Top 5 Plant Engineering articles, November 16-22: Product of the Year Finalists, Applying predictive maintenance, A hot problem, cool solution, more.

Articles about the 2015 Product of the Year finalists, applying predictive maintenance, a hot problem, a cool solution, electrical noise and EMI, and predictive maintenance: analyze data were Plant Engineering's five most clicked articles from last week, November 16-22. Were you out last week? You can catch up here.

By Erin Dunn November 23, 2015

Plant Engineering Top 5 most read articles online, for Nov. 16-22, covered the 2015 Product of the Year finalists, applying predictive maintenance, a hot problem, a cool solution, electrical noise and EMI, and predictive maintenance: analyze data. Link to each article below. 

1. 2015 Product of the Year Finalists 

Plant Engineering offers these 2015 Product of the Year Finalists for your consideration and your votes. 

2. Five steps to applying predictive maintenance 

The following steps are predicated on the assumption that all assets in a facility have been identified within a functioning PM program that uses a computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS).

3. A hot problem, a cool solution

Manufacturers come together to develop a better foundry coat.

4. Don’t be the victim of electrical noise and EMI

Electromagnetic interference (EMI) and radio frequency interference (RFI) in automated machinery can negatively affect operations, and there are options to reduce or remove it. Learn the consequences of electrical noise and benefits of quieting things down.

5. Predictive maintenance: Analyze data properly

Smart maintenance keeps that ‘new machine feeling’ intact.

The list was developed using CFE Media’s web analytics for stories viewed on www.plantengineering.com, November 16-22, for articles published within the last two months. 

– Erin Dunne, production coordinator, CFE Media, edunne@cfemedia.com.