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    Sept. 1, 2025
    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...

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    Profile Advantage metal detectors from Mettler-Toledo inspecting seafood at Boston Sword & Tuna.
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    A site evaluation and walkdown is a very thorough examination of everything in the unit, a necessary step for effective reliability planning.
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    Figure 4: Digital tools make it easy for onsite technicians to call up the latest technical data.
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    Metal is the most likely contaminant to be introduced during cutting and deboning poultry products due to the prevalence of automation and stainless steel equipment.
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    John Sander
    March 20, 2025
    By understanding their importance and choosing the right products, manufacturers can protect their operations, comply with regulations and maintain the integrity of their products...
    The challenge is to quickly and accurately distinguish between smoke from an actual fire and the typical background airborne particulates during meat processing.
    Del Williams
    March 18, 2025
    Proactive meat processors are utilizing and tailoring industrial-grade fire protection systems to maintain efficient operations with minimal false alarms and maintenance.
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    Effective remote monitoring requires close collaboration between reliability engineers, maintenance teams and operators.
    Akshat Sharma
    Feb. 24, 2025
    This article explores the importance of remote machine health monitoring, its integration into reliability programs, and the transformative benefits it can provide to industrial...
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    NFPA 660 is now the only combustible dust NFPA standard
    Jack Osborn
    Jan. 30, 2025
    NPFA 660 is now the only combustible dust NFPA standard, replacing the existing fundamentals and commodity-specific standards.
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    Powdered material and dusts are sent to specialized labs that can administer various tests to glean valuable and actionable data for your facility's hazard identification process.
    Jason Krbec
    Jan. 29, 2025
    This article reviews the new dust testing and hazard identification guidelines included in the recently released NFPA 660 Standard for Combustible Dusts and Particulate Solids...