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Motors and Drives Grow Up and Graduate

Motors and Drives Have Been Moving Up to Variable-Speed Control for Better Accuracy, but Now They're Also Increasing Power Density and Efficiency and Even Coordinating More Closely With PLCs and Intelligent Systems
Post Date: 05/08/2013
Author: Jim Montague

Relief Valve Blowdown Rings; D/P and Straight Runs

Readers Ask: When It Comes to Safety Relief Valves, What Is Best? Using Two Blowdown Rings or Ones? and Can We a Transmitter Be Installed Above Pipe Taps?
Post Date: 05/07/2013
Author: Bela Liptak

Fieldbus is Dead! Long Live Fieldbus!

The Competing Communications Technology That Presumably Will Replace All These Buses, Including Process Fieldbuses, Is Ethernet
Post Date: 05/02/2013
Author: John Rezabek

Eliminate Electromagnetic Interference in Industrial Plants

Understanding Different Applications That Can Eliminate Electromagnetic Interference in Industrial Plants
Post Date: 04/19/2013
Author: Roberto Menna Barreto

Get Your Process Analyzer Goods Here

Flue Gas Analyzers, Gas Chromatographs, Analyzer Flow Switch/Monitors and More
Post Date: 04/16/2013
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Flow Everywhere

Executive Editor Jim Montague Talks About Unusual Flow Applications. Flow Configuration and Conditioning Are Not Only Necessary in Machines, but Also in the Human Body
Post Date: 04/16/2013
Author: Jim Montague

Model Predictive Control -- Where Have We Been and Where Are We Going -- Part 3

McMillan, Weiner and Darby Discuss Practical Considerations in MPC Setup, Maintenance and Improvement to Meet Economic Objectives
Post Date: 04/11/2013
Author: Greg McMillan, Stan Weiner

New DP Flowmeter Family from ABB

ABB Offers Four Compact Flow Meters Based on Differential Pressure Technology
Post Date: 04/11/2013
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Sealing an Oil Well; Orifice Sizing--OSO versus AGA

Can Someone Explain BP's Sealing Process to Temporary Seal the Oil Well from the BP Oil Spill in the Mexican Gulf? And, What Is the Difference Between the Orifice Calculations Described by AGA 3 and ISO 5167?
Post Date: 04/10/2013
Author: Bela Liptak

Flow Charts New Waters

Flowmeters, Controllers and Their Supporting Components and Software Are Adding New Functions That Are Allowing Them to Take On Some New and Unusual Tasks and Applications
Post Date: 04/08/2013
Author: Jim Montague

Baldor Solution Drives Cooling Tower Performance

In with Efficiency and Reliability; Out with Noise and Troublesome Gearboxes
Post Date: 03/26/2013
Author: Jim Montague

Trending Developments in Flowmeter Technologies

Looking Back at Trends Among the Top 10 Flowmeter Technologies
Post Date: 03/15/2013
Author: Katherine Bonfante

Model Predictive Control - Past, Present and Future - Part 2

McMillan, Winer and Darby Discuss Model Development and Tuning
Post Date: 03/14/2013
Author: Greg McMillan, Stan Weiner

Power Up with a New Kind of Redundancy!

The PS3500-DM--a New Diagnostics Module for Pepperl+Fuchs' PS3500 Power Supplies Has Four Layers of Monitoring
Post Date: 03/13/2013
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Loop Drawings for Smart Instruments

Readers Look to Our Experts for Information on Smart Instruments
Post Date: 03/12/2013
Author: Bela Liptak

5th-Generation Thermox WDG Flue Gas Combustion Analyzer

Mounts Directly to the Process Flange, and Is Heated to Maintain All Sample-Wetted Components Above the Acid Dewpoint
Post Date: 03/12/2013
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Long-Distance Calibration

Calibration Is Complicated at Best. Add Problems of Long Distance, Timing and Customs Regulations, and Things Get Really Tricky
Post Date: 03/08/2013
Author: Nancy Bartels

Wireless May Make Valve Maintenance Easier

Should You Use Wireless in Managing Your Valve Assets?
Post Date: 03/07/2013
Author: Walt Boyes

Process Automation Pressure Resources

Looking for Process Automation Pressure Resources? We Got You Covered
Post Date: 03/05/2013
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Preventing Configuration Mistakes with a DTM

FDT can Improve One of the Largest Time-Consuming Job Functions for Maintenance Engineers--Device Configuration Mistakes. Learn How
Post Date: 03/04/2013
Author: Mike Bulow