Change Is On the Horizon

Late last year, the U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) enacted the Energy Conservation Standard for Pumps for all domestic pumps. The first of their...

Renewables Look to Replace Natural Gas

Drillinginfo, a leading energy software-as-a-service (SaaS) and data analytics company, has released an interim report covering the dynamics of the natural gas power demand...

When Experts Weigh In, Oversight Can Save Consumers Money and Cut...

Since 2008, Marianne DiMascio has been working to advance the goals of the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy’s (ACEEE) Appliance Standards Awareness Project...

Who will spark America’s next manufacturing boom?

Greg Kozera is a professional engineer and an environmentalist with more than forty years of experience in the natural gas and oil industry. He...

Industry’s Dirty Little Secret

Michael Sprague, the director of eBusiness Development, Enterprise Solutions, for Thomas Industrial Network, offered his insight on how manufacturers and distributors fall short of...

Real-World Learning for Industry 4.0

In March of this year, Patti Engineering and Kettering University announced they will create an Industry 4.0-enabled collaborative robotic cell for a new classroom...

On-site Motor Inspection Goes Virtual

On-site motor inspection is a useful and necessary maintenance tool for several industries, but it does present cost hurdles for many facilities. Nidec Motor...

Improving Outdated Infrastructure Demands New Ideas

MPT: Could you explain some of the dangers posed by America’s out-of-date utilities infrastructure? Vikram Takru: I look to classify that into four big things....

Automation and the American Worker

Communities with large numbers of residents armed with only high school degrees or earn low salaries working low skilled positions are at risk of...

The Real-time Data Revolution Is Here

The use of real-time data has become a major leap forward in both efficiency and management decisions. Jim O’Rourke is an academic principal with...