Features
Drowning in work?
Imagine this frightening experience: You’re sailing on a huge lake or even the ocean. Suddenly you realize that the base of the craft is leaking. After the initial shock and fear wear off, you realize…
Chain products catalogue is new
Renold has introduced a new chain product catalogue that is a comprehensive reference guide to all of the products the company sells in Canada. It covers various types of chain, including transmission…
Compressors favour easy maintenance
Devair’s new 30 and 50 hp rotary screw compressors feature large diameter rotors, simple-to-use- monitoring and operating controls, and a spin-on oil filter and oil separator cartridge for easy mainte…
Speed is asset of new metal cutting saw
The Evolution metal cutting saw from Montreal’s McCann Equipment operates more quickly, cleanly and safely than other metal cutting equipment. It has a spindle lock for quick blade changes. Four speci…
More companies added to online MRO Product Locator Guide
The Product Locator Guide, a key feature of mro-esource.com, keeps growing, with new companies adding their product information to the database, making it easier for website visitors to research and l…
Flipping to the shiny side
Although there’s talk about recession in industry throughout North America, statistics actually point to a significant rebound of the economy in the months and years ahead. Although statisticians will…
MRO & THE INTERNET: Strength in numbers
The consolidation of smaller Canadian bearing distributors continued this year with the creation of Kinecor Inc., first through the merging of Wajax Motion Technologies, Wajax Process Technologies, Na…
MRO & THE INTERNET: What’s your opinion?
What’s your experience with online procurement? What’s your favourite website? Share your thoughts by fax or e-mail by sending a note to the Editor, Machinery & Equipment MRO, fax 416-442-2077 or e-ma…
Company Briefs (December 01, 2001)
Emerson Power Transmission (EPT) has moved into new 160,000 sq ft facility a few miles west of its previous building in Markham, Ont., where it had been housed with the head office of Emerson Electr…
How to supercharge your day
When you need a pickup truck to haul equipment and gear to the plant or to a remote jobsite, your first consideration likely is how well the vehicle hauls your cargo–tools, compressors, generators, e…
The amazing quick exhaust valve
Several years ago, a colleague insisted that the cure to most pneumatic system ailments was to “hang a quick exhaust on it!” Although a little over-simplistic, the suggestion was not far from the trut…
Checking coupling alignment with an infra-red pyrometer
Problem: I’ve heard that an infra-red temperature instrument can be used for coupling diagnostics. How?Solution: People are always wondering how they can quickly check if a coupling is aligned properl…
Show Report: MRO Expo deemed a success
MRO Expo for Equipment & Machinery, held at the Toronto Congress Centre, Nov. 14-15, 2001, attracted over 100 exhibitors and more than 2,000 visitors. The show was held in conjunction with Supply Chai…
Finding what you need (December 01, 2001)
Stafford Manufacturing has launched a website featuring a full line of standard shaft collars and rigid couplings that can easily be searched based upon various criteria. When users log on to www.st…
Next version of Canadarm to carry own tools for maintenance work on Space Station
Old technology will take on a extended life as a new device is developed to give the Canadarm robotic arm the senses of touch and sight to aid in maintenance and repair work in space.Twenty years ago,…
MRO & THE INTERNET: Integration boosts product availability
For Motion Canada MBS, the past year has been about focusing on the integration of the companies and employees after the merger of MBS Bearing Service Inc. of Lachine, Que., with Motion Canada of Miss…
SUPPLIER PROFILE: Machinery Man
Hands-on owner of mechanical shop, a former biker, serves variety of tough industrial customers.When former Grand Prix motorcycle racer, Thomas Wachner, swapped his crash helmet and goggles for a hard…
MRO & THE INTERNET: In search of the best web sites
Each time you point and click, your frustration mounts. All you want is a simple piece of information — maybe some background information for a training presentation, or technical specs for a product…
MRO & THE INTERNET: Online MRO sourcing on the rise
Thousands of dot coms may now be dot gones, but that hasn’t stopped a number of machinery and equipment MRO distributors across Canada from adopting the Internet and more specifically, e-procurement s…
Cover Story: System includes over 40 plants
Nova Scotia Power is the principal supplier of electricity in Nova Scotia, providing energy and related services to over 400,000 customers province-wide. With about $3 billion in assets, the company’s…
Plastic nut features short body
BSA has a new short-body series of plastic anti-backlash nuts with ActiveCAM. Screw sizes include the 3/8-in. diameter XC-3700SH and the 1/2-in. diameter XC-5000SH. Offered in both threaded or flange-…
Use your head and your hands when caught without measuring instruments
Problem: When I’m out in the far reaches of the plant, I don’t always have all my diagnostic tools with me. Is there an easy way to carry everything I need every time?Solution: Aside from carrying a v…
Bringing people and information closer together
I was thinking about the Internet a lot around the time many readers were receiving the previous issue of this magazine in the mail. It was Sept. 11, 2001, a day now embedded into the lifelong memorie…
Keyboard clicks unleash Web’s hidden assets
On the web …An interactive on-line catalogue has been added to Flexco’s belt-conveyor maintenance website, located at www.flexco.com. Visitors to the site can select and order mechanical fastene
Company Briefs (November 01, 2001)
The Electrical Apparatus Service Association (EASA) 2001-2002 international officers, elected at the association’s annual meeting earlier this year, include Michael J. Stewart of Stewart’s Electric …
Association Newswatch: New blood on board at PTDA
The Power Transmission Distributors Association (PTDA) elected its officers, board of directors and Allied Council for 2002 at the association’s annual convention in Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 6, 2001.Patrick…
Practical Automation: The Power of Vacuum
Vacuum is an industrial power source that often is misunderstood and therefore seldom used. If you think of vacuum as being the absence or partial absence of atmospheric pressure, it is easier to pict…
Smaller Canadian contingent at PTDA
Managers from five firms with offices in B.C. and Alberta joined 20 Ontario-based companies and three from Quebec to staff the manufacturer booths at the Manufacturer-Distributor Idea Exchange (MD-IDE…
In the next issue
The December issue of Machinery & Equipment MRO will focus on Innovators in the Industrial Supply Chain, with profiles of several distributors who are making a mark with maintenance customers through …
Supervision Suggestions: 16 ways to be a better boss… right now
Your employees are your most important resource. Without them, you can’t sustain business growth. With them, you can do almost anything — if you bring out their best through great leadership and supe…
