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CONDITION MONITORING
INCREASES EFFICIENCY
Keith Riley, Endress+Hauser, us.endress.com,
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instruments can reduce maintenance costs and
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FEATURE ARTICLE:
THE ISSUE MAY BE
HARMONICS
Howard W. Penrose, MotorDoc, motordoc.com,
describes how harmonics in manufacturing facilities
may be the cause of unexplained failures or
erratic asset behavior.
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EXPLORE MACHINE VISION
In automated processes, 2D and 3D machine vision
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HIDDEN PFAS POSES
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IS SHARED SPECTRUM THE
WIRELESS SOLUTION?
Dr. Armando Montalvo, CTO, Digital Global
Systems Inc., digitalglobalsystems.com, describes
how shared-spectrum wireless technology can
overcome current data-transmission issues.
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JAN/FEB 2024 * Vol. 37, No. 1
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