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Machinery and Equipment Maintenance
MRO Virtual Summit A Success
MRO Magazine recently held its first-ever half-day virtual summit.…
Military to fly old rescue planes longer as COVID 19 delays new aircraft
OTTAWA – The Royal Canadian Air Force is being…
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.
Safety board says poor maintenance caused ship fire off Haida
RICHMOND, B.C. – The Transportation Safety Board says a…
MRO Virtual Summit
MRO Magazine’s Maintenance and Reliability in a Changed World Virtual Summit is set to take place on Thursday.
Routine Maintenance on Production Equipment
Who Should Do It?
Landing gear maintenance issue behind 2018 Dash 8 crash landing at N.L. airport
(CP) STEPHENVILLE, N.L. – A safety report says the…
Optimizing Maintenance Work
To accommodate increased production volume during COVID-19 pandemic.
Magnetism and Bearings
The question about allowable magnetism in bearings arose from…
Fire ravages ship for 2nd day; sends acrid haze over city
(AP) SAN DIEGO – Flames tore through a warship…
Managing Maintenance and Reliability Part 2
GUEST: James Reyes-Picknell TOPIC: Managing Maintenance and Reliability Part…
Investigator says Canadian pilot impaired by fumes in Sydney crash
(CP) CANBERRA, Australia – A Canadian seaplane pilot was…
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.
Ejection seat tangled with parachute in Snowbirds crash: Investigators
OTTAWA – A military investigation has found that the…
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.
Bower Type E Bearing Units
NTN Bearing Corporation of Canada Limited added the Bower…
OPINION: Positives Emerge Amid COVID-19
EDITOR’S LETTER (June 2020 issue of MRO Magazine) As…
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.
Bad chocks, brake training blamed for crash to prime minister’s plane
OTTAWA – Military investigators have revealed the sequence of…
Carrier New Healthy Buildings Program
Carrier has introduced the Healthy Buildings Program, a suite…
