Kathy Smith
Harper is blind to buy-Canadian benefits
Canada’s beleaguered shipbuilding industry is going to receive a $35-billion facelift over the next 30 years. This is welcome news for an industry that has for years faced uncertainty.
Automate pressure calibration
Version 4.0 of COMPASS for Pressure software advances to transfer standards characterizing racks of sensors.
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Easy automation reporting
Dream Report, is a real-time reporting generator you can use out of the box but works effectively with professional databases.
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Gas and liquid control
Parker Hannifin’s Porter Instrument Division has expanded its P-Series area flow meter line to accommodate greater flow rates, temperatures and environmental conditions.
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Thermocouple calibration
Omega’s CL540ZA simulators check and calibrate all thermocouple instruments.
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Long-distance temperature points
Measure multiple temperature points in distant plant locations with the YTMX580, a wireless multi-input temperature transmitter from Yokogawa Corp.
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Go with the flow
Operators of process plants measure electrically conductive liquids remotely and in real-time with Endress+Hauser’s Promag 53 electromagnetic flow meter.
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Vacuum measurement
XacTorr digital capacitance manometers from Brooks Instrument minimize drift, resist diaphragm contamination and minimize thermal effects in vacuum measurement applications.
Prosperity and free-market capitalism
A recent week began with a speech at a major Western Canadian university, followed by business meetings in Montreal where I walked past an “Occupy” protestor encampment.
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Lightening up with MuCell
Ford has reduced the weight of the instrument panel (IP) in its all-new Escape using for the first time a special injection-moulding process that creates micron-sized cells.
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Get your head in the cloud
Cloud or “adaptive” computing is one of several emerging technologies that offers strategic advantages relevant to companies across many industries.
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Heating with solar
Perforated glazing on solar panels ups the collection efficiency of energy, even on white walls.
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Intern strategy
Develop partnerships with colleges and universities to train candidates and hire the best ones to fill skill gaps.
Marketing Tips: Strategies for success
Savvy senior executives understand that creating a clearly defined competitive strategy makes their marketing tactics much more effective.
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Business interrupted
Protect yourself with insurance that shields revenue streams ordinarily used to pay fixed costs.
