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How Do You Decorate Your Easter Eggs?

Marshall Wolf Automation

Easter is almost here and for many of us, that means decorating eggs. While some of us are a little more traditional and stick to onion skins and cabbage leaves, yes that’s a thing, others go incredibly elaborate or downright rainbow colored with *shudder* GLITTER. After chatting with other coworkers, we all realized very quickly that none of us made our eggs the same way. .

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What Is Instrumentation & Control Engineering?

Gil Automation

Instrumentation and control refer to the analysis, measurement, and control of industrial process variables using process control instruments and software tools such as temperature, pressure, flow, and level sensors, analyzers, electrical and mechanical actuators, Human-Machine Interfaces (HMI), Piping and Instrumentation Diagram (P&ID) systems, automated control systems and more.

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EU Parliament Calls On EU Commission to Implement a Common E-Invoicing Standard in the EU by 2022

Seeburger

Against the current background of the ongoing Covid pandemic and the war in Ukraine, EU member states are under increasing pressure to quickly close their significant tax gap. In 2019, this was valued at €134 billion[1]. One beacon of hope is e-invoicing as long as this is standardised throughout the EU and makes provision for […].

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Innovate Your Way to Growth While Minimizing Risks

NIST

Manufacturers work hard to minimize disruptions to their operations and invest significant resources to minimize production risk. They also are under constant pressure to find new ways to deliver more value to their customers. Sustainable business growth is critical to delivering this value. Many achieve that sustainability through experimentation. But innovation and experimentation involve risk, which could lead to wasted resources, not meeting expectations, or a lack of return on investment.

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Manufacturing Sustainability Surge: Your Guide to Data-Driven Energy Optimization & Decarbonization

Speaker: Kevin Kai Wong, President of Emergent Energy Solutions

In today's industrial landscape, the pursuit of sustainable energy optimization and decarbonization has become paramount. Manufacturing corporations across the U.S. are facing the urgent need to align with decarbonization goals while enhancing efficiency and productivity. Unfortunately, the lack of comprehensive energy data poses a significant challenge for manufacturing managers striving to meet their targets.

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How Industry 4.0 & Digital Transformation is Shaping the Food Industry

Factory Worx

Read Our Blog. How Industry 4.0 & Digital Transformation is Shaping the Food Industry. Food production is currently centralised; however, shortly, machines and raw materials will independently arrange the manufacturing process and connect across corporate divisions identical to social media networks. Industry 4.0's four cornerstones – vertical networking of intelligent manufacturing systems, horizontal integration through production and transportation coordination, virtualisation and integ

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What Is Instrumentation & Control Engineering?

Gil Automation

Instrumentation and control refer to the analysis, measurement, and control of industrial process variables using process control instruments and software tools such as temperature, pressure, flow, and level sensors, analyzers, electrical and mechanical actuators, Human-Machine Interfaces (HMI), Piping and Instrumentation Diagram (P&ID) systems, automated control systems and more.

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Safety Meeting Topics for Manufacturing

CMTC Manufacturing Tech

In 2020, the Bureau for Labor Statistics (BLS) estimated that of the 4,764 fatalities that occurred on the job, 340 of them were in the manufacturing industry. In 2019, 395,300 of the 2.8 million nonfatal workplace injuries that occurred were in the manufacturing sector. Manufacturing workers are regularly exposed to potentially dangerous equipment and conditions which makes proper training and regular safety meetings an essential part of a safe work environment.

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Lean Warehousing: The 5S Method

Bastian Solution

Developing a Lean culture in your organization is a multi-step process and, in this article, we will discuss one step in particular: establishing a 5S program.

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Valve Selection for the Safe Operation & Protection of the Pump Station

Gil Automation

Proper valve selection that helps ensure safe operation and protection of the pump station can present a challenge to the engineer and owner. Common considerations include preventing the damaging consequences of surge pressure transients (water hammer), related safety issues, pipeline breaks, fitting failures, cross connection, flooding and water loss.

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Definite Purpose Contactors 101

Marshall Wolf Automation

Let’s start at the beginning. What are definite purpose contactors? DP contactors are electronically controlled switches that are used for switching a power circuit. Originally designed for the HVACR industry, their use has expanded to a variety of other market segments. In general, if you have an application that heats, cools, refrigerates, controls, or moves air, then it is a likely candidate for these devices.

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Modernizing MES: A Guide for Complex Manufacturers Adapting to Industry 4.0

As engineers push the boundaries of innovation with groundbreaking hardware products, their success depends largely on the speed and efficiency of production. The challenge? Manual processes and disparate systems lead to multiple versions of documents, incomplete records, and duplicated work, creating a chaotic system of records that is difficult to manage.

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Valve Selection for the Safe Operation & Protection of the Pump Station

Gil Automation

Proper valve selection that helps ensure safe operation and protection of the pump station can present a challenge to the engineer and owner. Common considerations include preventing the damaging consequences of surge pressure transients (water hammer), related safety issues, pipeline breaks, fitting failures, cross connection, flooding and water loss.

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