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This combination tilt pad bearing has copper-backed babbitt thrust pads and steel-backed babbitt journal pads. All graphics courtesy of Waukesha Bearings.

How materials and design affect the life of a bearing

Selecting the right bearing for the equipment and application is essential to the successful operation of that equipment.

Figure 2. Peak and average kVA load. All graphics courtesy of Schaffner

Resolving harmonic problems with power quality analysis

Active harmonic filters (AHF) are power quality devices that monitor a nonlinear load and dynamically provide precisely controlled current, helping prevent distortion in a power network.

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Secure hardware and software for network challenges

At a basic level three fundamental principles should be considered to ensure the protection and security of an IIoT network: protect the data, secure the communication and enable visibility.

Transformers operate in most LNG facilities. All graphics courtesy of Virginia Transformer Corp.

8 factors to consider before selecting a transformer

All stakeholders should be involved in this important decision.

Rob van Oostveen, right, maintenance manager for Organik Kimya, uses disc pumps to manufacture polymer emulsions. Rob Blok, left, account manager for Verder B.V., works with van Oostveen in this regard. Courtesy Mouvex

Rotterdam polymer facility finds safety, reliability in eccentric disc pumps

To ensure production and safety assurance, since 2007 a quartet of C24i Series Eccentric Disc Pumps from Mouvex has handled the process of transferring a blend of monomers and water from the immersion vessels to the reactors.

For modern industrial facilities, blowdown procedures are important for protecting plant assets against excessively high pressure or temperature. Courtesy Honeywell

Blowdown analysis delivers accurate results for depressurizing

Recently introduced blowdown software addresses these shortcomings using non-equilibrium models.

A quick end to inadequate capacity

The North Lauderdale Water Association of Bailey, Mississippi, was challenged to remove iron from its drinking water.

How PLM is relevant to process industries

PLM is an enterprise software application with a footprint that starts with the product concept and proceeds through design to development and full-scale production. It was first widely applied in the automotive industry.

Risk-based asset management enhanced through real-time modeling tools

Framework juxtaposes corrosion prediction/quantification model data with real-time process conditions and facilitates accurate, relevant risk assessments

Northwest Analytics

Enterprise manufacturing intelligence software supports processing

The Dow Chemical Co. was an early adopter of a “manufacturing intelligence” solution just introduced for general availability by Portland, Ore.-based Northwest Analytics.

Asset management software for wastewater and water processes

Software suppliers have spent the last 20 years modeling — in various codes, arcane and otherwise — the doings of the water and process industries, including for the business enterprise and for operations, engineering and maintenance.

gas drilling rig

Engineering, procurement & construction concerns for oil & gas

For most process-industry professionals, the upstream oil and gas industry is a horse of a different color.

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Energy-saving VFD can induce electrical bearing damage in pump motors

Through trial-and-error and much hard work, a Kansas motor repair shop says it has developed a virtually foolproof process for protecting vertical hollow-shaft motors from the electrical bearing damage caused by stray shaft currents.