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Hygienic Design Delivers Cleanliness and Compliance
In food and beverage production facilities around the world,…
A Proactive Lifestyle for Your Machines – Focus on FLAB
Precision equipment care proactively targets the root causes of machine failure with the specific intent to increase equipment reliability. Proactively managing the mechanical and electrical aspects of fasteners, lubrication, alignment, and balance (FLAB) can increase equipment life, drive equipment reliability, reduce maintenance costs, and support an organization’s environmental sustainability objectives through improved energy efficiency.
Routine Maintenance on Production Equipment
Who Should Do It?
Optimizing Maintenance Work
To accommodate increased production volume during COVID-19 pandemic.
SPONSORED: Learn How the LOCTITE® Brand Was Born
Whereas industrial Loctite products are used in 800 different industries and applications, end-consumers value Loctite for its strong and fast-acting adhesives that are sold under the name of Super Glue. Let’s take a closer look at Henkel’s biggest brand: its history, its personality, and its magic.
Magnetism and Bearings
The question about allowable magnetism in bearings arose from…
2021 Ford F-150 Takes Things a Step Further
In what seems like ages ago, in January, Ford Motor Company held a drive event for its all-new Super Duty pick-up truck in sunny Arizona. Much has changed since that time, and as a result Ford held a virtual launch event for its most important vehicle, the all-new 2021 F-150 pick-up.
Designing Equipment for Maintainability and Reliability
Maintainability is the term used to describe the ease with which any piece of industrial equipment can be inspected, lubricated, tested, adjusted, or repaired. Sound equipment maintainability demands that any new piece of equipment is properly installed, with no shortcuts to complete commissioning and startup procedures.
Are You Using Coupling Tolerances to Align Your Machines? You’re Doing It Wrong
If we want to get into precision maintenance, we need to be aware of the differences between shaft alignment tolerances and coupling tolerances.
Maintenance Must Win Battles
Recently, I wrote an article on getting back to…
Not Just New – Better
Seeing sound with astounding accuracy is the future of leak detection in compressed air systems. Acoustic imaging includes ground-breaking technology that uses an array of tiny supersensitive microphones to detect sounds both in the human hearing and ultrasonic ranges.
Automotive Manufacturing and COVID-19
This time last year, automotive plants in Canada were making full use of their production lines to produce their new vehicles.
Lubrication Selection Based on Speed
Limiting speeds If you look at an old bearing…
Critical Resilience
Hardening Oil & Gas and Mining Facilities
Troubleshooting Industrial Pumps
Depending on design and application, pumps are fitted with…
Best Practice: Leave Supervisors Alone to Create Daily Schedules
Several years ago, a maintenance manager gave me critical…
Focus on Compressed Air Systems
This month, MRO is looking at compressed air systems…
Contaminated Lubricants are a Machine Killer
Contamination of lubricated equipment by dust, dirt, wear particles,…
Condition Monitoring: Leveraging big data to achieve maximum performance
How the internet of things, connected devices, and cloud…
Condition-Based Maintenance Will Not Stop Your Machines From Failing
By John Lambert The ultimate goal for anyone in…
