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Maintenance and Reliability in a Changed World Virtual Summit
MRO Magazine recently held its first-ever Maintenance and Reliability in a Changed World Virtual Summit, which allowed maintenance, reliability, and operations professionals to learn techniques to optimize their day-to-day maintenance activities.
Cooling the Quench
Patriot Forge “presses on” with advanced HDPE cooling towers to maintain optimum bath temperatures for quenching metal forgings and cooling hydraulic systems.
SPONSORED: Why It’s Important to Follow Service Intervals and Inspect Wearable Parts on Rotary Screw Air Compressors
When it comes to rotary screw air compressors, it is important to follow the prescribed service and maintenance program. A maintenance program is one of the most critical components of system management, since so many machines and functions within industrial facilities rely on compressed air. This helps ensure a smooth-running operation and helps prevent interruptions and unexpected downtime.
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.
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…
Main Electrical Substation Upgrades
BY Philip Chow and Bavan Poologarajah Design Considerations, Planning,…
Maintenance 4.0 Vs. CMMS
Maintenance 4.0 is synonymous with Industry 4.0 and Factory…
Types of Condition-Based Monitoring
Years ago, I wrote a vibration analysis article: It…
Canadian Truck King Challenge Conquers Mid-Size Trucks
The 13th edition of the Canadian Truck King Challenge…
What’s Up Doug: Preserving Assembled Bearings
Recently, I was asked was what to do with…
The Skinny on the Current State of Heavy-Duty Engine Oils
As environmental concerns permeate virtually every facet of the…
Benefits of Using CMMS Software
Hippo CMMS has been involved in maintenance management for…
Optimization Guide for CMMS Selection and Utilization
In order to fully realize all the benefits of…