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Automated Manufacturing System Quadruples Production

Automated Manufacturing System Quadruples Production

After a fire destroyed the manufacturing process Research Products Company had in place, the company installed a state-of-the-art automated 20-lb bag filling system.

Less Bulky Bag Discharge

Less Bulky Bag Discharge

Spiroflow builds a tailor-made low-loading bulk bag discharge system for a facility that demands a mini footprint, plus the power to operate within hazardous environments.

People Protection

Anna Wells, Editor, IMPO For industrial manufacturers, safety and compliance can sometimes become an ‘out of sight, out of mind issue’-meaning, it becomes most critical when there is a breach of protocol, or worse, an accident where an employee’s safety is put at risk.

High-Performance Chip For Industrial PCs

High-Performance Chip For Industrial PCs

B&R has integrated the new Intel® Atom™ processor generation in its industrial PC product range, which reduces power loss and increases performance. When used in the Automation PC 620 and Panel PC 700, the system does not require a cooling fan.

Bringing Together Your Automation Network

By Roy Kok, Vice President of Marketing and Sales, Kepware Technologies What is the most

DeltaV Enhancements: Machinery Protection & Prediction

DeltaV Enhancements: Machinery Protection & Prediction

Emerson Process Management has integrated machinery protection and prediction of critical mechanical equipment with its DeltaV™ digital automation system. This new capability directly supports users’ goals for improved availability and performance.

Honey, I Shrunk The Company

Untitled Document By Ron Melcher and Mark Fiquett, Step3 Consulting As we emerge from unprecedented economic decline, past experience and common sense suggest that growth in these better times will not come without hardship.

Improving Control Valve Performance

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Pneumatic Conveying Systems (7012)

It’s one thing to move materials during the production process, but when it’s a finished product on the packaging line, choosing the right material handling system is essential.  Getting it wrong results in squandered production time and wasted raw materials.

Printing A Philly Cheesesteak

A Philly cheesesteak sandwich is a culinary indulgence to some and a dietary staple to others.

EU Steelmakers Against Iron Price Hikes

Mar 12 | News

Steelmakers say price hikes of between 80 and 90 percent for steel's raw ingredient would have a significant impact on steel prices.

Gas Line Explodes near Oklahoma City

Mar 12 | News

A natural gas line explosion northeast of Oklahoma City sent flames into the air but caused little damage and no injuries.

OSU Engineer Designing New-Generation Reactor

Mar 12 | News

Regulators estimate the frequency of a complete nuclear reactor meltdown at about once every 1 million years, yet this reactor's odds are once every 100 million.

Western U.S., Canada Go Own Way on Carbon Trading

Mar 11 | News

As U.S. prospects for a national climate change bill fade, five U.S. states and Canadian provinces are on track to start a cap-and-trade market for carbon dioxide in 2012.

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Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act (and CFATS) by Luke Simpson

Dec 17 2009

Chemical and water facilities are high on the current administration's list of security priorities, with the Chemical Facility Antiterrorism Act of 2009 under review by lawmakers. The bill would broaden federal juristiction over facility secutiry, and would also make inherently safer

SuperSite: dictionary of metabolite and drug binding sites in proteins.

Feb 10

The increasing structural information about target-bound compounds provide a rich basis to study the binding mechanisms of metabolites and drugs. SuperSite is a database, which combines the structural information with various tools for the analysis of molecular recognition. The...

MMsINC: a large-scale chemoinformatics database.

Feb 10

MMsINC (http://mms.dsfarm.unipd.it/MMsINC/search) is a database of non-redundant, richly annotated and biomedically relevant chemical structures. A primary goal of MMsINC is to guarantee the highest quality and the uniqueness of each entry. MMsINC then adds value to these...

Targeted small-molecule inhibitors of protein kinase B as anticancer agents.

Feb 10

Protein kinase B (PKB or Akt) is a central component of the PI3K - PKB - mTOR signalling cascade and is firmly established as an attractive target for pharmacological intervention in cancer. A number of small molecule inhibitors with well-defined, direct molecular interactions...

We Regret to Inform You

We Regret to Inform You

Mar 11

Just when I thought it was safe to get in front of my computer, I find out that it’ll kill me — and management knew all along.

Measure Twice, Criticize Less

Measure Twice, Criticize Less

Mar 9

The reality of the situation is that experts are predicting a world population of 9.5 billion by 2050 — meaning that our global food production will have to double.

On the Edge of my Driver’s Seat

On the Edge of my Driver’s Seat

Mar 8

Do the Renewable Fuel Standard bill and other green legislation leave you stranded on the edge of your driver’s seat?

Stalking the Weather Report

Stalking the Weather Report

Mar 8

Why do I check the weather three to five times a day? I think it's that weird habit that I go to when I am distracted, or bored, or shifting from one task to the next.

Egg Crisis 2010

Egg Crisis 2010

Mar 3

The situation is nothing to rival the coffee crisis of 2009 or the interoffice email crisis. We lost many good Cubites in the conflicts that ended with the dismantling of the Great Foam Wall.

Here's $8 Billion — What Now?

Here's $8 Billion — What Now?

Feb 17 | Video

David Ratcliffe, Chairman, President, and CEO of Southern Company, reacts to President Obama's announcement regarding the first federal loan guarantees for new nuclear construction.

Chlorine Tankers Shifted Away from Olympics

Chlorine Tankers Shifted Away from Olympics

Feb 11 | Video

A Canadian chemical manufacturer will store fifty chlorine-filled rail cars in Washington as a security measure during the upcoming 2010 Winter Olympic games.

Chemical Processing of the Future?

Chemical Processing of the Future?

Jan 27 | Video

A theoretical bench-top factory that uses nano-sized production lines to sort atoms and fabricate atomically-precise devices.

Boeing's Biofuel-Powered Hydroplane

Boeing's Biofuel-Powered Hydroplane

Jan 20 | Video

Boeing is racing a hydroplane that uses a 50/50 blend of sustainable biofuel and jet fuel.