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: System degradation and incidence of injuryAre older hardwired safety systems less safe than newer integrated safety systems? (See table.) Since 2002 when integrated safety automation was introduced for machine safety, a growing awareness has... » more
Machine Safety: ISO 13849-1 compliance is mandatory for robot applications, ANSI/RIA/ISO 10218-1&2: 2011Are you aware that our consensus standard for robots (RIA 15.06) has changed and now calls out normative compliance requirements to ISO 13849-1: 2006? How many machine safety domestic standards have... » more
Machine Safety: NFPA 70E and international requirementsMachine Safety has several different focused areas of potential hazards. One of the areas getting a lot of attention is Arc Flash and NFPA 70E. A recent article published by Control Engineering... » more
Machine Safety: Without an injury, OSHA issues citations for more than $1 millionWhoa, OSHA issues fines for $1,013,000. following a complaint filed by a worker. OSHA investigated the manufacturer and discovered 13 Serious and 17 Willful violations of Regulations. Was this... » more
Machine Safety: How safe is safe enough? In machine guarding, how safe is safe enough? Over my 40 years in industry I’ve heard this comment many times. Is this attitude driven by “safety culture” or is it just a product of qualitative risk... » more
Research Analyst Blogs
Machinery production: A correction or contraction? With the global economy slowing down, machine production is likely to follow suit. » more
Trend to electric forces automative industry to collaborateThe development and evolution of the EV industry has forced several competing companies to begin working together and sharing their technology. » more
Patience needed for the Chinese EV industryChina's future in the EV industry will be better served with lower and more realistic goals, as well as patience, to have a bright future going forward. » more
Will automotive app stores be the next iTunes?A growing demand for app development kits like the "Sync" platform for Ford vehicles, brings up the possibility of online app stores for cars and in general. » more
New safety standards offer opportunityThe new safety standards offer machine builders a chance to be more efficient and more cost-effective as well as safe as the new standards become effective in 2012. » more