Growing Demand for Desalination Requires Better Energy Efficiency
Water demand is continuing to increase as the global population grows. Clean water is required by people for drinking, cooking, and washing, and by...
AMPing It Up
Emerson's Power Transmission Solutions introduces industry's first online tool for tracking the location, life history and latest revision drawings and installation instructions for all...
Challenges with Shaft Alignment in Chemical-Transfer Applications
While many chemical fluid-transfer operations may take place in harsh environmental conditions, the pumps and systems used to facilitate product transfer are in actuality...
A Comfortable Way of Measuring
Circutor SA, based in Spain, has chosen to use a compound of the Thermolast® K family for the outer cover of its new MYeBOX®...
Municipal Utility District Reduces Energy Demand Penalties and Implements Condition Based...
Unlike residential consumers, industrial and commercial companies are required to pay for the reactive KVA demand power along with the active KW energy consumed....
Toward a New Era of Motor-Driven Compressor
Demands for reductions in CO2 emissions from factories continue to rise in response to global warming concerns. Such demands, coupled with the desire to...
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...
Canned Motor Pumps Update
By Heinz P. Bloch
As a reliability professional since 1962, the author had many occasions to evaluate industry experience and feedback (see reference 1). He...
Innovative Vibration Learning System: Part 2 of 2
By Dr. Budhaditya Hazra, Liang Xu, and Dr. Suri Ganeriwala, SpectraQuest
In last month’s introduction, we touched on how SpectraQuest has introduced a new innovative...
Maximum Results from Mini Drive
Equipment manufacturers seeking to give induction motors a selectable scalar (V/F) or voltage vector control (VVW) now have a new solution at their fingertips....









