March 2007 Web TOC

    March 1, 2007

     What's new at www.plantservices.com/thismonth?

    Every month, PlantServices.com offers a special page (www.plantservices.com/thismonth) that contains extra content specifically related to articles found in the print edition.  Keep an eye out while you’re flipping through the magazine and you’ll see references to articles, white papers, news etc. related to the articles you’re reading. Bookmark www.plantservices.com/thismonth and peruse all the extras as well as sift through plantservices.com’s archives.
    Plant Services magazine extras

    Cyber security is a team effort

    Soft logic control - Fuzzy logic
    Instrument isolators     - Remote seal pressure transmitters

    Matching the standards

    IEEE Stnadard 43-2000 - Testing the insulation resistance of rotating machinery
    RK1 fuses - The fuse protection review
    Branch circuit maintenance - Don't go out on a limb

    Maintaining the flow

    Lean maintenance - All signs point to Kanban maintenance
    Spare parts inventory - Don't lose your material balance
    Non-value-added costs - The seven deadly wastes

    Toe the line

    Hi-pot testing - Diagnostic insulation testing

    Power to the pulleys!

    Synchronous belts - Synchronous belts versus V-belts
    Dynamic braking - Dynamic braking for hoists
    Gear drives - Measuring power transmission loads directly

    The incredible shrinking heat exchanger

    www.vahterus.com
    www.rtedwards.com/journals/IJHEX
    www.mesoscopic.com
    www.acumentrics.com
    www.htri-net.com
    www.hw.ac.uk/mecwww/hexag/CHX.pdf

    Hydrogen fuel cells approach liftoff

    An overview of hydrogen fuel cells is offered at www.cmt.anl.gov/Science_and_Technology/Fuel_Cells/Publications/Hydrogen_Fuel_Cells.pdf
    The U.S. Department of Energy has hydrogen safety training information available at www.hydrogen.energy.gov/firstresponders
    For an overview of hydrogen supply for industrial processes, visit www.plantservices.com/articles/2002/137.html

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