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Preventative Maintenance
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Address the skills gap by designing the training opportunity from scratch
Roy F. Huetl knows firsthand that the best way to learn something is to do it. It’s a mantra that the York Region Director of Operations, Maintenance and Monitoring, Environmental Services, has revisited many times over his 35 years spent…
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Wrench Time – How to improve maintenance productivity
Wrench time explains why a company can get a 50 per cent boost in maintenance productivity! That means a good workforce completing 1,000 work orders each month could become a superior workforce completing 1,500 work orders per month, for free!…
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Bentley Systems announces Year in Infrastructure 2018 Conference
Exton, Pa. — Bentley Systems, Incorporated, a leading global provider of comprehensive software solutions for advancing infrastructure, today announced that the Year in Infrastructure 2018 Conference will be held October 15 – 18 in London at the Hilton London Metropole.…
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Thermal imaging and ultrasonic testing are important tools in your PM program.
A well-executed preventative maintenance program is the cornerstone of every plant’s asset management strategy. Ensuring that equipment is regularly serviced and tested helps mitigate the likelihood of an unexpected failure and associated downtime. While a number of plant systems and…
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Suncor says Syncrude maintenance turnaround planned for April to start early
Calgary – Suncor Energy Inc. says an eight-week maintenance project at Syncrude that had been scheduled to begin in April will start Thursday. The company says advancing the turnaround will permit Syncrude to deal with an unrelated issue which has…
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The Maintenance Engineer’s Guide to Industrial Actuators
Actuators provide the push and pull of industrial automation. If something is moving on the plant floor, odds are good that an actuator is involved. Actuators vary according to the type of energy that drives them, with electromechanical, hydraulic and…
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Using virtual reality to train industrial workforce
Houston – Honeywell announced a cloud-based simulation tool that uses a combination of augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) to train plant personnel on critical industrial work activities. With as much as 50 percent of industrial plant personnel due…
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Time has come for national big data strategy, tech leaders tell governments
Ottawa – Tech leaders are challenging the federal Liberal government to get serious about reaping the rewards of one of the next big frontiers in the information revolution: big data. Canadian CEOs and academics have been pushing Ottawa for months…
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Government takes another step to ban asbestos with new, proposed rules
Ottawa – The federal government has laid out a tough set of proposed new regulations to prohibit the use, sale, import and export of asbestos and products that contain it, as well as the manufacture of products containing the cancer-causing…
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Adoption of IIoT-based smart bearings spurs growth of European bearings market
London – The European bearings market is witnessing steady growth. Factors stimulating growth include the adoption of sophisticated bearings with improved performance and demand for bearings with longer service life, higher efficiency and lower maintenance requirements. On the other hand,…
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Manage failure – Integrate CBM information to optimize decision support
The Situation A bearing fault! With gear noise! Okay, this is bad and it’s on a large planetary gear set. I quickly (well, quickly for someone relatively new to vibration) put together a report showing the issue. This was one…
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Maximization of IIoT technologies in test & measurement to enable smart testing
Santa Clara, Calif. – The emergence of Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and its implementation in test and measurement is expected to transform the industry. Through digital connectivity, the use of test equipment can be maximized, improving the quality of…
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MRO Tip – Work completion rates
Scheduling for a week at a time to give each crew supervisor a simple batch of work greatly improves work order completion rates. This batch of work has enough planned hours to match the available labour hours. The batch gives…
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At your service – Extracting value from maintainability
As a tradesman, “maintainability” wasn’t a word I thought about when something was inaccessible or removals required a contortionist with a handful of various extensions. I used different words. They were eloquent strings of disjointed words that clearly demonstrated the…
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SKF expands remote diagnostics program for rotating equipment
Gothenburg, Sweden – SKF is expanding and simplifying its software as a service offering to help its customers and SKF service partners by focusing on increasing performance and productivity, while reducing the time spent working to identify complex equipment faults.…
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Tipping Point – transforming industrial maintenance through IoT
In an increasingly complex manufacturing ecosystem, researchers count information-rich, streamlined process optimization and speed among the drivers behind cost reduction in the new connected value chain. Yet, for many organizations, a digital transformation strategy is still generally missing – the…
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What’s Up Doug? Severe service bearings
There are many severe applications in the world and some are specialized to certain industries. When it comes to bearings, most companies are split into business units that generally serve three main industries: Aerospace, Automotive and Industrial. There is no…
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A game plan for unexpected electrical power outages
Stories of mass disruptions caused by electrical power outages make front-page news. We hear about extreme weather events, such as Hurricanes Katrina (2008) and Sandy (2012) and the Ontario Ice Storm of 2013 that cause widespread power outages due to…
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Retrofitting – Taking the next smart step with your VFD
As VFDs continue to inhabit the industrial and commercial landscapes around us, there comes a time when everyone realizes the finite lifecycle of their investment. Far too often this recognition happens during an unplanned failure or fault. Most experts in…
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One day lubrication fundamentals seminar with STLE in Hamilton
The STLE (Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers) Hamilton Ontario chapter is hosting a one day educational seminar on Thursday, November 02, 2017 at the Scottish Rite Club in Hamilton. The theme for the day-long event is “Lubrication Fundamentals.” Subject…
