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3 Controls to Consider When Selecting Your Electrical Heat Tracing Solution
Before embarking on designing or managing your electrical heat tracing project, it is important to consider the various options for monitoring and controlling your Electrical Heat Tracing systems. The use of monitoring of the circuit integrity is an advantage as it increases the overall system's reliability as failures in the heating and power distribution systems can be reported back to operations and maintenance personnel locally or at a central location. Types a... Read More
The Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) and its Foreseeable Future
Introduction The Programmable Logic Controller is a computer designed specifically for industrial applications that range from simple lighting projects to running entire manufacturing processes. This system can perform a wide variety of functions, providing many analog and digital Input/ Output (I/O) interfaces, and various communication protocols. All the PLC's components and functions revolve around the controller, which is programmed to perform a specific task. ... Read More
Basics of HVAC (Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning)
Overview of HVAC SystemHVAC stands for Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning. The main idea behind this system is that it provides cooling and heating to both residential and commercial buildings. HVAC is important in the design of medium to large industrial applications like power plants, onboard vessels, office buildings such as skyscrapers, and in marine environments such as aquariums, where safe and healthy building conditions are regulat... Read More
What is ATEX and IECEx Certification?
What is ATEX and what does it stand for? ATEX is the short form for ATmospheres EXplosible. The ATEX Directive 2014/34/EU covers equipment and protective systems intended for use in potentially explosive atmospheres. The directive defines the essential health and safety requirements and conformity assessment procedures, to be applied before products are placed on the EU market. It is aligned with the new legislative framework pol... Read More