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Single vs Multi-fluid Contact Angle Techniques Part 1: Surface Energy and the Attractions Between Substances
From: BTG LabsDescription: This is part one of a two-part series explaining the finer points of BTG Labs' approach to helping companies build reliability into their cleaning and adhesion processes through consultation and ...
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EMC Compliance
Description: In order to make sure that your products are compliant with regulations we help you plan your device from the idea onwards. The sooner in the development process, we start planning, the more certain ...
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Greenwood Fuels Case Study
From: Vecoplan, LLCDescription: VECOPLAN TECHNOLOGY PRE-TREATMENT SYSTEMS FOR PELLETIZING ...
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Proposed ASTM Standard Will Ease the Pain of Manufacturers
From: BTG LabsDescription: An exciting development is taking place to make surface quality and cleanliness inspection technology more available to all manufacturers. We have collaborated with ASTM International and other ...
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More Than a Software Company, That's for Sure
From: Critical Link, LLCDescription: I know, I know. There's plenty of evidence that Microsoft is more than a software company, even if old guys like me who remember when Windows was just becoming a force, and when everyone was beginning ...
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20 Technology Forecasts for 2020 (Part One)
From: Critical Link, LLCDescription: Whenever a new year rolls around, I always like to look back - and look forward. I did some looking back on 2019 in my Thanksgiving post, so now I'm taking a look forward with a roundup of some of the ...
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20 Technology Forecasts for 2020 (Part Two)
From: Critical Link, LLCDescription: When I began this short series, I mentioned that the forecasts I'd be listing would be in no particular order. That wasn't quite true, as I saved the ones that are closest to my heart - the ones from ...
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From the MIT Tech Review: Breakthrough Technologies for 2020 (Part One)
From: Critical Link, LLCDescription: I enjoy reading about technology. And I enjoy reading about the future of technology. So I much enjoyed the article on breakthrough technologies in the current edition of the MIT Technology Review. ...
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From the MIT Technology Review: 10 Breakthrough Technologies for 2020 (Part Two)
From: Critical Link, LLCDescription: In my last post, I described the first five breakthrough technologies listed in the March/April edition of The MIT Technology Review. In this post, I'm doing the remainder of the Top Ten. (In ...
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New Study Proves the Surface Analyst is Dependable for Process Control
From: BTG LabsDescription: One of our favorite services we provide to manufacturers is to help optimize surface preparation techniques for their particular materials and products. It's our specialty and one of our biggest ...
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Covid-19: Biological vs. Chemical Contamination in Manufacturing
From: BTG LabsDescription: Lately, the whole world has been having variations on the same conversation. Whether the discussion centers on N95 masks, toilet paper, hand sanitizer, disinfecting wipes, or what movies to watch ...
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2-Wire HD Test Solution for IVR and VM Systems
From: GL Communications, Inc.Description: Testing Interactive Voice Response (IVR) along with Voice Mail (VM) functionality and quality is crucial for any carrier or industry using such supporting methods for customer response. In addition, ...
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Cleaning Strategies for Great Adhesion
From: BTG LabsDescription: Cleanliness in manufacturing gains avid devotees all the time. Once the importance of cleanliness is grasped, it's nearly impossible to think about manufacturing processes without considering the ...
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Plasma Treatment for Complete and Reliable Cleaning with Richard Burke
From: BTG LabsDescription: At IPC APEX 2020 in San Diego we wanted to explore the ways that electronics manufacturers, who are encapsulating their circuit boards with a conformal coating, are cleaning their boards. What are the ...
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Controlled Tolerance with Powder Metallurgy
Description: Powder metallurgy (PM) parts can be produced at rates from several hundred to thousands of parts per hour. The key elements of dimensional change include orientation, component size and complexity, ...
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Superior Fatigue Integrity with Powder Metallurgy
Description: Studies have shown that material fatigue annually contributes to an estimated $600 billion in losses. Starting in the early 1800s, concepts have evolved into today's models and tests to prevent ...
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Certification Assistance
Description: Instrumentation Technologies has assisted a customer in passing certification for a new edition of their existing product. We detected the core of the issue and provided a solution that allowed the ...
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Product Consulting and Certification Assistance
Description: We helped a customer pass certification of their telecommunication module and start production of their product. Our team identified the problem and implemented the solution. ...
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Rapid Prototyping and Solution Delivery
Description: We were asked by a customer to create key hardware solutions for CES2018 that showcase hardware and software solutions for smart cities. ...
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Camping Gear Goes High Tech
From: Critical Link, LLCDescription: If you're thinking that camping gear is still a nylon pup-tent, a damp and lumpy sleeping bag, and a flashlight, well, I guess you're still living in the twentieth century. Or so I was reminded when I ...
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Meeting World Demand While Polluting Less
From: AggrekoDescription: With efforts to shift things in the right direction, it is doable though. Take the petroleum industry in the US, which is meeting the highest world demand ever while still managing to lower the amount ...
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Optical coating Ability
Description: Daheng Optics offers antireflective coatings for wavelength range from 350nm to 1800nm, as well as reflective coatings, beam splitter coatings and filter coatings. We not only provide catalog coating ...
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EPA SNAP Compliance resources, clarifications, and how it all affects you
From: Foam Supplies, Inc.Description: Ultimately, the effect of the SNAP program is to promote a smooth transition to safer alternatives. ...
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Evaluation of Land Mobile Radio & Cellular Networks
From: GL Communications, Inc.Description: Land Mobile Radio and Commercial Cellular Networks are constantly evolving. A large majority of traditional P25 Land Mobile Radio Systems for private and public safety bands, have already ...
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Project Management and Technical Support for a Large Contact Center
From: GL Communications, Inc.Description: Welcome to another February 2017 issue of GL's newsletter. In this issue, we focus on solutions for Consolidated Reporting for Large Contact Call Centers. Such a system can provide valuable ...
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Public Address System Performance Evaluation
From: GL Communications, Inc.Description: Welcome to a May 2017 issue of GL's newsletter. In this issue, we focus on Performance Evaluation of Public Address (PA) Systems. In the past, GL has been privileged to test, design, and author ...
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Test and Verification of High Speed Telecom Lines
From: GL Communications, Inc.Description: These days telecom networks support a number of applications, including voice, data, and video. The underlying technology may be different - such as TDM, ATM, IP, even Wireless. The physical network ...
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Typical Centralized Train and Facilities Control System
From: GL Communications, Inc.Description: Welcome to our May 2008 issue of GL's consulting newsletter. In this issue, we focus on a typical centralized train and facilities control system for an underground metro rail transit network. In ...
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OEM Optical Lens
Description: Daheng Optics offers custom and Original equipmentmanufacturing (OEM) ordering for optics. We can use ...
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Article: Anodizing 101
Description: Anodizing aluminum is an electrochemical process that creates a layer of protection that makes the lightweight, durable material ideal for applications from automotive parts to bakeware. Working with ...
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Article: Why a Career in Manufacturing is a Great Choice for Women
Description: Manufacturing has made strides when it comes to adding women to its ranks, but there's still a fairly significant gender gap. In this article, two women in the industry offer their perspective on why ...
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Engineers, Technicians, and Tradesmen... balancing of resources is key to efficiency
Description: Engineers, Technicians, and Tradesmen... balancing of resources is key to efficiency ...
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Trending: 5G Tech, Self-Sailing Boats, Electric Excavators, and More
From: Proto Labs, Inc.Description: At Protolabs, we work with a variety of industries and, it seems no matter the industry, innovation continues to drive product development and fuel flourishing companies. Here's a look at five recent ...
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Effect of Surface Roughness on Contact Angle Measurements Obtained with the Surface Analyst™
From: BTG LabsDescription: A frequent question from people who use contact angle measurements to characterize surfaces and control manufacturing processes is, "What effect does surface roughness have on these measurements?" ...
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Challenging Environments Part I: The Physical Demands on Technology Solutions
From: Sealevel Systems, Inc.Description: Deeper, higher, dirtier and longer: industries are going further than ever in their operations. The technology used to support their missions must be able to go the distance with rugged enhancements. ...
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Green Manufacturing: Industry 4.0 and the Sustainable Future
From: Sealevel Systems, Inc.Description: Industry 4.0 technology and green manufacturing go hand-in-hand, and they are guiding manufacturing conversations. Part of this "green dialogue" exists from redirected priorities toward global climate ...
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White Paper: Choosing the Right Deep Draw Supplier
Description: See how Vollrath Manufacturing Services helped a client develop a better way to produce one of their most important components. ...
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Success Story: AERZEN Sewage Plant ICHENHAUSEN
From: Aerzen USA Corp.Description: Hans Kempfle, manager of the sewage works in Kötz, a few kilometres to the South of Günzburg, has sufficient experience with the production by turbo blower as well as by positive displacement blowers. ...
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4G, 3G, 2G Wireless Network Simulation Test Suite
From: GL Communications, Inc.Description: Welcome to another April 2019 issue of GL Communications' Newsletter providing information and insight into our enhanced End-to-End Wireless Network Simulation Test Suite (4G LTE + IMS, 3G, 2G). The ...
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Working with Dimensional Tolerances
Description: Understanding the nuances of tolerances makes life easier for engineers. ...
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The Skills Embedded Engineers Need: Part One
From: Critical Link, LLCDescription: Karen Field, on Embedded.com, had an interesting article a few weeks back. In"10 Skills Embedded Engineers Need Now", she asked a number of embedded development professionals (and one recruiter) what ...
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The Skills Embedded Engineers Need: Part Two
From: Critical Link, LLCDescription: Last week I posted Part One of a two-parter based on Karen Field's recent article, "10 Skills Embedded Engineers Need Now", which was published on Embedded.com. Matt Liberty thinks engineers should ...
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Engineering Support Hits -and Passes- a New Milestone
From: Critical Link, LLCDescription: More and more often we are hearing from customers that the responsiveness and support provided by our engineering team is head and shoulders above most others in the industry. To be honest, we never ...
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The Human Brain Project
From: Critical Link, LLCDescription: A couple of weeks back, I saw an article on a very interesting topic over on EE Times. Like a Manhattan Project, resources are coming together for the big push to simulate the human brain. Personnel ...
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It's Official: Critical Link is ISO 9001:2008 Certified
From: Critical Link, LLCDescription: It's official. In late June, we received the official certificate that lets the world know that we're ISO 9001:2008 certified. ...
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Keep on Truckin'
From: Critical Link, LLCDescription: Since it's an area where so much interesting embedded technology is being deployed, you may have noticed that we've done our share of transportation related posts - positive train control, driverless ...
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Building a Test Bed for New 5G Technology Using NI Software Defined Radio
From: National InstrumentsDescription: We aimed to develop wireless communication technology that could remarkably reduce the latency caused by a series of communication-related processes while multiple mobile phones, also called user ...
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The 10% Rule of Preventive Maintenance
From: Allied Reliability GroupDescription: Many organizations use the PM compliance metric as a measurement of their maintenance department's performance. This metric is often viewed by professionals as a joke because if your PM compliance is ...
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Google's Modular Smartphone
From: Critical Link, LLCDescription: For those of us who like gadgets, like to tinker, and like the idea of smartphones getting even smarter, there's good news: Google is continuing to work on the Ara, a modular smartphone. ...
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The 4 Biggest Benefits to Working with a SOM Developer
Description: OEMs' new product developers may face the crucial decision of whether to source system-on-modules "off the shelf" through a distributor, or through a direct relationship with a SOM developer. Here are ...
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Best Practices for Designing for Bevel
From: SigmaTEK Systems, LLCDescription: For many employing nesting software, the process to produce a quality beveled part evolves from days or even weeks of trial and error. ...
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Embedded Milestones for 2013 - theirs and ours
From: Critical Link, LLCDescription: While looking back on 2013, I found an interesting article on embedded.com in which Jack Gaussle gave his take on "The Most Important Milestones in Embedded in 2013". Here's the list (with a bit of ...
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In the News : New US Ozone Standard Takes Effect
From: Environics, Inc.Description: On October 1, 2017, a new ozone standard took effect in the US amid widely differing opinions. ...
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A systems engineering approach to embedded development
From: Critical Link, LLCDescription: One of the main benefits our customers derive from embedding a Critical Link System on Module (SoM) in their application is speeding up time to market. We've been told by some of you that the ...
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DoorBot drops into the Shark Tank
From: Critical Link, LLCDescription: Don't know if you're a fan of Shark Tank, but I am. For those who aren't familiar with it, Shark Tank is yet another one of those addictive reality shows - but without the dumb down. ...
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When the Information Superhighway was new
From: Critical Link, LLCDescription: A couple of days ago, I came across an article on Gizmodo that includes a link to a Computer Chronicles episode from 1995 in which Stewart Cheifet explores the then-mysterious Information ...
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Update on the Altera-Based Mity
From: Critical Link, LLCDescription: Anyway, we are very pleased to announce that the SoM is up and running, the baseboard is in and up, and we've been through basic hardware bring up and checkout on both boards (to varying degrees ...
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Working with your PCB Manufacturer
From: Critical Link, LLCDescription: One of the principal reasons that developers choose to embed a Critical Link System-on-Module in their applications is to reduce their risk. A big part of that risk is what happens when a board moves ...
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Customer Spotlight: Mayville Engineering Company
From: SigmaTEK Systems, LLCDescription: With SigmaNEST they can automate the process, but they can also jump in and modify things at any part of the workflow. ...
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Creating Advanced Handover Testing Platforms Using Low Cost Programmable Devices
Description: Digital attenuators are a critical part of mobile network test platforms where flexibility in controlling signal strength is vital. Multipath fading is a commonly occurring problem with obstacles, ...
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Insights on Evolving 5G MIMO Networks and Test Methods
Description: It's well understood that the technologies that will be used to usher in next-generation 5G wireless networks will be revolutionary. But before there is widespread adoption of any of these 5G ...
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Model-Based Development of Multi-Disciplinary Systems
From: Altair Engineering IncDescription: In the early days, multi-disciplinary systems, such as products involving mechatronics, were developed according to the slogan "Build it, Paint it, Add Controls!" That is, the product-development ...
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Screening for RoHS Substances with XRF
From: Olympus America, Inc.Description: Dillon McDowell, Applications Scientist at Olympus Scientific Solutions Americas, talks to Stuart Milne at AZoM about XRF as an effective screening tool for RoHS substances. ...
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Protecting Industrial Control Systems from Advancing Cyber Threats
From: CSA GroupDescription: As the industrial and manufacturing sectors continue the shift from centralized to decentralized operations, the world of production as we know it will change completely. This new era, commonly ...
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Case Study: Alternative Solution to Die-cast Process
Description: See how Vollrath Manufacturing Services helped a client develop a better way to produce one of their most important components. ...
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Oversampling Converters
Description: The objective is to provide a digitizer that does most of its work in the digital domain. Why: *Digital calculations are absolutely repeatable. *We can make a "better" filter there. *It is a whole ...
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Full-service package for London's sewage system
From: SEEPEX Inc.Description: Thames Water operates one of the UK's largest wastewater treatment plants in West London, which treats sewage for around 2.1 million residents. A plant of this size requires both pumps and service ...
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Building a Bird Feeder with Legos: Systems Engineering in the Real World
Description: Connected product development gets more complex every day. Logic PD explains how systems-level approaches can help make sense of a complicated process. ...
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Sinter-Brazed Planetary Carrier Case Study
Description: This lightweight PM component--composed of a guide plate and spider--is the first sinter brazed powder metal planetary carrier in a ZF automatic transmission. ...
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Applying Learning Cycles to Complex System Development
Description: Complex system development is inherently challenging. Logic PD explains how to keep engineering projects on course by instituting learning cycles and short-term goals. ...
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Re-Thinking Value Creation in Next-Gen IoT Devices
Description: How can you design better user experiences on IoT-enabled devices? What's missing is a deeper understanding of different types of the value created by IoT-enabled products. ...
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An Energized Control Room
Description: Brussels Energy is a public private partnership between the Regional Brussels-Cleanliness Agency and SITA. The site, located on the Quai Leon Monnyer 8 in Brussels, incinerates household waste which ...
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City Of Bloomington Improves Its View Of Water Treatment Operations
Description: The City of Bloomington, Minnesota covers 38 square miles in the heart of the Twin Cities and is home to more than 85,000 residents. Water service for this bustling metropolitan community, which also ...
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Connexus Energy Discovers The Ergonomic Benefits Of Sit/Stand Consoles
Description: Connexus Energy is the largest electric distribution cooperative in Minnesota, serving about 126,000 members in a seven-county service territory north of the Twin Cities. Recently, the cooperative ...
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Creative Console Design Over Comes Space Limitations For Statue Of Liberty Command Center Overhaul
Description: After the devastation following Hurricane Sandy, visitors seeking to tour New York City's iconic Statue of Liberty were forced to find alternative tourist destinations. In the aftermath of one of the ...
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Custom Consoles Give Creative Function To Scottsdale TMC
Description: Scottsdale, Ariz. hosts numerous high-profile events throughout the year, including the renowned golf tournament, the Waste Management Open as well as the Barrett-Jackson Classic Car Auction and the ...
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Delta Airlines Upgrades Ground Control Center In Minneapolis
Description: Each year more than 30 million travelers pass through Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP). Most are there to fly Delta Air Lines, the airport's largest carrier. On peak days, Delta has ...
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FBI's Minneapolis Division Sets Its Sights On The Future In New Field Office
Description: The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) operates 56 field offices in major metropolitan areas throughout the United Sates and Puerto Rico. The heart of the bureau's investigative and intelligence ...
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Georgia System Operations Corporation Takes Control
Description: Georgia System Operations Corporation (GSOC) controls and monitors electric generation, transmission and distribution assets for one of the largest electric cooperatives in North America. An ...
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Great River Energy Upgrades Consoles To Improve Ergonomics
Description: Great River Energy is a not-for-profit electric cooperative, which generates and transmits power for 28 member cooperatives throughout central and northern Minnesota. With a generating capacity of ...
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Knowledge Is Power(ful): 3 Steps to Transition Your Insights to Action
Description: Maximizing the impact of market intelligence throughout the product lifecycle requires effective communication with stakeholders within the development process. ...
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Massachusetts DOT Uprgrades MBTA Control Room
Description: There are plenty of variations on the aphorism, "That's no way to run a railroad!" (The actual source quote is from a 1932 political cartoon in the humor magazine Ballyhoo and is, somewhat ...
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Mystic Lake Surveillance Upgrade
Description: When it became a federally recognized tribe, the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC) gained the right of self-determination and self-sufficiency. Most importantly, it gained the right to the ...
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Preparation Delivers Big Payoff For Security At Hollywood Casino
Description: Penn National Gaming's new Hollywood Casino in Lawrenceburg, Indiana is the largest riverboat casino in the world. The entire casino - 3,200 electronic games, 88 table games, a World Poker Tour® ...
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Q2 Industrial Security Keeps An Eye On Faps, Inc.
Description: If you've ever purchased a foreign car, chances are pretty good your vehicle arrived on U.S. soil through FAPS, Inc. in Port Newark, New Jersey. FAPS, Inc. (originally, Foreign Auto Preparation ...
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Sedgefield Borough Council
Description: Sedgefield's centrally-based control room facility receives images from over 120 public space CCTV cameras located throughout the borough. Considering the system's requirement for increased monitoring ...
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Teamwork Helps Nike Upgrade Security At World Headquarters
Description: Few would argue that Nike is one of the most image-conscious corporations in the world, after all the Nike Swoosh is one of the most recognized logos anywhere. This carefully polished, fiercely ...
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Winsted Consoles Add Wow Factor To G4S Monitoring & Data Center
Description: You never get a second chance to make a first impression. Which is why, when you're designing a first-of-its-kind security monitoring center for the world's largest security company, appearances ...
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Winsted Consoles Help Keep Traffic Flowing In New Orleans
Description: Commuters in New Orleans and surrounding areas are getting around a little easier these days thanks to a new state-of-the-art transportation management center. The Louisiana Department of ...
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Winsted Consoles Take To The Sea With Baker Hughes
Description: Baker Hughes' new Blue Tarpon™ vessel is one of the largest deepwater fracturing and stimulation vessels of its kind. The 300-foot ship improves completion efficiency by performing multiple well ...
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Winsted Designs Modular Consoles To Aid In Research And Development
Description: The control room is the central nervous system of the nuclear power plant. As aging plants in the United States face licensing renewal and the next generation of plants seek approval, more research ...
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Winsted's Custom Division Helps Hart EMC Deliver Power To Rural Georgia
Description: Nestled in the foothills of North Georgia, Hart Electric Membership Corporation (EMC) provides affordable, reliable energy to approximately 15,000 rural residents in Hart, Stephens, Franklin, Madison, ...
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WM Security Services Overcomes Challenges With New Console System
Description: It's no secret Waste Management is the leading provider of waste reduction, management, collection, disposal, recycling and renewable energy services. The company is North America's largest ...
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When Do SOMs Make Sense for Connected Device Development?
Description: Developing a new and innovative device can be a difficult and costly process, especially when that device is connected and potentially a part of a complex and high-tech ecosystem. The resource ...
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Why the Big Picture Matters: The Systems-Level Approach to Product Development
Description: In product development, the big picture matters. It's important that engineers and designers tasked with bringing that next great idea to life have a broad systems level understanding of what's being ...
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2016 MASH Standards for Highway Safety Devices
From: Custom-Pak, Inc.Description: Standards for highway safety devices were updated last year by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO). They expand upon AASHTO's 2011 Manual for Assessing ...
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Industry 4.0 - What You Really Need to Know:
From: SigmaTEK Systems, LLCDescription: Here are the 4 things you REALLY need to know about Industry 4.0: ...
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How Specifications Can Ruin a Good Project
From: 315 Machine Design LLCDescription: Since August 2014, 315 Machine Design has been providing engineering and project management services for a client on a liquid natural gas (LNG) export facility project. The LNG project's general ...
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5 Tips for Choosing the Right Improvement Project for your Business
Description: We recently attended INFO*FLEX 2016 in Fort Worth, Texas. The show had approximately 2,000 attendees and more than 300 exhibitors all focused on making improvements in the Flexographic Printing ...
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The Design Process: A Follow-up
From: 315 Machine Design LLCDescription: I was recently binge-listening to a new-to-me podcast called The Engineering Commons Podcast. In episode 109, the panel discussed the process of design. In our Utilizing Design Process to Eliminate ...