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140% Gain in Productivity in the Pipe Shop (.pdf)
New piping coming directly from the manufacturer is generally contaminated by oil, and may present signs of corrosion. In most cases, in order to insure the quality of the manufacturing process, the...(read more)
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AbitibiBowater Refiner Maintenance in TMP Mills: Radiator Cleaning (.pdf)
Like everywhere in the pulp and paper industry, production equipment requires efficient cooling systems. In thermo-mechanical pump mills, refiners run continually, 24 hours a day, using radiators to...(read more)
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Basics of Infrared (Slideshow)
The Flash presentation below serves as an excellent introduction to infrared heat, its basic principles, advantages and applications....(read more)
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Building Services: Cleaning the Air Conditioning System at Club St-Denis (.pdf)
All modern buildings are equipped with complex building services such as heating and air conditioning systems. Installed in the seventies, the heating and air conditioning system of the Saint-Denis...(read more)
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Case Study - Activating Adhesives on Decorative Trims
R-Tek Ltd -- supplier to the automotive industry -- chose infrared technology from Heraeus Noblelight to achieve perfect adhesion of decorative trims on the inside of motor vehicle door panels. They...(read more)
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Case Study - Browning of Conveneince Meals
A specially-built oven system, incorporating the latest carbon infrared technology, is helping Geest to achieve perfect browning of the toppings for a range of oven-ready meals produced at its food...(read more)
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Case Study - Drying Coating on Airbags Using IR
A Carbon infrared drying system from Heraeus Noblelight, is helping Airbags International to improve the manufacture of side impact airbags and has significantly reduced scrap levels on a coating...(read more)
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Case Study - Infrared Curing of Metals
The president of a major US-based lighting standards manufacturer knew that "the market for finished steel light standards is extremely competitive. To increase our market share we had to offer a...(read more)
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Case Study - IR Processing of Metal Coatings
Consumers of coated metal, wood, paper, glass, plastic and textile products are demanding attractive, long-lasting, wear-resistant surfaces. At the same time, stricter safety and environmental...(read more)
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Case Study - Powder Curing
When a gas-fired curing oven for powder-coated castings couldn't keep pace with production, Whitehead Die Casting turned to Heraeus Noblelight for a more efficient solution using electric infrared...(read more)
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Case Study - Sealing Caramel-filled Chocolates
A carbon medium wave infrared system is allowing Cadbury Trebor Bassett to save energy and space in the manufacture of their famous Cadbury's Caramel product at their facility....(read more)
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Case Study: Deburring of Plastic Parts (.pdf)
Plastic handles, housing parts, covers, suction hoses and lids are conventionally produced by injection moulding or by pressing. It is not always possible to prevent the creation of sharp-edged burrs,...(read more)
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Case Study: Drying Color Stain on Wood Panels (.pdf)
Saunderson's Furniture Ltd, has installed an infrared dryer to assist in the colour staining and lacquering of wooden panels used in the manufacture of its wide range of high quality furniture. The...(read more)
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Case Study: Embossding Laminates (.PDF)
By installing custom-built equipment, incorporating short wave infrared emitters on their embossing line, Cova Products of Cramlington are saving energy and improving throughput because of the...(read more)
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Cleaning 12 RPFW Coolers on the USS Enterprrise (CVN 65)
Nuclear propulsion provides an important advantage but also comes with its own set of constraints. GOTAR Technologies provides an approved maintenance solution that brings quick and outstanding...(read more)
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Cleaning of Cooling System Pipes (.pdf)
Many heat exchange systems use raw water from neighbouring rives and lakes as a coolant. The advantages of this free and abundant eco-friendly method are obvious, but there can also be inconvenient...(read more)
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Dominican Republic: METALDOM - Cleaning of Plate Heat Exchangers (.pdf)
The Dominican Republic is located in the Caribbean Sea. As for most islands in this area, freshwater resources are scarce. For the local industry, it means that the availability of what is considered...(read more)
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Energy Savings Thru More Effective Filtration: Major Department Store Chain Uses LAKOS To Save Money (.pdf)
A Colorado state energy utility sponsored a study to determine the amount of energy savings that would result from the use of different types of filtration on industrial cooling equipment. May Company...(read more)
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Increasing Boiler Maintenance Efficiency (.pdf)
It is a known fact that the passage of water leaves mineral deposits and that waste scale grows over time, even if the water is treated. Scale can also grow as a by-product of a production process....(read more)
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LAKOS CSX Fry-Safe System Provides Cleaner Cooking Oil, Improves Maintenance and Controls Free Fatty Acids (.pdf)
Backer's Chips plant in Fulton, Missouri has two large fry lines to cook potato chips. One fryer has a shell and tube heat exchanger that had clogging problems with the build-up of solids in the...(read more)
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Maintenance Abroad the USCGC Frank Drew (.pdf)
The USCGC Frank Drew (WLM 557) is a Keeper Class coastal buoy tender than entered into service in the year 2000 and in based in Portsmouth, Virginia, U.S.A. The 175 foot Keeper Class is a scaled-down...(read more)
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Say 'NO' to Safety Reliability Calculations (.pdf)
Machine safety standards are changing and this will affect machine builders who export into the European Union. It also affects those who use the risk analysis and safety categories defined in EN...(read more)
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Successful Cleaning of a Steel Turbine Shaft at Bersimis 1 (.pdf)
Commissioned in 1956, the Bersimis 1 hydroelectric power plant has an installed capacity of 936 MW covered by 8 units, each unit being composed of a turbine, an alternator and a transmission shaft....(read more)
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Transport and Surface Treatment: Outside Maintenance on Locomotives (.pdf)
One of GOTAR's regular clients is a transportation company that serves 160 kilometres of railway in Quebec. The company is owned by the aluminum maker Rio Tinto Alcan, but also serves pulp and paper...(read more)
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Case Study: Air Dryer Adds Hundreds of Dollars of Production/Week on High-Precision Slitting Machines
At Metlon Corp., a new air dryer paid for itself after only a few months by completely solving a rust problem and giving the company hundred dollars worth of additional production time each week on...(read more)
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Case Study: Filtration Systems Help Meat Packer Maintain High Quality
The installation of a filtration system and a nitrogen generator system is helping Fresh Mark Inc., an Ohio meat producer, improve its already high quality standards while saving about $20,000 per...(read more)
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Case Study:Foundry Saves $10,000 per Year by Producing it's Own Nitrogen
Aluminum Foundries, Inc. saves $10,000 per year by using a nitrogen gas generator that eliminates the need to purchase nitrogen dewars. The company has also eliminated demurrage costs, labor required...(read more)
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The Missing Piece: Utilizing Evaporation Technology to Dewater RO Reject Wastewater (.pdf)
This white paper addresses a common problem in the wastewater industry; what to do with reject waters from Reverse Osmosis (RO) systems? Reverse Osmosis reject often has high salinity making it...(read more)
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Corrosion Comparision Tantaline vs Coatings (.pdf)
A comparative study was conducted by an independent 3rd party to evaluate the performance of various coating systems, Tantaline and their corrosion performance in various media....(read more)
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Polycorp Aims to Dent Market With New Liner (.pdf)
A stiffer tank car testing regulation in the U.S. and farsighted planning has put Polycorp Ltd. in what it believes is a very strong position. The company has come up with a process to extrude tank...(read more)
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Transducer Cleaning Schedule
If no historic data exists on which to base a maintenance schedule then a baseline must be established. After an evaluation of the conditions at each site has occurred a preliminary schedule can be...(read more)
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Fluid Dynamic's Polymer System Helps Utility Maximize Sludge Processing (.pdf)
Last fall when Jack Robbins was surveying the operations at the wastewater treatment facility in Beatrice, NE, where he's Superintendent of Water Pollution Control for the Board of Public Works, he...(read more)
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A Six Sigma Approach to Evaluating Vacuum Filtration Technologies (.pdf)
Solid-liquid separation can be accomplished by pressure or vacuum filtration in a batch or continuous mode. Generally, following filtration, the cake must be washed and subsequently dried to...(read more)
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A Treatise of Filter Cake Washing Mechanisms In Pressure and Vacuum Filtration Systems (.pdf)
During many chemical and pharmaceutical process operations, cake washing is required since no filter system can remove all of the mother liquor by pressure or vacuum dewatering only. The need for cake...(read more)
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Clarification of API Slurries and Recovery of Solids (.pdf)
As the pharmaceutical industry has changed and grown since the mid- 1980's, there are increasing concerns about the safe handling of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs). To meet lower exposure...(read more)
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Comparing Effectiveness of Common Tank Washer Designs (.pdf)
An in-depth analysis of the effectiveness of several different styles of tank cleaning products. Results of testing with these various nozzles are examined and conclusions about the various styles'...(read more)
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Comparison of Gypsum Dewatering Technologies at Flue Gas Desulfurization Plants (.pdf)
Recovering gypsum from flue gas desulfurization (FGD) is becoming more important as the technical feasibility of substituting FGD gypsum for natural gypsum in traditional application such as wall...(read more)
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Continuous-Indexing Vacuum Filter as Replacement for Filter Presses (.pdf)
Solid-liquid separation can be accomplished by pressure or vacuum filtration in a batch or continuous mode. Generally, following filtration, the cake must be washed and subsequently dried. The choice...(read more)
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Improving Process Operations with a Rotary Pressure Filter (.pdf)
A rotary pressure filter can increase filtration rates, washing and drying efficiencies and eliminate organic solvent emissions. A plant was experiencing high solvent usage and excessive volatile...(read more)
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Pneumatic Conveying Systems
In choosing a system for safe, clean materials conveyance, it seems that the choices can be remarkably complex. Before choosing, a plant's conveyor usually has human operators, open conveyor belts and...(read more)
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Thermal Sand Reclamation
Thermal sand reclamation of waste foundry sand can be realized cost effectively in rotary process furnaces. The resultant sand is generally cleaner than new sand and results in improved casting...(read more)
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Thin-Cake Filtration Theory (.pdf)
In most industrial solid-liquid separation applications, the process steps of filtration, washing and dewatering (drying) are conducted on one filter. This paper describes the thin-cake filtration...(read more)
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Water Hammer: Causes and Preventative Measures
Water hammer (or hydraulic shock) is the momentary increase in pressure inside a pipe caused by a sudden change of direction or velocity of the liquid in the pipe. Water hammer can be particularly...(read more)
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A Winning Combination
Creosote and other non-aqueous phase liquids (NAPLs) are responsible for high pump-and-treat costs in groundwater remediation because, due to their molecular size, they tend to clog activated-carbon...(read more)
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Biomin Column Treatment Design Tutorial
This tutorial explains how Biomin column data available elsewhere on this web site can be used to design a treatment system for a wastewater stream. To use this tutorial, you will need to know the...(read more)
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Case Study: EC-300
In this town was a small grocery and gas station setting on top of hill. One day a car comes over the hill and loses control running into a gas pump knocking and it over. The customers uprights the...(read more)
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Change the Way You Spray - Minimize Clogging (.pdf)
Clogging can cause significant dollar-robbing complications: If the spray application directly affects product quality, increased scrap is the inevitable result of nozzle clogging. This can happen...(read more)
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Disposal of OilSorb
This is the cheapest disposal option. In Massachusetts, disposal costs are approximately $40/ton plus freight. The most convenient way to deal with landfill disposal is by simply placing the spent...(read more)
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In-situ Construction of a Semi-Permeable Sand/Clay/Organoclay Layer as a Component of a Ground-Water System for an Anaerobic Biocell Treating Organochlorine Pesticides in Soil (.pdf)
A comprehensive remedy was implemented for approximately 29,000 tons of pesticide-contaminated soils which included excavation, on-site containment, engineering controls and land-use restrictions at a...(read more)
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Laser Trackers: Defining Accuracy (.pdf)
Measurement instruments and systems evolve constantly, enabling the user to take advantage of a whole host of features. The technical specifications of most measurement systems may include reference...(read more)
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No Foul, No Harm: Experiments Test Organoclay's Sorptive Capacity (.pdf)
While cationic and anionic resins typically last a long time in industrial wastewater and groundwater applications, they frequently become fouled by any of several compounds. The fouling eventually...(read more)
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Oil Removal from Produced Water with Organoclay on a Platform Near China (.pdf)
An onsite pilot test was conducted to determine the effectiveness of an organoclay system in meeting the produced water effluent discharge goals for oil at a platform in the China Sea. The produced...(read more)
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Organic Clays Prove Effective in Treating Pipe Line Cleaning Water (.pdf)
Study results based on onsite usage of organically-modified clays, also known as organoclays, have been proven efficient and cost-effective in cleaning up water devoted to pipe line cleaning and...(read more)
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Organoclay Filtration Technology for Oil Removal (.pdf)
This paper purports to describe the properties and uses of filter media for filter media for oil removal from water which is the organically modified clays or organoclays....(read more)
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Stormwater Treatment - Organoclays are a Cost-Effective, Easy-to-Use Method for Removing Oil from Water (.pdf)
Because stormwater runoff from parking lots, paved streets, and asphalt-covered roofs often is contaminated with oil; benzene, toluene, ethlybenzene, and xylene (BTEX); and fuels that have been leaked...(read more)
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Treatment of Jet Fuel Storage Tank Condensate
At a bulk storage terminal, J-P4 jet fuel is stored in large above ground storage tanks. Periodically, it is necessary to remove the condensate (water) that accumulates in the bottom of the tanks. The...(read more)
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Using 'TransMembraneChemiSorption' (TMCS) for Ammonia Removal from Industrial Waste Waters (.pdf)
Dissolved gases like NH3, H2S or NOx in waste water lead to contamination in the sewage system and high treatment costs for municipal waste water treatment plants. This translates into high penalty...(read more)
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Application Example: Increased Grid Quality for Water/Wastewater Treatment Facilities (.pdf)
Clean power for pure water - Central wastewater treatment facilities need to meet stringent requirements in order to operate reliably and in an environmentally compliant manner. The responsible...(read more)
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Application Example: Increased Reliability in the Paper Industry (.pdf)
Nowadays, the paper and pulp industry is interlinking intelligent hi-tech machines to highly efficient production lines. Higher power DC and AC motor drives perform the automation tasks. Every kind of...(read more)
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Ineffective Cleaning in Generic Baghouses (.pdf)
In a typical "generic" baghouse application, the cleaning is accomplished by back-flushing the filter with compressed air that travels through an orifice hole in a purge tube (blow pipe) and through a...(read more)
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Industrial Knive & Blade Manufacturing Data
Hyde has the capacity to manufacture it products complete, within one facility. Hyde stocks a variety of steels. High carbon cutlery steel; high carbon chrome vanadium steel (1075, 1095); 4130 steel;...(read more)
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Alpha Ionization for Neutralizing Sensitive Components in Tight Confines
Alpha ionization is an alternative to corona ionization and finds many applications in the fields of high technology electronics manufacturing and testing. It has balance voltage fine for Class 0...(read more)
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Alpha Ionization Innovative Solutions for Static Control
Electrostatic discharge is one of the leading causes of industrial production problems. By disrupting production and destroying sensitive materials, static can cost your business huge amounts of time...(read more)
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Chinese Chemical Plant Optimizes Water Treatment by Replacing Double Pass RO with a Single Pass RO and Liqui-Cel® Contactor System (.pdf)
Electrodeionization (EDI) is widely used in many industrial water treatment systems throughout the world. In order to maximize the operating stability and life expectancy of an EDI system they were...(read more)
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Clearing the Air About Alpha Energy Ionizers (.pdf)
Alpha-energy or nuclear ionizers have had great success in a wide range of applications over the past quarter century. Despite this, there are still some misconceptions regarding their use. The...(read more)
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Extrusion Process Creates Dangerous Static: NRD Ionizers Safely Eliminate Problem
Expanded polystyrene (EPS) is manufactured in a process where it is extruded in a sheet and then "formed" or expanded, using gas that is injected into the material during extrusion. The gas...(read more)
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How a Fieldmeter Works
Most fieldmeters consist of two assemblies: a probe and a main meter assembly. Handheld units house both assemblies together, while more sophisticated units may have the probe wired to a meter at some...(read more)
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How to Optimize Ionizer Performance While Avoiding Unnecessary Investment
In determining your best investment in ionization equipment it's important to consider the specific task you expect the ionizer to accomplish. Ionizers are capable of delivering many benefits...(read more)
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In Use - Alpha Ionizers Ideal in Hazardous, Explosive Environments
In coating applications, you want to make sure the material to be coated is as clean as possible and free of all particulates before the coating process begins. You also need to neutralize any static...(read more)
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Installing Nuclestat™ Linear Ionizers (.pdf)
NRD linear ionizers are specially designed for point-of-use applications, to eliminate static at its source. When installing them in any application, there are certain general principles to keep in...(read more)
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Ion Air Amplifiers Improve Finishes in Automotive Applications (.pdf)
Fewer rejects and less rework. That's the result of the new lineup of alpha energy static eliminators being used at a Ford Motor Company Plant. The Michigan-based plant produces plastic components for...(read more)
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Ionized Air System Eases Delivery of Lightweights (.pdf)
At one Manhattan printer, five sheet-fed presses consume paper at a rate that leaves little time for conditioning. Cold skids, tightly compressed, carry a built-in static charge that increases as the...(read more)
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Ionizers Based on Safe Nuclear Technology (.pdf)
Are they safe? That's a question asked frequently about NRD nuclear ionizers. And it's a question that's been answered positively for more than two decades. NRD technology has been in use - without...(read more)
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Ionizing Bars Smooth Laminating Process (.pdf)
Customers who are laminating chipboard with a Formica-type material or coated vinyl have difficulty keeping the laminations even and preventing bubbles from occurring during processing. This is often...(read more)
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Nuclestat™ Ionizing Bars Help Improve Yields and Solve Static Problems in Electronic Handlers (.pdf)
The Data Mark Tester is one of the handlers or environmental testers commonly used by electronics manufacturers. These testers operate from 0o to 100oC. As temperatures rise, the hot dry convection...(read more)
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OSHA Regulations and Nuclear Static Eliminators (.pdf)
OSHA has adopted regulations (29 CFR 1910.1096) that cover the use of ionizing radiation in general industry. These are based on the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission regulations covering the use of...(read more)
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Problem Plungers in Handlers Create Static Charge, Cause Failure (.pdf)
Among the more common handlers used in the electronics industry are ones manufactured by Delta Design. However, these handlers feature a type of plunger that creates a static charge. As a result, an...(read more)
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Protective Materials for Maritime Vessels (.pdf)
As early as 1950 a new generation of composite materials was being developed to support the offshore oil & gas, aerospace, and defense industries. These materials included syntactic foams, glass and...(read more)
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Safety Facts of Alpha Ionizer (.pdf)
The Alpha Ionizer is a device used to neutralize static charge on any material. It uses a radioactive source called Polonium (Po-210) to produce ions (positive or negative charged particles) in the...(read more)
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Sensitive Microscopes Attract Dust and Dirt, Risk ESD Damage to Products (.pdf)
A common problem in laboratories is caused when dust and dirt accumulate on a microscope pedestal lens. In addition, it's especially important to protect the product being handled at a microscope work...(read more)
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Static Eliminators Help Speed Presswork and Folding (.pdf)
Use of static eliminators for multi-product printing runs on lighter-weight papers is resulting in a 20 to 30% increase in production for one Wisconsin printer. Specializing in publications, the...(read more)
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Tech Tips - Controlling Static on a Moving Web
In moving web applications, static charges are frequently generated from the continuous contact-and-separation action of the material in process as it passes over the rollers. Slowing your process...(read more)
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The Use of Electrostatic Fieldmeters
Manufacturers save tens of thousands of dollars by investing in one instrument that costs less than six hundred dollars. That instrument is the fieldnulling electrostatic fieldmeter. A fieldmeter is...(read more)
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Two Solutions to Static Problems in Semiconductor Die Bonder Operation (.pdf)
One phase of the semiconductor manufacturing process involves a die bonding machine. Several manufactures produce this type of equipment, with similar designs for the actual bonding operation. A fine...(read more)
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Using Alpha Ionization to Optimize Performance of a Spin Station
Spin Stands are widely used by the disk drive industry to evaluate and certify drive sub assemblies such as media. The tool provides a spindle on which to mount the media and spin it up to operating...(read more)
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Oxidizer Operating Cost Reduction Strategies
More and more, companies operating air pollution control equipment today realize that the initial capital cost of an oxidizer system can be rapidly eclipsed by continued operating expenses if careful...(read more)
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Setting Up a Package-On-Package Assembly Process (.pdf)
It is important to start with a level reservoir of paste (or flux) to prepare for component dipping. For manual/ prototype equipment - begin by setting the blade height to 1/3 the sphere diameter of...(read more)
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Substrate Metallization Considerations For Soldering (.pdf)
Sufficient thought should be given to the substrate metallizations used in a soldering application to insure adequate wettbility and reliability This Application Note will discuss some of those...(read more)
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Using Flux-Coated Preforms in Soldering (.pdf)
For certain soldering applications, flux coated preforms may offer the greatest number of benefits over other more conventional forms of solder. For applications other than active device manufacture,...(read more)
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Exhausting Hydrogen Sulphide from Waste Water Treatment Building: Corrosion Resistant Application (.pdf)
The end user had tried several different steel fans using various grades of steel including 304 and 316 stainless, carbon steel with an epoxy coating, carbon steel with an inorganic zinc coating,...(read more)
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Hospital Discovers Cure for Chronically Dirty Cooling Towers (.pdf)
The maintenance staff at Deaconess Hospital in Oklahoma City, OK was devoting as much as 60 man hours each year just cleaning the cold water basins of its 7-cell cooling tower. According to Ray Smith,...(read more)
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Hospital Uses LAKOS Basin Cleaning Techniques To Reduce Risk of Legionella (.pdf)
The maintenance program faces many challenges including reduced manpower and an aging facility. Another major concern of the staff is the risk of Legionnaires Disease (LD), and the risk of slip/fall...(read more)
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Practical Suggestions for Solder Preform Design (.pdf)
Solder preforms are manufactured solder shapes that come in standard forms such as squares, rectangles, discs, washers and frames. They can also be manufactured with custom geometries. Preforms...(read more)
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Providing Comfortable Work Temperature to Employees: Industrial Applications (.pdf)
Pelican Metal, a Tier 1 supplier to the automotive industry, uses a DH22 door heater and eight HartKool fans to provide a comfortable work environment for its employees....(read more)
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Reduced Pressure Boiling - Demonstration Video
Water Phase Change. See how vacuum turns boiling water to ice in this brief video...(read more)
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Soldering 101 - A Basic Overview (.pdf)
This Application Note provides a basic understanding of the soldering process to individuals new to the field of soldering. It is not meant to be an exhaustive treatment of the subject, but simply a...(read more)
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The Energy Savings Potential in Closed Loop Chilled Water Systems (.pdf)
The variable heating & cooling demands of a hospital environment accentuate all aspects of a district cooling system. Contrary to conventional thought, closed loop systems experience significant...(read more)
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Danfoss and Sauer-Danfoss: Two Companies, Many Solutions
Cranes are getting bigger, the loads they lift are increasing and they have to work faster. So how does a crane manufacturer guarantee its crane arm won't extend too far, overbalancing the machine and...(read more)
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Danfoss Preferred Partner in Wind Turbine Industry
With costs rising and resources dwindling, the quest for an alternative to fossil fuels has become a hot topic. Because it's an unlimited natural resource, wind is one of the most attractive...(read more)
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Low-Energy Vacuum Valves in High-Tech Company
Semicon Europa 2007 is the biggest microelectronics and photovoltaic manufacturing event in Europe. Held in the Stuttgart Trade Fair Centre in October, the event will attract every major company in...(read more)
