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Operator Strategies In M2M Communications   September 2, 2010

Report from Research and Markets assesses telecom operators activities with respect to M2M opportunities.More>>

ComEd Launches 'Smart Grid Innovation Corridor   September 2, 2010

Creates broadest set of pilots to test customer benefits of advanced Smart Grid technologies.More>>

Hardy Instruments Partners With Schneider Electric   September 2, 2010

Under Schneider's Collaborative Automation Partner Program, Hardy will provide precision weighing and process instrumentation.More>>



Predictive Maintenance
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Operator Strategies In M2M Communications   September 2, 2010

Report from Research and Markets assesses telecom operators activities with respect to M2M opportunities.More>>

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Bringing It All Together—Leveraging Hybrid Wireless Systems   August 1, 2010

Article By: Jim Gardner

Hybrid wireless systems—incorporating multiple types of wireless technologies—offer significant benefits for collecting data from large, geographically dispersed networks, such as those in the oil and gas industry.More>>

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ADI Enables Vibration Analysis for Factory Maintenance   April 28, 2010

Analog Devices introduces the industry’s first fully programmable embedded tri-axis MEMS vibration sensor.More>>



Process Automation
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Bringing It All Together—Leveraging Hybrid Wireless Systems   August 1, 2010

Article By: Jim Gardner

Hybrid wireless systems—incorporating multiple types of wireless technologies—offer significant benefits for collecting data from large, geographically dispersed networks, such as those in the oil and gas industry.More>>

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Thickness Measurements Using Laser Triangulation   April 1, 2010

Article By: Don Welch

Understand how best to use laser displacement sensors to measure the thickness of products at high speeds and from long standoff distances.More>>

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Wireless Communication to a Plunger Lift Well   February 1, 2010

Article By: Jim Gardner

Wireless I/O is a valuable tool in optimizing the operation of oil and gas wells. In this article it is applied to the problem of automating plunger control in natural gas production.More>>



Flow Sensing
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Improving Doppler-Based Sensing Systems   September 1, 2007

Article By: Priyabrata Sinha

By incorporating high-performance digital signal controllers (DSCs), with their integrated architectures and small footprints, designers can simplify Doppler-based sensing systems, enhance their performance, and reduce development cycles.More>>

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Measuring Viscosity with a Surface Acoustic Wave Sensor   October 1, 2005

Article By: Kerem Durdag

A new solid-state viscometer combines the desirable features of resonators and delay lines to offer a wide dynamic range in a single unit.More>>

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Ultrasonic Flowmeter Basics   October 1, 1997

Article By: John Flood

Doppler and transit-time flowmeters are gaining ground in liquid, and in some instances gas, flow measurement applications. Understanding how they work will help guarantee optimum performance.More>>


Level & Leak Detection
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RAE Systems Granted United States Patent for Dosimeter   November 18, 2009

Radiation detector deployed in GammaRAE II R increases measurement range and detects rate and dose. More>>

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The Hidden Costs of Compressed Air/Gas Leaks   April 1, 2009

Article By: Bruce Gorelick, Alan Bandes

Leaks are bad news. Not only do they lessen your process efficiency, but they can also present a danger to the environment and your personnel. Here's why you should perform regular leak audits and how to approach the auditing process.More>>

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Hydrogen-Specific Sensing for Industrial Process Control and Safety   May 1, 2008

Article By: Prabhu Soundarrajan

Monitoring hydrogen in the process industries is important for both process optimization and for safety. H2Scan has developed inline, solid-state palladium-nickel-based sensors that are highly selective to hydrogen, do not require oxygen to operate, and can detect hydrogen in concentrations from a...More>>


Featured Articles
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The 2010 Best of Sensors Expo Award Winners   August 1, 2010

Article By: Melanie Martella

What do a rugged shock recorder, a vibration dosimeter, a tiny IR imager, wireless sensor nodes, an array of different sensors, energy harvesting devices, and feature-packed data recorders have in common? All of them won a Best of Sensors Expo Award at the 2010 Sensors Expo.More>>

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Bringing It All Together—Leveraging Hybrid Wireless Systems   August 1, 2010

Article By: Jim Gardner

Hybrid wireless systems—incorporating multiple types of wireless technologies—offer significant benefits for collecting data from large, geographically dispersed networks, such as those in the oil and gas industry.More>>

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Using a Small Solar Cell and a Supercapacitor in a Wireless Sensor   July 1, 2010

Article By: Pierre Mars

Here's how supercapacitors—double-layered capacitors with the ability to store far more energy than a traditional capacitor—can be used in conjunction with a small solar cell to power a wireless sensor node.More>>