When hospitals improve their efficiency, everyone wins. Doctors, nurses, administrators, support staff, and most important, the patients win when hospitals are operating at peak efficiency. Inefficiency in any business will lead to reduced revenues, increased costs, and angry customers, and hospitals are no different. Patients end up waiting too long in the pre-op department or […]

During their careers, most intensive care unit (ICU) doctors will spend a lot of time using ventilators. They will be staring at the screens, making small adjustments, talking about them, and being appreciative that they exist. Because doctors and nurses in the ICU will spend so much time working with the machines, it’s remarkable how […]

Flow metering technology is always getting better. Manufacturers are always finding ways to improve their products, making them more precise and easier to monitor. Review these considerations when choosing a mass flow controller as you design your application. Each flow meter application is unique, and the selection of a mass flow controller shouldn’t be based […]

Complex motion control problems arise from fluid or gas power applications because no matter the medium, it doesn’t respond to control inputs in a linear way. The decision to use closed loop or open loop control depends on the feedback and how the motion system utilizes it. Closed vs. open loop control valves might perform […]

Pressure-control valves are found in practically every pneumatic and hydraulic system. They help in a variety of functions, from keeping system pressures below a desired limit to maintaining a set pressure level in part of a circuit. Different types of pressure control valves include relief, reducing, sequence, counterbalance, safety, and unloading. All of them are […]