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...

Breaking The Cycle of Pump Repairs: Part 3 of 4

METHODS OF OIL APPLICATION The traditional oil sump was depicted, in figure 5 (see earlier Part 2 of this series, “Insist on Better Pumps,” Modern...

An Industry in Transition

By Bill Moore, XONA On many fronts, 2020 is a year of adaptation and refinement. This is especially true for utilities, like oil and gas...

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...

Electrical Signature Analysis for Power Plant Pump Performance Assessment

One nuclear power generating facility, located in the Northeastern United States, relies on four vertical service water pumps to feed water to a heat...

Venturi Injectors Make Their Impact

Modern pump technology has benefitted dramatically from new materials, modern manufacturing methods, and state-of-the-art controller technology. But one of the most impactful technologies that...

Automatic Lubrication Systems Stand Up to Corrosive, Caustic Environments: Part 2...

In this conclusion, we detail three of the most common lubrication systems pump users rely upon: the Single-Line Parallel, which is also referred to...

Unprecedented Innovation for Wastewater Contaminant Testing

Shimadzu Scientific Instruments and PACE Analytical Services have developed an alternate test procedure (ATP) to EPA Method 1613B—PAM-16130-SSI: Determination of 2,3,7,8-substituted tetra- through octa-chlorinated...

How to Check a Motor Armature for Damaged Windings

If you have access to a volt/ohm meter, there are three quick checks you can do that will tell you if a motor armature...

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...