Category Archives: Journal Article

The summer issue of Valve Magazine features a comprehensive overview of plastic valves by Alan Black, Equilibar’s lead application engineer and product manager. During the 1950s and 1960s, plastics represented a future filled with progress and possibility, as was famously captured in Dustin Hoffman’s first movie, The Graduate. “I have one word for you,” a Read More

Oligonucleotide drugs are made up of short sections of genetic sequences and are used to target disorders in the genetic code. The first drug of this type was used in 1998 during the AIDS epidemic. Since then, the field has accelerated rapidly and today many oligonucleotide drugs are in clinical trials, promising improvements in treatment Read More

A few weeks ago, TIME magazine released their inaugural TIME100 Climate List, which focuses on leaders around the world who are making meaningful and practical progress in addressing climate change. Equilibar is exceedingly proud to have collaborated with three of these. While the list includes five categories, it seems especially appropriate that Equilibar’s connections are Read More

Equilibar’s Diane Jacober wrote a timely cover story for Valve Magazine’s Summer 2023 issue that focuses on pressure control for the alternative protein market. I have been following the exciting progress of alternative proteins for about a year now. It is impressive to see the field’s explosive growth, which is driven by both environmental and Read More

The November issue of Process Instrumentation magazine features a cover article by Ryan Heffner, single use technology manager for Equilibar, that provides a comprehensive overview of fluid control options for the fast-changing pharmaceutical industry. Researchers responding to the COVID epidemic dramatically accelerated the rate of change in the pharmaceutical industry as they developed vaccines and Read More

An intriguing case study focusing on a novel method of level control was published in the September 2021 issue of Process Instrumentation Magazine. Co-authored by Jeff Jennings of Equilibar and Armand Bergsma of Pressure Control Solutions, the article explains how direct-sealing diaphragm back pressure regulators can address multiple challenges that high throughput applications often encounter.  Read More

Here in North Carolina, March means basketball. The NCAA Tournament —aka March Madness—is a highlight of the year, and after the 2020 contest was abruptly cancelled due to COVID-19, North Carolinians are more excited than ever to watch high-level college hoops. At Equilibar, we have two March Madness traditions. One is hosting a lively interoffice Read More

Equilibar was featured on the cover of the November issue of Flow Control Magazine for the article, “Beyond the classroom: an expanded view of flow control.” Written by Equilibar’s Jeff Jennings, the article explains how innovative developments over the past 20 years have resulted in new ways of taking advantage of the interaction between flow Read More

The June issue of Processing Magazine features a useful and detailed article on innovative vacuum control for chemical processes that was written by Equilibar President Jeff Jennings. The article gives an overview of the impactful role that vacuum technology has played in industry. For more than a century–from Edison’s light bulb to silicon chips–vacuum technology Read More

An exciting case study featuring oil well injection in the Bakken Basin of North Dakota was published in the June 2020 issue of Flow Control Magazine. Co-authored by Diane Jacober of Equilibar and Christopher Duffield of Intermountain Electronics, the article explains how direct-sealing diaphragm valves offer practical advantages for difficult flow control applications, especially those Read More