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Machinery and Equipment Maintenance
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Maintenance Challenges
Within the oil sands ore prep pit. Few industrial environments have as many challenges as those faced in the Canadian oil sands. Harsh and unforgiving weather combined with demanding schedules, abrasive ore and a very remote location all culminate into…
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Mining – Conveyor Pulley Bearing Sealing
One of the most common pieces of equipment on a mine site is a belt conveyor. No matter what mineral is being extracted, this piece of equipment generally will be present in some form. Depending on the complexity and length…
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Learning Management Systems – Resources for our Resources
LMS is software that allows maintaining of training and resource documents on an electronic platform. This issue of MRO is dedicated to the resource sector and how it services needs in facilities, industries and factories. When thinking of resources in…
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CTMA Breakfast Seminar Discusses USMCA, Tariffs
The Canadian Tooling and Machining Association (CTMA) recently partnered with BMO and Deloitte to host a breakfast seminar at the Galt Golf and Country Club in Cambridge, Ontario. The topic was USMCA and Steel/Aluminum Tariffs The Good, The Bad, The…
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Heavy Equipment Bearing Lubrication
Heavy-duty applications require a unique lubricant choice. When we think of heavy equipment we think of large pieces of equipment that are generally slow moving and subject to environments that are dirty, wet and generally treated roughly or expected to…
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Troubleshooting Failure Modes
Protecting industrial shaft seals from failure. Industrial shaft seals in rotating machinery primarily function to retain lubricant, exclude contaminants (such as dust or moisture), separate media (including lubricant), and/or confine pressure. In turn, they protect bearing arrangements, optimize bearing service…
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PEMAC Names Award Winners at MainTrain Conference
As part of the MainTrain conference, Plant Engineering and Maintenance Association of Canada (PEMAC) held an awards dinner at the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa, Ontario. The first-ever PEMAC Maintenance Team of the Year – Large Organization award was presented…
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PEMAC Hosts MainTrain Conference in Ottawa
Plant Engineering and Maintenance Association of Canada (PEMAC) recently held its MainTrain conference at the Brookstreet Hotel in Ottawa, Ontario. The theme for 2018 was Connect, Learn, Contribute. The event hosted nearly 200 attendees with 37 total presentations, 33 exhibitors…
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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…
