Instrumentation & Control
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Matcon to Launch Batch Tracking and Recipe Control Software at Open House
June 6, 2013Matcon is hosting a free one-day event at its UK test facility in Evesham on Wednesday, June 26, 2013 to demonstrate Track-Record, an IBC-based tracking and recipe control system for use in powder processing. This will be followed by a visit to global baking manufacturer British Bakels to view...
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Endress+Hauser Announces E-Direct Online Instrument Store
June 3, 2013Endress+Hauser has launched E-direct, an online store that allows customers to easily and securely order high-quality measurement products at competitive prices. Customers can find pressure transducers and switches, temperature switches and thermometers, paperless recorders, digital displays, level...
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Vibrating Probe Level Switch
June 3, 2013The vibrating probe of this level switch is operated by using two built-in piezoelectric elements on the vibration tube. The first piezoelectric element is triggered by a pulse signal that is created from circuit to transport vibration energy out, while the other piezoelectric element receives the...
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Optimizing Blends for Problem-Free Flow
May 29, 2013Powders and bulk solids almost inevitably have flow problems during processing. The most common flow problems for cohesive powders with small particle size include arching in the hopper, jamming of the powder in the feeder system, rat-holing, and potential changes in bulk density due to...
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Viscometer with Touch-Screen Technology
May 24, 2013Brookfield has taken the ease of touch-screen technology and applied it to the DV-II Series viscometer. The New DV2T viscometer features a 5-in. full-color display to guide users through test creation and data gathering for fast and easy viscosity measurements. The DV2T also offers powerful new...
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PLC-Based Controls on Fluid Bed Dryers, Coolers, Pellet Classifiers
May 24, 2013Vibrating fluid bed dryers, coolers, and pellet classifiers from The Witte Co. are available with Allen Bradley programmable logic controllers (PLC) as an option to automate operation of the process machinery. Ensuring accurate, repeatable control over the air temperature, start-up and shutdown...
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Roy R. Dunlap, SOR Inc. Founder, Passes Away at Age 90
May 23, 2013Roy Dunlap, founder of SOR Inc., a manufacturer of pressure, level, temperature, and flow measurement products, passed away April 25, 2013. Dunlap leveraged the static-o-ring (SOR) technology to invent a highly accurate mechanical pressure switch that helped prevent the overfilling of oil...
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Digital Weight Indicator
May 11, 2013Positioned to eventually replace Rice Lake’s IQ plus 355 digital weight indicator, the new 480 Legend Series offers scale users the durability, function, and value of the 355, and more. The new 480 Legend Series delivers more programming flexibility for batching, incorporates a time and date...
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ADB Bearing Temperature Sensor Testing Device
May 9, 20134B Components Ltd has developed a new maintenance tool that makes the testing of 4B adjustable bearing temperature sensors quick, easy, and accurate. This hand held test unit features an integrated heating block specifically designed to have a 4B ADB sensor directly inserted. With integral controls...
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Microdust Pro Real-Time Dust Monitor
May 8, 2013Casella CEL offers the next generation of its Microdust real-time dust monitor, a handheld monitoring device used for assessing employee risk for exposure to dangerous levels of dust and aerosols. The all-new CEL-712 Microdust Pro uses a laser diode based light-scattering sensor to instantly detect...
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