The Complete Grid Stability Solution

While the rise of renewable energy is reducing the carbon intensity of the electricity system, managing variable resources like wind and solar also presents...

Estimating True Life-cycle Cost

By Ben Keiser, Applied Flow Technology We all want reliable pumps and piping systems that meet requirements with a cost-effective design. The resulting design may...

Prevent Expensive Pump Cavitation Damage

Process engineers responsible for keeping the pumps running in plants crowded with equipment and awkward pipe layouts will find the Vortab Elbow Flow Conditioner...

Precise Dimensioning of Pump Piping Systems: Part 2 of 2

Synchronization of several pumps is an effective way to reduce pressure pulsations and vibrations in the pipelines. In part 1 of this series, we...

Industrial Data at Your Fingertips

IDEC Corporation has expanded its human machine interfaces (HMI) product family with the new HG2J Series 7-inch touchscreen HMI. Hardware and software advancements incorporated...

Meet the Future: Edge Programmable Industrial Controllers

Last year a glass products manufacturing company in Ohio presented their automation engineers with a new project: data from manufacturing lines needed to appear...

The critical need for power failure alarms

Businesses across all industries rely on consistent power to keep operations running smoothly. However, unexpected outages are becoming increasingly common, putting critical assets, sensitive...

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...

Taking an Independent Path

Direct sourcing of electronic components for the industrial control equipment industry used to be pretty simple. An OEM would order direct from the manufacturer...

Modern Vibration Analysis Following Bearing Damage Progression to Failure Mode

Imagine a vibration transducer mounted close to the load zone of a bearing (see figure 1). Also imagine that when a rolling element passes...