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Fluid Controls Institute Articles on Piping Elements

Check this out: the Fluid Controls Institute Technical Resources Page. If you have to select piping elements, the papers will help you. Things like: Strainers Instrumentation Control Valves Safety Vales Tracing Steam Traps If you need a practical read on … Continue reading

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Who gets promoted and why?

I just read Who Gets Promoted, Who Doesn’t, and Why: 10 Things You’d Better Do If You Want to Get Ahead. It had an interesting way of looking at things, to help you be promotable. I  thought I would share … Continue reading

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Insulation Design Programs (Free)

Ever had to select insulation for a new pipe, or estimate the energy losses from pipes and equipment? Or do the economic justification for thicker insulation? Try either of the two free programs in this post. Try out 3e Plus … Continue reading

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Engineering Job Satisfaction and Women in Engineering

Got a couple of interesting links today, one on the levels of job satisfaction (happiness at work) of engineers, and another on women in science technology engineering and math (STEM) careers. First off: the Engineering Job Satisfaction Article by Mechanical … Continue reading

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Format databases and tables with Magic/Replace

I found a free tool that will automatically, intelligently let you format tables of data or databases: Magic/Replace Basically, you feed it columns of data, and make a change to the first row. And then it will do it’s best … Continue reading

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