SME CEO addresses initiative to train, educate a new generation of manufacturers
In the Huffington Post, Society of Manufacturing Engineers CEO Mark Tomlinson writes, "The manufacturing industry is facing an employment crisis.
Cooperation between groups helps set standards for shale gas development
In a departure from the often contentious positioning taken by energy firms involved in hydraulic fracturing and the environment groups normally opposed to fossil fuel development, agreement has been reached to create a mechanism to establish standards for shale gas development.
#standards
What Makes Up a Servo Valve Feedback Mechanism is Mission Critical
To maximize machine operation and business results, engineers ought to consider more than how a servo valve performs with regard to flow/pressure gain, frequency response, and precision.
#pressure-relief
Siemens CEO Discusses Advanced Manufacturing “Renaissance”
“We need the engineers, we need the innovators, we need the science technology engineering [type of] people to work out there in those plants.
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Quadrant Engineering Plastic Products Introduces Fluorosint 135
Quadrant EPP announces the Fluorosint 135, a polytetrafluoroethylene material uniquely designed to provide the lowest coefficient of friction and deformation for seals, bearings and washer applications.
#components #materials
Valve engineering advances make ocean power feasible
A rarely publicized but promising renewable energy technology that is creating interesting challenges for valve and actuator engineers is ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC). One of the leaders in the field is OTEC International LLC (OTI) and Barry R.
#automation #actuators
Free Online Automated Model Generator from Metso
Metso introduces the Rapid Draw 3D Valve Model Generator.
Garlock Sealing Technologies Tapped for Energy Efficiency Projects in New York
The Finger Lakes Regional Economic Development Council in last week announced that Garlock Sealing Technologies, LLC. (GST) has been awarded more than $936,000 through Gov.
HART Industrial Unions, LLC introduces new “Product & Capability Guide”
The guide was developed to assist buyers with product selection, system design and simplify specifying a precision pipe union to meet application needs.
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