Features
PRE-SHOW REPORT: All-new MRO Expo features practical products and seminars
Numerous exhibitors displaying products for a wide variety of industrial applications, plus a conference, seminars and workshops, make MRO Expo worthwhile to attend.Build your knowledge of products, m…
Finding the data you need
On the web … Hand-held, remote ordering of products from GE Supply, the electrical, voice and data products distribution business of General Electric, now is on-line via its www.gesupply.com websit…
Company Briefs (September 01, 2001)
Rick Thomas was promoted to president of NTN Bearing Corporation of Canada, Mississauga, Ont., July 3, 2001. A 29-year veteran at NTN, Thomas was most recently executive vice-president, sales and ma…
New superconductor motor operates at high temperatures
Siemens’ Research Center at Erlangen, Germany, has started up the first motor in Europe to have a winding made of high-temperature, superconducting materials. The summer 2001 project was sponsored by …
Products for Harsh Environments: Tough conditions?
Bearing series is designed for extreme serviceKoyo Canada has introduced several lines of bearings designed for extreme environments and other special operating conditions. Originally designed for hig…
Association Newswatch: EASA convention proves popular with Canadian companies
It wasn’t a typical trade show, especially for Chicago. Children strolled the aisles with one or both of their parents. There was lots of camaraderie among families and friends around the exhibits. Bu…
Practical Automation: Using air-over-oil circuits for more controllable pneumatic power
The air-over-oil system offers some unique and economical benefits, but it can exhaust oil vapour in the workplace. There are a few tricks which can be used to make things work better.The past few Pra…
futuretech: Editor’s note
General Motors North American Operations spent over six months investigating and testing various DeviceNet products to validate them for the Saturn Innovate Project. Erick Rudaitis, Gary C. Workman an…
MRO-ESOURCE.COM: Product Locator Guide Resource Expands
A major expansion of the information packed into www.mro-esource.com is adding to the website’s usefulness for MRO professionals. Two areas in particular continue to undergo continuous updates — indu…
Futuretech: Troubleshooting industrial network communications
An industrial end user usually decides to implement a networked automation solution because of the promise of increased efficiency and productivity. An open system offers the added benefits of interop…
Maintenance Case History: Outsourcing is key strategy for maintaining water filtration plant
Across from the Island of Montreal, giant electric and diesel motors ranging up to 950 hp pump an average of 170,000 cu m of water a day from the St. Lawrence River into two filtration plants and onwa…
New split housing surpasses earlier designs
NSK’s new line of split housings–the SNN series–is dimensionally based on the SN series to provide direct interchangeability. This NSK design incorporates a rich set of features with refinements suc…
Canadian products focus on maintenance
Mill liner bolt remover works automaticallyA new Mill Liner Bolt Remover developed by the Centre de Recherche Industrielle du Quebec (CRIQ) in Sainte-Foy, Que., has been successfully implemented at a …
OBITUARY: Bearing expert Bill Botterill
Bill Botterill, one of the best known figures in the bearing industry in Canada, has died at the age of 66, after a short illness.”Bill was a mentor, teacher and friend to many people in the industry,…
Industry Events (June 01, 2001)
An extensive, up-to-date list of industry events–conferences, trade shows, seminars and association meetings–of interest to plant maintenance and engineering practitioners can be found on the Intern…
News and views about companies, staff, products and more (June 01, 2001)
Dayco has added new features and improved functionality to its business-to-business, on-line order entry and tracking system, Dayco Direct. The update includes options that can configure an order so…
PRACTICAL AUTOMATION: Building cost-effective pneumatic circuits
The development and marketing of electronic technology has made a tremendous impact, not only on our personal lifestyles, but also on the manufacturing methods that are used in industry. Nowhere is th…
FOCUS ON ALIGNMENT: Laser alignments not as simple as they seem
Optical alignment equipment is easy to learn, extremely fast and very accurate. For this reason, many maintenance managers and supervisors mistakenly place the equipment in the hands of inexperienced …
FOCUS ON ALIGNMENT: Dodge warehouses to stock Reliance brand in Canada
Rockwell Automation Power Systems’ Canadian operations in Toronto, headed by Maurice Blair, regional manager for Canada, recently realigned the Reliance Electric brand name under the Power Systems Gro…
Technical data gets easier to access
Bosch Automation Technology has announced enhancements to its web site, www.boschat.com, with the release of its VPV product locator. This database is located in the fluid power section of the web s…
Adhesive company’s products keep battling robots running
In the hit cable television series, “BattleBots,” competitors go through many tubes of adhesives in their efforts to keep their robots in fighting form. Recognizing the similarities between the rigour…
Lots of Canadian content at 2001 BSA convention
This year’s Bearing Specialists Association (BSA) convention in California saw Terry Tillsley wrap up his tenure as BSA president. Tillsley is president of Transmission Supplies (SA) of Lethbridge, Al…
MAINTENANCE SERVICES: ‘If it spins we can look after it’
“We’re in the business of preventing failure,” says Jim (J.R.) McDonald, secretary-treasurer and co-founder of Kadon Electro Mechanical Services Ltd., Calgary.He was speaking during the recent grand o…
CASE HISTORY: Heavy equipment moved
During a two-week summer shutdown last year, Maska moved its equipment from its old facility to a new plant, which had been constructed in two phases, one starting in 1997 and the other in 1999.A rigg…
CASE HISTORY: Self-sufficiency is key to Maska’s maintenance operations
Pulleys, winches, cranks and tackle blocks are said to have their genesis in the fourth century B.C. inventions of Archytas de Tarente. A Quebec company, however, seeks its edge in the competitive pul…
FOCUS ON ALIGNMENT: Alignment secrets
After spending over 30 years in industrial maintenance, I have had my share of experience installing new equipment. I have been involved in moving many large machines, some as little as a few feet, ot…
Variety abounds for sources of data
In Print… Scott’s has released a commemorative 25th edition of its Quebec Manufacturers Directory. Directory data includes executive name, title, company name, year established, square footage, est…
CASE HISTORY: Maintenance and production work together
In some plants, production and maintenance are occasionally at odds, but not at Ball Packaging Products Canada Inc.. “It is a very close relationship,” says Normand Sauvageau. A toolmaker by trade, he…
FOCUS ON COMPRESSED AIR : Controlling leaks in compressed air systems
Leaks in a compressed air system cause more problems than are normally recognized. For instance, the imbalance of pressure in most air systems is a function of the level of unregulated demand, of whic…
The Green Smoke Caper
Editor’s Note: Instead of our usual problem solving tip, this issue we’re using Mr. O’s space to bring you another delightful story from Frank Tabor. After working in industry at a variety of jobs for…
