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Coming up: Condition Monitoring Day training
The wait for Condition Monitoring Day 2016 is almost over. Taking place on five separate days during October and November of this year will be a number of special condition monitoring training courses, designed to provide attendees with actionable new skills and information that can enhance plant performance. We’ll be attending the training days to present our range of vibration monitoring ...
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Welcome to our new team member, Christina!
It is with great pleasure that we welcome another new member of staff, Christina Ugur, to our team this year. Christina joins us with over a decade of experience in maintenance, specifically condition monitoring, having previously been responsible for purchasing for the production of monitoring devices at her former company. In her new role with us, Christina will use her strong knowledge ...
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Kittiwake opens new office in India
Kittiwake Developments, a leading global provider of asset protection technology, today announced the opening of its latest international office in New Delhi, India. Headed up by managing director, Deepak Sharma, the long time distributor of Kittiwake in India, the new office will trade as Kittiwake Proactive Technologies Pvt Ltd. Recent rapid growth in sales in the territory prompted Kittiwake ...
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Frost & Sullivan Lauds GE`s Bently Nevada Line for Creating Enhanced Customer Value Through the Development of Sophisticated Condition Monitoring Systems
Based on its recent analysis of the condition monitoring market, Frost & Sullivan recognizes GE's Bently Nevada® product line, a unit of GE Measurement & Control Solutions, with the 2011 Global Frost & Sullivan Award for Customer Value Enhancement. The company leverages more than 50 years of experience in condition monitoring to understand the issues of customers in a wide ...
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U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Announces Expanded Partnership Opportunities with the National Laboratories
Recently (11/13), U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry announced the authorization for National Laboratory contractors to use Agreements for Commercializing Technology (ACT) to facilitate new strategic partnerships with the national labs. This authorization comes after the ACT pilot successfully completed a six-year pilot study. "Implementation of ACT was driven by the Department's need for more ...
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New wide range 3 Phase Power Meter
VPInstruments is proud to launch a new model of the 3 Phase Power Meter. With the 3 Phase Power Meter you can measure the voltage and current of all three phases, thereby, providing a high-accuracy measurement of the real power consumption. The new model 3 Phase Power Meter can handle a very wide range of voltages: the same meter can be used for all nominal voltages between 100 Vac and 600 Vac, ...
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Metso to supply off-machine coater main parts for Ilim Group`s Koryazhma Branch mill in Russia
Metso Corporation's press release on July 6, 2011 at 2:30 p.m. local time Metso will supply the main components for the coated woodfree paper line's off-machine coater at the Koryazhma Branch mill of Ilim Group in Koryazhma, Russia. The start-up of the off-machine coater is scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2013. The value of the order is approximately EUR 20 million. The main part of the ...
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Don’t throw caution to the wind with offshore turbine maintenance
The European Union’s push away from fossil fuels toward renewables, along with falling costs, has seen offshore wind thrive. And the sector is about to receive another boost, now that the focus on and investment in floating wind turbines is reaching fruition. This incredible feat of engineering has the potential to totally reshape offshore renewables, allowing for greater volumes of ...
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Shine a light on global energy demand
According to the International Energy Outlook 2016 report, total world consumption of marketed energy will expand from 549 quadrillion British thermal units (Btu) in 2012 to 629 quadrillion Btu in 2020 and to 815 quadrillion Btu in 2040. That represents an incredible 48% increase from 2012 to 2040. Regardless of the reasons behind this growth, the energy sector has to be prepared for constantly ...
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Making your quality control of hydraulic and lube oils more efficient
Monitoring the quality of hydraulic and/or lube oils is critical to prevent premature wear of any kind of machinery. In a free webinar on October 27, 2022, Metrohm will take a closer look at this topic focusing on the combination of titration (potentiometric, thermometric, coulomtetric Karl Fischer titration) and Vis-Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (Vis-NIRS). Participants in this webinar ...
By Metrohm AG
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Eaton’s LifeSense Hydraulic Hose Monitoring System Goes Wireless
Power management company Eaton today announced the launch a breakthrough technology that wirelessly monitors hose assemblies and reports imminent failure in real time. The LifeSense® wireless hydraulic hose monitoring system will be featured at Eaton’s booth, #80230, located in South Hall 3 of the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, during the CONEXPO/CON-AGG and International ...
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GE PulsePOINT* Technology Helps Wind Operators Reduce Costs and Achieve Optimal Energy Production
GE (NYSE: GE) today announced a new technology that can help give wind farm operators a competitive edge by identifying problems with wind turbines before they can cause downtime or major failures. Using advanced software, GE’s innovative PulsePOINT* Advanced Monitoring and Diagnostic Services help operators reduce costs and achieve optimal energy ...
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Eaton’s New iMCC xEnergy enables predictive maintenance with enhanced diagnostic functions
Power management company Eaton is presenting its new communication-enabled and intelligent iMCC motor control centre for the xEnergy switchboard series. The complete control wiring inside the drawer units of the iMCC and the wiring to the higher-level controller are replaced by a communication system. This brings clear benefits for the user thanks to the reduced wiring effort required. Essential ...
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Groundbreaking Ceremony Planned for New FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Emergency Operations Facility
FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company (FENOC), a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE), will hold a groundbreaking ceremony Wednesday, June 15, at 7755 Auburn Rd., Painesville, Ohio, for a new Emergency Operations Center for the Perry Nuclear Power Plant. The event will begin at 10 a.m. FENOC officials, as well as representatives from Lake, Geauga and Ashtabula County government agencies, ...
By FirstEnergy
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Timken Online Intelligence System to Monitor Wind Turbines in Minnesota
The Timken Company (NYSE: TKR) announced it has reached an agreement with Northern States Power-Minnesota, an Xcel Energy Company, for remote monitoring of wind turbines at Xcel Energy's Nobles Wind Farm in southern Minnesota. Timken will supply 134 of its Online Intelligence Systems (OIS) for the 1.5‑megawatt wind turbines at the facility. The initial agreement includes two years of condition ...
By FirstEnergy
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FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Breaks Ground for Beaver Valley Power Station`s New Emergency Operations Facility
FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company (FENOC), a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE), broke ground today for a new Emergency Operations Facility in Beaver Falls, Pa., for the Beaver Valley Power Station. The 12,000 square-foot facility will allow for improved coordination between the plant and state and local emergency management agencies. Personnel will utilize state-of-the-art ...
By FirstEnergy
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Actual Examples of Energy Saving Solutions for Supermarkets are Featured in the Video, “Developing Eco Stores Around the World”
Panasonic has developed a wide range of energy-saving solutions, such as freezer-refrigeration systems, which are used by a major supermarket chain in the U.S., and in Japan’s “CO-OP Sapporo” consumer cooperative and “Heiwado.” This video presents actual examples in each of these stores. Please see Panasonic's efforts to spread the advanced energy-saving technologies ...
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Mini `doughnut-blimp` leads the way at QCAT
Designed by Queensland University of Technology avionics engineering student Bryan Huang, the blimp could soon guide visitors from reception to their meeting rooms. Mr Huang has spent the last 12 weeks working on the blimp as part of his summer vacation scholarship with CSIRO. “We wanted to try a doughnut shape to see if it offers better manoeuvrability indoors than a more conventional ...
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IEA completes 30-day review of Libya collective action
The IEA<http://www.iea.org/index.asp> Secretariat has completed its 30-day review of the Libya Collective Action launched on 23 June. The review concludes that the Action served a market need by adding liquidity and bridging the gap to additional supplies from OPEC countries. The Secretariat continues to closely monitor market conditions, and the IEA stands ready to augment the Libya ...
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ACCIONA Windpower introduces its 3 MW wind turbine at PowerExpo 2008 Exhibition in Zaragoza
ACCIONA Windpower, ACCIONA's wind turbine manufacturing and supply division, today introduced its AW-3000 machine at PowerExpo 2008 Exhibition in Zaragoza, Spain. The new 3 MW rated capacity wind turbine expands the company's range of products in the multi-megawatt market segment. Designed to leverage the proven strength and high reliability of the company's AW-1500 machine, the AW-3000 offers ...
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