Meet the New Breed of Thermoplastic Polymer Composites for Pumps
EGC Critical Components, a leading manufacturer of high-performance thermoplastic performance-critical components, today announced its dures™ brand of materials—a new family of proprietary thermoplastic polymer...
Basic Pneumatic Circuits: Part 2 of 2
By Pat Phillips, AutomationDirect
In the first part of this series, we laid out the four basic pneumatic circuits as well as the prerequisites for...
Improve Environmental Remediation Operations with Remote Monitoring
By Rob Fusco, Sensaphone
Environmental remediation projects can take months to years of around-the-clock extraction of pollutants to clear water and soil of contaminants from...
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...
Explaining Unexplained Failures: Breaking the Cycle of Pump Repairs Part 4
Lubricant contamination originates from a number of possible sources and can also be a factor in so-called unexplained repeat failures. As if it requires...
The Look of the Future
By Heinz Woldering, Lewa GmbH
Digitalization means growing opportunities for augmenting reality virtually. This is becoming particularly evident from looking at Industry 4.0 trends, which...
The Disastrous Consequences of Neglecting Health and Safety
When it comes to health and safety in food and drink factories, many tend focus on hygiene within production and the threat of contamination...
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...
Addressing Cybersecurity Threats and Safeguarding the Manufacturing Sector: Part 2 of...
Read part 1 here.
In the first part of this series, we laid out the importance of cybersecurity for critical infrastructure. Each year, as cyberattacks...
Vibration Monitoring Considerations in High EMI Environments
Components of electrical machines are subject to thermal, electrical, ambient and mechanical stresses leading to degradation as materials lose strength over time. Condition monitoring...









