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Technical Bulletin: Enhancing Wildfire Safety with Temperature-Sensitive Labels on Electrical Infrastructure
Wildfires pose a growing and increasingly costly threat to electrical infrastructure worldwide. As global temperatures rise and extreme drought conditions become more frequent in fire-prone regions, utility companies and power generators face escalating risks from vegetation contact with overhead lines, transformer overheating in high-ambient conditions, and the ignition of vegetation by failing electrical components. Temperature-sensitive labels offer an under-utilised but highly practical tool
- Temperature Indicators Staff
- Tags: electrical monitoring NERC overhead lines temperature labels transformer utility infrastructure wildfire mitigation wildfire safety
Proactive Train Bearing Temperature Monitoring with Temperature Indicator Labels
Railway bearing failures are one of the most serious mechanical hazards in rail operations. When a wheelset bearing overheats and seizes, the consequences can range from a vehicle withdrawal from service to a derailment — with severe safety and commercial consequences for the operator, infrastructure manager, and passengers. Proactive monitoring of bearing temperatures is therefore not just a maintenance best practice but a safety imperative, and temperature indicator labels offer a practical, c
- Temperature Indicators Staff
- Tags: axle box bearing temperature HABD hot axle box detector railway railway maintenance rolling stock train bearing
Is Your Canning Facility Ready for a Retailer Audit? Time-Temperature Indicators and Documentation
Retailer and supermarket audits are among the most commercially significant quality events a canning or bottling facility faces. A successful audit maintains and can strengthen the commercial relationship with major retail customers. A failed audit — or worse, a product recall triggered by an inadequacy identified during or after an audit — can result in delisted products, contract termination, and reputational damage that extends far beyond a single customer relationship. For facilities that pr
- Temperature Indicators Staff
- Tags: 21 CFR Part 113 BRC canning food safety retailer audit retort SQF SteriTec thermal processing time-temperature indicators
Water Test Strips for Food Processing: Monitoring Water Quality and Sanitiser Concentrations
Water quality is a fundamental food safety concern in any food processing or food service operation. Water is used as an ingredient, a heat transfer medium, a cleaning agent, a cooling medium, and a vehicle for chemical sanitisers — and in each of these roles, its chemical composition and microbial status directly affect food safety and product quality. Water test strips provide a fast, simple, and cost-effective method of monitoring key water quality parameters on-site, without the need for lab
- Temperature Indicators Staff
- Tags: BRC chlorine monitoring CIP food processing HACCP PAA QAC sanitiser concentration water quality water test strips
