December 2011
Popular Product: Exair’s 1 NPT Stainless Steel Super Air Nozzle delivers 6.6 pounds of blowing force: bit.ly/t3BxzB
Industry News: Mersen to acquire Eldre: Mersen has entered into an agreement in principle with Eldre for its acq… bit.ly/sDihMW
White Paper: Cloud computing in manufacturing: Manufacturers need a directed and informed strategy for cloud inv… bit.ly/slhdjQ
Popular Product: Rockwell Automation has extended the reach of its PlantPAx process automation system to integra… bit.ly/sx2UB7
Popular Product: Rockwell Automation extends power range of its PowerFlex 755 AC drives to 900 kW/1350 Hp: bit.ly/sqvZEz
Industry News: ABB to acquire Powercorp to expand offering for renewable integration: ABB has agreed to acquire … bit.ly/rE61Wa
All cables connectorized: Customized modular connectors can combine optical fiber, Ethernet, coaxial, pneumatic … bit.ly/tva83N
Popular Product: ToolPak’s ToolVest is a tool organizer and safety vest combined: bit.ly/vMPCIP
Popular Product: GE’s Proficy Historian 4.5 solution is designed to collect, aggregate and organize data: bit.ly/v5O8pc
Popular Product: Belden’s Octopus 10TX Ethernet switch supports automation protocols such as Profinet, Ethernet/… bit.ly/v9oZ93
Is that a work breakdown structure in your CMMS?: WBS can help to manage deliverables and track work and project… bit.ly/sNxWrF
Industry News: Metalforming companies predict a continued decline in business conditions: According to the Novem… bit.ly/sIDkdf
November 2011
Popular Product: Electro-Chemical Devices’ Model 61 Boiler Blowdown Control System provides continuous control o… bit.ly/sMioLc
Popular Product: GarrettCom’s Magnum 6KL Managed Edge Switch includes four 10/100Mb copper ports and six additio… bit.ly/uCaHco
Proactive maintenance reduces the risk of safety incidents: Condition monitoring can be used to enable predictiv… bit.ly/v6TMVx
Industry News: Atlas Copco Compressors opens air compressor refurbishment center: Atlas Copco Compressors will o… bit.ly/vvt3pl
KratoWisdom: Don’t get burned when purchasing used equipment: Unless your company has unlimited funding, the thr… bit.ly/te8e3o
Popular Product: LEDtronics’ LED15T4 -SIW-120A T4 tube bulb offers 23 lumens and a spherical candela of 1.84: bit.ly/vrSz4R
Popular Product: Phoenix Contact’s UT series of screw-clamp terminal blocks comes in a three-level version: bit.ly/v1Ap3A
Plant Nexus: Introducing Supplies at Work: The industrial world is an ever-evolving landscape of innovation, col… bit.ly/twAIm2
Industry News: Sinclair Group and Allied Reliability Group create partnership: Sinclair Group, a operations mana… bit.ly/sQvsVO
Tools for motors and drives: Sheila Kennedy says high-tech selection, control, rewinds and energy monitoring are… bit.ly/sNcZmM
Plant Nexus: Your November 2011 Plant Services magazine is online and ready to view: Plant Services is an MRO (m… bit.ly/sNAynK
Popular Product: Dwyer Instruments’ Series TDFS Thermal Dispersion Flow Switch indicates whether the flow rate i… bit.ly/rHuIpo
Popular Product: Gateway Safety’s Metro eyewear is engineered to help employers increase PPE compliance: bit.ly/rC2hdc
White Paper: Understanding the electrical performance of Category cables: In today’s electronic world, the follo… bit.ly/w0JrBh
Industry News: Cyber-security recommendations for automation networks: ODVA announced the availability of a new … bit.ly/sZydaX
Operations management in a bottle: In this installment of What Works, a bottler changes its shop-floor culture a… bit.ly/w3NUdz
Popular Product: Upturn Solutions’ Sprocket v3.5 Mobile CMMS software is supported on smartphones that have a we… bit.ly/v4AerJ
Popular Product: Wright Tool’s Cougar Pro line of hand tools includes combination wrench and reversible-ratcheti… bit.ly/sbX4y1
Industry News: Trends in heat exchanger technologies: New analysis from Frost & Sullivan’s Trends in Heat Exchan… bit.ly/rWkeR5
NAMUR NE 107 recommendations come to the United States: Diagnostic data served where operators and maintenance t… bit.ly/tSy5CN
Popular Product: Honeywell’s enhanced STT250 temperature transmitter includes advanced diagnostics: bit.ly/vuG8k7
Popular Product: Flir’s IRW-Series infrared inspection windows are designed to lower the hazards of electrical s… t.co/Yzsu0xCG
Operations and maintenance combine for high performance: DuPont’s Cooper River site reinvents itself with the he… bit.ly/tloJHr
Popular Product: Ashcroft’s A2, A2X and A4 pressure transmitters are available in accuracies up to ±0.25% F.S.: bit.ly/vlZOxy
Industry News: Reporting on the future of manufacturing: Ninety percent of American business leaders agree that … bit.ly/ufI9rY
More effective work management: Tom Moriarty says invest labor resources in maintenance, reliability and optimiz… t.co/LnHbYQmt
Popular Product: Flir’s E30 thermal imaging camera delivers infrared diagnostics: t.co/un0Tc8wu
Popular Product: Ametek’s Rotron Model DR333 and DR433 regenerative blowers employ regenerative air technology: bit.ly/sKgbae
Industry News: HART Communication Foundation opens office in Japan: The HART Communication Foundation has opened… bit.ly/vlUbJx
Popular Product: Dwyer Instruments’ Series AT2DH3 Digihelic Differential Pressure Controller features control re… bit.ly/sGcJle
Lift truck power, naturally: In this installment of What Works, hydrogen fuel cells provide an alternative energ… bit.ly/tjAqMS
No good deed goes unpunished: In this edition of In the Trenches, a part-time do-gooder gets the axe when he rat… bit.ly/uMZjVo
Industry News: The Manufacturing Institute and Deloitte release manufacturing skills gap report: American manufa… bit.ly/sW7ac0
Popular Product: Omega Engineering’s AHPF series heaters are used to heat low flows of air, gas, water or aqueou… bit.ly/rTeOLo
Popular Product: Rockwell Automation’s Allen-Bradley ControlLogix 5570 Series PACs feature enhanced process, mot… bit.ly/tW35Lr
Popular Product: Dwyer Instruments’ Model PI Pressure-to-Current Transducer converts a pneumatic input pressure … bit.ly/tdPItc
Popular Product: Continental Fan’s TCD BC Airfoil Blower feature TEK backward curved airfoil wheels: bit.ly/uP4U6O
Industry News: KPMG report explores the global manufacturing sector: KPMG’s new report, Global Manufacturing Out… bit.ly/rvhDaV