How Vibration Monitoring and Preventive Maintenance Increase Efficiency
In most scenarios, preventive maintenance is a more cost- and time-effective solution to increase efficiency rather than waiting for it to fail and having...
For Energy Companies, Tagging Regulations Require a New Approach
By Percy Hung and Peter Larison, Workiva
Energy companies will soon start reporting quarterly and annual financial and operational data in XBRL format to the...
Wasted Energy Means Wasted Dollars: Part 2 of 3
Common attempts at more accurate alignment often produce poor results. Devices such as dial gauges are sometimes employed by in-house maintenance managers to try...
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,...
Root Cause Analysis: The Justification Game
How often are good ideas turned away because we cannot seem to justify their returns with hard dollars? More often than not, it is...
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...
The right size at your fingertips
For decades, selecting and sizing control valves was a complex and time-consuming task. Only large control valve manufacturers provided the necessary tools, and they...
The Impact of Digital Twin Technology
One of the biggest developments in the world of technology over the last few years has been that of digital twins. A digital twin...
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...
I/O for the IIoT: Part 2 of 2
By Benson Hougland, Opto 22
In last month’s installment of this article, we introduced how the new groov RIO® family from automation manufacturer Opto 22...