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Emerson wireless helps improve operator efficiency for Novartis

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:20:04 +0000

Emerson’s DeltaV with a Wi-Fi network and mobile operator stations are providing process and plant information to operators at the Novartis biotech production centre in France. Read More Related posts:San Diego Gas & Electric uses wireless to improve operations Emerson automates ethanol plant in Sweden Emerson adds video to DeltaV Related posts:

Advantech announces FPM-5191G flat panel monitor

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:20:04 +0000

FPM-5191G has an XGA TFT LCD, NEMA4/IP65 compliant flat-sealed front panel, direct VGA and DVI-D video inputs, front-accessible USB port, and an optional resistive touch screen. Read More Related posts:WAGO announces JUMPFLEX 857-819 mV signal conditioner Phoenix Contact announces cabling solution for SIMATIC S7-300 Hoffman announces FLOTEK TD server cabinet Related posts:

ABB announces PVS800 solar inverter

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:20:04 +0000

PVS800 feeds clean solar power into medium- or low-voltage grids via transformers and switchgear. Read More Related posts:WAGO announces JUMPFLEX 857-819 mV signal conditioner Price erosion ratchets up competition in solar market Electricity from the Sahara Related posts:

Heavy duty road trip

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:00:14 +0000

Who’s up for a road trip? We’re going to take one. A heavy-duty road trip. Today, on Engineering Works!

Just about everybody’s taken a road trip at some point in their lives. Vacation. Visiting relatives in another state. Finding yourself. This trip was more ambitious than any of those.

First, when we say heavy-duty, we’re not kidding. This road trip moved a 900,000 pound electric generator from the Port of Houston to a power plant under construction near a small town in central Texas. About 250 miles away. The generator itself was about 20 feet high and almost 40 feet long. That’s pretty impressive, all by itself.

But it’s just the beginning. The generator rode on a two-part heavy hauler. Together, the two parts were about 300-feet long and rolled along on almost 300-tires. Imagine a 30-foot-wide slice of a football field, rolling down the highway. Generator and carrier together weighed almost 2,000,000 pounds. Nine hundred tons.

If you were looking for speed, this wasn’t the trip for you. Generator and hauler rolled down the highway at less than 10 miles an hour. It was pushed and pulled along by four diesel tractors, kind of like the ones that pull semi-trailers, but bigger. Planning the trip took about six months and it took about a month to get the generator to its new home.

Our road trip is over now, and we’re heading home. See you next time.

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The Civil Engineering Career – What’s Involved

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:19:45 +0000

If you have ever driven down a road, crossed a bridge, seen or been in a building, you have just experienced the work of a civil engineer. Civil engineering is one of the oldest forms of engineering known to man. The need for qualified engineers has continued to remain strong over the years and it is likely to continue as long as there is a need for public infrastructure. A civil engineering career looks to remain as one of the oldest and continually expanding careers in the engineering arena.

In order to embark upon such a career it is important that a person apply themselves at a college or university in order to earn the appropriate degree. A civil Engineering Career will encompass a wide variety of engineering disciplines. As a result earning an engineering bachelors degree will require you, as a student, to study a vast amount of engineering fields such as structural, construction, environmental, as well as a host of other engineering techniques.

If you are looking to have a career as a civil engineer you need to understand that there will be no one particular career path for you to follow; your career will undoubtedly go down a very diverse and winding road. When starting out it is most likely that you will have to take on an entry-level position. Often times, in the early stages of your career you might serve as a company’s eyes and ears on a specific project, usually on a construction project. As you move along in your career you may have the opportunity to manage, design and do more analysis of more complex and difficult construction projects.

Other paths to be taken during your career can include working on specific projects involving a community’s utility infrastructure. Designing terrain grading, drainage, pavement, water supply, sewer services, electrical services, and the like: all these and many more fall under the purview of a civil engineer.

Embarking upon a Civil Engineering Career means that you are likely to end up in one of many different positions. Your career could lead you to a construction site, a design laboratory, or any one of hundreds of places in need of a civil engineer. If you enjoy variety and flexibility in terms of the jobs you do and do not care about the locations of these jobs then it is a sure bet that a career in this particular engineering discipline might just be what the doctor ordered.

For information on how to best pursue a civil engineering bachelors degree go to http://www.bachelorsinengineering.com

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Honeywell to provide technology and system design for Shell

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:20:03 +0000

Honeywell signed a global five-year agreement to be a Main Automation Contractor (MAC) for Shell. Read More Related posts:Honeywell introduces SS361CT/SS461C sensor ICs Red Lion Controls appoints Amber Ungrady Director of Quality Honeywell upgrades ST 3000 pressure transmitter software Related posts:

ABB announces AC500-eCo PLC

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:20:03 +0000

AC500-eCo PLC comes with a comprehensive range of communication options, including Modbus master/slave or CS31.
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Honeywell introduces SS361CT/SS461C sensor ICs

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:20:03 +0000

SS361CT and SS461C Bipolar Latching Hall-Effect Digital Sensor ICs allow for the use of less expensive magnets. Read More Related posts:SICK initroduces OLM fine positioning sensor TURCK releases BIM-UNR magnetic cylinder position sensor WAGO announces JUMPFLEX 857-819 mV signal conditioner Related posts:

Manufacturing Tech Consumption Down in January

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:22:21 +0000

Consumption of U.S. manufacturing technology declined in January, ending a three-month upswing in orders for machine tools and related equipment, though sales remain significantly above year-ago levels.

Structural Engineering – A Guide

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:18:59 +0000

Humans are known for building some very interesting structures. Regardless of when and what is built, structural engineering has always been a critical part of the process.

Most any introduction to structural engineering will make mention of the pyramids of Egypt and Imhotep. Imhotep is the first engineer to be known by name. He was responsible for building an early pyramid around 2700 B.C. This would have been almost five thousand years ago. So, it is obvious that the ideas of structural engineering have been around for a very long time, but throughout the ancient world and into the medieval period, it was not a formal discipline. The wonder is that the early structural engineers were able to construct such large and impressive structures. They were the craftsman and the master builders.

Men of genius, like Leonardo da Vinci, were able to conceive of many of the designs that would become common in the field of structural engineering long before a true understanding of the scientific principals was reached. There was, certainly, much trial and error in the beginning. We do not know much about the projects that failed, or the collapses that were disasters. We only see the ruins of structures that were properly constructed and endured. The word “structural” comes from the Latin word “structus” that means “to pile, to assemble.” This gives a clue to the definition of structural engineering.

Structural engineering is a discipline within the engineering field that deals with the construction of buildings and other structures with a special interest in the ability of the structures to withstand load. The idea of load refers to any outside force that might threaten the stability of the structure. Load could be simple such as gravity or wind velocity. It could also be more complex such as structure integrity and the ability to bear weight. The structural engineer is very much involved in the design phase of a project. It is not only buildings, but any object that must be constructed to bear load and stress. The design of a machine or tool might require the services of a structural engineer.

Someone once defined structural engineering as the use of materials we do not understand to build structures that can withstand forces we can not conceive of while satisfying a public that has no idea what they are asking. There is some truth to this, perhaps, but structural engineering has made rapid strides in the last century. The list of buildings that have been built in the last 50 years is quite impressive. The use of the computer has been a big help to the field with its ability to model designs and predict stress.

Structural engineering does not get much publicity until there is failure. The collapse of a bridge in the United States recently made the news and focused attention on the structural integrity of bridges. The horrible collapse of the World Trade Center building also was a text book case of structural second guessing. The challenge of the structural engineer today is to make buildings and machines that can not only resist the ravages of nature, but also the deliberate attempts of man to destroy them.

Aazdak Alisimo writes about structural engineering for ProStructuralEngineers.com where you can find a directory of structural engineers across the country.

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