Reliability Starts from the Ground Up

Asolid foundation is a proven way to increase the mean time between planned maintenance for most types of rotating equipment. Pump bases and foundations...

The Network Infrastructure for Industry 4.0

As we introduced in part 1 of this article last month, the potential of Single Pair Ethernet (SPE) is huge and experts consider it...

Choosing The Best Alternatives In Industrial Analytics: Part 1 of 2

In late 2020, project managers in fields as diverse as oil and gas, chemical processing, food and beverage, and more, received news that OSIsoft...

Eliminating System Pulsations and High Frequencies to Extreme Precision

GE Oil & Gas is developing subsea membrane-based water injection systems for improved oil recovery. The exploration and production activity in deeper waters, harsher...

What it takes to support reshoring

For decades, cost efficiency drove the global offshoring trend, reshaping how and where industrial components were made. But recent years have cast a harsh...

Take a Serious Look at Your CIP Pump Maintenance Program

By Talmage Wagstaff A CIP, or clean-in-place, system is vital to the daily operations of any food manufacturing facility. Without a CIP system in place that...

Supply chain resilience: Part 1 of 3

Supply networks drive the world's economies. Not only that, we are dependent on global supply chains for access to everything from food, to medical...

How Nuclear Plant Operators Are Evaluating the Potential for Vortex Formation...

Amodel of the tank and outlet piping of interest are constructed to the geometric scale based on the considerations described above. The suction pipe...

Fire Codes: A Foundation of Safety for a Rapidly Changing World:...

As we introduced in part 1 of this article last month, the fire pump is one of the most critical pieces of equipment for...

Securing Golden Screws “Just in Case”

For decades, the general wisdom in approaching manufacturing has been to rely on a “just in time” strategy to ensure component parts are available...