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    Asset Management

    Improving efficiency with instrument calibration

    Oct. 1, 2016
    Management software helps ensure that proper analysis is carried out as required for each measuring instrument
    Image courtesy of Neology
    Process Control & Automation

    Industrial revolution 4.0: Driving performance in manufacturing & the supply chain

    Sept. 30, 2016
    The ability for technology to improve productivity and efficiency, diminish the costs of trade, and improve speed to market will change what we think is possible from the value...
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    Process Control & Automation

    Combatting the insider cybersecurity threat

    Sept. 30, 2016
    Visibility into a facility’s proprietary control system configurations is a prerequisite for cybersecurity.
    Silicon powder and additives are manually emptied into the bag dump station and floor hopper. The station includes a bag tray support and dust collection through two cartridge filters. Powders flow from the hopper outlet through a pickup adapter into the pneumatic conveying line. | All images courtesy of Flexicon
    Pneumatic / Vacuum

    Safe silicon powder movement

    Sept. 21, 2016
    Dust-free, pneumatic conveyance improves li-ion battery production.
    All graphics courtesy of Camfil APC
    Dust Control

    5 steps to compare wet & dry dust collection

    Sept. 16, 2016
    Combustible dust control requires properly designed equipment to avoid explosions, which are an ever-present risk in any processing facility.

    More content from September 2016

    FireChek-equipped, pneumatically actuated valve. All images courtesy of Assured Automation.
    Valves & Actuators

    Thermal shutoff valves — then and now

    Sept. 8, 2016
    A thermal shutoff valve vents a pneumatic actuator, allowing it to move to its fail-safe position.