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Vacuum Potting - The Solution for the Strictest Requirements
From: Scheugenpflug, Inc.Description: Many electronic components today have a wider range of functions and must fulfill strict reliability and functional durability requirements. Once installed, they are usually very difficult to replace. ...
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SubCom® Case Study: Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Brine
Description: The Potash Company of Saskatchewan switched to solution mining in the late 1980s as a result of being unable to contain or de-water their flooded mining operation. In the early stages of solution ...
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Advances in Semiconductor Technology Helped Ease the Transition for a Global Remote Workforce
From: Conax TechnologiesDescription: In a recent article at semi.org, ESD Alliance Executive Director Robert Smith pays tribute to the pivotal role the semiconductor industry has played in helping to figuratively keep our world spinning ...
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Stuck in a Conveying Nightmare?
From: Spiroflow Systems, Inc.Description: Key Considerations When Choosing the Right Mechanical Conveyor ...
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A Longer Reach
From: Hypertherm, Inc.Description: By leveraging a longer plasma cutting torch, companies expand their range of applications and improve operator safety. ...
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SubCom® Case Study: JBS USA
Description: JBS USA is a processor and supplier of animal protein and leather in USA, Canada, Mexico and Australia. JBS operates a beef processing facility in Greeley, CO. Parent company JBS SA of Brazil, is the ...
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Handheld Inner Diameter Measuring Gauge for tuyere wear control
From: RIFTEKDescription: These projects continue our work in solving widespread ID measurement challenges. ...
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Medical Technology - The Highest Level of Quality and Reproducibility for our Potting Needs
From: Scheugenpflug, Inc.Description: Manufacturers and suppliers of medical technology face a variety of challenges: high development costs, numerous regulatory requirements and often only limited market volume or short product cycles. ...
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Thermally Conductive Pastes Protect Against Overheating and Vibrations
From: Scheugenpflug, Inc.Description: Thermal influences have an enormous impact on the service life, capacity and above all the operational safety of Li-ion traction batteries. In order to prevent possible defects and damage caused by ...
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Updated Load Absorbers
Description: As electric drive systems become increasingly common, the need for low-speed, high-torque testing solutions is becoming ever apparent ...
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SubCom® Case Study: Ainsworth Lumber Co.
Description: The quality of plywood veneer produced in a veneer plant depends not only on the quality of the logs but also on their condition during the peeling process. If the log is too cold, the veneer breaks ...
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5 Things to Look for in Your Hemp Drying Equipment
From: Marion Process SolutionsDescription: Hemp and cannabis processors are turning to industrial drying equipment as they ramp up the volume of product being processed. Choosing the right equipment will help bring capacity, quality and ...
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6 Benefits of Moving to Microwave Processing
From: Marion Process SolutionsDescription: Indirect heating methods have played an important role in industrial thermal processing for more than a century. ...
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All Air Knives Are Not Created Equal
From: ITW Paxton ProductsDescription: Last year Air McClure, an air products representative based in Rocky River, Ohio faced a challenge in serving one of its longterm clients. The client, a bottling plant for a household name Fortune 500 ...
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Cannabis Processing: The Importance of Thermal Processing Equipment
From: Marion Process SolutionsDescription: Cannabis as a whole represents an exciting business opportunity, especially given the explosion of the global hemp market, which is projected to grow at a compounded annual growth rate of close to 35% ...
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Contract Packager Uses Paxton's CanDryer to Remove Residual Beer and Dry Cans
From: ITW Paxton ProductsDescription: Established in 2015, a Contract Packager goes beyond making great products for their clients: they are committed to seeing their clients' brands grow. They aim to become a one-stop shop for their ...
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Five Key Considerations: Choosing the Right Thermal Processing Technology
From: Marion Process SolutionsDescription: Industrial ovens, coolers, microwaves and dryers can last 20 or more years. Your choice of thermal processing equipment affects the quality of the materials produced, operational costs of the plant, ...
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Game Changer at Soda Canning Facility
From: ITW Paxton ProductsDescription: A major step forward in air-rinsing products has generated a buzz among companies selling canned and bottled products. The experience of a Facility Manager at a canning plant for one of the world's ...
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Global Leader Pipes in Savings Using a Paxton Drying System
From: ITW Paxton ProductsDescription: A global leader provides a full range of pipes used in the oil and gas sector, the chemical and petrochemical industries, energy, machine-building, construction, municipal housing, shipbuilding, ...
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Heat Sensitive Products and Thermal Processing
From: Marion Process SolutionsDescription: While industrial microwave heating has been around for more than seventy years, it is in the last few decades where it has evolved as a serious contender in thermal processing applications. That's due ...
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Industrial Mixing for Food
From: Marion Process SolutionsDescription: Find out the differences between four different types of food mixers. ...
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Oregon Craft Brewery Upgrades to Paxton's Ionizing Can Rinser
From: ITW Paxton ProductsDescription: Ft. George Brewing Co. in Astoria, Oregon is one of the fastest growing breweries in the United States. Established in 2007, the company produces over 40 varieties of beer. Their canned beer is ...
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Paxton Blower Gives Dairy Mix Company a Sweet ROI
From: ITW Paxton ProductsDescription: Meadowvale, Inc. provides premium frozen dairy mixes to more than 500 frozen custard and ice cream retailers. The employee-owned company has been in business for over fifty years. In 2017, Meadowvale ...
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Paxton Blower Improves Meat Crate Drying Process
From: ITW Paxton ProductsDescription: Green Bay, Wisconsin-based Tosca Ltd. manages returnable container systems for clients in the dairy, fresh produce, beer, meat and poultry industries. Tosca provides full service to its many clients, ...
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Paxton Blower Setting the Standard for Longevity
From: ITW Paxton ProductsDescription: A technology manufacturer located in the South opened its doors in 1986. The manufacturing facility builds rigid print circuit boards (PCBs) for high tech and high reliability applications. The ...
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Paxton PX Proves Plenty for Pharma Pouches
From: ITW Paxton ProductsDescription: Since 1986, a Packaging Company has been providing a total solution approach to packaging challenges for Fortune 500 companies in the pharmaceutical, beverage, distillery, chemical, electrical, ...
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Paxton's Drying System Wheels in Savings for Automotive Manufacturer
From: ITW Paxton ProductsDescription: A world-class automotive manufacturer of aluminum and steel wheels. The manufacturer has been in business for over 30 years in Paris, Kentucky. The manufacturer aspires to be a factor in sustainable ...
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Perfect Date Coding with 80% Less Energy Usage
From: ITW Paxton ProductsDescription: Installation of a new drying system on a canning line at a leading carbonated soft drink bottler in Indianapolis, IN, has cut compressed air usage by 15 percent. The PowerDry System from Paxton ...
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Racks and Racks of Medical Devices
From: ITW Paxton ProductsDescription: Elimination of manual drying of racks for medical device components improved throughput and increased safety, due to mitigation of ergonomic issues, with the help of Paxton air knives providing faster ...
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Reducing the Risk with 3-A Authorization and Food Sanitation
From: Marion Process SolutionsDescription: 3-A Symbol Authorization program is a certificate that represents the pinnacle of quality for hygienic standards of processing equipment in the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries ...
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Testing Mixers for Food Refining and Processing: How We Work
From: Marion Process SolutionsDescription: When making a purchase of a mixer for any type of industrial processing, there is only so much you can read and learn. In the end, you want to know how the mixer will perform ...
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Tire Production Rolls Faster with Paxton Technology
From: ITW Paxton ProductsDescription: The world's largest tire manufacturing facility, rolling out tires 24 x 7, requires the most efficient and up-to-date equipment. That's why the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company's production facilities ...
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Lead Brick Shielding Solutions Offer Maximum Configurability and Protection
From: MarShieldDescription: MarShield manufactures lead bricks that are cast from 99.5% Minimum Pure Lead and are ideal for applications where maximum protection is required from X-Ray and Gamma Ray Radiation. We also offer ...
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Rotating Drum Mixer is Worth All the Tea in China.
Description: To solve supply-chain and product-quality problems, Adagio Teas purchases a batch mixer and brings production in-house. ...
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Application Station: Mushrooms
From: AirClean SystemsDescription: The remarkable fungi known as mushrooms add a plethora of medicinal, culinary, and utilitarian value to our daily lives. Many studies are looking at the adoption of psychoactive mushrooms for ...
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How You Can Safeguard Our Environment
From: AirClean SystemsDescription: The Journal of the American Medical Association reports that, "Pollution is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality, and was associated with an estimated 9 million premature deaths globally in 2015 ...
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How do Gas Blenders Work?
From: Environics, Inc.Description: Basic Working Principles of Gas Blenders ...
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Two Phase Thermal Solution Guide
From: Boyd CorporationDescription: A Quick & Easy Reference to Two Phase Cooling Technologies ...
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5 Reasons Why Our Customers Choose Hitachi Stationary OES Analyzers
Description: Metal manufacturers across the globe rely on Optical emission spectrometry (OES) in production control throughout the melting process. The exact chemical composition or the melt recipe of the alloy ...
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Use Case: Hitachi OES for Analysis of Wear-resistant Iron and Steel During Manufacture
Description: "Hitachi provides the best performance and service within a reasonable price range... suitable for products with higher requirements for accuracy and precision." ...
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McElroy Optimized Cooling™ Elevates Productivity and Profitability
Description: Your search for efficiency, competitive advantage and elevated productivity on your jobsite never ends. But what if you could achieve your HDPE pipe fusion specifications in reduced time, without ...
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Modified Atmosphere Gas Mixers from Environics
From: Environics, Inc.Description: Global transit capacities enable the rapid transport of perishable goods and produce across the world, meaning that consumers can enjoy products many miles from their country of origin. This is a ...
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What is Gas Dilution?
From: Environics, Inc.Description: In many industrial or research applications, gases need to be diluted from a high concentration to a variety of lower concentrations. A frequently used application of gas dilution is in the ...
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What is Gas Humidification?
From: Environics, Inc.Description: Gas humidification refers to the addition of water vapor to a gas flow to create a specific relative humidity (RH). Relative humidity is the ratio of partial pressure of water vapor (pH2O) in the gas ...
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What is Multi-Gas Calibration?
From: Environics, Inc.Description: Multi-gas analyzers are a very important part of ambient monitoring, where low-level concentrations of certain species can have a dramatic impact on air quality. They are deployed across a wide ...
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8 Ways to Prevent Downtime on a Compressed Air System
From: Titus Company (The)Description: The right monitoring and maintenance routines enable you to reduce downtime, maintain your operations' peak performance and keep your revenues flowing. Read this article for 8 Tips ...
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A 101 Guide to Air Compressor Condensation and Moisture
From: Titus Company (The)Description: If you're noticing unusual moisture and condensation in your compressed air system, you may have a lot of questions. Namely, why is it happening, and how can you fix it? If you're in an environment ...
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HMIs Enable Operations and Maintenance Collaboration
From: Automation24, Inc.Description: Mobile interfaces facilitate convergence of operations and maintenance. ...
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How to Calculate the Real Cost of Compressor Air Leaks
From: Titus Company (The)Description: The compressed air for your facility could account for anywhere from 10%-30% of your facility's electrical costs. Meanwhile, 76% of your compressor's lifetime cost comes from the electricity it uses. ...
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How to Reduce Pandemic Risk with Batch Automation
From: Automation24, Inc.Description: Investing in batch automation to limit your facility's risk in a future pandemic will most likely pay for itself in many ways that were not originally considered. ...
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Industrial Ethernet Enables Smarter, More Reliable Machines
From: Automation24, Inc.Description: Machine builder uses industrial Ethernet for remote monitoring and diagnostic services to improve machine reliability and uptime. ...
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Powerful I/O System for Compact Control Cabinets
From: Automation24, Inc.Description: Input/output (I/O) systems design considerations include smaller sizes, faster response times, and greater functionality, with energy savings ...
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System Integrator Upgrades Spray Dryer Controls
From: Automation24, Inc.Description: Control system upgrade of spray dryer improves product quality and profitability. ...
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Winemaking - the Secret Ingredient for Success
From: Titus Company (The)Description: Many ingredients go into the wine you make, including the grapes you cultivate, the nutrients that help them grow, the yeast that aids fermentation and the oxygen and nitrogen that help refine your ...
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Avoid the Burn with 6 Tips to Avoid Material Loss
From: Marion Process SolutionsDescription: The following tips help avoid wastage due to overheating and underheating in thermal processing. ...
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Batch Mixing vs. Continuous Mixing
From: Marion Process SolutionsDescription: Tips to finding the right mixer for your application. ...
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Choosing the Right Agitator for Your Application
From: Marion Process SolutionsDescription: The agitator is the heart of your industrial mixer. Agitators have different qualities that are appropriate for different mixes. ...
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Choosing the Right Thermal Processing Equipment for Cannabis and Hemp
From: Marion Process SolutionsDescription: Selecting the proper thermal processing equipment is a critical decision for companies in the burgeoning cannabis and hemp market. It's not just about the immediate capital cost of the machine,... ...
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Cleaning Food Processing Equipment: Is CIP Right For You?
From: Marion Process SolutionsDescription: Purchasing CIP equipment is a major investment, so it is important to take into account both the benefits and the potential problems with CIP before making the investment. ...
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How Do They Do That: Industrial Microwave Thermal Processing
From: Marion Process SolutionsDescription: The first commercial microwave oven was officially introduced in 1946. Commonly referred to as the Radarange, it was an innovation derived from short-range radar technology originally developed in ...
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Perish the Thought: Mixing of Perishable Foods
From: Marion Process SolutionsDescription: The top tips for getting that extra edge when mixing and processing perishable food products. ...
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Top 3 Considerations in Choosing a Mixer for Food Processing Solutions
From: Marion Process SolutionsDescription: The top 3 considerations in food processing are sanitation, sanitation, and sanitation ...
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FedEx Introduces Robots to 'Most Difficult' Job in Sorting Facility
Description: FedEx has installed industrial robotic arms to do what is considered the "most difficult" job to automate in a sorting facility in Memphis, USA. ...
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Intuitive and Versatile - Collaborative Robot Assembly System in Use at item
From: item America, LLCDescription: In an effort to take some of the strain off staff working in manual assembly and boost efficiency in its production processes, item has developed an innovative, modular collaborative robot system. The ...
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A Simpler Safety Fence Solution
Description: A simpler safety fence solution for manufacturers that provides effective protection from danger. A new approach to fence design helps make it easier to design, purchase, install and maintain safety ...
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Dosing Quantities Precisely in the Milliliter and Microliter Range
Description: Time-pressure dosing is a flexible and hygienic method that is ideal for filling small and varying amounts of liquid media precisely in laboratory automation applications, in the pharmaceutical ...
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How Do MEMS Mass Flow Controllers Work?
From: Sierra Instruments, Inc.Description: Mass flow controllers offer precision gas flow control to many critical industries including biopharm, semicon, food & beverage, manufacturing, and R&D. As the technology demands increase in these ...
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Think Twice About Bolt-on Solutions
Description: When faced with a new or changed machine-safety risk, bolt-on solutions may seem like the easiest, cheapest approach. In most cases, it makes sense to consider a safety PLC, which can provide a far ...
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Using a Modular Dust Collector to Save Floor Space
From: Camfil APCDescription: Using a dust collector that is assembled from individual modules that can be combined into dozens of configurations to fit the specific environment is a safe, cost-effective way to put dust in its ...
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Aerospace Case Study: AIRCRAFT PRESSURE RELIEF VALVES TESTED WITH ELECTRICALLY HEATED PRESSURE TANK
From: ChromaloxDescription: A heavy-guage pressure tank was designed and built so that the pressure would drop no more than 4 psi in one hour. The tank was equipped with a pressure gauge mounted on the top. The valve to be ...
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Engineered Chemicals Case Study: CHROMALOX AND EASTMAN THERMINOL MEET HIGH-TEMPERATURE DEMANDS
From: ChromaloxDescription: Recently, a chemical production plant determined that it needed a jacketed reactor to maintain a high temperature of 690°F (365°C) for its processes. The plant, which produces specialty ...
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Food & Beverage Case Study: Heat Trace System-Canola Oil Facility
From: ChromaloxDescription: CHROMALOX DESIGNS AND INSTALLS HEAT TRACE SYSTEM FOR NEW CANOLA OIL PROCESSING FACILITY Chromalox helps 3rd party client design and install a heat trace system in a brand new canola oil processing ...
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Oil & Gas Case Study: CHROMALOX ALTERS DESIGN OF BAND HEATERS, DELIVERS PERFECT FIT TO CUSTOMER
From: ChromaloxDescription: An oil and gas production and exploration company's test chamber, used to evaluate downhole drilling components, needed heaters that could withstand pressures up to 35,000 pounds per square inch and ...
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Pharmaceutical Case Study: MOS SERIES HOT OIL HEAT TRANSFER SYSTEM INCREASES CBD OIL EXTRACTION RATES
From: ChromaloxDescription: Chromalox supplied a circulating hot water system to heat cannabis in an evaporator for the oil extraction process. The previous method did not allow for higher production demands and was not scalable ...
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Semiconductor Case Study: ETCHING SEMICONDUCTOR WAFERS RELIES ON TIGHT TEMPERATURE CONTROL
From: ChromaloxDescription: All semi-conductor wafers, as part of their micro-fabrication, must undergo an etching process which chemically removes layers from the surface of a wafer during manufacturing. Since the depth of ...
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Sustainability Case Study: CHROMALOX HEATS RECYCLED PLASTICS TO DEVELOP SUSTAINABLE FUEL SOURCE
From: ChromaloxDescription: To process recycled plastics and harvest crude oil and petroleum by-products, the entire length of 15-foot screw conveyor augers must be heated internally to very high temperatures. As the auger ...
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The Future of Autonomous Vehicles, Robots & Drones Rides on Evolution & Protection of LiDAR
Description: Developed over four decades ago by NASA and the U.S. Military, LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) is now considered a viable, safe solution for mass production of autonomous vehicles, robots, ...
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What Makes the Ceramic Heating Element the Core Part of a Vaporizer?
Description: The ceramic heating element is a safety and healthiest option for dry herb vaporizers, so every vaper is preferred to choose those vaporizers that carry ceramic heating element. Let's more specific, ...
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Electronics Encapsulation: Meeting the Demands of the Future
From: Scheugenpflug, Inc.Description: The future is digital: wearables, networked cars and smart homes are at least to a certain degree already a permanent part of our lives. Without electronic components like controllers, transistors, ...
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Why is Preparation of Adhesive Bonding and Potting Materials Necessary?
From: Scheugenpflug, Inc.Description: To meet the steady increase in technical requirements for electronic components, potting media properties must be extremely precise. Rheology, viscosity, filler content and curing behavior are only a ...
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The Importance of Temperature Control in Hydraulic and Lube Oil Systems
From: ThermOmegaTech®Description: Proper temperature control is necessary for maintaining appropriate fluid viscosity levels in hydraulic and lube oil systems - Implementing thermostatic temperature control valves will ensure optimal ...
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Wisconsin Cheese Group Increases Uptime with STVM Washdown Station
From: ThermOmegaTech®Description: A manufacturer and distributor of Hispanic cheeses in Monroe, Wisconsin struggled to stay on top of their facility production maintenance. See how ThermOmegaTech's STVM Washdown Station minimized ...
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Manual & Automated Precision Fluid Dispensing Systems
From: Scheugenpflug, Inc.Description: Technical improvements and the skyrocketing demand for electronic components throughout all industries have led to a reassessment of liquid adhesive bonding and potting processes. Powerful adhesive ...
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Measuring and Correcting MicroLED Display Uniformity
From: Radiant Vision SystemsDescription: Read a whitepaper to learn approaches to ensuring the quality of microLED displays, including measurement specifications, calibrations, and image processing techniques that enable extremely accurate ...
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Potting of High-Voltage Batteries: New System Solution
From: Scheugenpflug, Inc.Description: The application of thermally conductive materials is often a bottleneck in production - especially in the automotive industry with its highly automated manufacturing processes. A new system solution ...
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DXOMARK Benchmarks Displays Using Real-World Conditions and Scientific Data from ProMetric® Imaging Colorimeters
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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Plasma Arc Gouging Gains Ground
From: Hypertherm, Inc.Description: The popularity of plasma arc gouging has grown recently as a potential replacement for carbon arc gouging. The main drivers for this technology shift are the environmental benefits and improved ...
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Prevent Screw Fumbles with a Screw Presenter
From: Mountz, Inc.Description: Assemblers fumble around with screws daily during the fastening process. The repetition of grabbing small fasteners from a bin is tedious and time-consuming. The constant repetition of picking-up and ...
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Thermal Management with Liquid Thermal Interface Materials
From: Scheugenpflug, Inc.Description: To prevent drops in performance or faults in electronic devices, the heat produced in the component must be dissipated reliably. This is done using thermal interface materials, which offer a number of ...
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Top Three Applications for Automatic Screw Feeder Machines
From: Mountz, Inc.Description: Our businesses are always moving forward into the future. Over and over again, it's time to sit down and design a new prototype, update older designs, or reconfigure an assembly plant for a new ...
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10 Benefits of Using a Pick-and-Place Machine
Description: Ball screw nut pair is only used to bear the axial load, radial force, bending moment will make the ball screw nut auxiliary surface contact stress and other loads, which may cause permanent damage to ...
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Customized Automated Systems for Adhesive Bonding, Dispensing and Potting
From: Scheugenpflug, Inc.Description: The level of automation is steadily increasing in many industries. Whether in the automotive industry, electronics industry or medical industry: Now as in the past, automated manufacturing, with the ...
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How to Specify Pulleys for Synchronous Belt Drives
Description: When designing a belt drive system, the first step is to choose the most suitable belt for the application. But the pulleys also play an important role in the performance of the belt - especially in ...
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Maximum High-Voltage and Insulating Resistance for Transformers, Restrictors and More
From: Scheugenpflug, Inc.Description: Electromagnetic coils are used in the automotive industry as well as in the manufacture of household appliances and in the aerospace industry. Suitable vacuum impregnation and encapsulation processes ...
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Top 5 Industrial Robotics Applications
Description: From food processing to automotive production, industrial robots are becoming ubiquitous. Highly-automated and programmable, these machines execute repetitive tasks with high precision, reliability ...
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Improving Economic and Operational Efficiency Through On-site Application of Advanced Surface Coatings
Description: On-site surface coating of power generation components - in both the cold and hot sections - can shorten outage time, reduce damage risk and increase turbine efficiency. ...
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Robust IST for New Data Centre
From: AggrekoDescription: THE CHALLENGE Commissioning protocol & International standard compliant electrical and heat load testing for large data hall ...
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Unprecedented Cooling Delivery Helps Bauxite Mine Avoid Shutdown
From: AggrekoDescription: THE CHALLENGE Find rapid cooling to replace dry dam and avoid mine downtime ...
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Effective Adhesive Bonding and Potting Processes Ensure the Quality of LEDs and OLEDs
From: Scheugenpflug, Inc.Description: LED technology is increasingly replacing time-tested lighting sources such as halogen spotlights and fluorescent tubes. To achieve high quality lighting and long service life, LED modules are potted ...
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8 Common Warehouse Problems That Increase the Risk of Falling
From: Gorbel Inc.Description: As a plant engineer or safety manager, it is your responsibility to maintain a safe environment for your employees and visitors. One of the best ways to achieve this goal is to minimize dangers that ...