Best Practices for Hydrant Maintenance
By Patrick Nein and Alexander Bailey, Mueller Water Products
With any waterworks device that will be buried in the ground for long periods, regularly exceeding...
Acorns, User Experience, and Optimization
Along the Tampa Riverwalk, while attending the Electrical Apparatus Service Association (EASA) convention, I saw the following quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson: “The creation...
Outsourcing Critical Aspects of Processing Systems
For equipment designers in processing industries, there are aspects of any system that are more functional in nature, yet still critical. This includes gas,...
Measuring the Quality of Liquid Processes in Real Time
Collo’s new online measuring technology can detect nearly any change in liquid properties straight from the process in real time. The novel technology has...
Evaluating Total Cost of Ownership Models: Part 1 of 2
Electric utilities are undergoing a transformation not seen since the Tennessee Valley Authority brought electricity to rural America. The complex challenges facing electric distribution...
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...
Pump Refurbishment Package Focuses on Energy Efficiency
An Australian company that specializes in both on-site and off-site pump refurbishment is finding that energy efficiency is an important driver in its refurbishment...
System Health Monitoring Delivers Far-Reaching Operational Insights
Earlier this year, Control Station launched System Health Monitoring (SHM), a tiered service offering that leverages intelligence captured by the company’s PlantESP Loop Performance...
Closing Tomorrow’s Skills Gap Today
The skills shortage in engineering services is very real and is hitting hard in some sectors of the economy. In particular, the Engineering Construction...
Improving Machine Uptime While Maintaining Safety Standards
By Christina Ducey, Fortress Technology
The industrial automation market in food safety and inspection is set to grow by $648.69 million between 2021 and 2025,...









