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How To Avoid a "Rocky" Start to the Year
From: AggrekoDescription: As warmer temperatures sweep into the Rocky Mountains, how do oil & gas operators adapt? Does spring weather make everything easier? Or does the defrosting create its own set of challenges? To help ...
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Lessons Learned in 2020 and What's Ahead for the Food & Beverage Industry
From: AggrekoDescription: As 2021 settles down for business, it's a good time to look back at the dramatic changes the pandemic forced on the Food & Beverage (F&B) sector, how our customers responded, and to look at what lies ...
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What Manufacturers Can Learn from 2020 to Increase Productivity in 2021
From: AggrekoDescription: Rewind 12 months to the beginning of February 2020 and it's perhaps difficult to comprehend the difference between your life then and what has become the 'new normal.' ...
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What the Events Industry Learned in 2020 and How to Apply it in 2021
From: AggrekoDescription: The impact of 2020 on the Events industry was clear to see. With cancellations taking effect throughout the year, event planners were forced to adapt, often at very short notice. ...
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Solesphere FAQ
Description: Frequently Asked Questions About SOLESPHERE Silicas for Skincare ...
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Remanufacturing Reference Guide
Description: Henkel Corporation's cleaning, remachining, and reassembly products are critical parts used in the remanufacturing process to ensure that components conform to OEM specifications and meet or exceed ...
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Threadlocking User's Guide
Description: What You Need to Know to Ensure a Reliable Threaded Assembly ...
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Case Study: DXOMARK Chooses Radiant for Evaluating Displays Based on Real User Conditions
From: Radiant Vision SystemsDescription: Renowned among display makers, consumers, and media for its scientific device benchmarking protocols and quality index-the DXOMARK score-DXOMARK has revolutionized test methods to evaluate device ...
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Guide to Test Hooks
From: E-Z-HOOKDescription: A general overview of test hook features and construction ...
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CDC and Food Safety
From: TEGAM, Inc.Description: What Is CDC's Role in Food Safety? ...
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Four Steps to Food Safety: Clean, Separate, Cook, Chill
From: TEGAM, Inc.Description: Following four simple steps at home-Clean, Separate, Cook, and Chill-can help protect you and your loved ones from food poisoning. ...
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Current Mode Control
From: Venable InstrumentsDescription: Current mode control is one of the significant topologies in power electronics. This white paper details the principle of current mode control, how it is supposed to work, what topologies come closest ...
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Distributed Power: What Causes These Systems to Oscillate
From: Venable InstrumentsDescription: Distributed power systems can oscillate, especially when driving one power supply with another power supply. The input and output impedances of a power supply can predict this oscillation. Download ...
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How Much Phase Margin Do I Need?
From: Venable InstrumentsDescription: When discussing the stability of a power supply (or any system with negative feedback), we usually evaluate the phase margin as the primary indicator. Naturally, the question arises "How much phase ...
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Why Conditionally Stable Systems do not Oscillate
From: Venable InstrumentsDescription: This paper will explain clearly and simply what really happens in both conditionally and unconditionally stable feedback control systems, and how a loop attenuates with any gain other than unity. ...
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Application of ESTi to Electrochemical Device Testing
From: Venable InstrumentsDescription: Blog post explores the impacts of the ESTi's multi-point thermal calibration on battery testing. ...
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Critical Micelle Concentration (CMC) and Surfactant Concentration
From: Kruss USADescription: The CMC (critical micelle concentration) is the concentration of a surfactant in a bulk phase, above which aggregates of surfactant molecules, so-called micelles, start to form. The CMC is an ...
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Dynamic Surface Tension
From: Kruss USADescription: The dynamic surface tension (SFT) or interfacial tension (IFT) is the value of the SFT or IFT referred to a particular surface age or interface age. In the case of liquids with surface-active ...
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Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR)
From: Kruss USADescription: Interfacial technology for efficient oil field exploitation ...
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Inkjet Printing
From: Kruss USADescription: Optimization of the ink, the printing process and the substrate with surface science methods ...
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Measuring the Input and Output Impedance of Power Supplies
From: Venable InstrumentsDescription: Why are source-load impedance measurements necessary? This blog covers the basic equipment and setup to make voltage injection impedance measurements. ...
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Paints, Inks and Varnishes as Liquids
From: Kruss USADescription: Surface science methods to improve wetting, dispersion stability and foam prevention ...
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Pendant Drop
From: Kruss USADescription: The pendant drop is a drop suspended from a needle in a bulk liquid or gaseous phase. The shape of the drop results from the relationship between the surface tension or interfacial tension and ...
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Reusing Protective Clothing Against Droplet Infections - Conceivable or Utopian?
From: Kruss USADescription: A new study shows how reusable, water-repellent cleanroom coveralls could be used as medical protective clothing ...
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Solving Practical Engineering Challenges in Motion Control Using Frequency Response Analysis
From: Venable InstrumentsDescription: Solving practical engineering problems in motion control using a frequency response analyzer (FRA) and SIAD software to tune the system. ...
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Stability Analysis of Switching Power Supply Feedback Loops
From: Venable InstrumentsDescription: Why is stability analysis needed? This blog post walks through the top four reasons through figures and graphs. ...
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PID Tuning of Control System Performance Using FRAs
From: Venable InstrumentsDescription: Controller capabilities are improving every day. In addition, with the costs of industrial automation technologies and control systems at an all time low, and increasingly robust control algorithms ...
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High-Performance Military Sensor Signal Chains
From: Linear SystemsDescription: This paper describes techniques to employ to create the lowest-noise, most effect front-end amplification for sensor signal chains. Advanced lithography design and fab process techniques enable the ...
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Use Automation to Monitor Inventory in Resin Silos
From: BinMaster, Inc.Description: Imagine your job didn't involve climbing silos, guesswork, or inventory shortages. Instead, each day you stayed safe; inventory was convenient, accurate, and reliable. That's what level sensors and ...
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How to Measure Moisture Content in Food
From: Mettler-Toledo GmbHDescription: Moisture analysis plays a vital role in all areas of the food industry, from goods-in inspection, through quality control, production and storage, to the development of new products. In nearly all ...
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Bode Box Verification Test
From: Venable InstrumentsDescription: The Bode Box test is performed to verify that the injection transformer is working correctly using a Venable Frequency Response Analyzer FRA. It is basically a transfer function measurement that ...
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Use Case: LAB-X for Verifying Salt Content in Food
Description: We send out a regular email newsletters and information. Please let us know if you would like us to contact you by email or not, by selecting one of the options below. The overall salt content in ...
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AMS 2750F Pyrometry Instrumentation Solutions from TEGAM
From: TEGAM, Inc.Description: The latest version of AMS2750 Pyrometry has just been released. Revision F is a complete rewrite so it pays to read it carefully to see how the changes may impact your operations. In the first ...
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O3D and Industrial Image Processing.
From: ifm electronic gmbhDescription: find answers to the most common questions about O3D and industrial image processing. ...
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Sorting with Unfailing Precision
From: ifm electronic gmbhDescription: 3D sensor as the heart of a pick & place solution ...
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Why You Should Use Predictive Data in Building Material Manufacturing
From: BTG LabsDescription: When it comes to modern flooring, roofing, siding, windows and wall construction, to make sure the outside stays out and the inside stays warm/cool/dry, contractors are heavily reliant upon adhesives ...
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Learn How to Identify When a Torque Tool is Falling Out of Calibration
From: Mountz, Inc.Description: Learn the key benefits of conducting a routine torque verification process with your assembly tools. ...
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The E-Z-Hook DOES IT
From: E-Z-HOOKDescription: We have made it our goal to "think outside of the box" when it comes to designing new products for multiple uses. ...
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After a Year of EV Product Recalls Due to Battery Fires, Is It Time to Rethink LIB Quality Control?
Description: We send out a regular email newsletters and information. Please let us know if you would like us to contact you by email or not, by selecting one of the options below. 2020 is never going to be ...
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Collect - Edge Devices (Sensors & Actuators)
From: Newark, An Avnet CompanyDescription: This is the front-most device of any IoT system. It primarily works as either a sensing device to collect physical environment information, or as an actuator to control the outside world with an ...
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Gas Chromatography Calibration: How to Calibrate GC
From: Environics, Inc.Description: As with any form of quantitative analysis, proper calibration is key to success in gas chromatographic workflows. We will run through some of the steps to thorough gas chromatography calibration ...
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Stay Safe, Save Lives - Embracing the Importance of Positive Material Identification
Description: 2020 has taught us a very important lesson - the most significant aspect of life is safety. In this new world, we've seen events cancelled, planes grounded and whole industries grind to a halt. ...
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Engineers Week: Honoring the E in STEM
From: VlierDescription: The U.S. Department of Education has chartered a five-year strategy to promote access to education in the fields of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math). They point out that professionals ...
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Guide to Automotive Diagnostic Testing Components
From: E-Z-HOOKDescription: The automotive industry is a frequent user of electrical test accessories for automotive diagnostic testing. There are some features technicians and mechanics look for with their equipment accessories ...
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Sterile Storage Cabinets Provide Portable and Cost-effective Cleanroom Environments
From: Air Innovations, Inc.Description: This article reviews requirements for standard cleanrooms and highlights how some of the most stringent cleanroom requirements can be satisfied on demand with the Air Innovations SSC 4500 Sterile ...
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How Much is Your Melt Correction Process Costing You?
Description: Controlling the melting process by verifying melt chemistry is essential to ensure the melt is meeting the specification limits of the grade to be cast. Spark optical emission spectroscopy has been ...
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How Plastics Lose Their Hydrophobia
From: Kruss USADescription: The increase in surface polarity due to ozone treatment is demonstrated on POM and PBT plastics based on contact angle measurements. The results also show a different effect of duration on the surface ...
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Inline Process Control of Wettability by Means of Contact Angle Measurement on Moving Surfaces
From: Kruss USADescription: With a feasibility study we show how contact angle measurements can be used for uninterrupted inline process controls by utilizing our fast Liquid Needle dosing unit and the ADVANCE API software ...
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Optimizing Flame Treatment of Polymer Surfaces
From: Kruss USADescription: A supplier for the automotive industry was confronted with a very high reject rate when applying a decorative foil on flame-activated polypropylene. After unsuccessful efforts with test inks, non- ...
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Surface Treatment in General
From: Kruss USADescription: The nature of material surfaces is as equally important for processing and final use as the volumetric properties. The cleanliness, surface free energy and roughness are decisive factors for adhesion ...
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The Effect of an Oxygen-Helium Atmospheric Plasma on the Surface Energy of Medical Plastics
From: Kruss USADescription: Surface modification of polymers by means of plasma treatment significantly improves the wettability by water. As a result of this discovery, higher biocompatibility of the plastics in medical ...
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Wettability of Carbon Fibers using Single-fiber Contact Angle Measurements - A Feasibility Study
From: Kruss USADescription: The very low wetting forces on a carbon fiber can be measured with the help of a K100SF single-fiber contact angle measuring instrument. Differences in mean value extend beyond the scatter band and ...
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What Medical Device Manufacturers Need from Surface Cleanliness Testing
From: BTG LabsDescription: Quality tests during medical device production need to check a lot of boxes for manufacturers. Testing must increase confidence in product reliability in order to be worthwhile to manufacturers. ...
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Why Test Inks Cannot Tell the Full Truth About Surface Free Energy
From: Kruss USADescription: The SFE is determined for 16 materials and plasma treated polymers. The differences - which are quite large in some cases - are explainable considering that ink tests do not take the polar part of SFE ...
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Analyzing Oil Cleanliness in Power Generation Plants Using the CIX100 System
From: Olympus America, Inc.Description: Electric power generation plants must ensure that sufficient electricity is supplied to customers at all times. Preventive maintenance of the power generation equipment is, therefore, critical for ...
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Inspecting Long Seam Welds Efficiently and Easily Using the AxSEAM™ Scanner
From: Olympus America, Inc.Description: Inspecting a long seam-or axial-weld is challenging both acoustically and mechanically. From an acoustic standpoint, the tube geometry tends to defocalize the ultrasonic beam, reducing the potential ...
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Long Seam Weld Inspection Using the AxSEAM™ Scanner
From: Olympus America, Inc.Description: Long seam welds are challenging to inspect using conventional phased array ultrasound testing (PAUT) because of their thin wall thicknesses, the vertical weld bevel orientation, and the pipe ...
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Circuit Pattern Inspection on Wafer Samples
From: Olympus America, Inc.Description: When microscopic observation of both the circuit pattern and color of a wafer sample is required, the conventional method calls for darkfield illumination for the former and brightfield illumination ...
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Measuring Weld Throat Thickness with OLYMPUS Stream Image Analysis Software
From: Olympus America, Inc.Description: After metal sheets are welded together, the strength of the welds must be checked to help ensure the integrity of final products. Welds need to have sufficient throat thickness-the distance from the ...
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Adapting Custom Applications to the Labmaster Universal
Description: The Labmaster Universal is designed mainly for one dimensional gage calibration (gage blocks, master rings, plug gages ...), but can be used for many other artifacts and part measuring. Two things ...
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Bench Micrometer
Description: A bench micrometer is a type of gauge or tool used for inspection which typically resides on a work bench that measures length whose accuracy and precision is approximately 20 micro-inches (0.5 ...
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Dimensional Metrology
Description: Dimensional Metrology is the science of calibrating and using measuring equipment to determine the physical size or distance from an object. Inspection is a critical step in product development and ...
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Gage Block Calibration Tolerances
Description: Gage (gauge) blocks are available in various grades, depending on their intended use. The grading criterion is tightness of tolerance on their sizes; thus higher grades are made to tighter tolerances ...
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National, Regional and International Standards
Description: National, Regional and International Standards (current as of August 17, 2017) ...
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How to Optimize Coatings and Substrates for Compatible Medical Devices
From: Kruss USADescription: Rapid growth and development in the medical device industry require state-of-the-art materials that perform at their best. Our whitepaper details how optimizing surface properties of these materials ...
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Process Control Innovations for Card Manufacturers
From: BTG LabsDescription: We've all experienced the disappointing (and kinda embarrassing) moment when we're at a register trying to buy armfuls of tortilla chips and salsa and the point of sale card reader screams out that an ...
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The Best Method of Controlling HMDS Use in Semiconductor Manufacturing
From: BTG LabsDescription: Semiconductors are one of the most fascinating areas of electronics manufacturing. The ability to "grow" almost irreducibly small integrated circuit components on silicon wafers has made an incredible ...
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Stay at Home EBook
From: Red PitayaDescription: Teaching materials regarding phase, voltage, circuits, power transfer, etc. ...
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First-Ever Precision Measurement/Loading System for GRIN Optical Thin Film Measurement
From: ABTech, Inc.Description: ABTech Manufacturing creates the first measurement and automatic loading system for ultra-precise, ultra-thin optical films in just 3 months. ...
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3 Ways Sensor to Cloud Puts Data to Work for You
From: Belden Inc.Description: Think about the amount of sensor data gathered in a single hour inside a manufacturing plant: Data like size, color, temperature, failure, location and on/off status are captured 24/7 from equipment ...
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Getting an IrDA Dongle Working with Windows 10 - CAS DataLoggers
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: Microsoft recently removed the IrDA feature from Windows 10. It is easy to re-add this feature if you need to use an IrDA dongle. The following steps will add the feature and allow the IrDA device to ...
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Using Data to Improve Ink Adhesion to Polymer Film
From: BTG LabsDescription: One of the most frustrating aspects of experiencing a problem in manufacturing isn't necessarily the issue itself, but rather, it's the difficulty of accurately determining and communicating what the ...
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AMS2750F Pyrometry has Dropped
From: TEGAM, Inc.Description: The latest version of AMS2750 Pyrometry has just been released. Revision F is a complete rewrite so it pays to read it carefully to see how the changes may impact your operations. ...
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Testing Aircraft Electrical Bonds Ensures Safety and Reliability, Improves System Performance
From: TEGAM, Inc.Description: Fixed and rotary-wing aircrafts are complex assemblies consisting of various electrical and mechanical components, which are all connected to form a sound mechanical structure. While mechanical ...
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What Functions Should You Look for in Digital Temperature Calibrators?
From: TEGAM, Inc.Description: There are several brands and manufacturers of thermocouple temperature calibrators in the marketplace today. Like most instruments and devices, not all temperature calibrators are created equal. ...
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Using enDAQ Sensors to Investigate Motorcycle Impact Into a Vehicle
Description: Using enDAQ sensors, Momentum Engineering Corp. investigated what the correct effective mass for motorcycle/rider combinations should be to accurately calculate speed loss in a motorcycle during ...
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How to Control Surface Quality for Bonding Dissimilar Materials
From: BTG LabsDescription: We've mentioned many times, in various articles, that bonded material systems are becoming the norm for manufacturers in nearly every industry. In order to make finished products more efficient in ...
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Fact Sheet Highlights Recommended Practice for Electrical Equipment Maintenance
Description: NFPA has developed a new NFPA 70B fact sheet that explains its purpose and highlights its relationship to related codes and standards. It also points out key chapters and the value of an effective ...
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Suspended or Floor Mounted Vertical Obstructions - NFPA 13
Description: What are suspended or floor mounted vertical obstructions? ...
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Hitachi X-Supreme8000 for TiO2 and ZnO Analysis of Sunscreen
Description: We send out a regular email newsletters and information. Please let us know if you would like us to contact you by email or not, by selecting one of the options below. Sunscreen and cosmetics that ...
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Right Method Right Place: Which Metals Analysis Method is Best at Each Stage of EAF Steel Manufacture?
Description: We send out a regular email newsletters and information. Please let us know if you would like us to contact you by email or not, by selecting one of the options below. In this article, Wilhelm ...
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Simple, Valuable Solar Energy Monitoring with a Data Logger
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: As summer begins, photovoltaic, PV, panel installers, and servicepersons can realize significant benefits from using solar energy monitoring to prove to clients that the promised savings are really ...
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Controlling Parts Washing Methods for Medical Components
From: BTG LabsDescription: Cleanliness is next to production standardization requirements for medical device manufacturers (as the old saying goes). Devices built to be inserted within the human body understandably need to meet ...
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Adhesion in General
From: Kruss USADescription: Measurement of wetting and adhesion when bonding or coating ...
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Reduce Workers' Compensation Claims In the Assembly Area
From: Mountz, Inc.Description: Synopsis When planning a production area, it pays dividends in the long term to plan the ergonomics of the operation and consult a health and safety inspector or ergonomic manager. Ensure both the ...
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Understanding and Using Cpk
From: Mountz, Inc.Description: Cpk measures two things: 1) how close the mean of the readings are to the center of the lower and upper spec limits; and 2) how widely spread the readings are ...
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AN109: Testing Aircraft Electrical Bonds Ensures Safety and Reliability, Improves System Performance
From: TEGAM, Inc.Description: Fixed and rotary-wing aircrafts are complex assemblies consisting of various electrical and mechanical components, which are all connected to form a sound mechanical structure. While mechanical ...
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Chilled Mirror Hygrometer Temperature Depression Explained.
Description: There is often confusion about the dewpoint measurement range of chilled mirror hygrometers and their temperature depression range. ...
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How to Prepare for the Development Challenges Driven by New and Converging Regulations in the Heavy-Duty, On-Road Segment
From: HORIBA Instruments, Inc.Description: In terms of engine development and certification, there is a relationship emerging between proposed NOx regulations, Greenhouse Gas Regulations (GHG), and OnBoard Diagnostics (OBD) compliance. These ...
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Battery Resistance Testing versus Impedance Testing
Description: The first point is that resistance testing and impedance testing are carried out by similar but importantly different methods; resistance is measured by using a DC current to perturb (excite) the ...
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Santa Rosa Company Plays Small Role in Making Parts for Coronavirus Testing Devices
From: Alluxa, Inc.Description: In the midst of the battle to curb the spread of the coronavirus, a Santa Rosa company is playing a small role to tackle the pandemic that has upended life in Sonoma County and across the country. ...
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Will New Hand Washing Practices Cause Problems for Manufacturing?
From: BTG LabsDescription: Like many industries during the COVID-19 crisis, manufacturing has had to make big changes including scaling back its workforce, enforcing new and intensified hygiene standards and taking a closer ...
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3 Key Challenges of Cell-to-Cell Correlation Across Multiple Test Facilities
From: HORIBA Instruments, Inc.Description: Today's vehicle test lab is more complex than ever. At the same time, the demand for quality data, produced as quickly as possible, continues to grow. ...
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Electrifying Commercial Vehicles: Challenges for 2027 and Beyond
From: HORIBA Instruments, Inc.Description: With encouragement from regulators, automakers and drivers alike, the automotive industry has made immense progress toward the electrification of passenger cars and light-duty vehicles in recent ...
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How HORIBA Helps Vehicle Manufacturers and Developers Electrify and Meet Regulations
From: HORIBA Instruments, Inc.Description: Upcoming green house gas regulations have created an industry-wide race to compliance. Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards, CARB's Zero Emission Vehicle production requirements, China 6 ...
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Trends in Lithium-Ion Battery Testing
From: HORIBA Instruments, Inc.Description: Batteries have gotten larger, more powerful, and far more complex as automotive OEMs expand their electrified fleet to meet impending global GHG (green house gas) regulations. A wide variety of ...
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A Full Range of Brake Testing Solutions
From: HORIBA Instruments, Inc.Description: GIANT Evo Brake Testing, STARS Brake Test Automation, and Brake Dust Testing solutions for applications from motorcycles to trains. ...
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Disaster Ready
Description: Creating effective emergency management programs for hospitals ...
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Dispatches: The Augusta Project
Description: Augusta, Georgia, embarks on a yearlong journey to implement NFPA 3000 and prepare for active shooter events ...
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Holistic Compliance
Description: Code compliance means using the entire code-not just a piece of it ...