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Keeping Your Employees Engaged in Safety
Taking the time to keep employees engaged in program development, interested in ongoing training and involved with continuous improvement will help everyone keep safety top of mind.
CMMS: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
CMMS is a great tool for maintenance including planning and scheduling, but be careful and don’t abuse it. There is good and bad we need to recognize in using CMMS functionality over a paper system. Get the good, avoid the bad, and be better at maintenance.
Tools of the Trade
Using the right condition monitoring tools doesn’t have to be hard.
How to Use a CMMS To Increase Work Accountability in the Maintenance Department
As the world becomes more digital and connected, it is more important than ever that organizations are properly collecting and utilizing their data.
Go Live or Go Home
How a CMMS/EAM system keeps maintenance facilities on track.
Successful CMMS Implementations
In 2021, many maintenance departments will either be
implementing their first maintenance software or upgrading
to one of the hundreds of new CMMS systems on the market.
Wolseley Canada offers tips for furnace operations
Wolseley Canada, a home HVAC systems and maintenance company,…
Zurn introduces line of smart restrooms
Zurn introduces new Connected product line that integrates restrooms…
Brooks Instrument Glass Tube Variable Area Flowmeters
Brooks Instrument adds GT1600 Series glass tube variable area…
Mushy rink reason to think: environmentalist
Eric Reder slides across the rink in his…
Manitoba community’s $35.2M wastewater treatment plant to meet needs ‘today and into future’
The City of Selkirk’s $35.2 million wastewater treatment plant…
Maintenance: What Does the Future Hold?
Technology moves at a fast pace, and companies need to adapt quickly if they want to stay competitive in the new marketplace. Maintenance is no exception. What was once an industry that saw maintenance professionals using metal tools and wearing a hardhat, are now more likely to use a tablet to check on their assets.
MRO’s 2021 Truck and Van Preview
While most models for 2021, have engine, package, trim, or colour changes, two of the light-duty pick-up truck heavyweights have made major changes to their vehicles.
Bearing Quality, Service Life and Fatigue Life
What does the user want? What does the machine
designer want?
MRO November 2020 Issue Available On-Demand
The December 2020 Digital Edition of Machinery and Equipment…
MainTrain Conference Goes Digital
PEMAC Asset Management Association of Canada held its annual…
REED R2160 Thermal Imaging Camera
REED R2160 thermal imaging camera features a 160 x…
Liberals plan fund to spur green technology, jobs
(CP) The Trudeau government says it will launch a…
2020 PEMAC Award Winners
PEMAC Asset Management Association of Canada presented its annual…
Weekly Schedule Compliance is an Easy Tool but a Bit Tricky
Weekly schedule compliance is an easy key performance indicator (KPI), but a lot of people mess it up. We can use it to lock-in mediocre performance. However, when used properly, KPI can help boost our maintenance productivity.
German Technology Day Coming Soon
Six automation and advanced manufacturing companies based in Canada,…
MRO September 2020 Issue Available On-Demand
The September 2020 Digital Edition of Machinery and Equipment…
OPINION: Changing Times Showcase Industry’s Adaptability
EDITOR’S NOTEBOOK (September 2020 issue of MRO Magazine) In…
From Theft Prevention to Quality Control: How IOT-Based Surveillance Can Help
It was a food and beverage manufacturer’s worst nightmare; $187,000 worth of product stolen in plain sight. It happened at a Tavistock dairy plant in 2019, when a man presented what appeared to be legitimate paperwork for a large quantity of cheese to be loaded onto a truck, and delivered to New Brunswick. It wasn’t until the delivery failed to arrive at the location that they realized the cheese was stolen.
Focus on Scheduling and Planning of Maintenance
GUEST: Doc Palmer TOPIC: Focus on Scheduling and Planning of…
Maintenance and Reliability in a Changed World Virtual Summit
MRO Magazine recently held its first-ever Maintenance and Reliability in a Changed World Virtual Summit, which allowed maintenance, reliability, and operations professionals to learn techniques to optimize their day-to-day maintenance activities.
MainTrain 2020 Schedule Announced
PEMAC Asset Management Association of Canada has announced the…
TE Connectivity Hydraulic LVDT Sensors
Optimized for hydraulic valves and actuators, TE Connectivity LVDT…
MRO Virtual Summit A Success
MRO Magazine recently held its first-ever half-day virtual summit.…
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.
