Managing EMI in Food Metal Detection
Noise is a common occupational hazard in food processing factories. From vibrating panels to mechanical rotors, stators, fans, conveyors, pumps, compressors, palletizers, and fork...
Efficiency Deficiency
Eddy current drives, known alternately as magnetic drives or eddy current couplings, have been a trusted and reliable means of controlling pump speed dating...
Going Against the Current: Part 2 of 2
As we saw in part 1 of this article last month, today’s electronically-controlled dosing pumps are often overloaded with electronic application options that are...
Getting the Most from Your Bearings: Part 2 of 2
For mechanical design of a fluid film bearing, the bearing designer must not only consider the proper sizing of the bearing to handle the...
Fish Friendly Pumps Go Direct Drive
Bedford Pumps, the UK’s leading manufacturer of large submersible and conventional pumps for the Land Drainage industry, has recently installed and commissioned a direct...
Brushless DC Motor Commits to 100 Percent Running Time
By Roger Ingemey, Circor
When process operations depend on 100 percent running time, control valve actuators must offer unrivaled performance together with low maintenance requirements....
Spreading The Word On Oil Mist Lubrication: Part 1
Since its introduction as a plant-wide lubrication method in the United States, oil mist lubrication has been extended to over 100,000 process pumps and...
Utilizing ODS and Vibration Analysis to Eliminate Ongoing Alignment Issues
The following article consists of a case study utilizing Operating Deflection Shape (ODS) in conjunction with standard vibration tools to solve problems in the...
Third Generation Actuators Take Flight
Over 130 Rotork actuators have been installed at the new Beijing Daxing International Airport, Beijing’s second international airport. This builds on an existing relationship...
VFD Maintenance Tips
By Jason Wellnitz, Yaskawa America, Inc.
Many production settings have changed in the midst of social distancing. Employees are spaced six feet apart, assembly lines...









