8 Seminars on Material Handling Now Available in Online Training for Engineers |
March 07, 2010 |
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Posted by Don Dunnington at 06:38 PM | Comments (0) |
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The seminars include downloadable class notes and a self administered quiz with answer sheet. The seven-day subscription allows the purchaser to watch and review a video class as many times as needed. Classes last about 50 minutes and can be viewed online for just $39 US for a seven day subscription, a real bargain considering what most online training classes and webinars of this quality cost. I expected that cost would be the main motivator for the growing trend in online professional training. Likely recession-driven cuts in travel and training budgets have stimulated some growth in online training, but I learned that speed and the convenience of 24/7availability seem to be the leading factors. "The ability to get fast access to the information you need and view it on your own schedule have been a huge benefit to engineers who have taken the courses, Powder and Bulk Dot Com publisher Joe Taylor told me. "One of the best examples was an email I got just a few weeks ago from an engineer in Europe. He went to our Online Training Center to get a crash course on the options available to solve a particular bulk material flow problem and prepare himself for a presentation to management the next day." Joe said this example of "just-in-time training" has emerged as one of the more compelling benefits of professional online training. He said lecturers are available to answer questions via email, phone and fax. "Those who attend our classes can pause the video at any time to fire off a question to us," Joe said. "Some really productive dialog has resulted." More seminars are in production. They will feature other leading industry experts and cover a wide variety of process industry operations. Current classes include:
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More Fabulous Things (Including Industrial Machines) Are on the Way |
January 28, 2010 |
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Posted by Don Dunnington at 05:23 PM | Comments (1) |
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Most observers instantly declared both fabulous, though a few found fault with some iPad details. You’d have to be on an extended trip to another planet to miss the news of Apple’s iPad, the long-anticipated tablet computer that may do to book, magazine and newspaper publishing what iTunes did to the music business.
Seth Godin is a prolific writer with ten books and one of the longest-running, most-read and most influential blogs of all time. Many are already declaring his book Linchpin the most important book Godin has written, that it will be life changing for those who read it and world changing for the works that ensue. This post is not a book review, or a review of Apple’s latest cool technology. It’s an alert. It’s a sign of new possibilities in the midst of all our angst over economies and policies and things that may blow up with little or no warning and we’re standing too close. This week Steve Jobs and Apple demonstrated once again that we can still invent cool tools that are fun to use, and in the process transform whole industries. And this week Seth Godin introduced us to a Manifesto of Fabulous: a guide, a map and an energizer for how each one of us, individually and collectively can make our own fabulous things. You can find a hint of what was to come in his new book in this brief post from his blog dated November 8, 2009. It’s titled simply "Fabulous"
Fabulous Industrial Machines
In every one of these examples you’ll find people who reached beyond the common to achieve results that set a new standard in industrial equipment. And in every example, there are users around the globe, who when they encounter one of these machines in the field, are saying, "fabulous." Those who buy and read Linchpin may find themselves among those riding at the top of the growing wave of fabulous that Godin sees coming. Don Dunnington |
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This week, two possibly world-changing launches took place: On Tuesday Seth Godin introduced his latest book 
Essentials of Modern Measurements ---- Book Review |
January 27, 2010 |
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Posted by Joe Lewis at 10:27 AM | Comments (0) |
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I have completed much of the Level Measurement section, Section 5, which begins on page 229 and continues through 273. I have a few observations and constructive comments regarding this section of the book: ABSENCE OF POINT LEVEL SENSING. Well I guess some folks don’t consider point level “level measurement” and in the strictest possible sense of the phrase it is arguable. However, even third-party market research firms such as Venture development Corporation include point level with continuous level when assessing the Process Level market. This subject should have been included, especially given the introduction of several point level products from a variety of companies rated for SIL-2 use, such as this unit from Magnetrol. I also point to the recent recommendation by the board that reviewed and assessed the aftermath of the Buncefield accident late in 2005. One of the conclusions stated that the failure of the inventory measurement sensor system and the absence of a separate overfill detection and prevention system may have been contributing factors to the accident. Point level sensors have a place within the “level measurement” arena. FOCUS ON DP, RADAR AND ULTRASONIC. I do agree that these are very important technologies. I also concur that Radar, whether in its contact guided wave form or non-contact form, is the fastest growing technology for level measurement. DP and Ultrasonic also are large segments and heavily used. However, the absence of any discussion about Magnetosrtictive technology, Displacers and only a limited discussion on RF Admittance capacitance type sensors was disappointing, and those are for liquid apps. In addition, the category of smart weight & cable inventory systems, like all else for solids, was absent as well. I definitely recommend this book as one of the better reference books available. However, I do feel and wished the above deficiencies would have been corrected before publishing. Joe Lewis |
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“Essentials of Modern Measurements and Final Elements in the Process Industry” is a new book assembled by author Gregory K. McMillan, with a host of contributing writers. I first became aware of this new book from a post at 
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