Maintenance & Management
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Better maintenance procedures, better tools help improve bearing health
Paul Michalicka, SKF, USA Inc., June 8, 2009
Managing the life cycle of rolling bearings with expert maintenance procedures and tools designed specifically for the job can help to increase plant equipment uptime, cut energy costs and reduce component replacement expenses. More
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Bottling up plant improvements
PLE Staff, June 8, 2009Accurate metrics leads to accelerated reliability More -
EcoStruXure initiative announced by Schneider Electric
Bob Vavra, June 5, 2009
Broad-based solutions part of "war on waste" in energy systems More
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America's shifting auto jobs landscape
Bob Vavra, June 1, 2009Plants are a Midwest fixture, but the South is gaining jobs More -
Slow movement toward predictive maintenance seen in Tennessee study
By Klaus M. Blache, Ph.D., University of Tennessee, Reliability and Maintainability Center, June 1, 2009Production throughput and being cost competitive are as important as ever. Understanding what is attainable and implementing reliability and maintenance best practices can provide that opportunity. This benchmarking study is a repeat of a similar effort performed in 1991. It will be published in two parts. More -
Oil’s well that starts well
By Glen Sharkowicz, Mobil Industrial Lubricants, June 1, 2009In today’s increasingly competitive environment, maximizing productivity is a must, especially for small and medium-sized machine shops. Typically, these businesses cannot match the overall production capabilities – in terms of volume – of their larger rivals. Furthermore, larger competitors often have more equipment, more people and more resources than small or medium sized b... More -
Don’t separate production needs from maintenance strategy
By Bill Hillman and Mickey Hart, June 1, 2009Almost every facility has the age-old struggle between production and maintenance. This is very similar to the old adage “Which came first the chicken or the egg?” Which do you feel is more important to a facility: the production side or the maintenance side? Without production there would be no product and thus no revenue being generated. More -
Spotting electrical problems with IR thermography
Mike Ralph, Exelon Nuclear, May 21, 2009Thermography makes it possible to measure the temperature of each part of an entire assembly - including parts that are inaccessible or at high voltage. More
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Date: 44 minutes 25 seconds ago.SK 200E frequency inverter range launched by Nord
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Date: 13 hours 30 minutes 31 seconds ago.Anheuser-Busch Sells Columbus Packaging Plant
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Date: 16 hours 41 minutes 11 seconds ago.Airbus Building Parts Plant in China
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Some equipment is very simple to manufacture and easy to operate, while others...
valve actuators– 6/22/2009 4:44:06 AM CDT
in response to Oil’s well that starts wellI presume the effective lean practice in maintenance is the application of...
P B Ahmed Mohideen– 6/2/2009 1:42:18 PM CDT
in response to Lean maintenance offers savings, eliminates non-value activitiesIt's amazing all the different ways compressed air is used to power our lives....
ISC Compressed Air– 5/18/2009 12:29:09 PM CDT
in response to Ultrasound pinpoints compressed air leaksI do not agree with the original premise of this article. As talked about...
Dave Boerma– 5/14/2009 7:53:38 AM CDT
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