Going Green (and Earning Some Too)

Automation Service’s Steve Ploudre explains how recycling process control equipment improves the environment and the bottom line Plants have long faced the dilemma of replace...

Expanding advanced industrial automation

Comau and Omron Robotics have signed a strategic collaboration agreement aimed at accelerating the adoption and deployment of advanced industrial automation solutions for manufacturers...

Building Relationships in the New Century

ThomasNet.com’s Ed Edwards on providing free product sourcing and supplier discovery Building relationships with reliable, high-quality suppliers is critical to the success of the engineers,...

A Contractor's Perspective on Bidding Procedures and Equipment Procurement

Christy Perdue is a senior estimator for Brasfield & Gorrie, the largest general contractor in the Southeast. In this role, she is responsible for...

Biobased Products for a Cleaner World

Gregory Bafalis, CEO of Aries Clean Energy, has more than thirty years of leadership in the clean technology and energy fields. His experience ranges...

Trends

Centrisys Corporation has a leading reputation in the service and repair of decanter centrifuges across a range of industries. After establishing their brand in...

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...

Sizing Matters

As pump operators know, valve sizing works on the Goldilocks principle—neither too large nor too small, but just right. On a recent episode of...

Bridging the Knowledge Gap: Part 2 of 2

Paul Ruzicka is the chief engineer for Xylem Inc. and is currently managing the Xylem Engineering team in Seneca Falls, New York. To read...

Running Smooth Even in Seawater

Thordon Bearings recently provided water-lubricated elastomeric polymer bearings for installation to cooling water pumps commissioned for a major power plant expansion project by the...