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Wireless networking via 5G enables industrial companies to achieve fast communication, reliable data transmission, and flexible processes. Pepperl+Fuchs, a trusted provider of enterprise mobility solutions, has added a 5G device certified specifically for use in Zone 2/22 and Division 2 to its Smart-Ex® smartphone portfolio: the Smart-Ex 203.

As extreme heat continues to endanger millions of workers across the United States, workers, unions, worker centers, health and safety advocates, and community organizations are launching a coordinated Fired Up! National Week of Heat Action from August 10-16 to demand stronger protections from dangerous workplace heat and educate workers about their rights.

Most major oil and gas operators and national energy companies require custody transfer ultrasonic flow meters (USMs) to be calibrated using the exact project-specific meter run spool that will later be installed in the field.

When safety systems are consistently bypassed, it raises an important question: Are these systems designed for real-world use — or for ideal conditions that rarely exist on the shop floor?

U.S. manufacturing activity remained on a roll in July, expanding for the seventh consecutive month, according to the Institute for Supply Management.