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Outsourcing Facilities: Environmental Monitoring and Controls Critical in Drug Compounding
Drug compounding is the process of combining, mixing, or altering pharmaceutical ingredients to create a medication tailored to an...
MSC
May 18, 2023
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MSC Project Throwback: Vapor Recovery Unit Renovation
The year was 1981, and MSC had been contracted to gut and refurbish several Edwards Engineering explosion-proof gasoline vapor recovery...
Pete McGrath
May 1, 2023
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Ionocaloric Cooling: Will This New Breakthrough Replace Harmful Refrigerants?
Scientists at the Dept. of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have developed a promising new refrigeration process that uses...
MSC
Apr 17, 2023
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MSC Service Call: Finding an Elusive Propylene Glycol Leak with Dye
During a monthly HVAC preventive maintenance visit to a large manufacturing facility, an MSC service technician noticed that the level of...
MSC
Mar 31, 2023
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Hiring Good People
Mechanical Service Corporation founder and company president Harry Hartigan has always said, “If you hire good people that want to work...
Pete McGrath
Mar 15, 2023
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MSC Design/Builds Complex Projects for Special Environments
Among the various HVAC, process cooling, and building automation services provided by MSC, design/build is one that many clients might be...
MSC
Feb 27, 2023
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Understanding MERV and ASHRAE's Recommended Filter Value
The Minimum Efficiency Reporting Value, commonly known as MERV, is a standard developed by ASHRAE that measures the overall effectiveness...
MSC
Feb 13, 2023
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MSC Always Answers the Call
Since the day in 1978 when Hartigan Refrigeration officially became Mechanical Service Corporation, MSC has made itself available to...
Pete McGrath
Jan 30, 2023
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Addressing Lingering HVAC Problems with "Design/Repair" Projects
An MSC service technician arrived at our client’s manufacturing facility early one morning to perform HVAC preventive maintenance and was...
MSC
Jan 16, 2023
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HVAC Plays an Integral Part in Preventing the Spread of Smoke and Fire Via Air Handling Systems
Fire codes in most jurisdictions require duct smoke detectors to be installed on the supply side of air handling units of more than 2,000...
MSC
Dec 29, 2022
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Cannabis Odor Mitigation: Some NJ Cultivators Learning the Hard Way in Fast-Emerging Industry
As a populous state that’s long been at the forefront of industry and agriculture and where air pollution and odor emissions are heavily...
MSC
Dec 14, 2022
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Your Closed-Loop HVAC/R System May Have a Dirty Secret
Closed-loop HVAC/R systems, which include chilled water, hot water preheat, hot water reheat, condenser water, glycol economizer...
MSC
Dec 1, 2022
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"MSC is for people who are looking for real solutions"
This testimonial, which appeared for many years on our website, came from a famed New Jersey telecommunications company and longtime MSC...
MSC
Nov 15, 2022
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Benefits of Testing, Adjusting, and Balancing
Testing, adjusting, and balancing (TAB), also known as air and water balancing is a method of regulating air supply, return, and exhaust,...
MSC
Oct 25, 2022
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MSC Provides Fan Stall Diagnostics and Repair
When a fan is selected for a given application, the expectation is for steady air flow and pressure with little fluctuation. Certain...
MSC
Oct 11, 2022
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Benefits of Humidification
Winter is almost here, and maintaining the proper relative humidity (RH) levels at home and in work environments is very important during...
MSC
Sep 27, 2022
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The Truth About Airside Economizers
The airside economizer is a mechanical device that draws in fresh outside air when temperatures are cool enough, enabling building owners...
MSC
Sep 13, 2022
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Plate and Frame Heat Exchangers
A heat exchanger is a system used to transfer heat between two fluids, either liquid or gas, without the media coming in contact or...
MSC
Aug 23, 2022
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Process Air System Diagnostics and PM
MSC recently came to the aid of a large North Jersey manufacturing plant experiencing problems with airflow and distribution in a...
MSC
Aug 5, 2022
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MSC Focuses on Specialized HVAC Systems for NJ Cannabis Cultivation
Cannabis cultivation requires tightly-controlled environmental conditions in which temperature, humidity, and air filtration are...
MSC
Jul 20, 2022
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