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Jun 04, 2021 | Most of us are familiar with vibration; a vibrating object moves to and fro, back and forth. A vibrating object oscillates.
We experience many examples of vibration in our daily lives. A pendulum set in motion vibrates. A plucked guitar string vibrates. Vehicles are driven on rough terrain vibrate, and geological activity can cause massive vibrations in the form of earthquakes.
There are various ways we can tell that something is vibrating. We can touch a vibrating object and feel the vibration. We may also see the back-and-forth movement of a vibrating object. Sometimes vibration creates sounds that we can hear or heat that we can sense.
In industrial plants, there is the kind of vibration we are concerned about: machine vibration.
What is machine vibration? Machine vibration is simply the back and forth movement of machines or machine components. Any component that moves back and forth or oscillates is vibrating.
Machine vibration can take various forms. A machine component may vibrate over large or small distances, quickly or slowly, and with or without perceptible sound or heat. Machine vibration can often be intentionally designed and so have a functional purpose
At other times machine vibration can be unintended and lead to machine damage. Most times machine vibration is unintended and undesirable.
Vibration monitoring allows the user to detect early signs of machine failure/deterioration. This allows the technician to replace or repair machinery before catastrophic system functional failure takes place.
Jun 04, 2021 | Valves are made of iron or brass and are used in water-supply mains. Valves stop or control the flow of liquid, gas, condensate, etc.
Fitting or pipe fittings are an important component of the plumbing system. Fittings are fixed in the plumbing system to join straight pipes or any section of tubes together.
Jun 03, 2021 | Valve controllers use digital communications technology to help ensure devices operate reliably and are available to perform actions when required.
Jun 03, 2021 | A turbine is an engine capable of extracts energy from a fluid flow and converts it into mechanical energy. This energy then drives a generator to produce electrical power.
Turbine parts are important in the sense that all of them have their own usage that ensured the smooth operation of the turbine.
Jun 03, 2021 | In the Telecommunications world, a Transmitter is a device that produces radio waves radiating from an antenna.
In the world of process control, a Transmitter is a device that converts the signal produced by a sensor into a standard instrumentation signal representing a process variable being measured and controlled.
Jun 03, 2021 | A transducer is a device that holds the ability to change a form of energy into another.
Jun 03, 2021 | Many people don't realize the importance that a thermostat plays a comfortable temperature in their home. When the AC or heater don't seem to be working right, it is often the last thing people think to check. Like anything else, your thermostat can wear out over time, making your HVAC system unable to properly heat and cool your home.
Jun 03, 2021 | A thermocouple is a sensor used for measuring temperature. It comprises two dissimilar metal wires, which are connected at one end and joined to a thermocouple-thermometer or another thermocouple-capable device at the other end. When thermocouples are properly configured, they can provide temperature measurements over a wide temperature range.
Jun 02, 2021 | Process control throughout a vast array of industries relies heavily on the humble solenoid valve and its ability to perform both reliably and efficiently
Jun 02, 2021 | The traditional method of starting an AC induction motor "across the line" results in full voltage, current, and torque being applied immediately when the motor is started, and likewise, being removed immediately when the motor is stopped. While this is the most simple starting method, the high inrush current (often 6 to 7 times the motor's rated current) and peak starting torque can damage the motor, driven equipment, and product. Across the line starting also causes high peak power demand, which can trigger peak demand fees from the utility company.
A soft starter can eliminate these problems by gradually increasing voltage to the motor terminals during startup, providing a controlled ramp-up to full speed. This lowers inrush current and controls starting torque, reducing mechanical shocks to the system and the product.
Jun 02, 2021 | Every year in the United States, about 2,000 people lose their lives in residential fires. In a fire, smoke and deadly gases tend to spread farther and faster than heat. That's one reason why most fire victims die from inhalation of smoke and toxic gases, not from burns. A majority of fatal fires happen when families are asleep because occupants are unaware of the fire until there is not adequate time to escape. A smoke alarm stands guard around the clock, and when it first senses smoke, it sounds like a shrill alarm. This often allows a family the precious, but the limited time needed to escape.
About two-thirds of home fire deaths occur in homes with no smoke alarms or no working smoke alarms. Properly installed and maintained smoke alarms are considered to be one of the best and least expensive means of providing an early warning of a potentially deadly fire and could reduce by almost half the risk of dying from a fire in your home.
Jun 02, 2021 | Signal conditioning is a process of data acquisition, and an instrument called a signal conditioner is used to perform this process. This instrument converts one type of electrical or mechanical signal (input-signal) into another (output-signal). The purpose is to amplify and convert this signal into an easy to read and compatible form for data acquisition or machine control.
A signal conditioner helps to provide precise measurements, which are essential for accurate data acquisition and machine control. These instruments can perform an additional number of different functions.
Jun 02, 2021 | Technology has come a long way since the invention of the wheel in 3,500 B.C. Technological advancements have allowed humans to live and work more conveniently and more efficiently. With hundreds of thousands of technological breakthroughs throughout history, some of the most important everyday technologies have gotten lost in the shuffle and people have become unaware of their importance over time.
Unbeknownst to most people, parts such as servo motors play a huge role in making people's lives easier every day. Small technological pieces such as servo motors are heavily used daily in devices you least expect.
Jun 02, 2021 | With technology playing such an important role in today's society. It's kind of hard to imagine life without relying on certain devices and machines for performing both complex and simple tasks. Though the pace at which technology is developing is moving very rapidly. It's a painstaking process. Nowadays, sensors are used on daily basis in objects like smoke alarms, parking sensors, burglar alarms and temperature sensors. Sensors are found in both commercial and residential settings.
The demand for work efficiency is on the constant rise in the mass production industry, and lots of manufacturers have to invest in industrial sensors to ensure a quality workflow.
Jun 02, 2021 | There are too many health and safety challenges in the workplace for individuals to fend for themselves. That's why every major developed nation has an agency tasked with establishing workplace health, safety, and security regulations. Good safety regulations encourage both workers and employers to protect each other's well-being and financial health. It takes mutual effort to keep everyone safe and productive. Employers ensured workers safety by providing them with protective gear.
Jun 02, 2021 | Machines and automation can be dangerous. Even small motors have a lot of power and can easily produce dangerous situations. But not only is power a factor here. A sharp object like knives, heavy object, noise and vibrations can also be hazards. In fact, all things that can cause harm or damage to the health is a potential risk.
This means that every time a new machine or automation system is designed, risks and dangerous situations of it need be to identified. Because only then those risks can be reduced. In fact, machines can produce such dangerous and life-threatening situations that it is a legal requirement.
But even though there is a law to follow, finding all risks and dangerous situations under machine design can be tricky. After all those risks are identified, actions such as safety relays and safety devices to eliminate the risks can be employed.
Jun 02, 2021 | Safety barriers and isolators control the power source, ensuring that the device can operate safely. While your device may be certified for hazardous locations, if the wiring is improper, your installation will not be compliant. Barriers and/or isolators are a key part of intrinsically safe wiring and work together with your sensor to protect life and property.
Jun 01, 2021 | Robotics technology influences every aspect of work and home. Robotics has the potential to positively transform lives and work practices, raise efficiency and safety levels and provide enhanced levels of service. Even more, robotics is set to become the driving technology underpinning a whole new generation of autonomous devices and cognitive artefacts that, through their learning capabilities, interact seamlessly with the world around them, and hence, provide the missing link between the digital and physical world. Robotics is already the key driver of competitiveness and flexibility in large scale manufacturing industries. Without robotics, many of the successful manufacturing industries would not be able to compete from their current operation. In these industries robotics already underpins employment. Increasingly robotics is becoming more relevant for smaller manufacturing industries.
Jun 01, 2021 | The pressure switch is widely used for a large range of applications throughout industry and manufacturing. Their function is to provide systems with electrical feedback in response to measuring a rise or fall in pressure. They are also known as pressure sensors.
Traditionally building systems like lighting, air conditioning and space heating have operated with manual controls. However, the needs of a building and its occupants are constantly changing, and adjusting manual controls all the time is impractical. Thus, to achieve peak performance, building systems must measure operating conditions and adjust themselves. This is only possible by adding sensors, which have a key role in smart building systems.
Jun 01, 2021 | Many industrial applications make use of dangerous gases and liquids, there maintaining a controlled pressure to avoid leakage or even explosion is imperative. Some of the main applications for pressure regulators include air compressors, aerospace applications, large-scale cooking, mining and welding. Pressure regulators are typically used in these situations. It is a valve that works by cutting off the flow of a gas or liquid when it hits a certain pressure.
Jun 01, 2021 | Good and stable power quality is important in this modern era with the huge amount of electronic equipment is connected to them and the high sensitivity of them to a stable power supply. The bad power supply can cause disruption of power to equipment resulting in operational delays, equipment instability and failure.
Jun 01, 2021 | Power Plant uses a certain power source to generate electrical power. The power plant control system controls the amount of fuel, water and air supplied to the boiler of the power plant, controls the start and stop of the plant and many other functions related to the power plant. This ensures that the power plant functions as intended with the highest efficiency.
Jun 01, 2021 | Fast and accurate control of valves is required in some situation. For example, in fluid systems, changes are often made, and this results in fluctuations. Valve need to adapt to these alterations almost immediately to keep the system in balance. A positioner helps the valve to adjust to the correct position without error, thus avoiding variations that can be costly when compounded.
Jun 01, 2021 | Pneumatic valve actuators are essential to hundreds of different industries and have many uses. The majority of pneumatic actuators rely only on a pressurized gas to produce the desired mechanical force.
Jun 01, 2021 | The pneumatic system is popularly used in different types of engines in various industries. It is widely utilised to create a force of energy that powers up machines through linear or rotational motion. Each part of the pneumatic unit plays a significant role and will not function with the absence of a single component.
Jun 01, 2021 | A Programming Logic Controller, or PLC, is a ruggedized computer used for industrial automation. These controllers can automate a specific process, machine function, or even an entire production line.
A distributed control system (DCS) is a computerised control system for a process or plant usually with many control loops, in which autonomous controllers are distributed throughout the system, but there is no central operator supervisory control.
Jun 01, 2021 | Tube Base Relays are relays suited for applications with the machine tool, pulp and paper, and transportation OEMs. Safety interlock switches are a means of safeguarding that monitors the position of a guard or gate. Temperature switch works just like typical electrical for on/off application.
Jun 01, 2021 | Operation manual helps the members of the organisation to reliably and efficiently carry out their tasks with consistent results. A good manual will reduce human error and inform everyone precisely what they need to do, who they are responsible for and who they are responsible for. It is a knowledge base for the organisation and should be available for reference whenever needed.
May 31, 2021 | The network allows instant communication with people throughout the world. Wit network, files, data and information can be easily shared. This can be very beneficial for large organisations to maintain their data in organized manner.
May 31, 2021 | Protecting motors and their corresponding electrical systems is a crucial aspect of keeping your commercial and industrial facilities safe.
May 31, 2021 | Medium Voltage is commonly used for distribution systems with voltages above 1kV and generally applied up to and including 52kV. FOr technical and economic reasons, the service voltage of medium voltage distribution networks rarely exceeds 35kV.
May 31, 2021 | It goes without saying that correct dimensional measurement is a key factor in manufacturing. Performing measurements with the same reference throughout all processes from material reception to processing, assembly, inspection, and shipping make it possible to create products that match the design exactly and to guarantee product quality.
Thus, it is essential to perform correct measurements throughout every step of the manufacturing process. Correct measurements can be done by making sure that all those involved in manufacturing are skilled in measuring, and that the measuring instruments are correctly managed and used.
May 31, 2021 | Weight is one of the essential parameters that need to be considered in many fields. The weight of the object needs to be weighted accurately to determine the content of the object. A load cell is commonly used in these situations where accuracy and precision of the weight of the object are important. The load cell is able to measure the weight of object with high accuracy.
May 31, 2021 | Presence Sensing is the act of detecting the presence or absence of an object with a contact or non-contact sensing device. The sensors then produce an electrical output signal that can be used to control equipment or processes.
Limit switches are a type of sensor that detects presence and absence. Limit switches can also determine position of an object.
May 31, 2021 | Factories, plants, various equipment, rivers, and utility water tanks all need to monitor and control the levels and remaining volume of liquids, powder, or granulated materials. Level measurements device is the device used to measure the level of materials in tanks, vessel, and plumbing.
May 31, 2021 | Factories, plants, various equipment, rivers, and utility water tanks all need to monitor and control the levels and remaining volume of liquids, powder, or granulated materials. Level switches detect and measure materials in tanks, vessels, and plumbing.
May 31, 2021 | A lamp is a device for producing illumination, consisting originally of a vessel containing a wick soaked in combustible material, and subsequently such other light-producing instruments as gas and electric lamps.
A lamp can also be a glass bulb or tube that emits light produced by electricity or a decorative appliance housing a lamp that is usually covered by a shade.
May 31, 2021 | Networking is important because it allows the industry to gain essential development. and can provide opportunities that previously inaccessible.
May 30, 2021 | Industrial Ethernet is Ethernet applied to an industrial setting, which often requires more rugged connectors, cables, and better determinism. In order to achieve better determinism, industrial Ethernet uses specialized protocols in conjunction with Ethernet. The most popular industrial Ethernet protocols are PROFINET®, EtherNet/IP, EtherCAT, SERCOS III, and POWERLINK®.
With industrial Ethernet, data transmission rates range from 10 Mbps to 1 Gbps.5 However, 100 Mbps is the most popular speed used in industrial Ethernet applications. Industrial Ethernet protocols like PROFINET and EtherCAT modify standard Ethernet in a way to ensure specific manufacturing data is not only correctly sent and received, but also sent and received on time when the data is needed to perform a specific operation. The industrial Ethernet automation network can sense an error and automatically stop a process, preventing wasted time, product, and money.
May 30, 2021 | Industrial Computer is devices that are commonly used in many industry fields.
May 30, 2021 | Indicator and Controller are commonly used in many fields, such as industry and research. They are used to show the diverse parameters to the user and allows to control the parameters.
May 24, 2021 | Current to Pneumatic (I/P) converter offers a reliable and accurate way of converting electric signals into pneumatic pressure.
May 24, 2021 | HVAC stands for heating, ventilation, and air conditioning. This system provides heating and cooling to residential and commercial buildings. These systems use fresh air from the outdoors to provide high indoor air quality. The V in the HVAC or ventilation is the process or replacing or exchanging air within a space.
May 24, 2021 | Machines back in the day are equipped with hard-wired pushbuttons and indicator light on a control panel. User or operators did not have any sort of visual display. He had to rely on constantly looking at the machine or the process, or audible feedback and alarms and use the pushbuttons on the control panel to control the process. In this modern era, the revolution in industrial automation brought us closer to human-machine interface where graphical displays are presented to the user or operators. The displays typically have good screen resolution and touch screen controls that not only allows the operators to know every detail of the machinery but also the ability to control them.
May 24, 2021 | Hazard Area are areas where volatile or flammable substances, such as fuel, gas, or flammable dust are present. Personnel working in those are typically wearing heavily protected clothes, face protection, ear protection. The normal communication method is not suitable in these situations. Special communications methods are used in these situation.
May 24, 2021 | Many industries use some types of gasses in many application. Those gases may be harmful to people or possess the ability to cause harm such as able cause explosion when a spark is introduced. However, in many cases, such gas are either odorless or did not have a strong smell. As a result, any leak in the gas would not cause any alert until it causes significant harm. A gas detection system is in desperate need to help prevent those situations by detecting the presence of gas in the surrounding and alert the personnel.
May 23, 2021 | The ability to accurately understand, control and monitor industrial process pivotal to the successful, commercially viable operation of plants and processes in every industrial sector. The flowmeter is one of the devices capable of measuring the flow rate of the liquid or gas and thus allow the flow rate to be control and monitor.
May 23, 2021 | Flame is used by people around the world for cooking, smelting, heating and many other usages. Handling flame with care will not cause any damage but only bring benefits. However, when handling flame carelessly, the flame will not only have the possibility to cause great harm to the person but also to the building. A small flame caused by a spark has the potential to grow into a flame that can burn down a whole building, thus flame detection is essential in giving out alerts of the existence of flame.
May 23, 2021 | Flame is used by people around the world for cooking, smelting, heating and many other usages. Handling flame with care will not cause any damage but only bring benefits. However, when handling flame carelessly, the flame will not only have the possibility to cause great harm to the person but also to the building. A small flame caused by a spark has the potential to grow into a flame that can burn down a whole building, thus flame detection is essential in giving out alerts of the existence of flame.
May 23, 2021 | Humans use fire in rituals, agriculture for clearing land, cooking, generating heat and light, signalling, and many more purposes. Fire has many usages in daily activities, but it also possesses the ability to cause a great deal of arm to people handling it carelessly. From the hot air emitting from the flame that could kill a person instantly to the actual flame that can cause life-threatening or life-changing burns on the body, many aspects of fires can harm a person. As a result, fire safety is the priority when there is a risk of fire.