Credit to Author: Roger Casellas| Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2019 14:16:37 +0000
There are many things that can cause a power outage, wildlife is one of those. Animal intrusion into utility and industrial substations causes a significant number of outages that are… Read more »
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Read moreCredit to Author: Georges Barbarin| Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2019 13:01:27 +0000
When older breakers become unreliable and maintenance costs rise, electrical engineers face a choice: replace aging switchgear or modernize it with an upgrade. In many cases, an upgrade is the… Read more »
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Read moreCredit to Author: Peter Herweck| Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2019 15:42:23 +0000
According to a McKinsey Digital Manufacturing Global Expert Survey, more than 60 percent of respondents in China, Germany, and the United States are more optimistic about the potential of digitization… Read more »
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Read moreCredit to Author: Nathalie Marcotte| Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2019 21:31:47 +0000
Moving toward a more digital, connected manufacturing enterprise has tremendous benefits, but getting to that point does not seem easy. Most companies are operating with at least some obsolete or… Read more »
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Read moreCredit to Author: Jose Angel Rios Blanco| Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2019 13:27:18 +0000
Energy distribution modernization requires a coordinated, strategic, research and development effort, and an implementation that involves collaboration between public and private sectors. Economic growth and prosperity, national security and the… Read more »
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Read moreCredit to Author: Martin Turk| Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2018 16:13:51 +0000
Executives responsible for managing Oil & Gas downstream operations are being tasked to come up with new ways to either cut costs or generate higher revenues over the life of… Read more »
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Read moreCredit to Author: Paul Fox| Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2018 17:36:01 +0000
Customers often ask me why an electrical shutdown is needed for a modernization project. Most say they can’t afford downtime. But here’s why a scheduled outage is absolutely necessary. While… Read more »
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Read moreCredit to Author: Lucas Icandri| Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2018 09:53:08 +0000
Over 3.5 billion passengers fly each year – that’s more than an average 9 million passengers every day around the world – and air traffic is expected to increase in coming years. To meet the… Read more »
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Read moreCredit to Author: Gabriel Arce| Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2018 14:44:39 +0000
Most circuit breaker life cycles are based on periodic maintenance inspection and operation specified in the manufacturer’s circuit breaker instruction manuals in order to have longevity. However, as technology, reliability,… Read more »
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Read moreCredit to Author: Giovani Zaccaro| Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2018 14:47:40 +0000
“Reduce, reuse, recycle” — the 3Rs — is a familiar phrase that reminds people to make environmentally responsible decisions. For power distribution systems, there’s another important R — retrofit. Retrofitting… Read more »
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Read moreCredit to Author: John Boville| Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2018 18:34:57 +0000
Part 1 of this 4-part series introduced ways in which increasing digitization might improve plant operations. Part 2: how IIoT can improve the productivity of reactive, preventive, predictive and proactive… Read more »
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