| 331 | Buying A Cell Phone – Making Smart Choices Preview: Whether you’re buying your first cell phone, upgrading to a newer one or contemplating a new cell phone plan, it’s a good idea to thoroughly research your purchase. There are a multitude of companies, cell phone plans and rates available. You can pick from family plans, prepaid time cards, and plans tailored to your specific needs. The list, li... (more) Published By: Lillian Fuller Submitted: 06 November,2004 |
| 332 | What to Look for Inside your Steam Boiler? Preview: A steam boiler is a pressure vessel with a difference. The vessel is subjected to heat stress of expansion and contraction, internal and external corrosion, as well as intense heating on some of its surfaces. If we are not careful, the steam pressure can rise up very high, and it can become a potential bomb! Because of this, steam boilers h... (more) Published By: Thomas Yoon Submitted: 06 November,2004 |
| 333 | Belts that Squeeze Preview: Belts have many uses in the running of equipment. The most common belts are used to transmit power from a prime mover (usually a motor) to another rotating machine. Have you heard of belts used for removing water from sludge? Yes, there is a type of equipment used in wastewater treatment that uses belts to remove water from sludge. It's ca... (more) Published By: Thomas Yoon Submitted: 06 November,2004 |
| 334 | Blow Away Your Soot! Preview: A boiler that has been running for a long time is sure to have soot deposits on its tubes and furnace. This is especially prominent in boilers using heavy fuel oil for burning. Although the fuel will be heated and filtered before combustion, it still contains a lot of impurities. The by-products of combustion as well as imperfect combustion ... (more) Published By: Thomas Yoon Submitted: 09 November,2004 |
| 335 | Steaming Manhole Preview: Boiler inspections are necessary in order to find out the effectiveness of the boiler water chemical treatment. It is also useful to detect any faults or potential weakness in the steel structures, plates and shells so that accidents can be avoided. However, even entering the boiler for inspection can be a safety hazard if you are not careful! ... (more) Published By: Thomas Yoon Submitted: 09 November,2004 |
| 336 | Cooling Towers - the Industrial Workhorses Preview: Industrial Processes usually produces a lot of heat. Air-conditioning also removes heat from the indoor areas through heat exchangers. Where does all the heat go? All these heat has to be removed. If you are not near the sea, you have to use cooling towers to cool down your warm water. Cooling towers make use of air currents to cool warm water... (more) Published By: Thomas Yoon Submitted: 10 November,2004 |
| 337 | CleverDocs for IFAs - Compliance, Relationship and Document Management system specifically for Independent Financial Advisors Preview: Cost of compliance with new FSA regulations can now be reduced The additional cost of compliance with the new FSA (Financial Services Authority) regulations for insurers can now be contained thanks to Accounting Products (www.accountingproducts.co.uk) enhanced customer relationship/document management software CleverDocs for IFAs. Accounting Pr... (more) Published By: Sarah Seddon Submitted: 10 November,2004 |
| 338 | Simple Sealing Solution for Pump Shafts Preview: In this issue, we will focus on a much simpler way of sealing a rotating shaft of a pump. It's by using gland packing. This method of sealing has been in use for a very long time, and is still being used today. There are advantages and disadvantages in using them. Perhaps the first and foremost reason for replacing them with mechanical seal... (more) Published By: Thomas Yoon Submitted: 12 November,2004 |
| 339 | Google Alerts Gets Going Preview: © 2004, John Calder http://www.TheEzine.net Do a search on Google today, and you may see an offer to "...Get the latest web results on (your search) emailed to you with Google Web Alerts." Marketers should be quick to realize this can be a useful way to monitor your own business, your competitors, your markets, and search results for your keywor... (more) Published By: John Calder Submitted: 12 November,2004 |
| 340 | Vital Chemicals for Cooling Towers Preview: Cooling towers are used to cool down hot condenser water taken from chillers of air conditioning systems. The cooling effect of cooling towers are attributed to the evaporation of the water when it is blown through by air from the fans. After some time of circulating through the cooling towers, the water becomes more and more concentrated wi... (more) Published By: Thomas Yoon Submitted: 12 November,2004 |
| 341 | Mechanical Seals for Zero Leakage Preview: A centrifugal water pump contains a few basic components as follows: 1) The housing for containing the water. 2) The impeller attached to a rotating shaft that moves the water. 3) The coupling that transmits the rotating action of a motor (or other prime movers) to the pump shaft. 4) The seal between the housing and the rotating shaft. 5) The... (more) Published By: Thomas Yoon Submitted: 12 November,2004 |
| 342 | Just the Right Timing Preview: How does the engine know when to spray fuel, let in air, compress the air, and exhaust the spent combustion product? Obviously, there must be a certain timing for these processes to follow in order for the diesel engine to work. If the fuel were to be injected when the air inside the cylinders is not sufficiently compressed, it will not ignite.... (more) Published By: Thomas Yoon Submitted: 12 November,2004 |
| 343 | Getting the Power to Control Preview: One of the advantages of using machines to control processes for you is that you can harness tremendous amounts of power and energy which humans do not possess. By a flick of a switch, huge sliding flood gates can move to allow large quantities of water to flow out of a dam. With just a slight twist on a handle, supertankers weighing hundre... (more) Published By: Thomas Yoon Submitted: 12 November,2004 |
| 344 | Transducers - The Remarkable Changers Preview: Complex control systems all make use of signals that can be easily measured and altered remotely. Automatically operated machines or actuators need to be powered either by electrical motors, pneumatic or hydraulic cylinders. The most common signals sent out from a transducer are electrical current or voltage and pneumatic pressure. These s... (more) Published By: Thomas Yoon Submitted: 12 November,2004 |
| 345 | Easy Way to Troubleshoot Pump Problems Preview: In any problem analysis, we have to specify the problem, check whether there is any deviation from the normal condition, identify the possible causes, evaluate the possible causes and then confirm the true cause. Pumps or other machinery will give tell tale signs when they are not working properly. An observant pump user will be able to avo... (more) Published By: Thomas Yoon Submitted: 12 November,2004 |
| 346 | Simple But Powerful Centrifugal Chillers Preview: Centrifugal chillers are used for cooling large buildings in a centralized air conditioning system. There are other types of chillers using screw compressors and reciprocating compressors. These are usually smaller in size. Today's topic is about centrifugal chillers - the ultimate choice for any air conditioning installations higher than 50... (more) Published By: Thomas Yoon Submitted: 12 November,2004 |
| 347 | Controls - The Building Blocks to Automation Preview: As man learns to make machines that no longer rely on animal or human power, he finds that he has to develop some means to manage and control them. Powerful machines let loosed by themselves will create havoc and destruction. Control systems have been developed for machines or processes so as to reduce the chances of failure and to provide t... (more) Published By: Thomas Yoon Submitted: 12 November,2004 |
| 348 | Do Your Customers Want a Custom Toolbar? Preview: © 2004, John Calder http://www.TheEzine.net Today's surfers aren't always too comfortable installing software on their computers. Especially free software that they don't necessarily understand. With all the horror stories of viruses, spyware, and adware that make the front page these days, it's no wonder. So is there any way an Internet market... (more) Published By: John Calder Submitted: 12 November,2004 |
| 349 | Google Wants a Place on Your Desktop Preview: © 2004, John Calder http://www.TheEzine.net Some time ago, Microsoft announced that desktop based search was going to be integrated into future releases of their Windows operating system. Knowing this, search-engine mover & shaker Google has released a beta version of their Google Desktop Search software. It's available for download now, and wi... (more) Published By: John Calder Submitted: 12 November,2004 |
| 350 | What’s All This DAB Radio Stuff Anyway? Preview: DAB digital radio is the new medium for sound broadcasting. Now well established in many countries around the world, new DAB radios are hitting the market. While these new radios are still a little more expensive than those that receive the older analogue AM and FM transmissions, they offer the significant improvements that come with DAB digital r... (more) Published By: Ian Poole Submitted: 15 November,2004 |