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Valin and Omron sponsored a Senior Capstone project at CSU Chico recently. The project was two terms long.  During the first term, the students worked on understanding the requirements and designing the solution. Check out their final solution in the blog below.

With all the parts manufactured, assembled, and tested in the USA, WIKA is pleased to be able to offer quick delivery on our most popular industrial process diaphragm gauge: the AWS.

The V-Cone is often implemented in upstream, midstream, and even downstream oil and gas processes to measure a variety of flow media in various states and temperatures. The V-Cone's options for customization are among the many factors that prompt customers to choose this meter for such diverse and varied applications.

Given the need for accuracy, consistency, and repeatability, brewers should always choose the highest quality meter they can afford. Flow metering is all about optimizing production to give the brewer consistent and reliable results by understanding the precise temperatures, pressures, and flow being used.

When space is tight and straight-run piping is at a premium, V-Cone® differential pressure meters are an excellent choice - especially where the potential for turbulence raises metering accuracy issues. This article describes how to satisfy some challenging water infrastructure applications with the V-Cone meter.

Countless companies have published initiatives on water conservation and efficiency, often for compliance, financial benefits, and social responsibility. According to the EPA, water-related uses account for 19% of California's electricity, 30% of its natural gas and 88 billion gallons of diesel fuel every year.

Failure to capture meter readings at the low end of the production scale is a missed opportunity for steam system operators. Here's why that is happening and what you can do to attack the problem.

The flexible membrane in a diaphragm pressure gauge, a specialized industrial gauge, gives it several advantages over standard Bourdon tube gauges and capsule pressure gauges.

For both process and discrete motion control applications of actuators, many of the terminologies uttered and the base technologies utilized are similar. The difference comes with the application and evolution of these base technologies.

We're always seeing questions about circulation heaters. Specifically, given the abundance of different models and types, customers want to know which works best for their application.

Amine units are critical to the operations of refineries and chemical plants. If a unit fails due to corrosion, condensation and foaming, the entire productivity and safety of the facility is imperiled. Temperature measurement solutions allow operators to precisely control amine systems in order to prevent critical failures and maximize efficiency.

After 24 years, Parker's popular 6K has been discontinued. It was the follow-up to Parker's successful 6000 Series controllers which together spanned over 35 years of motion control history!

In a time where the cost of everything is on the rise, operators, and decision-makers are more focused than ever on getting the most out of their particular process. This is particularly true for the semiconductor industry.

Valin and Mitsubishi Electric are joining forces to bring the latest automation solutions to our customers in Arizona.  On board the mobile showroom you will see the latest technology in PLCs, drives, CNCs, motion control, HMIs, energy monitoring and management, industrial robots, and connectivity for MES and ERP applications.

Are downtime and product quality impacting your production efficiency? Find out how Balluff can help revolutionize your overall equipment effectiveness in food and beverage packaging.

Precisions Sensors (a division of United Electric Controls) now offers pressure, flow, level, and temperature products with a SIL 3 rating. The SIL-3 capability will improve your company's ability to achieve product certification resulting in improved time-to-market.

Precision Sensors high purity pressure switches offer accurate, repeatable switching for monitor/control and alarm/shut down protection.

Self-monitoring digital instruments are essential to the safe operation of Industry 4.0 manufacturing. The next generation of WIKA's diaphragm seal system offers foolproof monitoring with HART® communication protocol, ideal for sanitary processes in the pharmaceutical industry.

Naftosense develops and manufactures addressable hydrocarbon leak detection systems that detect hydrocarbons such as refined gasoline, light and heavy crude oils, lubricants, dielectric oils, solvents, and petrochemical compounds. This blog discusses technologies and products that support industrial leak detection.

U.E. Precision Sensors creates components to precisely match the specifications of semiconductor manufacturers. Precision Sensors provides its customers with the highest quality, most cost-effective, and reliable solutions for the safeguarding of people, equipment, and processes.

As alternative energy becomes more widespread, peaker plants continue to grow in popularity.  Many plants in operation can count on solar energy during the day while relying on peaker energy during the evening. 

Specially designed for corrosive chemical liquids, TTK's FG-AC sensing cable detects and precisely locates acid, corrosive chemicals as well as water leaks at any point along its length.

There seems to be this constant game of tug-of-war between Information Technology (IT) and Operation Technology (OT) personnel in industrial settings. In general, there are three misconceptions that OT personnel have about the IT department.

Evaluating the annual operating costs for different types of actuators provides a comprehensive picture of the Total Cost of Ownership. See how Kyntronics SMART Electro-Hydraulic Actuators (SHA) compared to traditional hydraulic power units (HPUs) with hydraulic cylinders.