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By: Brent Purdy and David Saenz, Automation Direct Is your facility plagued by high energy costs, frequent nuisance trips, and repeated asset failures? Power monitoring could be just solution you need. Without data, it’s impossible to make informed decisions. After all, you can’t fix it if you can’t see it. Power monitors, or power quality…

Tie Fighter Let’s number the 4 ties that we plan to move: Then move them to these new positions: Do Your Level Best Here is a sketch of the tank with the block lowered into place.  Let h represent the height of the increased level (as shown) that we wish to determine. Let’s also label three areas:…

Tie Fighter Move only four cable ties so that the cable ties form three unique equilateral triangles. We’ve recently added a number of additional specialty cable ties and cable tie mounting products including the “winged push-in panel ties” shown in this puzzle.  Check them out here: go2adc.com/sapiselco Do Your Level Best The liquid level in the…

Surge suppression provisions are now mandated for many applications, and users are recognizing the value of protecting increasingly digital and connected systems from electrical disruptions. By David Saenz, AutomationDirect For many years, surge suppression protective devices may have seemed like an optional and supplementary choice, perhaps something consumers plugged their sensitive computers and TV equipment…

Mechanical engineering students also took on the controls aspects for designing a flexible hydraulic press producing sustainable and cost-effective building insulation production. By Ben Zamachaj Worldwide, millions of people live without adequate housing. While modern building materials like fiberglass insulation, moisture wrapping, and even the humble cinderblock have markedly improved construction standards over the past…