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August 10, 2020  

Hygienic Design Delivers Cleanliness and Compliance

In food and beverage production facilities around the world,

August 3, 2020  

A Proactive Lifestyle for Your Machines – Focus on FLAB

Precision equipment care proactively targets the root causes of machine failure with the specific intent to increase equipment reliability. Proactively managing the mechanical and electrical aspects of fasteners, lubrication, alignment, and balance (FLAB) can increase equipment life, drive equipment reliability, reduce maintenance costs, and support an organization’s environmental sustainability objectives through improved energy efficiency.

July 27, 2020  

Routine Maintenance on Production Equipment

Who Should Do It?

July 20, 2020  

Optimizing Maintenance Work

To accommodate increased production volume during COVID-19 pandemic.

July 13, 2020  

Magnetism and Bearings

The question about allowable magnetism in bearings arose from

July 2, 2020  

2021 Ford F-150 Takes Things a Step Further

In what seems like ages ago, in January, Ford Motor Company held a drive event for its all-new Super Duty pick-up truck in sunny Arizona. Much has changed since that time, and as a result Ford held a virtual launch event for its most important vehicle, the all-new 2021 F-150 pick-up.

June 29, 2020  

Designing Equipment for Maintainability and Reliability

Maintainability is the term used to describe the ease with which any piece of industrial equipment can be inspected, lubricated, tested, adjusted, or repaired. Sound equipment maintainability demands that any new piece of equipment is properly installed, with no shortcuts to complete commissioning and startup procedures.

June 22, 2020  

Are You Using Coupling Tolerances to Align Your Machines? You’re Doing It Wrong

If we want to get into precision maintenance, we need to be aware of the differences between shaft alignment tolerances and coupling tolerances.

June 15, 2020  

Maintenance Must Win Battles

Recently, I wrote an article on getting back to

June 8, 2020  

Not Just New – Better

Seeing sound with astounding accuracy is the future of leak detection in compressed air systems. Acoustic imaging includes ground-breaking technology that uses an array of tiny supersensitive microphones to detect sounds both in the human hearing and ultrasonic ranges.

May 27, 2020  

Automotive Manufacturing and COVID-19

This time last year, automotive plants in Canada were making full use of their production lines to produce their new vehicles.

May 26, 2020  

Lubrication Selection Based on Speed

Limiting speeds If you look at an old bearing

May 15, 2020  

Critical Resilience

Hardening Oil & Gas and Mining Facilities

May 8, 2020  

Troubleshooting Industrial Pumps

Depending on design and application, pumps are fitted with

April 30, 2020  

Best Practice: Leave Supervisors Alone to Create Daily Schedules

Several years ago, a maintenance manager gave me critical

April 30, 2020  

Focus on Compressed Air Systems

This month, MRO is looking at compressed air systems

April 13, 2020  

Contaminated Lubricants are a Machine Killer

Contamination of lubricated equipment by dust, dirt, wear particles,

April 13, 2020  

Condition Monitoring: Leveraging big data to achieve maximum performance

How the internet of things, connected devices, and cloud

March 31, 2020  

Condition-Based Maintenance Will Not Stop Your Machines From Failing

By John Lambert The ultimate goal for anyone in

March 23, 2020  

Main Electrical Substation Upgrades

BY Philip Chow and Bavan Poologarajah Design Considerations, Planning,

March 16, 2020  

Maintenance 4.0 Vs. CMMS

Maintenance 4.0 is synonymous with Industry 4.0 and Factory

March 10, 2020  

Types of Condition-Based Monitoring

Years ago, I wrote a vibration analysis article: It

March 4, 2020  

Canadian Truck King Challenge Conquers Mid-Size Trucks

The 13th edition of the Canadian Truck King Challenge

March 3, 2020  

What’s Up Doug: Preserving Assembled Bearings

Recently, I was asked was what to do with

February 18, 2020  

The Skinny on the Current State of Heavy-Duty Engine Oils

As environmental concerns permeate virtually every facet of the

February 18, 2020  

Benefits of Using CMMS Software

Hippo CMMS has been involved in maintenance management for

February 10, 2020  

Optimization Guide for CMMS Selection and Utilization

In order to fully realize all the benefits of

February 3, 2020  

Importance of Lubrication Management as a Foundation to Any Preventative Maintenance Program

A review of the benefits of a robust lubrication

January 31, 2020  

Super Duty Shows its Capability in the Desert

Story and Photos by: Mario Cywinski Around 10 years

January 27, 2020  

Preventative Maintenance

Preventative maintenance (PM) is necessary to keep equipment running