Using ROI to Prove the Benefit of Your Optimal System Design
Securing the go ahead for a system upgrade can be difficult in a competitive work environment, where every cost must be accounted for and validated. Getting your project noticed and approved when it's lost among a sea of competing projects—each one making a claim on finite resources—can seem an impossible task.
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Fluid Power - Introduction to Pressure: The Basics
Submitted by Russ Rochambeau, Engineering Manager, IFPS Hydraulic Specialist, Valin Corporation
When discussing fluid power, pressure is the basis for producing any kind of work. Work cannot be achieved without pressure. To understand the finer points of fluid power, one must first understand the concept of pressure
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Wireless Connectivity Offers Distinct Advantages for Industrial Applications
Submitted by Corey Foster || Valin Corporation
A growing trend in industrial plant design is wireless connectivity. Recent technological advances have made wireless protocols significantly more robust and reliable than previous versions, enough so to rival traditional hard-wired connections.
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Training Ensures Proper Tracing System Operation
Submitted by Process Heating Magazine
Proper training in product, maintenance, and system startup was an essential part of a successful startup of the heat tracing system at the power plant.
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HMIs: Beyond the Fixed Panel Interface
Submitted by Corey Foster || Valin Corporation
Factory automation mobility is not just about iPads. Companies of all sizes need to think about the software needed to push context-sensitive information to operators and managers.
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OSHA's Standard Interpretation Letters
Submitted by Automation Engineering Staff
One resource that you may have overlooked is OSHA's collection of standard interpretation letters, which are OSHA's official responses to written questions about compliance with the agency's requirements.
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Should I use Pipe or Tubing?
Submitted by Parker Hannifin Corporation
Standard fluid line systems were for many years constructed from threaded pipe of assorted materials and were assembled with various standard pipe fitting shapes.
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What is Emissivity?
Submitted by Exergen
Emissivity is a surface property that determines how much radiation an object emits at a given temperature compared to a blackbody at the same temperature.
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IRt/c Trouble Shooting Guide
Submitted by Exergen
If an IRt/c sensor is installed and does not function as expected the failure may be due to something other than the sensor.
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Parker Instrumentation Solution Center
Submitted by Valin Corporation
Valin Corporation is the largest Parker Instrumentation distributor in the Western United States
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Intelligently Grow Your Organization’s Critical Network with Valin
Submitted by Valin Application Engineer
As the amount of critical data surrounding industrial processes has increased, industrial device manufacturers have found that the traditional methods of exchanging and gathering data are not able to keep pace.
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What are your "Precision" Requirements?
Submitted by Corey Foster, Senior Automation Application Engineer
"Precision" is a term that needs to be broken down into several components including accuracy, repeatability, flatness, straightness, etc.
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