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High Velocity Oxy-Fuel Spray Technology
This article describes HVOF technology and the development of the process at Painted-Post. The rapid advancement of High Velocity Oxy-Fuel HVOF spray coating technology since its introduction over 10 years ago has led to many diverse applications. These applications range from the aircraft and automotive industries, to paper and petroleum....
Modernizing a Proven Reciprocating Compressor Line
In this paper, Dresser-Rand recognized the need to modernize their proven heavy process reciprocating compressor line. The company considered key factors such as manufacturing economics, reliability and ease of maintenance during the design stage. The result was the design of four cylinder lineups. Improvements were also made in the frame...
Probabilistic Estimation of the Effect of Dimensional Tolerance for Turbine/Compressor Blade Attachment
The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate a concept of decision making and discuss the implication of results. Stress evaluation though important is secondary for this paper. Finite element technique has been employed to estimate stresses. Root attachments of rotating blades of a turbine or a compressor often have...
Machinery & Process Control Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC)
This paper describes about three blind Local Control Panels (LCP's), one Remote Control Panel RCP and four Remote Operator Interface Stations (ROIS's) which are provided for the control and monitoring of six equipment trains in a Heavy Oil FCC Fluid Catalytic Cracking process at the Yanshan Petrochemical Refinery near Beijing,...
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Jobless Rate at 5-year High
By Glenn Somerville WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. unemployment rate unexpectedly shot up to 6.1 percent in August, the highest in nearly five years, as employers cut payrolls for an eighth straight month and a decline in labor markets accelerated. The Labor Department...
Dell Plans to Sell Computer Factories: Report
(Reuters) - Dell Inc DELL is trying to sell computer factories around the world in efforts to cut cost and improve profitability, the Wall Street Journal said. In recent months, Dell has approached contract computer manufacturers with offers to sell the plants, the...
Services, Productivity Up But Job Market Weak
By Burton Frierson NEW YORK (Reuters) - The dominant U.S. service sector improved last month and businesses boosted productivity in the second quarter but evidence of labor market weakness overshadowed other data the day before a key jobs report. The Labor Department said...
Offshoring Is So Over
Airport baggage carousels can provide telling glimpses of what's happening in the economy. In 2004 I was waiting for my bags with a guy who was coming back from South Korea. His company was moving its factory -- including all the specialized equipment in it -- from Massachusetts to South...
Currency Trade Overview: Dollar's the Place To Be
The LFB submits: Overall: While stock markets traded the Peak Growth theory, currency traders apparently decided the dollar was still the best place to be. The weekly report on unemployment claims showed that the number of people continuing to receive benefits rose to the highest in five years. Meanwhile, even...
Can TRW Automotive Escape the Michigan Mess?
The Simplified Investor submits: The problems plaguing the Big Three American auto makers in 2008 have been well-documented. The push for flashy SUVs that guzzle gas but impress at the suburban strip mall caused Ford, GM, and Daimler to shift production towards these bigger cars, but these divisions have...
Fed's Fisher Says Not Certain Inflation Will Ease
By Alister Bull HOUSTON (Reuters) - U.S. economic growth is softening amid still fragile financial markets, but it is not clear that this will curb inflation as hoped, a top Federal Reserve official said on Thursday. "While it seems pretty clear that economic...
Oil Price and Wage Hikes Changing Offshoring Equation
Research Recap submits: McKinsey has weighed in on the topic of how higher oil prices and wages are eroding the manufacturing advantages of Asian nations. As Research Recap reported in May, CIBC World Markets estimates that in 2000, when oil prices were near $20 a barrel, the...
Car Sales Fall to Record Weakest August Since 1966
By Christina Fincher LONDON (Reuters UK) - New car registrations in Britain had their worst August in more than 40 years last month, industry numbers showed on Thursday, adding to what was already a gloomy week for Europe's car producers. The monthly survey showed new registrations...
Two More Nails in the NAND Coffin?
Trade Radar Operator submits: As if there wasn't enough bad news circulating around NAND chip pricing, we have the following two items of note:ThinkPanmure analyst Vijay Rakesh released a research note today. He indicates NAND spot pricing for 8Gb and 16Gb chips, among the most common types, are down...
Service Sector Seen Shrinking in August
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. service sector likely shrank modestly in August, as a pullback in consumer spending pinched retailers and other non-manufacturing industries for a second straight month. The Institute for Supply Management's index on national service activity likely...
McBride FY Profit Drops as Input Costs Bite
LONDON (Reuters UK) - Household and personal product maker McBride MCB posted a 30 percent fall in annual operating profit as rising raw materials costs took their toll, but it said it made a satisfactory start to the new fiscal year. The company reported adjusted operating...
Turning Those Ideas into Cash!
This is one of the key messages from "Innovate 2008: Is the Tide Turning?", a report on innovation released by Boston Consulting Group. "It is worth pointing out that only 20 percent of companies considered a shortage of great ideas to be the problem... Most companies, in...
Czech City Bids to Be Global Biotech Hub
By Michael Kahn BRNO, Czech Republic (Reuters) - Just a few steps from the monastery where Gregor Mendel pioneered the field of genetics some 150 years ago, Czech officials hope to nurture their own biotech revolution. The plan is to turn Brno, a...
Victoria Growing at Almost 5%: Govt
The Victorian government says the financial outlook for the state is positive with the economy growing by 4.9 per cent in the past year.National accounts figures out Wednesday show the Victorian economy grew by 1.8 per cent in the June quarter and 4.9 per cent in the year to...
NeoStem Receives Asia Investment
ChinaBio Today submits: NeoStem, Inc. NBS completed a $1.25 million private placement from RimAsia Capital Partners, a pan-Asia private equity firm. This appears to be RimAsia’s first investment in a Western company. Previously, RimAsia's invested in China-based enterprises involved in pharmaceutical manufacturing, drug delivery systems, coal blending, print media...
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