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No adverse impacts from tritium spill at nuclear reactor, Bruce Power says
TORONTO – About 20 litres of heavy water containing radioactive tritium spilled in a weekend mishap at the nuclear plant near Kincardine, Ont., Bruce Power said on Monday. The spill on the floor of the idled Unit 6 at Bruce…
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CN Rail notches record grain movement for March as it clears blockade backlog
MONTREAL – Canadian National Railway Co. hit an all-time record for March grain movement. Chief operating officer Rob Reilly says the 2.62 million tonnes of grain is a 6.1 per cent increase from 2017, the previous record for March. The…
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Condition-Based Maintenance Will Not Stop Your Machines From Failing
By John Lambert The ultimate goal for anyone in industrial maintenance should be to gain the optimum full life of machine assets. To do this, plants need to make changes to the current maintenance processes or at least the way…
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Nine workers to sequester at water treatment plant in Brandon, Man.
BRANDON, Man. – Nine employees will be sequestered in the water treatment facility in Brandon, Man., as part of the city’s pandemic preparedness plan. The city says in a news release that the nine, who have volunteered for the duty,…
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Associations Helping Members During Pandemic
MRO Magazine reached out to several industry associations to find out how COVID-19 is impacting their industries and members. As well as asking them how they are helping their members cope with the pandemic. Power Transmission Distributors Association (PTDA) Ann…
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FCA to Produce Protective Face Masks
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) will be manufacturing and donating protective face masks. It plans to produce over one million per month, with production capacity being installed and manufacturing beginning in the coming weeks with initial distribution to Canada, the United…
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Maintenance, Manufacturing, and Resource Sector Deemed Essential
After announcing the closure of all non-essential businesses in the province on Ontario, the provincial government has released a list of what it deems to be essential businesses. Maintenance, manufacturing and production, as well as resource sector businesses have all…
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PACE MT-200 MiniTweez Thermal Tweezer
PACE Worldwide MT-200 MiniTweez, a thermal tweezer designed to rework tightly spaced micro-components such as 0201s, 0402s and 0603s. MT-200 features multi-axis tip alignment capability. Tip-Gap Adjustment Wheel allows operator to match the gap between the tips to the work,…
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Ontario ordering non essential businesses to close
TORONTO – Ontario Premier Doug Ford is ordering the closure of all non-essential businesses in the province to help deal with the spread of COVID-19. He says the order will be effective Tuesday at 11:59 p.m. and will be in…
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Main Electrical Substation Upgrades
BY Philip Chow and Bavan Poologarajah Design Considerations, Planning, and Equipment Selection. Institutional campuses and large facilities share a common design feature: the use of a main outdoor electrical substation, used to distribute power to buildings and site loads across…
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Feds offer help to companies to retool, pump out COVID 19 medical gear
OTTAWA – The federal government is offering up cash to Canadian companies that retool operations or quickly expand to produce medical equipment needed to cope with the multiplying cases of COVID-19 across the country. The plan will support manufacturers that…
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Maintenance 4.0 Vs. CMMS
Maintenance 4.0 is synonymous with Industry 4.0 and Factory 4.0 and is talked about everywhere in the maintenance community. Its name was given based on the current trend in automation and data exchange within industry technologies. They include the industrial…
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SM Instruments BATCAM
SM Instruments BATCAM 2.0 is an ultrasonic and acoustic sound camera that helps identify a variety of undesirable industrial conditions. With accuracy, the BATCAM 2.0 can measure car BSR (buzz, squeak, rattle), and offers visualization of air, gas leak, and…
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PEMAC Board of Directors Meeting
Members of the PEMAC Asset Management Association of Canada met in Toronto, Ontario, recently for their bi-annual face-to-face meeting. The meeting focused on advancing the goals for 2020/2024 Strategic Plan, reviewing a list of brainstormed initiatives provided by our staff and…
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Types of Condition-Based Monitoring
Years ago, I wrote a vibration analysis article: It all started with a screwdriver (www.mromagazine.com/features/it-all-started-with-a-screwdriver/). It explained the evolution from using a screwdriver in the 1950s to assess the mechanical health of the Canadian Armed Forces Sea King helicopter and…
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Reed Instruments Infrared Thermometer
REED Instruments, who offers portable precision test and measurement instruments, now offers the R2330. The dual lasers of the R2330 Infrared Thermometer assist with target area identification and allow for temperature measurements to meet needs of professionals in industrial, electrical…
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What’s Up Doug: Preserving Assembled Bearings
Recently, I was asked was what to do with bearings after they have been installed into a machine. In context, users will rebuild an asset, such as a pump or a motor, and then store it until needed. The time…
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FLIR Thermal Imaging Building Inspection System
FLIR Systems, Inc. MR277 building inspection system, is its first moisture meter with infrared guided measurement (IGM) offering multi-spectral dynamic imaging technology. FLIR Lepton thermal imaging sensor powers IGM. Inspectors can streamline diagnosis and documentation by using the built-in Bluetooth…
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PEMAC to Host GTA Chapter Event
PEMAC’s GTA Chapter is hosting its next Professional Development event on March 12. The event will offer insights on how to correct major roadblocks in machinery installation and discover ultrasound techniques to enable reliability. It is going to be held…
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Safe Employers to Get Rewarded
The Supporting Ontario’s Safe Employers program will reward the safest employers in Ontario with an estimated $140 million in funding. Employers who successfully implement health and safety programs in their workplaces will get Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) rebates…
