Considering Flexible Automation? Try Our Complexity Calculator
We know many companies are considering flexible automation solutions to solve a variety of challenges such as labor shortages and safety concerns. Cobots are a type of flexible automation solution that boast easy deployability and the potential to be repositioned and repurposed within your facility. While some might believe that anyone can deploy a cobot due to its simple interface, setting up a dependable and consistently functioning cobot cell might still require the expertise of a skilled programmer.
But where to start? Do you buy a cobot and integrate it yourself? Do you hire an integrator? Something in between? The experts at Cross Automation built this complexity calculator to help you decide. Simply rate your application on a scale of 1 to 10 in areas like throughput, reach, payload and connectivity to discover the best path to automating your dull, dirty or dangerous tasks.
Top Tips for Truck Scale Maintenance
Whether you are receiving bulk ingredients over a truck scale or weighing finished product as it leaves your facility, the accuracy of your truck scale is essential to maintaining profitability. Regular scale maintenance, as well as periodic calibration, helps to ensure your truck scale is giving repeatable and accurate measurements.
Cross Precision Measurement has been selling, installing and servicing truck scales for over 75 years. Here are our top tips for truck scale maintenance to keep your scale in working order:
- Watch out for debris on, under and around your scale
- Make sure there’s no standing water
- Is your sump pump working?
- Is your gravity drain open and free flowing?
- Get rid of surface rust
- Check for cracks and holes
- Check the grounding cables
What's New at Cross
New gas detection partner: RKI Instruments
Cross Process Solutions is proud to announce that we have partnered with RKI Instruments to sell their fixed and portable gas detection products.
RKI is a wholly owned subsidiary of Riken Keiki, the largest gas detection and sensor manufacturer in the world. RKI offers a variety of wireless and wired fixed and portable gas detection solutions, as well as equipment for potentially explosive atmospheres and non-explosive for a variety of industries and gases.
The Cross Process Solution team is also highly experienced in all types of gas detection solutions. Get in touch today to talk about your particular application.
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Guide to Selecting the Right Pressure Sensor
Selecting the right pressure sensor for your application is critical to ensure optimal performance and reliability of your application. However, each application is different, from the environment to the media used to the accuracy requirements. But don’t worry, the measurement experts at Cross have put together this guide to help you easily figure out which pressure sensor is right for you.
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Raise Quality
In low-flow applications Coriolis-type flow meters provide superior accuracy independent of fluid properties like density or viscosity. However, due to their small orifice, they can deliver faulty or unreliable results if there is poor filtration or fluid contaminants prior to the meter.
Cross partner Brooks Instrument published this article in Chemical Engineering magazine which describes tips and tricks for filtration and clog prevention in Coriolis meters.
Improve Efficiency
With energy costs rising across the country, energy efficiency is a major concern for chemical companies. Cross partner ARI-Armaturen is a world leader in sustainable condensate management concepts to help slash energy bills. ARI steam traps ensure “good steam” is delivered within your process to provide efficient and economic heating, drying or concentrating while purging condensate, air and other incondensable gases.
Cross’s Process Solutions team can help analyze your particular application and recommend the right ARI Armaturen steam trap based on the needs of your process.
Reduce Risk
Looking to directly connect your devices and sensors in Ex Zones 0, 1 and 2? Not only can Ethernet APL from Cross partner Phoenix Contact be used in potentially explosive atmospheres but it’s also capable of bridging distances of up to 1km.
This means you can capture and analyze huge amounts of data from all around your plant, even in remote or hazardous areas. The data exchange is done via only two wires, reducing complexity with the option of also being able to supply power to connected devices on the same pair of wires.
