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  • February 2017

    • February 2017

    The Processing team visited with many manufacturers, including the REOTEMP team at last year’s Offshore Technology Conference, at which the team examined equipment used in upstream, midstream and downstream operations.
    Pumps, Motors & Drives

    Motors & drives special report & more from February 2017

    Lori Ditoro
    Feb. 28, 2017
    A look back at our February issue of Processing including our “Motors & Drives” special section, one of many 30th anniversary specials of 2017.
    Image 2. The incorporation of an innovative air control spool into the design of the new ADS is what gives it the ability to arrest air loss at the conclusion of each pumping stroke, which helps make it up to 60 percent more efficient than other ADS technologies. All images courtesy of Wilden Pump & Engineering Co. LLC
    Pumps, Motors & Drives

    Optimizing air usage in AODD pumps

    Erik Solfelt
    Feb. 26, 2017
    Next-generation ADS can reduce air consumption for improved efficiency and reduced operating costs
    warchi/iStock
    Pumps, Motors & Drives

    Q&A with the experts: 30 years of motor & drive innovations

    Processing Staff
    Feb. 18, 2017
    In honor of our thirtieth anniversary, Processing is talking with experts on innovations over the last 30 years. Here we discuss with them motor and drive innovations.
    Photo Courtesy of: iStock/KeremYucel
    Process Control & Automation

    Software innovations in connectivity, coding & ease of use

    Corey Foster & Ray Marquiss
    Feb. 16, 2017
    Process automation gives businesses the opportunity to implement systems that can run on a constant rate of high productivity and accuracy that is near 100 percent.
    Cutaway of a motor sleeve bearing | Graphic courtesy of Siemens
    Pumps, Motors & Drives

    Industry Growth Drives Innovation

    Lori Ditoro
    Feb. 14, 2017
    Looking back at 30 years of improvements and forward to future trends

    More content from February 2017

    While physically different, fundamental motor operation is the same. Image courtesy of Baldor Electric Company
    Pumps, Motors & Drives

    NEMA & IEC comparisons

    Gamaliel Gonzalez
    Feb. 11, 2017
    These motor types may be related, but they are not identical twins
    Typical slip rings in a motor
    Pumps, Motors & Drives

    Applying VFDs to existing motors

    Doug Phares, Josh Karpen & Jason Shores
    Feb. 8, 2017
    Factors to consider when adding this equipment to process industry systems
    Image 1. A surface-mounted vertical pump with a top-pedestal-bolted motor. All graphics courtesy of EASA
    Asset Management

    Solve vertical pump motor vibration

    Eugene Vogel
    Feb. 4, 2017
    Knowledge of common vibratory forces helps diagnose and correct problems
    Photo Courtesy of Getty Images/iStockphoto
    Instrumentation

    Artificial intelligence for real-time manufacturing execution & operations management

    Peter Green, Ph.D.,
    Feb. 1, 2017
    AI makes systems less costly and easier to use for small-batch, quick-turn process manufacturers
    Mix-order control manages the shear and blending of multiple feed materials. All graphics courtesy of Bematek
    Mixing, Blending & Size Reduction

    Emulsion stability basics

    Stephen F. Masucci & Chris Little
    Jan. 31, 2017
    Superior emulsion creation begins with understanding the chemistry behind the process.