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When chemical processors including those creating plastic, polymer or rubber products utilize batch reactors, following the recipe from batch-to-batch and plant-to-plant is critical to reliably and cost-effectively manufacture high value-added materials to spec. This typically involves charging the reactor,...

The forging industry has achieved an impressive place in the North American industrial economy by producing components with unique benefits that are difficult to duplicate. Forging, a manufacturing process of shaping metal by applying a variety of powerful compressive forces...

Manufacturing is evolving. The industry once synonymous with long hours, assembly lines in dark and filthy plants, low wages, and antiquated processes have turned into one of the most lucrative business types for the future not only of the...

The goal of any vehicle scale service program should be to ensure that equipment stays in working order, with minimal downtime between service visits or the life of the product. The losses to revenue due to a scale failure...

Americold, a global provider of temperature-controlled infrastructure, knew a significant amount of the rack in one of its facilities was outdated, but they could not stop their ongoing operations at the busy Wisconsin warehouse to implement a rack replacement....

Shifting demand and consumer preferences — like the demand for sustainable materials and reduced construction waste — are having a major impact on how construction firms approach new work, including the materials they choose for projects. The building materials industry,...

Prefabrication is changing the current paradigm in the construction and building industry. Modular, factory-constructed built environments can be produced significantly faster, more economically and often safer than traditional field construction. Indeed, a report from industry advisory group McKinsey &...

GPS Education Partners (GPSEd), a community-based nonprofit and leading provider of work-based learning solutions for youth, has officially announced a partnership with LAB Midwest, a world-class provider of relevant curriculum, e-learning and training equipment for education and industry that prepares students...

ZOLLER Inc. Hosting the Z.connect workshop series of events at the North American Headquarters in Ann Arbor, Michigan on Thursday, June 13th, 2019. The Z.connect, is a recurring series of events aimed at familiarizing attendees with ZOLLER Inc.’s solutions...

For many applications, industrial gases such as nitrogen, oxygen, argon, CO2 and others are delivered in steel cylinders at pressures of 2,000-2,600 PSI.  If the gas is used below the supply pressure, the pressurized supply can be piped and...