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Properly testing flowability under realistic storage conditions can help prevent arching, ratholing, and other discharge failures in storage vessels.
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Controlling industrial manufacturing processes is crucial to ensuring efficiency and safety, as well as the consistency of finished products, in industries such as food and beverage...
Oct. 22, 2025
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The WTP was using a UV System to disinfect its effluent. It was in good working order, but issues arose due to heavy industrial loading containing significant contaminants. The...
Oct. 15, 2025
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Calibration is a fundamental requirement for effective, safe operation of chemical metering pumps in any application. The expectation is chemical dosing pump will be accurate ...
Oct. 9, 2025
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Often two types of chemical dosing pumps are considered when treating water or wastewater, Diaphragm or Peristaltic. The question is posed, which of these pump types will be most...
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The company's vice president of engineering talks with managing editor Daniel Gaddy about how they helped a paper and packaging company realize millions of dollars in improvements...
June 17, 2025
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The food and beverage processing equipment expert details how the technology can prevent major losses for brewing operations both large and small.
May 7, 2025

Maintenance & Safety

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Lean manufacturing principles that focus on maximizing value and minimizing waste, including digital tools, will be critical to productivity and supply chain transparency.
For food processors, increasing productivity requires more than efficiency improvements. It calls for systems that embed food safety into the fabric of production.
Sept. 11, 2025
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Wastewater disinfection is vital for safety. Options include chlorine, UV, ozone, and PAA—each with pros, cons, & safety risks. Chlorine offers residual protection, but combining...
Sept. 1, 2025
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Figure 1: The maintenance and reliability teams say this flowmeter is operating correctly, but is it measuring the right flow in the right place?
Traditionally, maintenance and reliability teams have been primarily concerned with uptime, but extending those efforts can improve overall facility performance.
Aug. 19, 2025
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OSCO Safety’s ReadySeries Platform is slip-resistant and corrosion-resistant, making it a safer, lower-maintenance choice near chemicals.
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Proactive safety planning and smart investments are critical to protecting workers and keeping operations running smoothly.
July 24, 2025

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The vast majority of dust collection system failures stem from common — and avoidable — design flaws.
Sept. 23, 2025
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Singabera's twin bulk bag weigh batch dischargers with flexible screw conveyor systems have doubled the company's capacity over previous manual methods.
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An Indonesian drink mix producer achieves a 100% production capacity increase while reducing labor by 70% by installing twin bulk bag discharging and conveying lines.
Aug. 21, 2025
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Reliable agglomerate assessment requires deliberate consideration of sample preparation, measurement principles, testing goal, and data interpretation.
Aug. 4, 2025
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Mennel Milling is continually striving to improve operations.
Food safety specialist Fortress Technology is assisting select Mennel Milling plants in the U.S. to protect product quality as well as safeguard workers, processes and productivity...
Feb. 6, 2025

Pumps, Motors & Drives

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Peco Foods partners with Unibloc Hygienic Technologies to increase uptime, improve product quality and save money.
Sept. 12, 2025
AODD pumps feature strong suction and provide a dry prime by drawing fluid from tanks no matter the location.
Chemical compatibility, energy efficiency and containment are imperative considerations when selecting equipment for chemical applications.
Aug. 28, 2025
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A closer look at innovative pumping solutions.
Aug. 14, 2025
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Stainless-steel pumps offer excellent durability, corrosion resistance and hygienic operation.
Aug. 12, 2025

Process Control & Automation

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As operating budgets tighten and cybersecurity threats intensify, more facilities are reevaluating whether software-based PLCs are the best fit for safety alarms, interlocks and safety instrumented systems.
A growing number of plants are replacing PLCs with cyber-proof, cost-effective, hardware alternatives.
Oct. 9, 2025
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A conversation with Bosch Rexroth's Garrett Wagg.
Sept. 18, 2025
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Sustainability and digitalization are increasingly working in tandem to help pharmaceutical manufacturers meet critical business goals.
Sept. 8, 2025
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Process manufacturing quality deviation investigations are often manual, time-consuming and resource-draining procedures. However, AI-driven advanced analytics platforms streamline...
Aug. 27, 2025

Valves & Actuators

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In the beverage industry, where product consistency, uptime and regulatory compliance are essential, even minor improvements in valve design can have significant downstream benefits...
June 24, 2025
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Figure 1: Emerson-trained technicians confirm the correct installation of control valves.
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Leveraging expert knowledge and temporary startup trims can eliminate expensive valve damage and costly delays.
April 29, 2025
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Figure 5: For slurries, a Fisher V500 Eccentric Plug Valve with high hardness trim can be a good choice (left). Corrosive liquid flow can be tightly controlled using rising stem valves, like the Fisher GX (middle) or E-Series (right), each with carefully chosen materials of construction.
The global demand for lithium mining, battery production, and recycling is soaring, and these processes make difficult demands on control valves.
Nov. 12, 2024
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This diagram shows the common functional failure points of a control valve. The basic diagnostics available in nearly all Fisher digital valve controllers can detect and alert most of these failures — but only if they are enabled, configured and monitored.
There are three basic alert settings within all Fisher digital valve controllers that provide advanced notice of degrading performance, but those alerts must be enabled, configured...
Aug. 28, 2024

New Products

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Bonded-edge screens
Custom-fabricated edge screens are engineered for precision, strength, and OEM compatibility.
Oct. 23, 2025
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The PW4400 Series from PackworldUSA integrates TOSS touchscreen technology for real-time temperature, time, and pressure monitoring.
Oct. 21, 2025
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Rockwell Automation ControlLogix 5590 controller
The new ControlLogix 5590 delivers unified control across applications, simplifying system design and integration for industrial users.
Oct. 14, 2025
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Emerson IPC 6010
PACSystems IPC 6010, 7010, and 8010 feature 13th generation Intel Core processors to support predictive maintenance, process optimization, and quality inspection.
Oct. 10, 2025