Fueling innovation
As more and more sectors are looking to increase their use of alternative and renewable fuel sources, industry leaders are partnering up to lead...
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...
Training reliability professionals and subject matter experts: Part 1 of 2
As in all professions, there are individuals who graduated near the top of their class, and others who graduated last. Rarely would we want...
How Does a Centrifugal Compressor Work?
Figure 1
During the first century of centrifugal compressor design, changes were evolutionary. A centrifugal compressor from 1900 looks very much like a centrifugal compressor...
Pump Rebuild Protection to Help Maximize Pump Life
Pumps are major investments for any company, and the practice of rebuild over replacement not only yields cost savings, but often lessens the amount...
Know Your Pump Base Plate Installation Options
Part 3 of a 3-Part Series In the first two parts this series, we looked at many of the ways in which pumps can...
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...
Supply Chain Resilience: Part 3 of 3
See Part 2 here: Supply Chain Resilience: Part 2 of 3
We’ve spent a large part of this series detailing the challenges to maintaining an...
Machine Health Check: Automating Maintenance
By Klaus Helmrich, Siemens Digital Industries
The sci-fi-sounding, near-magical benefits promised by Industrial Internet of Things (IoT) advocates are fast becoming a reality, and one...
Performance Evaluation for Rotary Vacuum Filters
Tristar, Ltd. is a manufacturer of fabricated components and equipment, including remanufactured filtration systems. The Encoded Digital Guidance (EDG) system is designed to improve...









