Volume 7, Issue 5
Published: September 4, 2019
Improving supply chain management
The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), or Industry 4.0, is one of the most trending topics in the automation world. Today, there has been a lot of technological progress from automation and instrument...
AI-powered methane leak detection
The US natural gas pipeline network hasover 300,000 miles of pipelines connecting production facilities, storage sites and users across the country. The networks are interspersed by a series of compressor...
Unlocking intelligence
North America’s water infrastructure is in decline, and studies reveal current levels of pipe replacement are inadequate to keep up with the rate of deterioration. There are approximately 155,693...
Experts in automated flushing
Giving residents access to safe, clean drinking water can be one of the most capital-intensive and operationally significant services that a water utility provides. With a distribution system that spreads...
An underestimated combination
When it comes to pressure relief for liquid handling processes, some operators still do not fully understand the potential of using rupture discs to protect their processes due to outdated available information....
Protecting critical deepwater assets
Fluid power seals engineered for use in deepwater applications help original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) protect critical machinery and equipment from corrosion, as well as the impact of the extremes...
A standard future
According to the UK Government (DTI Economics Paper No 12), standards contributed to about 13% of the increase in labour productivity over the period 1948-2002 and contribute £2.5 billion (€2.75...
Low pressure, high stress
Few things are taken for granted so much in modern life as the act of turning on a tap. Without thought, the assumption is that clean, clear water will flow. But that certainty is hard won: the result...
Safety first, last and always
Amid the towering storage tanks, stacked pallets loaded with 55-gallon drums and scurrying forklifts, two signs loom over the CRODA Iberica chemical manufacturingfacility located north of Barcelona in...
When less is more
Fristam Pumpen Schaumburg, a manufacturer of single-flow screw pumps, offers its customers innovative pump solutions for tank farms in the chemical, oil and gas industries. Since November 2017, the company,...
Perfect insight
After the augmented reality (AR) appfrom Germany-based pump manufacturer LEWA attracted lots of attention at the ACHEMA 2018 and Hannover Messe 2019 trade shows, the company decided to expand its range...
The six stages of coupler evolution
Pharmaceuticals, soaps and fuels are all products that solve a type of problem for their industries. As industries evolved, these products have undergone engineered changes to satisfy new process and operational...
