In today's competitive economic climate, business managers must leverage every advantage in order to succeed. One area that retail owners and managers often overlook is the customer experience created at the point of sale. While everyone knows that customers do not like standing in line to check out, only cutting edge business people realize that this last moment of contact is often the defining moment of the shopping experience for many...more
During the summer season, people would be constantly trying methods to beat the scorching heat. There are numerous choices like installing a misting system for bringing down the atmospheric temperature to desirable rates. Also you can create a fog system by forcing water through a high pressure pump which would be connected to very fine nozzles. Through this nozzles micro fine water particles would be spurted out. This mist would evaporate...more
Sump Systems - The Titans of Filtration Diving Deep – Advanced Aquarium Discussion Sump Systems - The Titans of Filtration Volume I – What are sumps & what benefits do they provide? What is a sump, and how does it work?A sump is essentially a container that is lower than, and which receives drainage from the aquarium. This is done in a continuous cycle, where the aquarium constantly overfills so that it is forced to drain through the drain pipe down into the sump, and is then pumped back up to the aquarium thus starting the cycle over again. (See Diagram Below)What benefits come with sump filtration?A sump is much more than just a container of water below the aquarium, and having a sump system has some great benefits: Increased Water VolumeIncreasing the water volume of your aquarium by adding a sump is a great way to make your system more stable. For example, if you were to accidently add too much food to your twenty gallon aquarium, it would have less negative impact on the aquarium if you had a sump containing an extra five gallons of water; diluting it by roughly 20%. Even the amount of waste your fish produce becomes diluted by the extra water in the...more
Pumps with mechanical seals that seal rotating shafts are used in many industries, starting from pumps in home heating and food industry to petrochemical and nuclear plants. Since a mechanical seal is a device with wearing parts, unless it is serviced from time to time, it will ultimately fail.A failure of a mechanical seal will most often mean...more
Do you want to save some money when it comes to taking care of your lawn? One of the best ways to conserve not only water but also your time and money is to use a timed lawn sprinkler system. In fact, a timed sprinkler system is actually better for the lawn itself, allowing it to reach its peak greenness with a minimal amount of watering,...more
It may surprise you to know that most of us will utilise an EPOS on a daily basis and yet there is probably quite a few people who don't even know what an EPOS is. That is mainly down to the fact that there are so many acronyms today that it is difficult to keep up with what everything means.EPOS stands for Electronic Point of Sale and basically that in short means a till or checkout. If you have been to the supermarket today or just down to the local shops then it is more than likely that you have utilised the services of a till that is electronic and computerised. The EPOS retail sector has expanded rapidly over the last few years with more and more companies making the switch to more technically advanced versions of the till system.There are even a number of EPOS retail systems now that allows customers to serve themselves. Simply by scanning in their products across the barcode and paying via the allocated cash or card slots. Obviously this has in some cases made checkout easier and quicker to manage and maintain and also there is a requirement for less employees. One member of staff can sometimes supervise up to four self service checkouts. Obviously though with the EPOS...more
Skoda Fabia and Octavia get 4x4 systems Skoda has had a very good 2010, it aims to sell more cars this year than it has ever done before. It has already sold 702,400 units which is an increase of 12.3% on last year. Last month (November) alone...more
This is Part I of a multipart article that explores the causes of pneumatic conveying system performance problems. Part I reviews system throughput troublespots. Future installments will focus on the potential problems resulting from product and...more
How Do Fuel Delivery Systems Work? In this day and age, most adults drive a car. Yet, it is hard to find someone who can tell you much about how their car actually works. Though you do not need to know every little detail of you car's inner...more
NFL Betting Systems Explained For a novice bettor, NFL betting can be very confusing. There are a lot of terms that you will be encountering, but don't let the complex jargon get you down. When you understand these terms, you will no doubt be...more
Domestic Water Purification Systems and How To Select The Best Type If you want to protect your health and that of your family, domestic water purification systems can provide the answer. The problem is that today there are many different...more
Inventory Tracking Systems With Regard To A Complete ERP Package With the advancement of enterprise resource preparing (ERP) in manufacturing, the turn was produced by software package developers to create a better way of preserving inventory....more