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Chiller Surge Prevention
Chiller surge occurs when refrigerant rushes backwards from the condenser to the compressor, causing serious damage to the system. As a result, it begins to flow backwards through the discharge line and into the compressor. Because the compressor's purpose is to pump refrigerant into the discharge line and into the condenser, it will continue to revolve. The refrigerant will flow back through the impeller blades and out through the suction line into the evaporator since the pressure is alre
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May 5th 2022
Warehouse Automation: Fill More Orders with Less Labor
The rapid expansion of distribution and fulfillment centers, fueled partly by an increase in eCommerce, has put warehouse automation in the limelight. The focus was sharpened even more in 2020, as COVID-19/work-from-home trends increased e-commerce growth.Warehouse automation will become increasingly vital in order to keep up with rising demand levels, as it contributes to greater productivity, efficiency, order accuracy, and safety. Furthermore, higher automation levels enable warehouses to res
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Apr 28th 2022
70th Anniversary of the Barcode
In 1952, a pair of Drexel Institute of Technology graduate students patented a method for instant electronic recall of product information based on patterns of lines of varied widths. The barcode is still an enduring icon of technology that has endured the test of time seventy years later.In 1948, the president of a grocery store chain visited Drexel in the aim of utilizing the university's technical expertise to develop a method for reading product data during the checkout process. Card reading
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Apr 21st 2022
So Easy a Three Year Old Can Do It! Universal Robots: Come for the Safety, Stay for the Ease of Use
In the past 20 years, properly programming an industrial robotic or motion control solution required a well-trained person. During this time, robot and motion control vendors would pop up to brag about how much easier it was to program their products with the addition of setup wizards, the transition to IEC61131, or something else. Although these enhancements have made customers' and support engineers' lives easier, none of them offered an out of the box solution that could be used by someone wi
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Apr 13th 2022
Is Perfect Print-and-Apply Workflow Dependent on Machine Vision?
Yes, if you want a completely automated and compliant process. Learn how to evaluate label presence, positioning, quality, and accuracy with this technology.Trust but double-check.They claim it's the easiest way to avoid getting into trouble, especially if you're a manufacturer, warehouse operator, or other downstream supply chain organization that has to adhere to a slew of industry, government, and consumer regulations. So you teach folks how to check every item and completed good going off th
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Mar 22nd 2022