Industry Insight

Flexible polyurethane foams can generally be divided up according to their chemical structure into polyether foams and polyester foams.  Polyester foams were the first flexible polyurethane foams to be commercially...

Have you ever replaced a failed gearbox, whether it just wore out after years of faithful service or it crashed and burned as the result of a major jam? Have...

Elizabeth City, NC – Hoffer Flow Controls’ HO Series Subsea turbine flowmeters provide flow measurement solutions for demanding subsea environments. Designed to operate in depths of 20,000 FT or more,...

CANTON, GEORGIA – March, 2014. Well-chosen accessories optimize a workstation’s functionality and can greatly increase usability. When a workstation is well-organized and well-equipped, workflow becomes easier and more efficient, improving...

While it can still be challenging, recycling plastic bags and film is now easier to do than ever before. Many cities are collecting more and more types of materials, but...

As a material, carbon fiber has fundamentally changed many of the products we use every day, making them lighter, stronger and more durable.  The manufacturing process is typically unique to...

The coil designs of the heating and air conditioning industry have evolved with the conversion to smaller diameter tubing; moving from 3/8” and 5/16” to 7mm and now 5mm as...

Several North American regions are seeing a surge in oil and gas production. The United States has seen growth from east to west in the Marcellus Shale in Pennsylvania, Ohio’s...

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  International Plastics recently posted a blog on their website featuring a young lady’s creative repurposing of plastic ziplock bags, and they weren’t the only ones who took notice of...

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The first step is narrowing down the possibilities of “what does not working” mean? We need to establish that the “pump” is working correctly according to its pump curve, and...

Quantum Storage Systems was featured in the October 20011 issue of Modern Materials Handling Magazine. The article featuring the company explains how a manufacturer of earth-moving equipment had a rapid...

Introduction Thermal Oxidation of waste gases is a common control technique to destroy VOC’s and/or odors in many industrial processes.  Common equipment used includes Regenerative Thermal Oxidizers, Recuperative Thermal Oxidizers,...

Tek-Temp Instruments wrote an article that was published in the November 2009 issue of Process Heating Magazine that offered “A Different Perspective” on temperature control systems. The article discussed when...

Decontaminated environments are essential to many pharmaceutical manufacturing and research processes to complete a task successfully without any contamination of products. These environments, also known as cleanrooms, vary in size,...

Riverside, CA - February 26, 2013 - The infrared energy around an object (in the region between visible light and microwaves) increases as the object becomes hotter and the frequency...

There are many advantages to both pharmaceutical and food handling businesses when plastic pallets are used instead of wood. The difference can be tremendous in cleanliness and cost savings due...

December, 2012— Ergonomics important in school lab settings Cumulative Trauma Disorders (CTDs) are a huge problem for the American factory worker. Usually caused by injuries from repetitive tasks, the disorders...

Chicago, Illinois – November 26, 2012 – Chirch Global® Manufacturing Network is a collaboration of best-in-class manufacturing and engineering companies that focus on providing local and global companies with a...