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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.

The principal difference between the nature of the flow of gas and the flow of liquid through control valves is that liquids are incompressible, and gasses are compressible.

Selecting a valve with the correct flow characteristic (the relationship between valve opening and flow capacity) can be as important as the selection of the valve size.

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.

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.

Intelligent Actuator Inc (IAI) is a world leader in the design and manufacture of off-the-shelf single and multi-axis servo positioning systems and SCARA robots.

IAI answers some of their most asked questions

Eight Reasons Why Off-Loop Filters Work

Populations Equipment packagers have an uncanny talent for squeezing major components into very small footprints, obviously to minimize floor-space requirements.

While demographers busily count the world's population, manufacturers world-wide fight a different battle against growing particle populations within lube-oil and hydraulic systems.

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.

Standard fluid line systems were for many years constructed from threaded pipe of assorted materials and were assembled with various standard pipe fitting shapes.

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.

If an IRt/c sensor is installed and does not function as expected the failure may be due to something other than the sensor.

It is possible for a Timer to continuously apply power, but you should not leave the Timer in a time-expired condition for long periods of time under high-temperature conditions.

This video, courtesy of IAI, highlights another example of the IAI America ROBO products in an automated inspection process.

If you are encountering large errors in the temperature of the Temperature Controller, you can check for the following five issues to help determine the cause.

Slicing Aluminum with IAI Automation Products

Some useful tips for extending the lead wires of a temperature sensor.

Valin Corporation is the largest Parker Instrumentation distributor in the Western United States

"Precision" is a term that needs to be broken down into several components including accuracy, repeatability, flatness, straightness, etc.

Lean Manufacturing is the art of improving production efficiency.

Most people simply think of the price and lead time of their systems, but there are many other things to take into consideration. 

There are many elements to consider in the true cost of a motion control system. Here are 6 budget busters to watch out for.