Servicios de Agua y Drenaje de Monterrey is responsible for supplying safe and healthy drinking water to its 5.6 million inhabitants in the Monterrey area of Mexico. Monterrey’s metropolitan area suffered a 6-year drought with two out of three dams reaching near depletion. The forecast indicated a gap of close to 20 percent between the demand for water in the city and th...
In December 2023, KROHNE made Ethernet-APL demo devices available to selected customers. This step marks an important milestone in the company's own Ethernet APL development project for various sensor types. Ethernet-APL technology is a revolution in the process industry: for the first time, a high data rate (10 Mbit/s) is combined with intrinsic safety for the field le...
Agriculture has changed significantly in the wake of advancing digitalisation. Farmers used to rely on manual skills and experience, but technological advances have led to a major change. The integration of advanced sensor technologies to measure heights, positions, lengths and distances in combine harvesters and agricultural machinery marks another decisive step towards...
Most of the cost of water on your water bill is the cost of the electrical energy it costs the utility to pump it to customers. According to a report by ABB Company, more than 4% of all energy produced in the world is spent on the production/purchase of water and, accordingly, wastewater.
Industrial companies around the world face a host of technical and commercial challenges, such as skills shortages, supply chain disruption, artificial intelligence, geo-political uncertainties and climate change. Intelligent automated devices like smart dew-point sensors can be utilized to overcome these issues, often at low cost and without the need for extensive kno...
Flyability, the market leader in confined space drones, announced today a new ultrasonic thickness measurement (UTM) payload for its flagship drone the Elios 3. This payload was developed in partnership with Cygnus Instruments, a global leader in ultrasonic testing (UT) technology to create a product that supports certified UT inspectors. The new live A-scan UT payload ...
We are pleased to present our new digital catalogue of Rogowski coils, with a novelty that will make them even more performing! New accuracy class of 0.5% according to IEC 61869-10 for MFC150 & MFC190 models ! By ensuring better accuracy of our coils, your applications will benefit from highly accurate measurements, giving you the chance to maximize the performance o...
In the United States, hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) are the mainstream refrigerants in commercial air conditioning industry. However, HFCs have high GWP and are gradually being eliminated from the refrigerant market. Therefore, it is imperative that HFCs must be gradually replaced. On May 30, 2023, EPA put a new rule named Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Listing of Subst...
Fortunately, technology has taken color measurement and control to the next level. While visual assessment is still the first step, there are tools like professional colour difference meters and color matching cabinets, that make color quality control much easier and more accurate. How to use a colour difference meter and a color matching cabinet? Having an expert eye fo...
The fourth most important utility, along with electricity, water and gas, its omnipresence is accompanied by high energy costs, making it the most voracious consumer of all. Let’s break it down: when investing in an air compression system, barely 25% is spent on the initial installation, while 75% is spent on the energy required to compress the air. A crucial question t...
In deep well mining, how to transfer mine filling material and support materials in a safe, efficient and environmentally friendly way is a difficult question that mining enterprises are facing. The filling material is generally a fine powder which often solidifies quickly when it is stirred with water. There are two traditional methods for transferring filling materials...
Introduction: A leading company engaged in the research and development, as well as the production of electronic products owns a total of ten buildings in its headquarters, including office buildings, production facilities, and employee dormitories. The company is committed to implementing a sophisticated management system for electricity and water usage, firefighting, a...
SmartVision provides a wide range of Advanced Spectrophotometers and Colorimeters for Transmittance, Reflectance and Color check for Industrial, Inline, Automation and Portable Applications. All SmartVision Instruments are Fast, Rugged, Accurate, Easy-to-Use, Compact, Ready for Stand-alone, Automatic use and own Cloud Application. As designer and manufacturer, SmartVis...
Water is the source of life on earth. Since ancient times, people treat water with care. One of the mechanisms that allow you to use this important resource thoughtfully is a water meter. In a world, where energy plays an increasingly important role, the consumption management becomes a vital component of our day-to-day life. Over the past 172 years, humanity has gone f...
The development is rapid in the modern industrial measurement instrumentation industry, and the failure rate is also reduced, but still, any instrumentation will have the probability of failure. RF Admittance Level Switches, or Radio Frequency Admittance Level Transmitters, are not versatile instruments. In a Cape-11 RF Admittance Level Switch, a probe is designed to de...
Today, single-arm robots are used for a wide variety of tasks. The ability to precisely measure forces and torques that occur directly on the arm opens up many more possibilities. In assembly processes, for example, the measured values can be used to draw inferences about the right parts, their positioning and correct placement. For this purpose, the specialists at burst...
Due to the good sealing effect, thread connection is one of the commonly used process connections in automation instruments. Threads are according NPT (National Pipe Threads) as American Standard which is the most used in the oil industry, which has a 1° 47′ tapered thread with a 60° thread angle, Chinese National standards can be found in GB/T12716. G threads, or taper...
"We use Thyracont’s compact vacuum meters to measure and monitor the vacuum in our distillation systems and to determine the leakage rate. Their wide measuring range from 0.0005 mbar to over 1000 mbar is particularly important to us. Besides, the devices are very easy to operate and extremely flexible in use," says Markus Widera, Project Manager for Laboratory and Pilot ...
Solgeo is eager to present its SMS package, an integrated structural monitoring system for offshore platforms. Its hallmark is the integration of different sensors real-time measurements (some manufactured by Solgeo) in a single system which process and interpret the input providing a comprehensive and unique evaluation of the structural health in view of life extension ...
The main goal of ADD Grup in the global market is to create interoperable equipment that can easily adapt to any tasks of energy suppliers on any continent. I think that it is no secret to you that in different countries of the world there are different communication capabilities, different software, as well as different laws in the field of providing energy resources to...
When you have a short term application, you think about how to do your job properly and efficiently without much of cost. A few months ago, we presented a webinar and learnt how to use the latest technology in gas detection without spending much on it. Discover more about your ownership options and how you can save money. In this webinar, we discussed: - Gas Detec...
Under new European directives, Spain and Portugal are forced to reduce water consumption, including in hotels and rental housing. Portugal’s Environment Minister Duarte Cordeiro said that urban consumers, including golf courses and hotels, would face a water cut of about 15%. The study has found that climate change has already made the Iberian Peninsula the driest in 1,...
On December 26th, 2023, Jiwei Ring-11 Liquid Level Switch Explosion-Proof Series have passed the final review by PCEC (Tianjin) Certification Services Co., Ltd. and obtained CCC Certificates. The Certificates can be verified on the official website of the National Certification and Accreditation Administration (https://www.cnca.gov.cn/). The audit team experts conducte...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MILFORD, NH. (January 29, 2024) – AIRMAR® Technology Corporation, a world leader in ultrasonic transducers and Chirp technology, is pleased to announce its purchase by Amphenol Corporation (NYSE: APH). Amphenol, one of the world’s largest providers of high-technology interconnect, sensor and antenna solutions, is headquartered in Wallingford, Conn...
In the field of level detection, V-shaped protection sheets are commonly used in combination with level switches such as Vibrating Rod Level Switches, RF Admittance Level Switches and Rotary Paddle Switches. The reasonable design and proper use of V-shaped protection sheets are the key factors to consider for the design. The shape and size V-shaped angle: The angle of...
Back in late 2020, Trevor Bruinix began his career with SDT Ultrasound Solutions as a Junior Reliability Technician and Condition Monitoring Data Analyst. With no prior maintenance and reliability or factory experience, Trevor was a true newcomer to this industry. Robert Dent, National Sales Manager & Partnered Ultrasound Program Coordinator put together a two-year trai...
To prevent the level meters from being corroded by media, coatings are usually applied to the wetted parts, such as Tuning Fork Level Switch coated with PTFE, ECTFE, PFA, and Magnetic Level Gauge lined with PTFE or FEP. Coatings play important roles in the field of level meters. For example, the surface of the probe can be conducted with anti-static coating to prevent el...
What is a force gauge? A force gauge is a measuring instrument used in mechanics to evaluate an applied force. How does our customer, G21 S.r.l use it? This company produces innovative biomaterials and procedures for vertebral consolidation and restoration of joint functionality. In fact, they rely on SAMA Italia for our digital force gauges and the calibration of h...
Experiment content: Introduce a field wettability gradient on a flat super-lubricated surface. By printing the radial interdigital electrode array, the electric field can be patterned to generate a wettability gradient to achieve the directional transportation of droplets. Theoretical analysis and experimental results show that the transportation behavior of droplets ca...
We’ve known for more than twenty years that ultrasound provides the earliest warning signals for mechanical failure. If you can hear compressor valves knocking with a screwdriver you are too late. But, there is a fundamental difference in philosophy between what ultrasound inspection proposes to accomplish and what one can hope to achieve with his screwdriver. Ultrasoun...
Electrical safety testing of charging cables for electric vehicles like the common Mode 3 charging cables can be a time-consuming task, but it shouldn’t be. All you have to do is take a Mode 3 charging cable, plug it into the A 1832 Mode 3 Charging Cable Adapter and select the appropriate AUTO SEQUENCE® on the MI 3365 OmegaEE XD. Press start and watch magic happen. What ...
Compressed air is too expensive to be wasted Compressed air accounts for around 15% of energy consumption by industry around the globe. But it accounts for 70% of total expenditure on energy consumption. While air is free, compressed air is very expensive due to its low efficiency of a maximum of 10%. The cost of a kWh of pneumatic energy is 10 times higher than the cost...
Since the end of the transition period in September 2023, periodic testing of electrical equipment must comply with DIN EN 50699 requirements. Gossen Metrawatt has a future-proof solution on hand and offers the latest generation of its SECUTEST ST device tester series at particularly attractive conditions. The safety testers with a distinctive lemon green housing design...
Hi, welcome to General Measure's channel. In this video, we are going to demonstrate the packing controller GM9907-L2 packing process simulation under the hopper mode. After the calibration, we need to select the working mode of the instrument. Firstly, we enter the menu. This page includes the calibration, weighing parameters, I/O setting, system maintenance, and othe...
In this video, we are going to demonstrate the GM9907-L2 calibration process. GM9907-L2 is a touch-screen weighing controller for packing applications. First of all, we enter the menu, where you can find the calibration, on which you can select the unit, decimal point, division value, and weighing range. They should be set according to the application. There are two wa...
Tecsonic Ultrasonic sensor works by emitting and receiving ultrasonic waves. The time it takes for the waves to reflect back measures the distance, in our case the level of liquid in a tank.
