THE BUSINESS OF VISCOSITY BLOG

If your business depends on processes where fluids are dispensed, whether they be adhesives, sealants, potting compounds, coatings, lubricants, or even just water, you know the importance of control.  Control of volume, control of flow rate, control of placement – all have a significant impact on the cost and quality of your output.

Topics: Manufacturing, cost of temperature, Fluid dispensing systems, Temperature control, Point of Application, coil coating, sustainability

Topics: cost of temperature, Temperature control, Point of Application

Whether consumer direct or B2B, every market has its own unique trends that define the requirements for success.  In response to these trends, you enact processes specifically designed to effectively serve your customers, gain a competitive advantage, and remain profitable.  But trends shift over time as customers react to the changing world around them.  You may perceive this as negative, as your customer’s needs conflict with the operational and profitability goals of your business.  But what if this can BE your competitive advantage?

Topics: cost of temperature, Temperature control, coil coating, sustainability

Whether or not you believe that humans have a significant impact on climate change one thing is certain; climate change is moving our industry toward sustainability. In the May 2013 edition of Paint & Coatings Industry Magazine, the article Sustainability Drives ECS sums it up,

Topics: Temperature control, Point of Application, sustainability

“Awareness is half the game.”

Topics: Manufacturing, cost of temperature, Temperature control

What would you do if you visited a manufacturing/production plant that had spent hundreds of millions on world-class robotics and automation, employed the finest people, and ran what appeared to be the most efficient process; yet at the same time was leaving millions of dollars on the table every year because they were missing a simple solution?

Topics: Manufacturing, Temperature control

Whether at work, at a party or cookout, or any other time people come together, it’s only a matter of time before the most common topic of conversation arises: the weather. As summer’s first true heat wave has swept through the US, it reminds us all of just how much the seasons impact temperature.

Topics: cost of temperature, Temperature control

It’s not what you know that hurts you; it’s what you think you know that ain’t so.

Topics: Manufacturing, Temperature control, Saint Clair Systems

As anyone with experience in manufacturing will tell you, the creation of any product requires strict adherence to a very specific formula.

Topics: Manufacturing, cost of temperature, Fluid dispensing systems, Temperature control

What if we told you your company may be throwing money away because the fluid dispensing operations in your manufacturing process is varying a few degrees?

Topics: Viscosity, Manufacturing, cost of temperature, Fluid dispensing systems, Temperature control, Saint Clair Systems