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Below you will find white papers on topics involving process control and automation.

Noise from Cavitation: Bad for Control Valves and Equipment

Submitted by Jon Monsen and Peter Jessee // Valve Magazine

Certain frequencies of sound can play havoc on industrial equipment. When control valves are not selected appropriately, there is an increased risk for cavitation, which causes high noise and vibration levels, resulting in very rapid damage to the valve's internals and/or the downstream piping.

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Best Practices in CONTROL

Submitted by Jon Irvine

Considering the number of variables, gaining precise control of a process heating application can be a difficult task. In industries with a high demand for consistent quality, controlling the temperature of a substance from the start to the finish of a process is an absolute necessity. Learn more.

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Introducing the Cost-Effective SCARA Robot Pulse Motor IXP

Submitted by IAI

IAI's new IXP Series Robots cost around 1/2 of that of a conventional model due to the adoption of the pulse motors. The IXP achieves a payload equivalent to that of a conventional model by adopting high-output drivers. All IXP models come standard with battery-less absolute encoders.

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Lower Running Costs by 1/3 with IAI Electric Actuators

Submitted by IAI

With air cylinders, a compressor is operated with electricity to generate compressed air, and generated air is supplied through a line to the air cylinder where it is then converted to linear-motion force. This mechanism is subject to significant energy loss.

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How Gauges Can Help Prevent Costly Loss of Containment

Submitted by WIKA Instrument Guru

Loss of containment is one of the costliest things that can go wrong at a plant. Accordingly, smart enterprises employ a variety of measures that ensure loss of containment just doesn't happen or when it does, the adverse circumstances are kept to a minimum.

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