Cats are smart. That's a commonly held belief by many, especially those who live with them. Scrappy and Princess, our two feline housemates, each forked out the $18 fee and aced the Mensa Home Test (https://www.us.mensa.org/join/mht/), but neither has managed to pass the supervised admission test, mostly because curiosity always gets the best of them and they end up staring out the window at the whimsical air, which inevitably leads to cleaning and napping. Maybe they're just not genius-smart.

This newsletter focuses exclusively on compressed air and compressor systems.

ISSUE HIGHLIGHTS: CALCULATING COMPRESSED AIR EFFICIENCY | ESTIMATING COMPRESSED AIR USE

My feet still hurt. After two days at the International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS) in Chicago's McCormick Place, I'm pretty sure I'd walked more miles than Harold Fry.

Make no mistake. Manufacturing in the United States and abroad is alive and well, and so is the technology to automate it. The last count I'd heard had the event flirting with 100,000 registrants for the trade show and conferences. It was indeed a sea of attendees flooding the venue's 470,000 square ft.

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ISSUE HIGHLIGHTS: CALCULATING COMPRESSED AIR EFFICIENCY | INTRODUCING ASK THE EXPERTS

This newsletter focuses exclusively on compressed air and compressor systems.

ISSUE HIGHLIGHTS: KEEP COMPRESSED AIR PRESSURE UNDER CONTROL | YOUR COMPRESSED AIR LEGACY

This newsletter focuses exclusively on compressed air and compressor systems.

ISSUE HIGHLIGHTS: KEEP THE COMPRESSED AIR LINES DRY | INTERVIEW WITH A PRODUCT

Welcome to Targeted Training. Every week, we'll highlight a new training course from our Maintenance Management and Skills Training knowledge center. This week's training course is Fundamentals of Compressed Air Systems from Compressed Air Challenge.

This newsletter features certification, e-learning, skills and management training courses.

This newsletter helps plant professionals stay up to date on industry developments.

ISSUE HIGHLIGHTS: COMPRESSOR EFFICIENCY AT THE DIRTY 30 | MAINTENANCE FROM THE CLOUD

Plant Services is an MRO (maintain, repair, replace, retrofit, overhaul and operations) publication that features problem-solving editorials and articles related to a variety of plant issues. Plant Services magazine features articles, news items and case histories written by industry insiders, including David Berger, Peter Garforth, Sheila Kennedy, Russ Kratowicz, Joel Leonard, Tom Moriarty and Paul Studebaker.