On the United States Navy Hospital Ship Mercy, Yokogawa's YS1500 Indicating Controllers are used to control two Foster Wheeler boilers supplying steam to 2 GE turbines to generate 18.3 MW of power. Arjay Automation https://arjaynet.com ..read more

Currently the Duncan Company/Arjay Automation is operating with full capability. We have implemented plans that will allow most of our Customer Service Staff to work onsite or remotely. We have asked our Outside Sales Reps to work from home. We have taken steps within our organization to keep our Warehouse (Shipping and Receiving) and Automation Shop fully functioning. As an “Essential Service Provider” as deemed by the State of Wisconsin and Illinois we will stay open. We serve the food, pharma, energy, chemical, water, paper, material waste industries, and other critical manufacturing. It ..read more

OMICRON is a worldwide provider of  innovative products and services used by the electrical power industry for testing, diagnostics and monitoring of assets worldwide. Each year they host a tutorial and workshop that focuses on the engineering and commissioning of IEC 61850 in protection, automation, and control, as well as the cyber security in electrical power systems.  This year (2020) the event runs May 19 through May 21, and it is held at the OMICRON Academy Training Center in Houston. It costs $595 to register which includes course material, breakfast, breaks, lunch, Continuing Techni ..read more

Millions of dollars are wasted every day in combustion processes in the power and co-generation industries: in kilns, smelters, ovens and similar applications. Combustion losses are insidious because the processes operate normally while hiding operation inefficiencies. In the average process, operators and management can’t easily identify the large amounts of fuel being wasted. An efficiency audit will reveal problems that raise operation costs. Santa Rosa, California company Air Monitor Corporation has published a helpful guide outlining the top four challenges to combustion efficiency and ..read more

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"Christmas gift suggestions: To your enemy, forgiveness. To an opponent, tolerance. To a friend, your heart. To a customer, service. To all, charity. To every child, a good example. To yourself, respect." — Oren Arnold ..read more

Within a plant, field instrumentation and actuators are the sensors of the process and the point at which the process automation system detects, measures, and responds to process conditions, including pressure, temperature, flow, and level. Process manufacturing plants of any size and complexity typically need thousands of field instruments, valves, actuators, and other devices. While critical to plant operations, field instrumentation is often purchased ad-hoc and based on the lowest initial cost. Yokogawa measurement and control products include a full line of flow meters, differential pre ..read more

The HES HART to Ethernet Gateway System by Moore Industries converts signals from wired HART devices to Ethernet MODBUS/TCP and HART-IP. The HES offers a flexible and economical way to gather process data and instrument diagnostics from just one smart HART instrument, or several in HART digital multidrop networks, and share it over an Ethernet infrastructure with MODBUS/TCP or HART-IP hosts. This enables fast and seamless connectivity for the advanced monitoring of critical process variables and parameters. Features Available with multiple channels. HART Multiplexer Capability. Compatible w ..read more

Veterans Day honors all of those in our military, past and present. Through the observance of Veterans Day, we remind ourselves of the bravery, sacrifice, and selflessness of those who took an oath to defend the United States and our Constitution, from all enemies, foreign and domestic. Arjay Automation thanks our Veterans for serving our country and protecting our freedom ..read more

Sanitary control valve by Cashco Reprinted with permission from Cashco. Packing flange: A device that transfers the deforming mechanical load to the packing follower. Packing follower: A part which transfers the deforming mechanical load to the packing from the packing flange or nut. Packing lubricator assembly: A device for injection of lubricant/sealer into a lubricator packing box. Pinch or clamp valve: A valve consisting of a flexible elastomeric tubular member connected to two rigid flow path ends whereby modulation and/or shut off of flow is accomplished by squeezing the flexible ..read more