Sep82017

Plant Modernization Drives Growth in Water/Wastewater Pumping Industry

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By Michelle Segrest, Contributing Editor for Maintenance Technology (Editor’s note: Reprinted with permission. Some editing has been employed. You may read the article in its entirety, with all links, references, and photos at Maintenance Technology.) While new construction in the municipal water-treatment market has remained relatively flat, growth in the industrial water-treatment market has increased—driven largely by…

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Aug82017

The Heat is On: Using Thermography to Reduce Maintenance Costs

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by Jim Hazelwood According to the NFPA 70B, “Infrared inspections of electrical systems are beneficial to reduce the number of costly and catastrophic equipment failures and unscheduled plant shutdowns.” In addition to being a relatively non-invasive examination, infrared inspections (also commonly referred to as “thermography studies”) can also find hot spots inside electrical systems before…

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Jul272017

Cellular vs. Radio

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by Guest Blogger Brandon Moseley (Editor’s note: This continues to be one of our most visited pages, and we felt this justified repeating it for those followers who may have missed the original post.) As industry, cities, and businesses grow, it is a necessary evil to change nature to accommodate these expansions. Unfortunately, nature cannot…

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Jul72017

Design-Build in the Control System Environment

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(Editor’s note: This blog was originally posted in May of 2015. With the uptick we’ve seen in RFPs asking for proposals for design-build approaches, both in the industrial and municipal water/wastewater fields, we thought it was a good time to repost this important information) Design-Build in the Control System Environment Design-build is a project delivery system…

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Jun92017

7 Steps to Gird Yourself Against Ransomware

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(Editor’s Note: The following was originally published by Smart Manufacturing magazine-www.SME.org/smart-and is republished here with their permission.) Twenty seconds passed as my computer screen showed a steady stream of system files being locked, one by one. An employee had called and requested help because he couldn’t seem to access a file he needed. I discovered,…

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