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Machinery and Equipment Maintenance
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Care, Custody and Control
The hand off to and from operations. Transitioning an asset between operations and maintenance is an often-overlooked risk. This has been a point of failure in most industries I have been involved with regardless of mobile or stationary equipment. This…
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Maintenance Fundamentals
Manufacturing plants need to get back to the basic fundamentals of maintenance. In recent articles I mentioned how manufacturing plants need to get back to the basics of maintenance. We are all spending time doing root cause analysis, equipment liability…
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NTN Celebrates Centennial
NTN held a gala celebration recently at the Omni King Edward hotel in Toronto, Ontario to celebrate its centennial, as well as 50 years of operations in Canada. “We are so proud of this milestone,” said Paul Meo, CEO and…
Chorus Aviation wins heavy maintenance contract with Latvia’s airBaltic
Halifax – Chorus Aviation Inc. says it has signed a deal to perform heavy maintenance work for Latvia’s airBaltic. Financial terms of the agreement were not immediately available. Under the deal, Jazz Technical Services will provide airframe maintenance for airBaltic’s…
In alignment: Troubleshooting rotating equipment alignment problems
Misalignment of machine shaft centrelines cause up to 50 per cent of machine vibration problems and are the result of two common conditions. Parallel offset misalignment is a condition where the centrelines of the two shafts do not meet, whereas…
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HARTING Canada Hosts Annual Media Day
HARTING Canada recently held its annual Media Day at the Cluny Bistro in Toronto, Ontario. The event gave those in attendance a sneak peak at some of the products the company is working on. Ashley Smith-Heine, Vice President of Sales,…
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Workflows and Swim Lanes
A structured work order process keeps us going with the current. About 20 years ago, while I was helping a car parts manufacturer north of Ottawa with its maintenance software, I realized they were missing something fundamental in the way…
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Skills Competitions Take Place in Toronto and Edmonton
Skills/Compétences Canada recently held skills competitions for aspiring skilled trades participants in Toronto, Ontario and Edmonton, Alberta. Eaton has been a corporate supporter of Skills Ontario for the past several years and has provided competition products for the Skills committee…
PTDA Adds New Member Companies
The Power Transmission Distributors Association (PTDA), the association for the industrial power transmission/motion control (PT/MC) distribution channel, added four new member companies. Two distributor and two manufacturer members were added, they are: MISUMI USA, currently serves over 240,000 customers worldwide by…
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Rittal Named to Best Workplaces in Manufacturing in Canada
Rittal Systems Ltd., has been named to the 2018 Top 10 Best Workplaces™ Manufacturing list for the second consecutive year. Rittal was also recently named as one of the Best Workplaces™ in Canada. “This great honour of being declared as…
Retirement Day – Developing asset renewal strategies
Industry tends to stick with ingrained misconceptions on asset renewals. Commonly held statements, such as “haul trucks last 20 years” or “plants are designed for a 30-year lifespan” persist. But misconceptions pose risks. A renewal program enables an organization to manage the final lifecycle phase of assets in a proactive way
Bank of Canada raises rate, predicts economic resilience despite trade risks
Ottawa – Undaunted by expanding trade risks, the Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz raised the interest rate Wednesday and signalled the economy’s resilience is keeping him on a hiking trajectory. The quarter-point increase, the central bank’s first move in…
Bombardier’s C Series aircraft officially renamed A220 as it joins Airbus family
Montreal – Bombardier Inc.’s name will no longer appear on its C Series jet, which has been officially renamed the A220 as it joins the Airbus family of commercial aircraft. The name change comes after Airbus officially took a majority…
Trade pain: Small companies hit by import, export tariffs
New York – Time and effort have gone down the drain for Steve Gould, who is scrambling to find new customers for his gin, whiskey and other spirits since the United States has taken a tough stance on trade issues.…
Michelin agrees to buy Quebec off road tire maker Camso for US$1.7 billion
Montreal – Michelin says it has reached agreement to purchase Quebec off-road tire maker Camso for about US$1.7 billion. The French-based tire giant says the acquisition will create the world’s largest off-the-road division. Camso, a privately held company based in…
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Machine learning technology make legacy assets smarter
Automate machine learning by creating a data pipeline from legacy equipment.
NTSB: Damage during installation led to oil pipeline crack
Amherst, S.D. – The National Transportation Safety Board says a fatigue crack caused last year’s rupture of the Keystone oil pipeline in South Dakota. The NTSB said in a report released Thursday that the crack likely originated from mechanical damage…
Retaliate or not? Canada’s tough decision in the event of U.S. tariffs on autos
Ottawa – Industry leaders say the federal Liberal government will face a complex decision – with deep economic consequences – if the U.S. makes good on its threat to slap 25-per-cent tariffs on Canadian-made cars and trucks. Ottawa recently retaliated…
Bombardier stands to benefit from Chinese tariffs on U.S.
Montreal – Chinese retaliatory tariffs on U.S. products are expected to have mixed impacts on Canada’s agriculture sector but an aerospace analyst says Bombardier stands to gain from duties against U.S. small aircraft. Richard Aboulafia of the Teal Group says…
Recorded footage provides protection after fleet traffic collision
When one of Ontario-based recycling collection firm, Advantage Waste’s front loader garbage trucks was involved in a traffic collision with a reckless car driver; a lack of witnesses meant local police had little choice but to write off the incident…
