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Pneumatic Proportional Control with Actuator Position Feedback

Pneumatic Proportional Control with Actuator Position Feedback When infinite position adjustability of an actuator through its entire range of motion is required, many people have become accustomed to looking at servo-electric solutions first. This is often the best choice, but in some cases, a pneumatic solution can be more cost-effective overall. One of our customers recently …

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What to look for in a fever screening system

What to look for in a fever screening system As we all get back to the “new normal” many are faced with the dilemma of how to ensure the safety of their employees and patrons. Whether you operate a large manufacturing facility, a hospital, a municipal building, an airport, or even a shopping center, you …

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Accuracy, repeatability and resolution in automation applications

Accuracy, Repeatability, and Resolution: Applications in Automation and Motion Control The terms accuracy, repeatability, and resolution can be found on the spec sheets of many engineered products. They are often misunderstood, used interchangeably, or just plain confused. This can cause products to be incorrectly specified and, in many cases, over-designed for an application. Let’s take a …

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How To Decrease Equipment Energy Consumption

How to Decrease Equipment Energy Consumption Hint: It’s a lot more than just tracking energy usage and consumption There are an endless variety of articles regarding how to improve energy usage in building and manufacturing facilities. But what does it really take to decrease energy consumption? Many suppliers offer meters and software for tracking energy …

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The Advantages of Using 2-Dimensional Datamatrix Barcodes

The Advantages of Using 2-Dimensional Datamatrix Barcodes With the emergence of the Internet of Things (IOT), choosing the type of barcode to use on your product can often be a daunting task. There are so many variables involved in barcode selection that, without intimate knowledge of the barcode symbology, choosing the correct barcode can be …

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Are pneumatic lubricators still necessary?

Are Pneumatic Lubricators Still Necessary? Lubricators have been used in compressed air systems for many years. They are the “L” in FRL, or filter/regulator/lubricator. They are designed to introduce oil as a vapor into a compressed air system. However, if you observe new machines that use compressed air, you will notice that these devices are hardly ever …

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Hose and Fittings

Types of Fire Resistant Hydraulic Fluid

Types of Fire Resistant Hydraulic Fluid In many industrial systems, hydraulic fluids may come into contact with sparks, flames or could be subject to extreme ambient conditions caused by nearby equipment. When these conditions are present, hydraulic system designers are tasked with selecting fluids that will safely withstand the presence of high heat or or …

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Preventing Rust on Hose Adapters

Preventing Rust on Hose Adapters Have you ever tried to disassemble a hose from a piece of equipment, only to find that the rusted adapter won’t allow you to break the connection? Then you know about rust and the problems that can come with it! And it isn’t just connection problems…you can have system contamination, …

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Save Time and Money with Transair Compressed Air Piping

Save time and money by using Transair for your compressed air piping Compressed air literally keeps your facility running, but are you wasting time and money with copper or galvanized steel tubing? These old systems are time-consuming and expensive to install, and corrode over time causing poor performance and damage to your equipment. Switching to …

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Silica Dust Regulation and Control

OSHA Regulation for Silica Dust Suppression Silica, a mineral found in stone, sand, and soil can cause serious health issues when inhaled. Using equipment such as a saw or jackhammer to cut or break up brick and mortar, causes silica particles to become airborne which creates a hazardous environment. Workers who inhale these silica particles …

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Can you Mix and Match Hose Manufacturers?

Can you Mix and Match Hose Manufacturers? Cross Hose & Fittings is a Parker distributor, providing precision-engineered products that meet or exceed a variety of industry standards. Parker is synonymous with quality, and their products can be found on and around any production operation with moving parts. Although there are a number of manufacturers on …

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Consider the True Cost of Industrial and Hydraulic Hoses

Consider the True Cost of Industrial and Hydraulic Hoses Many buyers and maintenance managers equate the cost of a hydraulic hose assembly to its purchase price. However, the cost relevant to your business is not only the purchase price but the whole the cost of ownership or cost of using one product versus another over …

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Flow and Safety Technologies

Understanding How Ultrasonic Flow Meters Work

Understanding How Ultrasonic Flow Meters Work Ultrasonic Flow Meters are a non-invasive flow technology that uses sensors/transducers to generate ultrasonic sound waves that are directed into the flow and used to determine flow velocities. On-board flow computers use the given velocity and the current flow profile of the pipe to determine an instantaneous rate of …

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Why Rupture Disc Replacement Isn’t Always Straightforward

Why Rupture Disc Replacement Isn’t Always Straightforward So, you need to order a new rupture disc? As long as you tell the sales rep what pressure the tag states, the disc size, and the materials of construction, you’ll get an identical disc…right? Unfortunately, it is not quite that easy. Disc manufacturers do a few calculations …

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What to look for in a fever screening system

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Understanding How Thermal Mass Flow Meters Work

Understanding How Thermal Mass Flow Meters Work A thermal mass flow meter is a precision instrument that measures gas flow entirely differently, eliminating the need for pressure and temperature correction. Thermal mass flow meters measure the heat transfer as the gas flows past a heated surface. The gas molecules create the heat transfer, so the …

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Benefits of Rupture Disc Standardization

Benefits of Rupture Disc Standardization Standardization can provide benefits throughout your operation from the design engineers who create the rupture discs’ data sheets to the inventory managers who have to maintain obsolete inventory and hundreds of duplications in the warehouse. As a buyer of safety relief devices, have you ever thought that this procedure seems …

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Preventing Incidents When Filling and Emptying Tanks

Preventing Incidents When Filling and Emptying Tanks Most of the incidents that occur with atmospheric storage tanks occur during filling and emptying. When people think of tank incidents they generally think of implosion or explosion due to corrosion or erosion. That is not the case most of the time. There are a number of other …

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Process Control Integration

How Do Burner Combustion Control Systems Work?

How Do Burner Combustion Control Systems Work? Gas and oil burners are everywhere. They power package boilers, start up larger furnaces with fluidized beds and grates, and heat many other processes. Larger burners have Combustion Control Systems (CCSs) which should be tuned periodically. To understand how to tune a gas and/or oil (usually #2 Diesel oil) burner, …

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Determining Safety Integrity Levels (SIL) for Your Process Application

Determining Safety Integrity Levels for your Process Application Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS) are installed in Process Plants to mitigate process hazards by taking the process to a “safe state” when predetermined set points have been exceeded or when safe operating conditions have been transgressed. The SIS is one Protection Layer in a multi-layered safety approach since …

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Three Element Drum Level Control

Three Element Drum Control How can steam drum level be controlled to maximize both stability and responsiveness? The best method is to feed forward (FF) the steam flow to the level PID loop and cascade the output of that loop to the setpoint of a boiler feedwater (BFW) flow loop. This arrangement is called “Three Element …

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Mobile Systems Integration

Capitalize on Replacement Part Sales Using IoT

Capitalize on Replacement Part Sales Using IoT As a mobile equipment manufacturer, you are aware that there are significant opportunities for revenue in selling replacement parts for your machines. However, chances are that much of this income is lost to aftermarket parts manufacturers. Why is that? In theory, OEM parts are ideal for the equipment …

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Common Causes of Hydraulic Overheating

Common Causes of Hydraulic Overheating Every hydraulic system is adversely affected by excessive heat. The impact of excessive heat in a hydraulic system can be particularly insidious because of the subtlety of its effects. Over time, excessive heat can lead to system damage due to seal failure as well as hydraulic fluid breakdown. It is …

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Hydraulic Charge Pumps

Hydraulic Charge Pump Overview For OEM’s that build on-road and off-road mobile machinery, a hydrostatic transmission should be considered versus a standard gear transmission because of the seamless way speed ratios and torques can be achieved. A hydrostatic transmission is made up of a hydraulic pump connected (and dedicated) to one or more hydraulic motors. …

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Increasing Aftermarket Sales for Mobile Equipment Manufacturers

Increasing Aftermarket Sales for Mobile Equipment Manufacturers Many original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) lose a significant amount of business by not gaining the re-sale of aftermarket OEM spare parts from their customers for warranty and service work. This is because their customers are sourcing these replacement products from other manufacturers or distributors. If you are an …

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The Case for Lubricating a Planetary Gearbox

Lubricating a Planetary Gearbox Using a Hydraulic Motor Case Drain: Should It Be Done? Using a planetary gear box is pretty common in the hydraulics industry. Several manufacturers of primarily mobile-type equipment use them for applications such as swing drives, drill heads, and drive systems to name just a few. One common way of lubricating …

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Avoid Tier 4 Requirements By Using a Hybrid Drive

Avoid Tier 4 Requirements By Using a Hybrid Drive Environmental awareness, increased safety, and improved efficiency are currently the leading concerns among mobile equipment manufacturers in every industry. Engine electrification in automotive transportation is increasing, but industrial, construction, and agricultural vehicles pose their own specific design and development challenges. Electrification offers the potential to significantly …

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