What’s in A Measurement Database?

March 29, 2010 Uncategorized

Or..Consolidating measurement-related website databases We are thinking seriously of restructuring three of our measurement websites to provide easier to find resources and news outlets. If you have any feedback, We’d certainly appreciate your comment(s) below. For instance, it doesn’t seem efficient to maintain fixed, reviewed resource & supplier links to online measurement resources on three [...]

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How to Sequence a Genome: Introduction

March 20, 2010 Education

Animated and narrated segments presenting all the essential steps in sequencing a genome. From the NHGRI’s Online Education Kit: Understanding the Human Genome Project. About NHGRI If you like this, then try these…Why Opticals Are Obsolete..Speed of Response (Chapter 3)Thermocouple TutorialWhy Opticals Are Obsolete..Reflected Thermal Radiation (Chapter 4)

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Thermocouple Tutorial

March 10, 2010 Calibration

Do you understand Thermocouples? http://www.youtube.com/user/ControlEngineeringTV Control Engineering Editor Peter Welander demonstrates the concept and use of thermocouples, including one made from scrapbox components. (10 minutes). I think this is a lot cooler than the TV ads for Sprint mobile that Dan Hesse makes (in MHO). Way to go, Peter! To learn more about thermocouples visit [...]

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Top Ten Indian Video Engineering Lectures

March 7, 2010 Education

NPTEL, India’s National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning, has developed over the past two years an enormous group (Uploads=4361, as of 7 March 2010) of online, advanced leaning video lectures. They are aimed to enhance the quality of engineering education in the country by developing curriculum based video and web courses. This is being carried [...]

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A flow meter calibration rig

February 28, 2010 Calibration

A Tour of the ABB’s Stonehouse flow meter calibration rig in the UK Here’s a video of something that few get to see or appreciate, a calibration rig for a large, industrial flow meter calibration facility. This one is a very large one, for flowmeters up to 3000 mm (nearly 10 feet) in diameter at [...]

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The Coriolis Flow Measuring Principle

February 23, 2010 Education

Born in 1792, the French mathematician and physicist Gustave Gaspard de Coriolis was the first to describe the force that history has named after him. This force is particularly noticeable in rotating systems. The experiments and simulations shown in this film illustrate what it’s all about, courtesy of the YouTube video by the Endress & [...]

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The Thermal Flow Measuring Principle

February 15, 2010 Education

One my major consistent interests in 30+ years of experience in Industry & Science has been education on measurement devices and their uses. Many engineers & scientists have limited resources in the area of measurement. Most are concerned with getting a process running and under control. Now the Web and its many educational and training [...]

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Commissioning a New Sensor

January 27, 2010 Measurement Basics

Original Article dated: Dec 17, 2008 By: G. Raymond Peacock, Temperatures.com Inc. During the past year, I’ve been discussing some of the best practices required to successfully add a new sensor to your operations. This month, I’ll examine the next to the last step in the process: commissioning the sensor. In this phase, you’re simply [...]

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Installing Your New Sensor

September 29, 2009 Measurement Basics

This is the tenth essay in a series on Sensorsmag.com. It is reproduced here with permission of SensorsMag a Questex Media Group, Inc. publication. The format has been slightly changed to make it easier to read online. Nov 18, 2008 By: G. Raymond Peacock, Temperatures.com Inc. Most people believe the least demanding part of making [...]

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Solar For Water!

September 27, 2009 Education

New solar-powered water purification method shown during the G20 meetings in Pittsburgh “Inexpensive solar-powered water purification promoted” A solar-powered water purification system demonstrated on Wednesday by a New Castle (PA) company on the eve of the Group of 20 summit could combat a growing world health crisis: access to clean water. “Our vision is to [...]

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