Advanced, performance-based smoke detection systems provide improved fire safety in high-value, high-risk battery manufacturing facilities Strong demand for electric vehicle (EV) batteries is spurring the need to safely increase manufacturing capacity despite…
Can You Make this Part? One-Stop Shops Maximize their Value-Add to OEMs through Concentric Acquisitions
OEMs benefit even further when the single source parts model extends from design to manufacturing across a range of materials OEMs depend on their vendors to be a trusted source for the…
The Electrician’s Stud Finder: Reinvented
Second generation of “advanced” and easy to use stud finder utilizes multiple sensors and sophisticated signal processing to filter out false positives To work safely and productively, most electricians rely on stud…
10 Expert Tips to Ensure Safe Sewer Cleaning
An industry expert explains how to protect operators from some of the industry’s most common mistakes Municipalities must safely clean and maintain many miles of sewer line annually to eliminate blockages and…
Reducing Excess Inventory of Electronic Components Post-Pandemic
With the unprecedented, once-in-a-lifetime disruption of the supply chain for electronic components in the rear-view mirror, the market is finally beginning to stabilize. For the past three years, manufacturers found many critical…
Expectation Shifts to Lifetime Readability of T&D Signs, Markers, Tags
Utilities require critical safety signs, markers, and tags that are readable decades later, despite punishing environmental exposure Whether at substations or in the field, electric utility transmission and distribution identification products such…
Semiconductor Manufacturing: Achieving Water Authority Compliance with Automated Wastewater Treatment
Automated wastewater treatment systems help semiconductor manufacturers remain in compliance with EPA and local standards, while significantly reducing the cost of treatment, labor and disposal Over 200 organic and inorganic chemicals and…
Achieving Power System Balance
A small utility in Tennessee installed a complete automated power factor balancing system without complex SCADA For the power generation industry, maintaining power system balance as closely as possible to the ideal…
Reinventing Fire Detection in Food Facility Cold Storage
Advanced fire sensing technology detects smoke at the earliest possible stage, while reducing false alarms and maintenance, even in refrigerated and frozen food storage Online grocery and e-commerce shopping has exceeded previous…
The Promise of Mobile Photoacoustic Imaging
The flexibility of compact, mobile, photoacoustic imaging equipment on wheels is helping to advance groundbreaking medical research, diagnostics, and treatment Preclinical laboratories at academic facilities and contract research organizations (CROs) have traditionally…