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Preventative Maintenance
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Test & Rewind – Electric motor maintenance
Regular inspections, maintenance and finding the right shop to repair critical motors will reduce costly, unplanned shutdowns.
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Roll-In replacement circuit breakers provide refurbishment options that minimize downtime
Aging electrical power distribution systems often contain legacy switchgear that have reached end-of-life conditions. Preventative maintenance shutdowns can prove difficult and cause concern about not being able to reclose circuit breakers and restore power when the shutdown is complete. With…
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Book Review – Physical Asset Management
Reading Dharmen Dhaliah’s book, Physical Asset Management: An Organizational Challenge, can alleviate some of the drudgery associated with figuring out what needs to be done and who needs to be involved in an asset management plan. The book explores how…
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Road Safety at Work Week March 6-10
Richmond, BC – Employers are responsible for the safety of employees when they drive for work regardless of who owns the vehicle they drive. Fleet van or personal sedan, if the vehicle is used for work, it is a workplace and that…
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Society for Maintenance & Reliability Professionals (SMRP) sports a new identity
Atlanta, GA – The Society for Maintenance & Reliability Professionals (SMRP), a nonprofit professional society with over 5,500 members, today introduced a new visual brand identity and website emphasizing the growth of the society into a global leader in the…
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The power of predictive maintenance
The benefits of predictive maintenance shouldn’t be underestimated, as this example, featuring the Marine Division of Caterpillar, shows. The division serves fleet operators of tug boats and shipping vessels for whom fuel usage often drives the bottom line, writes Bernard…
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Anticipate failure through condition monitoring
“In most cases we won’t be monitoring our equipment continuously. We’ll do it periodically on a fixed frequency – say once per shift, daily, weekly or monthly. How do we choose the frequency? This is where condition monitoring involves a bit of informed guesswork.” —James Reyes-Picknell
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SKF destroys 15 tons of fake bearings
Counterfeit bearings with a market value of approximately EUR 1 000 000 were destroyed in Greece, following the successful completion of legal proceedings commenced in 2009.
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Master the basics of cleaning and degreasing
Throughout my career I often found that the lack of applied basic practices is often the root cause of many issues. Equipment cleaning and degreasing seems at first glance hardly worthy of consideration. Find the least senior worker and send…
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Webinar – Order Measurements in Condition Monitoring
Join UE Systems for their first webinar of 2017 where Ron Newman of Pruftechnik will present “Order Measurements in Condition Monitoring.” Order Normalizing, Order Tracking, and Order Analysis are distinctly different vibration measurement techniques which are unfortunately often considered synonymous.…
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Vibration diagnostics to analyze radial vibration at the bearings ensures best balance
Since September 1996, the at-speed balancing bunker in Sulzer’s Houston Service Center has been performing a critical service for clients from all over the world. As an integral part of the diagnostic and repair process for large rotating components, this…
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White paper reveals how to detect bearing damage at the earliest stage
Hansford Sensors, a leading manufacturer of vibration monitoring equipment, has published a new white paper that reveals how to use envelope signal processing to pinpoint bearing failure at an early stage. The new white paper is a must read for…
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How to select the proper industrial shaft seal for an application
For all rotating machinery in plants across industries, shaft seals play critical roles in protecting bearing arrangements and contributing to the reliability of equipment and systems. Proper sealing ultimately provides an effective defense in keeping machines performing as intended. The…
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Valve plant gains understanding of Industry 4.0 by becoming a reference factory for customers
Festo is applying new technologies and systems in a planned strategy to showcase its own machines and products as they are being used to build, yes, its own machines and products. It’s all under the umbrella of a strategy called…
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What is more important: a focus on reliability or focus on maintenance practices?
MRO’s Counterpoint columnists took to the stage at this year’s MainTrain conference, which was held September 19 – 22 in Toronto. The annual conference, organized by the Plant Engineering and Maintenance Association of Canada (PEMAC), is Canada’s largest maintenance and…
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Debunking four condition-based maintenance misconceptions
Condition-based maintenance, applied to mission critical and non-critical assets, can be an effective strategy for spotting decreasing performance and for triggering maintenance so that work can be completed before the equipment fails. Even with CBM in place, it’s advisable that…
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Three technology driven developments poised to disrupt field service
The field service industry has always been one of the earliest adopters of new technologies, from the original PDAs to IoT-enabled devices. Now, a new generation of technology is uniquely positioned to transform the field service industry, promising to reduce costs and dramatically improve the quality of service organizations can offer. Tom DeVroy, Senior Product Evangelist for Enterprise Service Management at IFS, identifies three technology-led developments set to disrupt field service and discusses how flexible and modular resource planning infrastructure will help organizations reap substantial rewards.
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FLIR Systems acquires Prox Dynamics for $134 Million
Wilsonville, OR – FLIR Systems, Inc. announced has acquired Prox Dynamics AS, a leading developer and manufacturer of nano-class unmanned aerial systems (UAS) for military and para-military intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance applications, for approximately $134 million in cash. Based in…
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Webinar: The right lubricants drive energy efficiency, savings and productivity
Machinery and Equipment MRO is now accepting registrations for the 2016 Oil & Lube webinar series.
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Webinar: Safe Performance – Minimize lubrication risk in operations
Some of the greatest risks to an operation typically occur during equipment servicing and maintenance. One way to ensure a safe environment is to reduce human-machine-interaction (HMI). This effort should be supported by best practices that enhance safety in a lubrication program.
