Pumps play a vital role in countless applications and industries. In power plants, these hardworking machines are responsible for circulating cool water, raising condensate pressure, moving wetted ash, and much more. As industrial pumps use a significant amount of …
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Load Pins in Mobile Working Machines To Prevent Overload
Jeff Placek | ForceIn mobile working machines, overload conditions – especially on the booms of cranes, hoists, and lifts – can result in serious safety and operational problems. Force measuring instruments, such as WIKA’s F53 series of thin-film load pins, can help save time, …
How to Monitor and Maintain a Hydroelectric Plant for Optimum Efficiency
Jeff Placek | ApplicationsA hydroelectric power plant requires constant monitoring for it to operate safely and efficiently. Another essential is regular maintenance, which reduces unplanned downtime and lengthens a facility's lifespan. WIKA has a comprehensive portfolio of high-quality …
How Does a Hydroelectric Plant Work: A Brief History and Basic Mechanics of Hydropower
Jeff Placek | Know-howThe modern hydropower plant is a wondrous innovation based on millennia of human ingenuity. This article, the first of a three-part series, explores this technology's history and the basic mechanics of how a hydroelectric power plant works. Humans have long …
WIKA’s Digital Pressure Gauge: Optimum Solution for Hydraulic Power Units
Jeff Placek | PressureA major engineering company has a customer with very exacting requirements for the pressure instrumentation needed in its mobile hydraulic power units. WIKA’s CPG-1200 digital pressure gauge was the robust, highly accurate device both parties were looking for. …





