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Preventative Maintenance
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Should I Fret About Fretting Corrosion?
Fretting corrosion is often seen on external bearing surfaces (bore, outer diameter surfaces, and side faces) and the degree of fretting corrosion can vary. As a user should I “fret” about “fretting corrosion”? First, what is fretting corrosion? It is…
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While Montreal sleeps, every minute counts for subway maintenance workers
MONTREAL – In the early hours of the morning, when most Montrealers are asleep, below the city’s surface subway maintenance workers are in a race against time. Between approximately 1 a.m. and 5 a.m., more than 200 workers are dispatched…
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Self-Lubricating Bearings
Properly specified, self-lubricating bearings reduce maintenance costs, extend bearing life, and are more environmentally friendly. Motion system designers are increasingly outfitting round and profile rails with self-lubricating bearings that can significantly, reduce cost of ownership, improve performance and deliver virtually…
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Troubleshooting Gas Turbines
The objective of gas turbine maintenance is to maximize performance, improve maintainability and reliability, and reduce downtime. The objective can only be achieved by preventing turbine systems deterioration with an effective condition monitoring and maintenance program. This program must pay…
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Machine Alignment: Understanding Soft Foot
The success of your manufacturing business depends on machine reliability. One of the trickiest issues that can lead to plant disruption and impede workflow is the problem of soft foot. Soft foot occurs when the underside of one or more…
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Benefits of Bearing Remanufacturing
When it makes sense to remanufacture bearings instead of getting them new. Challenge A 1,000 MW coal-fired power stationidentified six pulverizer roll wheel bearings that needed replacement before the pulverizer could return to service, a very real problem since the…
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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…
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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
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Machine learning technology make legacy assets smarter
Automate machine learning by creating a data pipeline from legacy equipment.
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Motion Industries opens new distribution centre
Birmingham, AL – Motion Industries, Inc., a leading distributor of maintenance, repair, and operation replacement parts and a wholly owned subsidiary of Genuine Parts Company, has opened the doors for business at its new distribution center (DC) at 4401 D…
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Allow maintenance to break schedules and watch productivity increase
Why maintenance completes more work when it starts with the right goal.
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In good health – innovative applications for machine-learning tools
The application of machine-learning techniques is far-reaching. One industrial engineer takes asset performance improvement services off the beaten path.
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MRO Supply Chain – using digitalization to streamline processes and decision-making
Sada Haque says that the journey to become pioneers in our business objectives will greatly depend upon data-driven strategies, rather than gut feelings.
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Data as a practical problem solver
Maintenance optimization and reliability engineering in the age of digitalization.
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The role of reactive maintenance in your overall maintenance strategy
When it comes to choosing a maintenance strategy for your assets, it would be somewhat myopic to assume a rigid one-size-fits-all approach. Historically, businesses have relied more on reactive maintenance (also called run-to-failure or breakdown maintenance). However, to keep up…
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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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Fluke Corporation names new president of Fluke Digital Systems
Everett, Wash. – Fluke Corporation has named David O’Reilly President of Fluke Digital Systems (FDS), the business unit that manages the Fluke Accelix ecosystem of connected tools and solutions which includes Fluke Sensors, eMaint CMMS, and SCHAD Mobile Work Management…
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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…
