possible to measure geometric parameters of the object ...
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Shaft Geometry Measurement Machine
From: RIFTEK EUROPE Sp. z.o.o.Description: The machine is developed at the order of the largest Russian concern and is intended for precise measuring of geometric parameters (diameters, ovality and conicity) of the shaft-type parts. Machine ...
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Triangulation Laser Sensor with Wi-Fi for ID Measurement Tasks
From: RIFTEK EUROPE Sp. z.o.o.Description: This project continues our work in solving widespread ID measurement challenges. The main goal of the project was to develop a measuring tool for CNC machines ...
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What Equipment do you Need for Reliable Humidity Calibrations?
Description: If you regularly use a large quantity of humidity probes, relative humidity transmitters or hand-held humidity meters calibrating these in-house may save both time and money. Making the first step to ...
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Humidity Academy Theory 8 - Chilled Mirror and Aluminum Oxide Technology
Description: A chilled mirror or condensation hygrometer is a technology used to directly measure the dew or frost point of a gas. If the temperature of a mirror is lowered to precisely the value that makes dew ...
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Compact Laser Vibrometer Technology and Applications in Manufacturing Quality Control
Description: Today's manufacturing industry is a sensor-driven world. In any manufacturing process, there is no precision without feedback. Today's finished products are examined with speed and precision made ...
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Deionized Water
From: Myron L CompanyDescription: This application bulletin explains the deionization process and how to use conductivity/resistivity and TDS readings and monitor/controllers throughout the process to ensure product quality. ...
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Environmental Applications
From: Myron L CompanyDescription: This application bulletin explains how measuring, monitoring, and controlling TDS, Conductivity, pH, and ORP is part of due diligence in compliance with environmental protections and regulations. ...
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Fountain Solutions
From: Myron L CompanyDescription: This application bulletin explains how to monitor and control pH and Conductivity in Fountain Solutions for optimal print quality. It also helps operators to troubleshoot common issues related to ...
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Hemodialysis Applications
From: Myron L CompanyDescription: Controlling dialysate quality is critically important to hemodialysis patient health. Complications as minor as nausea and fatigue or as severe as metabolic acidosis and sepsis can result if dialysate ...
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Horticulture
From: Myron L CompanyDescription: This application bulletin explains why conductivity/EC, pH, and alkalinity tests are important in Horticulture and how to perform them in the field. ...
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Hydroponics
From: Myron L CompanyDescription: This application bulletin explains how to use TDS and pH readings to promote plant health and growth in Hydroponics. ...
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Oxidation Reduction Potential (ORP)/Redox
From: Myron L CompanyDescription: This application bulletin explains what ORP is and how it can be used to determine the disinfecting power of a solution by measuring its ability to oxidize or reduce chemical contaminants. ...
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Pool & Spa
From: Myron L CompanyDescription: This application bulletin explains how to measure, monitor, and control conductivity, TDS or mineral/salt concentration, pH, ORP, free chlorine, hardness, alkalinity, and temperature to ensure water ...
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Textile Manufacturing
From: Myron L CompanyDescription: This application bulletin explains how to measure, monitor, and control pH, TDS, conductivity, ORP, and temperature in textile manufacturing to ensure product quality and comply with environmental ...
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Automatic Rinse Tank Controls
From: Myron L CompanyDescription: This application bulletin explains how controlling rinse tank solution conductivity in metal finishing controls solution purity and lowers water consumption while preserving waste treatment equipment. ...
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Boiler & Cooling Towers
From: Myron L CompanyDescription: This application bulletin explains how monitoring and controlling Conductivity, TDS, pH, and ORP levels in boiler and cooling tower water allows operators to optimize blowdown schedules and inhibit ...
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Circuit Board Cleanliness Testing
From: Myron L CompanyDescription: Contamination of circuit boards can bring about severe degradation of insulation resistance and dielectric strength. This application bulletin explains how a simple "on line" test for the relative ...
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Humidity Academy Theory 7 - The Wet Bulb/Dry Bulb Technology
Description: Wet- and dry-bulb temperature measurement is a commonly used and widely accepted technique for controlling relative humidity in environmental chambers. ASTM standard E 337-02 (2007) reviews in great ...
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Shock & Vibration of the Wrist in Different Sports
Description: What type of shock and vibration environment does the human wrist experience when playing sports? ...
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Let's Get Digital
From: HSBDescription: In the last 20 years, the use of digital pressure gauges for industrial applications has increased due to advantages in durability, calibration, customization, reliability and readability over the ...
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Humidity Academy Theory 6 - The Capacitive Sensor
Description: As explained in a previous Blog-Post , all forms of life depend on water. Water activity indicates the amount of water which is biologically available to microorganisms. Each species of microorganism ...
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Controlling Your Natural Gas Burn To Cut Fuel Costs and Emissions
Description: From aeration lines to digester gases, from disinfection processes to pump flow protection, the right flow measurement instrumentation ensures optimal process operations and minimized maintenance that ...
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Water and Wastewater Treatment Applications Guide
Description: From aeration lines to digester gases, from disinfection processes to pump flow protection, the right flow measurement instrumentation ensures optimal process operations and minimized maintenance that ...
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Five Ways QuadraTherm Flow Meter Technology Makes You And Your Process Smarter
From: Sierra Instruments, Inc.Description: For engineers and facility managers looking at their production operations to improve process efficiency, reduce costs, and find ways to meet sustainability and environmental governance regulations, ...
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Humidity Academy Theory 5 - Effect of Temperature and Pressure on % rh
Description: Saturation vapor pressure depends only on temperature. There is no effect of total pressure, and there is no difference between the situation in an open space and that in a closed container. In an ...
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Rotary Encoders: What They Are and How They Work
From: Advanced Assembly, LLC.Description: Rotary encoders are electromechanical devices that detect an axle's absolute or relative rotational position. The resolution of the encoder determines the minimum detectable angular displacement. ...
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Humidity Academy Theory 4 - Definitions of Humidity: Vapor Concentration
Description: The vapor concentration or absolute humidity of a mixture of water vapor and dry air is defined as the ratio of the mass of water vapor Mw to the volume V occupied by the mixture. The volume mixing ...
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Ceracore USC30 Mounting instructions
Description: This document should support during the installation of the Ceracore USC30. It deals with the mechanical installation. ...
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Measuring Boiler Tube Temperature
From: LANDDescription: Boilers are used in many industrial applications ranging from power generation to municipal waste incineration as well as district heating. ...
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LabMill Wheat Tempering Procedure - Part 2
From: KPM AnalyticsDescription: Experimental milling is a critical point for wheat quality control and R&D laboratories. However, there is always a competition between best practices and the necessity to obtain fast results in a ...
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Humidity Academy Theory 3 - Humidity and Vapor Pressure
Description: Water vapor is one of several gases that makes up air. For example if the total pressure of a system such as air at sea level is 101.3 kPa (or 29.9 inches of mercury), and that air is made up of ...
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Humidity Academy Theory 2 - Relative Humidity, Pressure and Temperature
Description: Reviewing the laws of physics that govern water vapor in a moist gas can help you better understand the properties of what you're measuring. Understanding these properties will help you make a more ...
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Achieving High Performance Pressure Sensing with Small Ceramic Based Capacitance Sensors
Description: When we talk about high performance in pressure sensing, we sometimes imagine large and bulky pressure sensors with space or military development backgrounds. Those easily cost thousands of dollars ...
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Encoders: Why They're Used and How To Make Your Selection
From: PortescapDescription: Encoders provide feedback for accurate motor control relating to speed and positioning. Portescap looks at the technologies involved and explains how to choose the encoder for your application. ...
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Control of Temperature, Humidity and Other Important Parameters in Hospitals
Description: The survival of viruses, bacteria, and fungi in the air is influenced by temperature and relative humidity. The transmission of infectious diseases via aerosol or airborne infection necessitates ...
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How to Make Oxygen Sensors Have a Long Life?
Description: It is a question we are asked frequently: How to make oxygen sensors have a long life? There are many things we can do, but also, more importantly, there are many chemicals and gases we can try to ...
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Humidity Academy Theory 1 - What is Humidity?
Description: Humidity is measured using a hygrometer, a tool that utilizes various materials and measurements to gauge a room or space's level of water vapor. While no scientific measurement is absolutely true, ...
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Importance of Water Activity (aw) Measurement
Description: Water Activity (aw) Measurement- Why is it important? ...
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SCR (Selective Catalytic Reduction) Emissions System, What Sensor Do I Need?
Description: "New stringent emissions laws which are being introduced globally mean that many of our own personal diesel cars will no longer be allowed to enter some of our major Towns and Cities." ...
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Water Activity (aw) Measurement - Some Theory Basics
Description: The measurement of water activity (aw) or equilibrium relative humidity (ERH) is a crucial parameter in the quality control of moisture-sensitive products and materials. Water activity is defined as ...
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What are Safety Integrity Levels and What do They Mean for Your Process?
Description: Safety Integrity Level (SIL) ratings are becoming more common. Many people are familiar with hazardous area approvals such as ATEX, IECEx and CSA; however, a SIL rating is slightly different. ...
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What are the Best Analysis Techniques to Ensure Quality of Hydrogen in Production?
Description: We are often asked which analysis techniques are most suitable for ensuring the purity of hydrogen in production. Our article on the Process Sensing Technologies blog provides a quick overview of the ...
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Overcoming the Challenge of Meeting Strict Customer Standards in Potato Processing
From: KPM AnalyticsDescription: Lamb Weston relies on Unity Scientific® NIR analyzers for rapid quality control. Lamb Weston is the world’s largest producer of fries and frozen potato products. From fast food conglomerates ...
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Quality Control in a Cereal Plant
From: KPM AnalyticsDescription: The breakfast cereal market is highly competitive markets where brand loyalty and consistent product quality can result in increasing market share and concomitant production and distribution ...
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Farm Surveying Drone, TYTO, Functions to Help Farmers Monitor Crop Growth
From: SICKDescription: On many farms, crop growth is monitored through a sampling process where small sections of crops are measured, and the data is extrapolated to unsampled areas. The team from Texas A&M University ...
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Safe and Fast: nanoScan3 Makes Cobot Welding Even More Efficient
From: SICKDescription: German welding manufacturer Lorch Schweißtechnik is continuously setting new technological standards in the market. This is evident in the electric arc welding systems it manufactures for ...
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Tailor-made Vision Solution to Automate Laundry Services
From: SICKDescription: Loading, washing, unloading, drying, ironing. Rinse and repeat. It’s an endless cycle in the laundry business. The cleaning professionals at Rosa Toifl in Vienna, Austria are constantly picking ...
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Learn about Ultrasonic Transducers
From: Transducers USA, Inc.Description: Ultrasonic transducers send and receive waves for many types of sensing. They convert energy into high frequency sound waves in the ultrasonic range. These sound waves are then focused on a target and ...
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Force/Torque Feedback Control is Applied in Various Robot Automation Projects - Hypersen Technologies
Description: Currently, traditional vision position control is used normally, such as allowing the robotic arm to move in a closed and confirmed space along a planned trajectory. The sensitive vision system acts ...
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element14 Essentials: Static Control I
From: Newark, An Avnet CompanyDescription: This learning module discusses the causes of ESD and prevention techniques with a few application examples ...
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How Leveraging Your Gas Detectors Data Can Lead To "Intelligent" Safety Management
From: MSA SafetyDescription: Up until 1930, industry professionals believed the main causes of accidents were unsafe conditions. However, improvements in work environments and regulations helped to create safer work conditions. ...
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Technical Article on Laser Vibration Sensor for High-precision UMW of Lithium-ion Battery Cell
Description: A new scheme to achieve the high-precision Ultrasonic Metal Welding of Lithium-ion battery cell by monitoring the process through a compact laser vibration sensor from OmniSensing Photonics LLC. ...
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Why Understanding Torque is Key in Pump System Installation and Maintenance
From: S. Himmelstein & CompanyDescription: One example of torque is to think of pushing or pulling a wrench to loosen or tighten a bolt. That turning force is torque, as Viking Pump explained in a Pye Barker Engineered Solutions guest blog. ...
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Application Bulletin: IA-2 Semiconductor Fabrication
Description: Sight Glass and Gauge Guard provide visual verification of purity and pressure. ...
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Achieving Sub-ppb Impurity Detection to Ensure the Purity of Electronic Specialty Gases
Description: Electronic specialty gases (ESGs) are used throughout the electronics sector, but the largest users, with the most diverse needs are semiconductor manufacturers. Various ESGs are used in most ...
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Controlling Moisture in Commercial Steam Ovens with Temperature-Resistant Zirconium Dioxide Oxygen Sensors
Description: In commercial baking ovens, the use of steam has many advantages and in some cases is critical to the production of consistent quality product. Lately the reduction in production costs of steam ovens ...
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Humidity Academy Theory 9 - Choosing the Right Humidity Measurement Technology
Description: Considering the wide variety of environmental variables that influence water vapor and affect measurement, it’s important to know precisely which type of instrument and technology will enable ...
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Questions & Answers: The Importance of Soiling Monitoring & Mitigation
From: OTT HydrometDescription: Have you watched the pv magazine webinar on #PV module cleaning and the importance of #soiling monitoring? On our blog we share the recording and compiled a selection of questions and answers. ...
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Spectral Selectivity vs. Spectral Error: Shedding Light on ISO 9060:2018
From: OTT HydrometDescription: In late 2018, the ISO 9060 standard for solar radiometers underwent a remarkable update that brought significant changes on the classification of solar radiation measurement quality. At first glance, ...
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Use of Chilled Mirror Hygrometers as Reference Instruments in Calibration Laboratories
Description: For large pharmaceutical manufacturing plants, power plants and other industrial/process plants which operate large quantities of dew point sensors, it is usually more cost-effective to calibrate ...
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Using a Turbine Flowmeter System in Cryogenic Custody Transfer Applications
Description: The effective use of a Cryogenic Flowmetering System to obtain accurate flow measurements requires a number of basic considerations be satisfied. ...
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How Accurate is your Dew-point Transmitter?
Description: For many industrial trace moisture measurements, dew-point transmitters are the ideal choice. They are low cost, easy to install and robust enough to withstand the tough environments. This includes ...
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How to Install a Dew-point Transmitter for Best Accuracy
Description: Unlike moisture content (measured in parts per million) the water dew point temperature of a gas is a relationship between the moisture content, the temperature and pressure of the gas. Installing the ...
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Six Reasons to Consider Ceramic Metal Oxide Moisture Sensors for Your Process
Description: Metal oxide moisture sensors have been on the market for years. Since their introduction in the 1960s, there have been many developments in trace moisture sensing technologies for industrial ...