Industry
Metals
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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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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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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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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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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…
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Importance of Proper Bolt Torque in Power Transmission
By Michael Dunn Threaded fasteners are one of the most common components in machine design. Such fasteners come in a great variety of shapes, sizes, and materials that serve a wide variety of applications across virtually every industry in the…
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Overcome the Challenges of Implementing Maintenance 4.0
Digital transformation and the power of big data are fuelling a manufacturing revolution. To remain competitive, operations and IT must work together to transform data into meaningful, actionable insights that create value and solve problems for customers. BY: Josh Flemming…
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SKF Hosts STLE Toronto Workshop
The Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (STLE) Toronto Section recently held a workshop which looked at reducing tribological loses and failures. The workshop took place at SKF Canada Limited offices in Toronto. Invited speakers covered a broad base of…
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CTMA Elects New President
The Canadian Tooling & Machining Association (CTMA) named Chris Hergott, as its new President. Hergott has 27 years of tooling industry experience. He began his career at Millard’s Precision Machine and Tool and also spent time at BES Tool as…
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Kirkland Lake Gold to acquire Detour Gold in stock deal worth $4.9 billion
TORONTO – Kirkland Lake Gold Ltd. has signed an agreement to acquire Detour Gold Corp. in a deal that values the company at about $4.9 billion. Under the agreement, Detour Gold shareholders will receive 0.4343 of a Kirkland Lake share…
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Traditional and Condition Based Greasing
Most bearings are lubricated with grease and most users practise either a preventative maintenance (PM) strategy for bearing relubrication or their bearings are “lubricated for life” (LFL). Both methods use a basic premise in which the L1 grease life is…
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STLE Hamilton Holds Education Day
The Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (STLE) Hamilton Section recently held its Education Workshop at ArcelorMittal’s Regional Learning and Development Centre in Hamilton, Ontario. The day-long event featured a cross section of topics of importance to Tribologists and lubrication…
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Oil Analysis
“Basic Wear” Programs Provide Inadequate Condition Monitoring. Many equipment reliability managers and engineers who maintain industrial equipment in mining, pulp and paper, oil and gas, and other heavy industries do not use oil analysis programs effectively. The primary reason is…
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How Far in Advance Should You Schedule Maintenance?
How far in advance should you schedule maintenance? New things go into the backlog constantly, so, hopefully as early as possible; however, a plant can only schedule as much work as it can do. There are multiple schedules in maintenance,…
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Coral Portable Paint Booths
These portable paint booths allow painting of small to medium sized parts in an MRO environment. They are available in sizes as small as three feet by three feet all the way up to 10’ wide and 8’ tall. The…
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Vancouver metal thieves steal equipment vital to fighting highrise blazes
Vancouver police are concerned that metal thieves in the city have created a new and potentially deadly safety hazard by stealing key fire suppression equipment. Sgt. Aaron Roed says more than 60 standpipe connections attached to the outer walls of…
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Ontario rips up Ring of Fire deal with First Nations to pursue bilateral talks
Ontario is ripping up an agreement with First Nations on building road access to the Ring of Fire region in favour of pursuing individual deals with the nine communities, saying the move will speed up development of the mining project.…
