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Bring On Your Heaviest Parts for Cleaning
Renegade’s model Fl 9000 7048 HD is a heavy-duty, front loading aqueous parts washer ready designed for wide ranging industrial operations. With convenient automated features, it’ll clean the grease, oil and lubricants off large parts and equipment components.
How to Solve 8 Top Problems that Undermine Profitability in Metalworking Operations
Every ounce of additional productivity rung from each step in the process adds up to significant cost savings over time. From coolant and tooling to programming and scrap management, opportunities to increase efficiency abound.
Meter Measures Compressed Air Pressure and Flow
Displaying values on a bright LED screen, Pressure Sensing Digital Flowmeters from EXAIR come with everything you need for installation. You can add another layer of protection for equipment with an optional low-pressure alarm.
Updated ERP Software Improves Usability and Performance
Developed specifically for manufacturers, the SYSPRO enterprise resource planning (ERP) platform automates and integrates business processes to improve production, inventory control, and reporting. Recent enhancements enhance security, compliance, traceability, and tax reporting.
Overhead Fan Cost-Effectively Cools Equipment and Employees
Big Ass Fans’ Powerfoil D is the only direct-drive overhead fan designed to withstand excessive heat, dust, and other stresses common in fabrication and machining job shops. Diameters: 8 feet to 24 feet.
How to Choose Induction Welding with Chillers – and Why
This article from Pfannenberg Inc. explains the hazards that can be involved with cooling units that use water or water/glycol mixtures. But an air-cooled liquid chiller removes concentrated heat from process equipment without the condensation risks, while also solving a variety of other issues.
Prototype Would Automate AMBU Bags for COVID-19 Patients
In an effort to support the global need for medical ventilators, Tolomatic has dedicated a team of engineers to the development of emergency ventilator concept systems using electric linear actuators. The proposed technologies are the first step in creating innovative emergency ventilators for patients around the world.
Clean, Disinfect … Like Your Life Depends On It
Following is facility cleaning and disinfecting guidance provided by CDC to the National Association of Manufacturers. DuBois Chemicals is offering Deep Cleaning Packages to support industrial facilities in ordering the proper products.
Big Chill for Tough Environments – Coolers Resist Heat, Corrosion
The stainless steel Dual 316 Cabinet Cooler Systems are built to maintain the NEMA 4X rating for electrical enclosures in operations like food, medical, pharmaceutical and chemical where precise temperatures are non-negotiable. Its cooling capacity ranges from 3,400 to 5,600 Btu/hr.
Artificial Intelligence Powers Spindle Health Monitoring
Predictive analytics diagnose pre-failure conditions before downtime occurs. Mazak’s Spindle Health Monitoring System uses edge computing and algorithms to model a spindle’s baseline signature against which anomalies that indicate developing alignment or balance issues are readily identifiable.
Wheel Manufacturer Uses Data to Maximize Preventive Maintenance
A global automotive wheels manufacturer worked with two industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) companies — IoTco LLC and Predictronics Corp. – to design and deploy a data-monitoring application that pinpoints potential future failures.
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