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Top Stories | Products | Upcoming Events | Plant Engineering Webcasts
June 11, 2008

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Mobility: Your Ticket to Better Maintenance

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!Welding safety is no accident
While many of the best welding safety practices seem like common sense, a survey of attendees at the National Safety Council’s 2007 Congress & Expo found that non-compliance with personal protective equipment protocols remains an issue. Some of the leading reasons: safety gear that fits poorly and looks ugly. Fortunately, recent efforts by PPE providers address these issues.

!Plant Engineering, Aberdeen sponsor EAM survey
While asset management has been traditionally viewed as a cost center, Best-in-Class companies are using these initiatives to gain a competitive edge in the market place and increase shareholder value. Plant Engineering has partnered with Aberdeen Group's Manufacturing practice on a new research report, "Enterprise Asset Management: Optimizing Asset and Real Time Interoperability."

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!Webcast: Better maintenance via mobility
As users bear the responsibility to ensure assets and facilities are productive and always available, they can realize the full potential of their enterprise systems by using mobile technologies. These technologies facilitate the exchange of uniform and timely data that the system and standardized processes need to be most effective. Mobility: Your Ticket to Better Maintenance, is a Plant Engineering Webcast scheduled for Tuesday, June 19, at 2 p.m. ET.

!Selecting a single-point lubricator
From complex multiline systems to even more complex air and oil systems for high-speed machine tool spindles, lubrication has never been more advanced. But small machine tools, or equipment that is just "too small" or lacks the inherent value to justify a centralized lubrication system, is often left out of these advancements. Luckily for manufacturers, a solution exists for this dilemma: single-point lubricators.

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!Do you think outside the box? Send us your best Tips & Tricks
The best solutions to manufacturing problems don't always come from inside a box. They come from the experience of the plant floor workers who use their knowledge to solve thorny problems with guile – and occasionally some other tools around the plant.

!White paper: flow control optimization
In this white paper from Spraying Systems Company, readers will learn how to achieve precision coating with minimal waste by using pulse-width-modulated flow control. The technique uses a dedicated spray controller to switch electrically actuated spray nozzles on and off quickly to control the flow rate. Click here to register and view the white paper.

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Bulk processing plants with potentially explosive atmospheres are reviewing all of their equipment, to minimize explosion risk. MECO builds custom shaft seals which keep dust and vapors from escaping process vessels into the atmosphere and incorporate safety features to reduce ignition risk. Click here!

Products

:Roof coatings
The HSS 535 and HSS 540 R2R are solvent-free silicone roof coatings designed for use on sprayed-in-place polyurethane foam.

:Maintenance CD
The interactive Air System Maintenance CD is a training tool that details common maintenance functions for rotary screw compressors, refrigerated and desiccant dryers, filters, and drains.

:Pressure transmitter
The Type A-10 industrial transmitter is designed to withstand harsh operating conditions such as shock and heavy vibration.

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Mobility: Your Ticket to Better Maintenance, June 19, 11am PDT/1pm CDT/2pm EDT
Sponsored by IBM and Syclo
Using mobile, you can finally realize your enterprise systems full potential with uniform, complete, and timely data that your system and standardized processes need to be most effective. In this webcast, hear success stories on how leading firms have leveraged ATM-friendly mobile solutions to improve the company's bottom line. Register Now!

Plant Engineering Webcasts

Upcoming Live Webcasts

Schedule by date and topic:
7/10/08: Arc Flash PPE
9/4/08: Arc Flash Liability and Insurance
10/2/08: Arc Flash Research & Development
11/6/08: The CSI of Arc Flash
Arc Flash overview
Arc Flash University continues on July 10th with Arc Flash PPE. Enroll today and receive CEUs (Continuing Education Units) for attending six of the eight events! View the Arc Flash webcasts on the first Thursday of the month from now through November.

On Demand Webcasts

Arc Flash Prevention
Originally aired: Thursday, May 8, 2008
How do you prevent arc flash? Great equipment, great maintenance, great training. It also requires monitoring the critical aspects of your plant, looking for clues that could help prevent a tragedy. We’ll talk with industry leaders on the best ways to prevent arc flash.

Arc Flash Training
Originally aired: April 3, 2008
The biggest variable in achieving arc flash safety isn’t your equipment; it’s your people. Making sure they are aware at all times of the dangers of electrical equipment and work to maintain their safety and the integrity of the equipment is vital. Industry experts give you a step-by-step training regimen for arc flash training.

Power Quality: Understanding Harmonics
Originally aired: June 28, 2007
Join Plant Engineering editors and expert panelists for a Webcast on Understanding Harmonics. You will come away from this event with a better understanding of the following:

-Power Quality
-Nature of harmonics
-Sources of harmonics
-Strategies to minimize harmonics
-End-user benefits to harmonic mitigation

Click HERE for a complete list of our upcoming live and archived on demand webcasts.

Upcoming Events

July 21-25 Siemens exiderdome Chicago, IL www.exiderdome.com/us

July 23-25 Siemens Automation Summit Navy Pier Conference Center
Chicago, IL www2.sea.siemens.com/summit

Aug. 5-7 NI Week Austin Convention Center
Austin, TX
(888) 564-9335 www.ni.com/niweek

Sept. 8-13 IMTS McCormick Place
Chicago, IL (800)828-7469 www.imts.com

Sept. 15-18 ASIS International 2008 Georgia World Congress Center
Atlanta, GA
(703)519-6200 www.asisonline.org/seminar

Nov. 19-20 Rockwell Automation Fair Gaylord Opryland Complex
Nashville, TN www.rockwellautomation.com/events/automationfair/