Sensors, Vision
Wearable COVID-19 sensor receives research grant
A Northwestern research team received a $200,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to continue developing a novel wearable device and set of algorithms specifically tailored to catch early signs and monitor progression of COVID-19.
Three strategy tips for optimizing your next energy assessment
Better energy assessments improve a plant's overall optimization and provides better data insights.
COVID-19 emergency support for safety circuits, VFDs, vision, PLC power quality, SCADA
System integrators can provide emergency support for automation troubleshooting to shorten or prevent downtime, improve quality and save money as manufacturing restarts or continues during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Career advice for engineers: Step out of the comfort zone
Looking wider, at engineering career development requires looking at other perspectives, understanding customers, finding a mentor, and having fun.
Optimization of a plant cooling system design
Size a feed water pump; consider heat-exchanger options; determine cooling system power and energy use
Detect leaks with acoustic imaging
Consider reaching beyond ultrasonic leak detection to find pesky compressed air leaks
Improve plant uptime with advanced sensing systems
What every plant manager must know about today’s sensing systems
Deploy IIoT sensors and networks in remote locations
IIoT adds value within a plant, but also is a natural fit for field data gathering
Rethink 3D metal printing of turbomachinery parts
Higher-performance pumps and compressors are now possible through support-free additive manufacturing (AM)
Robots work to aid humans
The industry is moving toward using collaborative robots (cobots) with force-sensing technology that work alongside people