Fueling innovation

The gas processing industry has long played a pivotal role in refining natural gas to ensure its usability for industrial, commercial, and energy applications....

Audible and Visible Signals Reduce Risk of Dangerous, Costly Accidents

By Jacob Vernon, Pfannenberg This past June was #NationalSafetyMonth, an opportunity to raise awareness about significant dangers to technicians, operators, and other workers on the...

10 ways a smart boiler system can improve a food manufacturing...

A boiler system is a critical element of many food manufacturing plants, as they serve as a reliable source of heat and steam to...

Root Cause Analysis: The Justification Game

How often are good ideas turned away because we cannot seem to justify their returns with hard dollars? More often than not, it is...

Municipalities Turn to AI for Efficiency

Even the smallest municipalities are benefiting from advanced automated water monitoring and analytics systems and a boost from AI is right around the corner.  SMALL...

Wasted Energy Means Wasted Dollars: Part 1 of 3

Electrical energy represents a substantial portion of industrial operating expenses. It is an unavoidable cost of doing business that all too often seems resistant...

The Network Infrastructure for Industry 4.0

By Simon Seereiner, Weidmuller Efforts to use Ethernet as a fieldbus alternative first immerged in the late 1990s. Seamless Ethernet networking from the control unit...

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...

Specialty Coatings Extend Service Life of Cutting Tools Used for Non-Ferrous...

By Logan Walz, Oerlikon Balzers Because machine tools constantly cut and grind away material at high RPMs to shape a workpiece, carbide cutting tools are...

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

Over the past several years many US Nuclear Power Stations have been required to take corrective action to address the potential for air entrainment...