It’s as common as the cold – students attend an academic program for two or four years, learning all the theories about the subject they’re studying. They take tests, write reports and graduate with an immense amount of knowledge. But not much practical...
While several of our process control regulators rely on a dome filled with compressed air or a gas to control pressure, others operate with the help of a spring. Born on July 28, 1635, in England, Robert Hooke and his research are responsible for helping us understand...
When you’re requesting information for a pressure product on our website, you’re offered a choice of units: bar, inches of water column, PSI and a few others. You might recognize the end of two of the options as a name: kilopascal and megapascal. Who was Pascal? A...
In our new Manufacturing Disruption series, we highlight groundbreakers past and present who have made scientific and engineering breakthroughs that affect manufacturing. Boyle’s Law Robert Boyle by Johann Kerseboom, circa 1689. Robert Boyle was a 17th century...
Henry Bessemer, “Meyer’s Encyclopedia,” published 1906 In our new Manufacturing Disruption series, we highlight groundbreakers past and present who have made scientific and engineering breakthroughs that affect manufacturing. The Bessemer Process Although many...
The Kingda Ka roller coaster at Six Flags Great Adventure & Safari in Jackson, New Jersey, propels riders up a 456-foot-high hill, reaching 128 mph in 3.5 seconds. Built in 2005, it was the tallest and fastest steel coaster in the world until 2010, when Ferrari...
Do a quick web search for “microfluidics” and you’ll find information from scientific journals and specialized organizations, all discussing in-depth microfluidic applications without much explanation on what the phrase entails. It’s a challenging concept to grasp,...
Most of us at Proportion-Air have a more traditional commute–we drive to work, park our cars, and then return home. In McCordsville, Indiana, there aren’t many opportunities to see the future of transportation, even as it becomes more commercialized. That...
If you’re reading this right now, you’re doing it on a personal computer–either a smartphone, tablet, laptop or desktop. On the same device, you’re probably performing many more tasks, each with varying ranges of computational power needed. Ultimately, many of our...
Interested in Aerospace Bringing Exploration Back to America In space exploration, the phrase “what goes up must come down” can pose expensive results; traditionally, rockets split into segments during the launch process, resulting in one part in space and another in...
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