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Stiffness vs. Strength: Key Differences and Factors to Consider
From: meviyDescription: When designing mechanical components or structures, two critical properties come into play: stiffness and strength. While they are often confused, they serve different roles in engineering and ...
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Everything You Need to Know About the Hardness of Materials
From: meviyDescription: Hardness is a crucial material property in engineering, manufacturing, and material science. It determines a material's ability to resist deformation, wear, and scratches. Whether you're designing ...
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The 7 Most Important Things to Consider when Buying a Fusion Machine
Description: When buying a fusion machine, there are several important factors to consider to ensure you’re getting the right equipment for the application. ...
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Data Servers: Managing Airflow and Cooling with Test Chambers
Description: Data centers and server rooms are the backbone of modern digital infrastructure, housing critical equipment that powers our interconnected world. To ensure optimal performance and longevity of data ...
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An Overview of Infrared (IR) Welding
From: Asahi/America, Inc.Description: Infrared (IR) welding is a non-contact method that uses a heated plate to melt thermoplastic pipe, valves, and fittings before joining. The welded components are heated at a prescribed distance from ...
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How Smart Warehouses Can Automate and Improve Operations
From: Belden Inc.Description: Labor, order accuracy, turnaround time and traceability: Find out how smart warehouses can overcome these operational challenges. ...
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The Differences Between Axial Fans & Centrifugal Fans
Description: Systems that generate heat require cooling fans to avoid overheating and subsequent breakdowns. This typically means choosing between a centrifugal fan vs. axial fan. To make the best choice, ...
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Revolutionizing Industries: The Power of Efficient Air Movement
From: Hartzell Air MovementDescription: Hartzell Air Movement is an industry leader with nearly 150 years of experience providing reliable and innovative air movement solutions. Our expertise in industrial fans and ventilation systems has ...
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Best Practices for Adding Protection
From: Anderson Power ProductsDescription: Today our world relies on data centers, servers, networking equipment and cloud computing to store and disseminate data and applications. Because they house an organization??™s most critical ...
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How to Avoid Serious Risks on HVAC/R Projects
From: RLS LLCDescription: Plumbing press-to-connect fittings were introduced approximately 20 years ago. Today, there are numerous press fitting manufacturers in the plumbing market – all with a nearly identical fitting ...
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Michels, McElroy Keep Natural Gas Flowing in Minneapolis
Description: In Minneapolis, Minnesota, keeping the natural gas flowing in winter is a top priority. Just north of the Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport, work was underway in November 2022 to replace ...
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IT Security vs. OT Security: What Are The Key Differences?
From: Belden Inc.Description: When most people think about cybersecurity, IT security comes to mind-but OT security is also crucial to protect digital assets and critical infrastructure. ...
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Beating the OT Security Skills Gap Amid Rising Cyber Threats
From: Belden Inc.Description: The cybersecurity workforce is growing, but not fast enough to fill positions or keep up with cyber threats. Hiring isn’t the answer—tech and automation are. ...
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Guide for E-Mobility
From: Anderson Power ProductsDescription: Anderson Power Products® offers the safety and performance you expect from a connector for your e-mobility application. Certified by UL, CSA/TUV and IEC standards ensures that your product will ...
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Choosing the Correct Connectors Based on Battery Charging Technologies
From: Anderson Power ProductsDescription: Material Handling Equipment charging trends are changing. This application document offers a brief explanation of the charging technologies, the pros and cons of each, and then will describe the ...
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Preventative Maintenance for Connectors
From: Anderson Power ProductsDescription: Damaged connectors, contacts and cables may present hazards, resulting in inefficient battery and charger operation. To avoid these problems, conduct the following maintenance checks at least once ...
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Cabinet Cooling Tips
Description: THINK ABOUT COOLING ... EARLY! ...
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5 Key Issues Affecting Your CubeSat Connectors
From: Harwin PlcDescription: Why Are Connectors for CubeSats Important? ...
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Thermoplastic Valve & Piping Systems in Metal Finishing/Galvanization Applications
From: Asahi/America, Inc.Description: Recently, a Brazilian company asked Asahi/America for a recommendation on three chemical applications. The company produces metal sheets in a variety of materials and uses a galvanization process to ...
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Overcoming Challenges of Off-Site Manufacturing (OSM)
From: Asahi/America, Inc.Description: The number of new semiconductor fabs being built in the U.S. has reached an unprecedented high. Shortages of on-site skilled labor are pushing the industry to adopt off-site manufacturing (OSM) and ...
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Corrosion Resistance Guide
From: Hartzell Air MovementDescription: Temperature values shown are for immersion or condensate contact applications. Where temperature values are shown, resin is suitable for hood and duct type applications for the full operating ...
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Case Study - Waterjet for Automotive Interior Finishing
From: Budnick Converting, Inc.Description: Our customer is a local supplier to a major American automobile manufacturer. They came to us looking for material to be cut and converted to serve as a cover for the steering wheel's cowling on a ...
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HVAC Essentials: Navigating the Do's and Don'ts for Optimal System Performance
Description: KEY HVAC PRODUCT DO'S AND DON'TS ...
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6 Best Practices to Advance OT Security Amid IT-OT Convergence
From: Belden Inc.Description: IT-OT convergence brings numerous benefits to industrial environments, but also exposes OT systems to security risks. Read this blog to learn how to protect your infrastructure. ...
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How to Choose the Right Crimping Tools
From: Waytek, Inc.Description: Proper crimping is essential for reliable terminations, and getting the right crimp requires the right tool. While this may sound simple enough, there several important things to keep in mind when ...
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Steam Boilers Selection Guidelines
From: ChromaloxDescription: This selection guide shows how Chromalox's packaged electric boilers offer the advantage of electricty as the heat source to provide low or high pressure steam or hot water. ...
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Application Note: PERFECTING GASTIGHT WELDS FOR THIN-WALLED APPLICATIONS SUCH AS EXHAUST PIPES AND HOSES
From: Isabellenhutte USADescription: Creating cleaner, more rugged exhaust systems for heavy-duty commercial vehicles demands reliable welded connections-even in thin-walled pipes and hoses. ...
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Reality-based Metrics The Development of the Fan Energy Index (FEI)
From: Hartzell Air MovementDescription: Developing standards to rate and regulate products such as fans can take different approaches. One would be to group similar-sized products together, measure their relative efficiency against a ...
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Axial vs. Centrifugal Fans
Description: Fans are used in several industries and applications to move air for heat transfer, (such as convection cooling and heating), air exchange (such as ventilation and exhaust) or filtration. They ...
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Die-Cut Performance Material Spotlight: FLEXcon® OMNI-WAVE™
From: JBC Technologies, Inc.Description: Designing a wearable sensing device that requires converted materials? Read on. Clinical studies show that 8-10% of the population experience adverse skin reactions to hydrogels. This presents a niche ...
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Stäubli invests in innovative technology for the future of a safe solar industry
Description: As a global market leader in solar connection solutions and a renowned player in industrial automation, Stäubli gets involved in innovative Computer Vision, AI, and robotics solutions development ...
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5 Reasons to Include Flexible Graphite in your EV Battery Material Stack
From: JBC Technologies, Inc.Description: Many of the flexible materials we convert at JBC Technologies have use cases with an electric vehicle battery. Among other things, they are used to mitigate thermal runaway, provide cushioning for ...
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Diamond Composite Advantages
Description: Hyperion Materials & Technologies manufactures Versirion®, a revolutionary silicon carbide and polycrystalline diamond (PCD) composite with increased wear property and thermal stability. ...
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Enabling Smarter Cities
From: LEGIC IdentsystemsDescription: The technology to securely enable Smart Cities exists today, with proof of concept demonstrated each time we make a credit or debit card transaction, enter our office building with our badge, or ...
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How a Cooling Coil Works
Description: While they come in a wide range of types and sizes, all cooling coils use the same basic principles ...
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An Impressive 'Trac' Record: Success of the TracStar® Iseries
Description: In 1997, McElroy revolutionized the pipe fusion industry when it introduced the TracStar® 500. And over those last 26 years, the TracStar has cemented itself as a jobsite staple. But, as has been ...
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The Next Level of Fish Farming
Description: Bluegreen Fusion AS, McElroy’s Scandinavian distributor, is part of a team pioneering the “marine donut,” a closed-system fish farm that provides supreme fish quality with minimal ...
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Hazardous Location Enclosure Cooling Solutions
From: VortecDescription: Combustible vapors, liquids, gases, or flammable dusts are often present in many industrial applications. These materials are safe in small amounts, but when they exist in abundance, they become a ...
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CSA, CRN, & TSSA: What Are They, and How Do They Affect Our Thermoplastic Pipe Systems?
From: Asahi/America, Inc.Description: The CSA is the National Standards Council of Canada, and a CRN is a Canadian Registration Number allotted by a provincial authority that allows the use of a boiler, pressure vessel, or fitting in the ...
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Go-To Skin Adhesive Tapes for IV Attachment & Wound Care
From: JBC Technologies, Inc.Description: Do your medical components require adhesive tape? Let's learn about a few of the tape manufacturers we work with and the tape options they have forIV attachment and wound care. ...
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Polyethylene: How Many Names Can One Product Have?
From: Asahi/America, Inc.Description: Plastics-it's all the same, right? In my last article, we saw that that statement is not necessarily true, and many high-performance polymers fall under the "plastics" moniker. This article will ...
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Delivering a Customer-Friendly eCharging Experience
From: LEGIC IdentsystemsDescription: Thanks to LEGIC’s Security Platform, Hardy Barth’s eCharging stations provide total security while supporting multiple complementary customer loyalty services to make the eCharging ...
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How to Prepare Your Building for Cooling Season
Description: While springtime may seem like a long way off (and you may still be dealing with winter weather where you are), warmer temperatures are undoubtedly on the way. So now is the time to make sure your ...
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Is Materials Science the Answer to the EV Battery Thermal Runaway Question?
From: JBC Technologies, Inc.Description: Let's learn more about how precision die-cut EST Compression papers from Morgan Thermal Ceramics can help solve the EV battery thermal runaway problem. ...
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The Coming of Age for Mobile Credentials
From: LEGIC IdentsystemsDescription: People everywhere are increasingly using their smartphones to interact with the world. Tasks such as opening doors, buying tickets, sharing or charging vehicles, are convenient, easy and secure to do ...
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What Is Corrugated Fluted Material
From: Laird Plastics, Inc.Description: What Types of Corrugated Flutes Are There? ...
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Effect of Copper and Silver Coated Diamond in WC Flute Grinding Simulation Tests
Description: WC flute grinding simulation tests were performed at Hyperion Materials and Technology R&D center to understand the effect of copper (Cu), silver (Ag), and nickel (Ni) coatings on RVG diamond. ...
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Hyperion Creates 'Smart' Solution for Rotary Cutter Units to Help Improve Productivity
Description: As a supplier of high-precision rotary cutters, Hyperion Materials & Technologies knows that manufacturers of hygiene products want to operate their production in a controlled way to reduce the ...
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New Free-Standing PCBN Product Line Delivers Superior Performance
Description: Machining of hardened steels continues to be ever more challenging as alloying compositions change and machine tools and fabrication features evolve. ...
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DZ07 Meets NORSOK Requirements for Toughness and Erosion Resistance
Description: The changing requirements for balancing mechanical properties of impact resistance and erosion resistance in oil and gas drilling are influencing the tools and components used in upstream oil and gas ...
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Hard and Super-Hard Materials
Description: Hyperion Materials & Technologies is a leader in the development and manufacturing of hard and super-hard materials. We create tungsten carbide powders, cemented tungsten carbides, cubic boron ...
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Establishing Trust in the Industrial IoT
From: LEGIC IdentsystemsDescription: The IIoT promises to optimize processes, lower costs, enhance quality, safety, accountability and service availability. Achieving these goals while establishing secure operational overview depends on ...
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The Exciting (Near) Future of Mobile Credentials
From: LEGIC IdentsystemsDescription: Although mobile credentials as a concept is not well known, people use them on almost a daily basis. Smartphone-based mobile credentials are effectively your "Digital Twin" that can store and ...
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The Difference Between Fans And Blowers
Description: Both fans and blowers are commonly used equipment for cooling and providing air circulation throughout buildings, internal spaces, outdoor environments, and more. They're also vital components in HVAC ...
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Quiet Unwanted Noise with 3M™ Acoustic Management Materials & Precision Die-Cutting
From: JBC Technologies, Inc.Description: Buzz, Squeak & Rattle. Noise, Vibration & Harshness. When quiet means quality, how can you get rid of them? Custom die-cut solutions from JBC and 3M™ acoustic management materials, ...
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Performance Materials for Passive EV Battery Thermal Management
From: JBC Technologies, Inc.Description: The batteries that power electric vehicles (EVs) can be thought of as miniature chemical reaction chambers—chambers that generate large amounts of heat. So, where does this heat come from? EV ...
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Presentation Introduction to FibraLAST for Paper and Paperboard
Description: Designed as an alternative to traditional oil sizing product grades, these non-fluorinated sizing additives protect paper products from both water and food oils. ...
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McElroy Machines Help Pave Way for Rwandan Agricultural School
Description: In the Bugesera District of Rwanda, a TracStar® 412 and a Pit Bull® 26 played a part in a 2020 project to provide an education for students studying agriculture and conservation. RICA (Rwanda ...
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How to Use a Socket Wrench
From: Lowell CorporationDescription: This article will provide detailed, step-by-step guidelines on how to use a socket wrench. We've also included some basic maintenance tips and best safety practices to extend the lifespan of your ...
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3M™ Medical Tape 4576 for Long-Term Stick-to-Skin Applications
From: JBC Technologies, Inc.Description: Wearable medical devices can fail if they're made with the wrong adhesive tape. New Medical Tape 4576 from 3M promises to take stick-to-skin adhesive tape wear times to 21 days and beyond. ...
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CASE APPLICATION: How General Plastics' Tooling Foam Empowered Creation and Test of Prototype Missile Aeroshell Cover at Mach 4+ Speed
Description: DEFENSE SUBCONTRACTOR SLASHES THREE-FOURTHS OF ITS PROTOTYPING COSTS & TIME USING GP'S MULTI-USE CORE FOAM ...
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CASE APPLICATION: Polyurethane Foam Outlasts Biological Material for use in Orthopedic and Medical Models
Description: MEDICAL RESEARCHERS AND EDUCATORS LOOK TO LAST-A-FOAM® FOR ORTHOPEDIC MODELS ...
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LEGIC Connect: Secure Mobile ID Applications
From: LEGIC IdentsystemsDescription: Secure contactless Identification via smartphone: LEGIC Connect is a software service for the distribution of credentials or other data to registered smartphones - anytime, anywhere and instant at the ...
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LEGIC Orbit: Key & Authorization Management
From: LEGIC IdentsystemsDescription: LEGIC Orbit is the next generation of a secure key and authorization management solution. It allows the generation of random application keys and the convenient, instant and worldwide distribution of ...
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The Future is Contactless
From: LEGIC IdentsystemsDescription: LEGIC's Security Platform enables contactless access control and scalable security to be individually applied to each corporate department. You can deploy basic employee badge and/or smartphone app ...
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Who's Guarding Access to your Access Control System?
From: LEGIC IdentsystemsDescription: When it comes to managing who is allowed entrance to critical infrastructure, the most vulnerable point of attack is not the access control system itself, encryption used, nor physical media such as ...
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7 Cabinet Cooling Tips to Help You Meet Design Challenges
From: Kooltronic, Inc.Description: Warm ambient air, solar load, and other sources of heat can quickly increase the temperature within an electrical enclosure. As the internal operating temperature rises, so does the risk of early ...
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Guide: Pulse Tool Selection Best Practice: Focus on Ergonomics, Productivity and Low Maintenance Cost
From: Mountz, Inc.Description: A Pulse tool has the speed of an impact wrench with nearly the repeatability of a clutch based shut-off tool. Learn the four key benefits of a pulse tool. ...
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How Assembly Line Ergonomics Boosts Productivity and Keeps Workers Safe
From: Mountz, Inc.Description: By following assembly line ergonomics best practices, you can boost productivity and protect workers from potentially costly injuries. ...
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Lean Manufacturing Tools: Secrets to Selecting the Right Tool Supplier
From: Mountz, Inc.Description: Selecting A Supplier Of Lean Manufacturing Tools ...
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10 Criteria to Consider for Your Industrial Edge Compute Devices
From: Belden Inc.Description: Industrial edge compute devices make edge computing possible. They offer a way to use and gain value from your data, supporting real-time decision making, enhanced security and faster analytical ...
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Ensure Wireless Connectivity in LEED-Certified Buildings
From: Belden Inc.Description: By 2024, 42% of engineers, architects, owners and contractors plan to build more than 60% of their projects using green building best practices. As green buildings become more prevalent in the ongoing ...
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Ensure Consistent Joint Quality with McElroy's Patented Centerline Guidance
Description: At McElroy, quality equipment is our specialty. And our patented Centerline Guidance, which is included on most of our fusion machines, is another construction method we use to ensure our machines ...
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Two-Phase Cooling - Ask an Expert Q&A
From: BoydDescription: What Are the Benefits of Two-Phase Cooling over Air-Cooling? ...
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What is Lightweighting and Why is it Important?
From: BoydDescription: Lightweighting is important to create more economical products with a smaller environmental footprint. ...
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The Difference Between Carbon Steels
From: MISUMI USADescription: The world of carbon steels can be challenging to wrap your head around. There are many different options to choose from, and each type of steel has different benefits. The main differentiating factor ...
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McElroy® Rolling 412 Helps Solve Sewer Line Collapse in Historic Tulsa Neighborhood
Description: When a sewer line collapsed in one of Tulsa, Oklahoma's historic neighborhoods, T-G Excavating, Inc. didn't have to look far for its HDPE fusion solution. With a McElroy Rolling 412, Rick Blanke and a ...
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Irrigation Project Introduces HDPE to Glacier Park Lodge in Montana
Description: There is a rich history etched in Montana’s Rocky Mountains and the areas that surround it, a bygone era that marked the beginning of The Great Northern Railway, and its creation of lodges ...
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Case Study: Advanced PE Piping System at a Shipyard Dry Dock
From: Asahi/America, Inc.Description: In 1997, a dry dock company in Florida was experiencing corrosion problems on one of its critical stainless steel CO2 pipelines at their waterfront docking location. Asahi/America's Air-Pro® ...
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Case Study: Thermoplastic Piping Solution at Poultry Processing Facility
From: Asahi/America, Inc.Description: A poultry processing plant in North Carolina learned there was a solution when they switched from a PVC/CPVC piping system to Asahi/America's Chem Proline® piping system after experiencing ...
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Case Study: Water Chiller Boiler Discharge
From: Asahi/America, Inc.Description: Making the switch from metal to plastic in commercial pipe applications can result in a longer system life, higher corrosion resistance, lower installation and maintenance costs, and safer welding ...
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High Purity Piping Systems: Material Selection and Welding
From: Asahi/America, Inc.Description: In both semiconductor manufacturing and the life science industry, purified water (PW), deionized water (DI) and ultrapurified water (UPW) play critical roles in final product quality. The ...
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Improving Pump Efficiency with PP-RCT Piping Systems
From: Asahi/America, Inc.Description: PP-RCT is an alternative to metallic piping systems that can boost a system. It does not rust, corrode, scale, or pit and it allows pumps to run at their optimum design criteria for the life of the ...
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Navigating the Thermoplastics Maze
From: Asahi/America, Inc.Description: Thermoplastic resins are in constant development to enhance specific characteristics that may offer value for a myriad of applications. With so many thermoplastic piping materials offered today for ...
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Prefabrication: Increase Quality and Reduce On-Site Costs
From: Asahi/America, Inc.Description: Asahi/America frequently fabricates spools and assemblies out of our engineered thermoplastic pipes to meet our customers' dimensions, specifications, and delivery needs. ...
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Size Matters
From: Asahi/America, Inc.Description: We usually describe the different pipe classes and materials in very basic sizing terms (for example: ½", 2", 6", sched 40 or DR 11). Sometimes, we clarify by saying metric or IPS, but do we ...
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Thermoplastic Pipes for Compressed Air - There is a Safe Option
From: Asahi/America, Inc.Description: Polyethylene (HDPE) material can be engineered to handle compressed air applications because of its excellent physical and mechanical properties and broad chemical resistance. ...
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Why Plastics vs. Metals
From: Asahi/America, Inc.Description: There are numerous factors the design community must consider when choosing the proper material for a specific application. Some of these factors include: type of media, temperature, pressure, flow ...
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How Does a Trench Drain Work?
From: Eric'sons Dura TrenchDescription: Finding the right drainage solution can feel like a lot of work. There are variables that must be considered, such as the use of the area and the kind of drain that will best handle the volume and ...
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Elevating the Standards of Elder Care in Residential Facilities
From: Air Innovations LLCDescription: The global pandemic exposed a need to elevate the standard of care for the elderly. In particular, senior citizens living and spending time in group settings such as nursing homes, residential care ...
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USP 797 Environmental Monitoring 101 | HVAC Requirements
From: Air Innovations LLCDescription: USP 797 is a standard for sterility that pharmaceutical compounding and preparation facilities must demonstrate. USP 797 is set by the United States Pharmacopeia and National Formulary (USP-NF) and ...
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Guide for Selecting a Precision Torque Wrench
From: Mountz, Inc.Description: A torque wrench is built with a mechanism to limit the amount of torque an operator applies. The type of torque limiting mechanism is what separates different torque wrench technology. Learn how ...
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A Short Guide to Gasket/Seal Material Selection
From: JBC Technologies, Inc.Description: JBC Technologies-the right converter. Selecting the right material for your gasket or seal-not so easy. UV? Moisture? Automotive? Medical? Here are 5 more things to ponder during gasket/seal material ...
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Help Manage Electric Vehicle Battery Heat with Die-Cut Specialty Materials
From: JBC Technologies, Inc.Description: Thermal management of electric vehicle (EV) batteries doesn't have to be expensive or heavy. Custom die-cut solutions made from these 6 high-performance lightweight materials can complement an EV ...
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The Battle of Stainless: 303/304 vs. 316
From: MISUMI USADescription: Choosing the correct material is critical to any application especially those designed for wash-down, corrosion resistance, heat resistance or strength. There are a variety of materials to choose from ...
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What Makes an Electrical Enclosure Air Conditioner Unique?
From: Kooltronic, Inc.Description: The application of cooling for electrical panels and control cabinets is different than that of homes and buildings. Learn when enclosure air conditioners are needed instead of their comfort cooling ...
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Barriers of OT/ICS Adopting Cloud
From: Belden Inc.Description: Fully remote work has become the norm during the pandemic. Working from home created a heightened need for cloud solutions in OT/ICS environments. However, this transition to the cloud comes with ...
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The Hermes Standard: Are you ready for Digital Transformation?
From: SICKDescription: The Hermes Standard is a modern machine-to-machine communication protocol, tailor-made for PCB assembly lines. As a member of The Hermes Standard Initiative with an extensive track and trace ...
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Around the World: Training in Nicaragua
Description: The need for clean drinking water takes our global team to interesting places. In September, Juan Quintero found himself in Nicaragua. Among the interesting attractions is an island called Ometepe, ...
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Bridging the Digital Divide: The Positive Impacts of the Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act
From: Belden Inc.Description: On Nov. 6, 2021, the highly anticipated Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act was passed by Congress. It’s being called a once-in-a-generation investment in our future. Among the many facets of ...