Making More “Elbow” Room
In industrial installations, process plants are designed to minimize floor space. Abbreviated floor space can result in inadequate short runs of straight pipe required...
Automatic Lubrication Systems Stand Up to Corrosive, Caustic Environments: Part 1...
Corrosive plant environments are among the most serious threats to the pulp and paper industry, contributing to extensive production downtime and exorbitant maintenance costs....
Waste Not, Measure More
By David Bowers, ABB
After years of heavy reliance on fossil fuels, societal and environmental pressures are leading governments worldwide to look for new ways...
Evaluating Total Cost of Ownership Models: Part 2 of 2
Last month, we introduced the first part of the following report summarizing the findings of a recent study conducted by the Wired Group, which...
Proper Equipment Calibration Essential to Accurate Gas Sample Analysis
Gas sampling equipment is one of the most widely used tools in medical, food processing, brewing and landfill gas (LFG) monitoring applications. Units range...
I/O for the IIoT: Part 2 of 2
By Benson Hougland, Opto 22
In last month’s installment of this article, we introduced how the new groov RIO® family from automation manufacturer Opto 22...
So Pure, So Clean
When it comes to choosing the right tool steel, there is often only one criterion in the foreground: the price. But this is exactly...
Stopping Corrosion Under Insulation in Global Oil and Gas Facilities
EonCoat storage container application process
Corrosion Under Insulation (CUI) is the root cause of many of the global petrochemical industry’s most serious problems including forced...
High-performance oil-soluble cleaner reduces cost of operation
Across an array of industrial applications, the performance of gas or steam turbines, compressors, and hydraulic systems is a critical factor for maintaining reliability...
Curing a Raw Water Pumping Facility’s Unremitting Driveshaft Failures Part 2...
In the first part of this article, a major pump OEMs had invited Mechanical Solutions, Inc. to resolve an occurrence of multiple pump driveshaft...









