Read the latest entries to each of Plant Engineering's blogs.
Lachance on CMMS is about current maintenance topics. Blogger Paul Lachance is president and chief technology officer for Smartware Group. Lachance has been developing and perfecting the company’s CMMS solution for the maintenance professional for 18 years.
Marshall on Maintenance is provided by the Marshall Institute, an asset management consulting and training company dedicated to helping companies improve the maintenance contribution to their organizational performance.
Machine Safety is J.B. Titus's blog in which he discusses machine guarding topics, including solutions assessments, regulatory compliance, gap analysis, operating efficiencies and cost savings, as well as all relevant safety standards, such as those from NFPA, ANSI, RIA, IEC, ISO and OSHA.
Research Analyst blogs are provided by IMS Research, recently acquired by IHS Inc., leading independent supplier of market research and consultancy to the global electronics industry. These analyst blogs discuss hot topics in the following industries: Automotive + Transport, Communications + Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Displays, Factory Automation, Financial + ID Technologies, Lighting + LEDs, Power + Energy, Security + Fire, and Semiconductors.
Lachance on CMMS
Marshall on Maintenance
Machine Safety
Machine safety and functional safety: Which type?What did you say? There’s potentially more than one type or level of Functional Safety on any one machine? Learn about product-level versus system-level functional safety. » more
Machine Safety: What do you mean the vice president said: So What?After a two hour presentation in the conference room providing all the new high technology based machine guarding solutions and testimonials on operating cost savings, the vice president of... » more
Machine Safety: Updating ISO 13849-1 & compliance for robots On Feb. 7, I wrote a blog titled - ISO 13849-1 compliance is mandatory for robot applications (ANSI/RIA/ISO 10218-1&2: 2011). This particular blog has created a significant amount of feedback, which... » more
Machine Safety: Are the stopping categories confusing? My e-stops are validated to achieve a Category 0 stop function. Therefore, of the three stopping categories, we’re stopping machine motion the quickest way possible. Right? (Standards are cited... » more
Machine Safety: My main disconnect e-stop isn’t red with a yellow backgroundDoes my main disconnect functioning as an e-stop need to be red with a yellow background? » more
Research Analyst Blogs
Ethernet grows but Fieldbus is alive and well!Ethernet is on the rise and is growing faster than Fieldbus, but overall Fieldbus usage is still greater than Ethernet. » more
Strong growth potential in the industrial hydraulics sectorGlobal revenues for the industrial hydraulics market are expected to exceed $10 billion by 2013, which is a growth of 30% from 2010's revenues. » more
Flowmeters – A closer look at the numbersIMS Research forecasts coriolis flowmeters to overtake differential pressure (DP) flowmeters as the largest flowmeter market in 2014, having replaced magnetic flowmeters as the second largest market... » more
Battery innovations might be the cure for electric vehicle market malaiseElectric vehicles that depend on a battery face a tough slog, but recent developments and innovations by Nanosys and Leyden Energy may help develop battery technology and make future developments... » more
What’s in store for the operator terminal and IPC markets?The sentiment among suppliers is that 2012 will be a strong year because of advance orders and strong overall sales in 2011. » more