Industry
Manufacturing
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Benefits of Using CMMS Software
Hippo CMMS has been involved in maintenance management for over 20 years. It began when a Winnipeg-based architectural firm developed a preventive maintenance platform for its clients. It was native SaaS, affordable, and easy to use, which, at the time,…
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Bombardier to sell train unit to France’s Alstom, shedding biggest division
MONTREAL – Bombardier Inc. has reached a US$8.2-billion deal to sell its rail business to French rail giant Alstom SA, narrowing the Quebec company’s focus to business jets while casting off its largest division to help pay down US$9.3 billion…
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Statistics Canada says manufacturing sales fell in December to $56.4 billion
OTTAWA – Statistics Canada says manufacturing sales fell 0.7 per cent to $56.4 billion in December, hurt by the motor vehicle assembly and the aerospace product and parts industries. The agency says it was the fourth consecutive month that manufacturing…
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LK Metrology Portable Measuring Arms
LK Metrology is now in the 3D articulating arm metrology systems space with the launch of a range of 24 portable measuring arms, Freedom. Available is a six-axis model and a seven-axis version. Both are available in two accuracy levels…
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TE Connectivity Humidity Sensors
TE Connectivity (TE) HTU31 humidity and temperature sensors are small and accurate. Sensor features include: HTU31’s keeps a linear response curve through humidity (0-100 per cent) and temperature (-40° to 125°C), respectively. Its humidity die structure enables response time of t63 per…
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EtherCAT Technology Group Educational Tool for Developers
EtherCAT Technology Group (ETG) Device Protocol Poster is an additional tool that helps developers of EtherCAT devices. The poster deals with the basics of EtherCAT technology, the EtherCAT Device Protocol (EDP), and provides a visual overview of EtherCAT. It describes…
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Explosions rock chemical plant; evacuation but no injuries
(AP) NEWBURYPORT, Mass. – Several explosions rocked a <plant in Massachusetts that manufactures chemicals used in medicines on Thursday morning, blowing a hole in the roof and leading to an evacuation but no injuries, authorities said. Firefighters responding to a…
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Honda Canada Builds Nine-Millionth Vehicle in Ontario
Honda Canada Inc. (HCI) hit the milestone of Honda of Canada Mfg.’s (HCM) producing the nine-millionth vehicle at its manufacturing facility in Ontario. Honda Canada Inc. has now been in Canada for 50 years of operations and 34 years of…
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Optimization Guide for CMMS Selection and Utilization
In order to fully realize all the benefits of a CMMS, a series of steps must occur. By: Alex Williams The first step of the series begins before the system is ever purchased. Consider that the level of planning going…
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Importance of Lubrication Management as a Foundation to Any Preventative Maintenance Program
A review of the benefits of a robust lubrication management program. BY Ian Miller When it comes to developing a robust preventative maintenance program, the first consideration for any facility should be would this facility’s current lubrication management program be…
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In grinding manufacturing slump, 3M cuts another 1,500 jobs
(AP) A profound slump in manufacturing and a trade war that has slowed economic growth in China has led to a second round of layoffs at 3M, the Minnesota company that makes Post-it notes as well as industrial coatings and…
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Survey: U.S. factories expand for first time since July
(AP) WASHINGTON – U.S. factories expanded unexpectedly last month, snapping a five-month losing streak. The Insitute for Supply Management, an association of purchasing managers, said Monday that its manufacturing index rose to 50.9 in January from 47.8 in December. Anything…
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Preventative Maintenance
Preventative maintenance (PM) is necessary to keep equipment running in a reliable state. Without it, equipment would fall into disrepair quickly, breakdowns would increase, and the production department would be unhappy. Finding time to complete all PM tasks is a…
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Houston mayor, others help residents after deadly blast
Houston’s mayor and others say they will work to provide assistance to residents whose homes were damaged after a massive explosion at a warehouse that killed two workers and injured 20 others. Mayor Sylvester Turner on Saturday walked through the…
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Statistics Canada says manufacturing sales down 0.6 per cent in November
OTTAWA – Canadian manufacturing sales fell more than expected in November as sales in the primary metal, chemical and food industries moved lower, offset in part by gains in the transportation and fabricated metal industries. Statistics Canada says the value…
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Mega Bloks to lay off nearly 580 as it moves to close Montreal toy factory
MONTREAL – Mattel Inc. says the Mega Bloks toy factory it acquired in 2014 will shut down next year, triggering 580 layoffs in Montreal. Mattel says production of the interlocking plastic bricks for children will be outsourced to facilities in…
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MRO Roundtable
Maintenance professionals discuss topics vital to their facilities. MRO recently hosted a roundtable discussion during the MainTrain conference hosted by the Plant Engineering and Maintenance Association of Canada (PEMAC) in Edmonton, Alberta. It brought maintenance professionals from all over Canada…
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Builders and dreamers: How young women are bridging the STEM skills gap: Part 1
Build a Dream guides girls to careers in manufacturing, automation and STEM, while advocating for workplace diversity. By Kristina Urquhart When Elizabeth Moses, a machinist at Windsor Mold, arrived at St. Clair College in 2016 in the general machinist apprenticeship…
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Builders and dreamers: How young women are bridging the STEM skills gap: Part 2
By Kristina Urquhart In 2014, while working at Women’s Enterprise Skills Training of Windsor, Hachem-Fawaz helped to secure a government grant for a program at St. Clair College that would train women as industrial mechanics and millwrights for work placements…
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The Controversy of Fully Loading the Weekly Schedule 100 Per Cent
BY: Doc Palmer TIP: Don’t schedule fewer hours to allow for reactive work. Instead schedule more hours and allow breaking the schedule for reactive work. Perhaps the greatest controversy of maintenance scheduling is loading the weekly schedule to 100 per…
