Simplifying Oil and Gas Predictive Modeling
Chemometrics, the application of statistics to the field of chemical analysis, is often used in the oil and gas industry to make product quality...
Monitoring Where You Need It
Ensuring optimal temperatures is paramount for many industries, from healthcare to food processing. It can help companies safeguard employees and comply with regulations. A...
Reliability Gets Its Groove Back
Experienced industrial automation manufacturer and an industrial internet of things tools developer Opto 22 today announced a groundbreaking new industrial system to address the...
Top 5 Benefits of a Closed-Loop Digital Twin
By Raffaello Leptratti, Siemens
By now most people have heard about digital twins, but many still struggle to articulate how the technology can benefit their...
See the First One-Piece Silicon Carbide Degassing Rotors
The presence of gas—typically hydrogen—and other particles inside gravity or sand castings has the potential to severely compromise both appearance and performance through the...
Taking the Heat at Arkansas Sawmill: Part 1 of 2
Humans have been using wood to construct shelters and other buildings for thousands of years. With the advent of metal tools wood could be...
Arc Flash Hazards: Are Your Employees Trained?
Previous editions of NFPA 70E required an arc flash hazard analysis. The 2015 edition now requires an arc flash risk assessment to determine if...
Improving Cooling Tower Filtration: Part 2 of 2
The following case study describes one end-user’s experience with multiple filtration technologies and their inherent advantages and disadvantages in their cooling tower systems. In...
Therein Lies the Rub
In this article, the vibration signature on bearing housing caused by shaft rub was studied through applying a rotor rub device on a Machinery...
To Repair or to Replace, That is the Question
There are philosophical choices that have sparked some of the great debates of our time: Star Wars or Star Trek? Thin crust or deep...