Securing Golden Screws “Just in Case”
For decades, the general wisdom in approaching manufacturing has been to rely on a “just in time” strategy to ensure component parts are available...
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...
Compact Controllers Increase ROI For Machine Builders
To stay competitive, today’s OEM machine builders must provide equipment that is ready to support analytics and give end users competitive advantage through increased...
Training Reliability Professionals and Subject Matter Experts
Before we elaborate on the specific steps in the training and learning processes, it’s best to just re-emphasize an important fact: Accepting that the...
Keeping the Lights On . . . Affordably
In today’s economic climate, power generation providers are stuck between the equipment they need and the equipment they can afford. However, as a recent...
For Landfill and Remediation Pumping, AutoPumps Can Take the Heat
AutoPumps are air-powered positive displacement pumps that require no surface timer-based controllers, bubblers, or sensors in the well to operate. The pump is activated...
Pump and System Curves for Multi-branched Systems
By Ben Keiser, Applied Flow Technology
Creating a pump and system curve for a simple piping system with a single flow path and no control...
How Nuclear Plant Operators Are Evaluating the Potential for Vortex Formation...
Amodel of the tank and outlet piping of interest are constructed to the geometric scale based on the considerations described above. The suction pipe...
Going Pro to Measure the Flow
Measuring of demineralized water in utilities, for example in boiler condensate return lines, requires reliable devices, and there is a need for economical and...
Maximizing Pump Performance for Submersible Wastewater Pumps
Motor design is key to the performance and service life of a pump. But determining the size of the motor required to drive the...









