Keagan Gay

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From left: Assistant Professor Lianyi Chen and PhD students Luis Escano and Minglei Qu study metal 3D printing in Chen’s lab. Courtesy: Renee Meiller, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Discrete Manufacturing March 14, 2022

Top 5 Plant Engineering articles March 7-13, 2022

Articles about a method developed to reduce additive manufacturing flaws, improving maintenance operations with data analytics, and more were Plant Engineering’s five most clicked articles from March 7-13, 2022. Miss something? You can catch up here.

By Keagan Gay
Courtesy: Yaskawa
Mechanical & Electrical March 7, 2022

Top 5 Plant Engineering articles Feb. 28- March 6, 2022

Articles about why short circuit current matters, no two greases are the same, what’s in store for Industry 4.0, and more were Plant Engineering’s five most clicked articles from Feb. 28- March 6, 2022. Miss something? You can catch up here.

By Keagan Gay
Courtesy: CFE Media and Technology
Mechanical & Electrical February 28, 2022

Top 5 Plant Engineering articles Feb. 21-27, 2022

Articles about why short circuit current matters, no two greases are the same, what’s in store for Industry 4.0, and more were Plant Engineering’s five most clicked articles from Feb. 21-27, 2022. Miss something? You can catch up here.

By Keagan Gay
Courtesy: Cincinnati Incorporated/Steve Rourke, CFE Media and Technology
Predictive and Preventive Maintenance February 21, 2022

Top 5 Plant Engineering articles Feb. 14-20, 2022

Articles about how to avoid fault tree analysis mistakes, how to improve the maintainability of critical assets, what's in store for Industry 4.0, and more were Plant Engineering’s five most clicked articles from Feb. 14-20, 2022. Miss something? You can catch up here.

By Keagan Gay
Courtesy: AeroGo
Material Handling February 14, 2022

Top 5 Plant Engineering articles Feb. 7-13, 2022

Articles about seven challenges of load movement systems, compressor filtration best practiced delineated, material handling safety tips, and more were Plant Engineering’s five most clicked articles from Feb. 7-13, 2022. Miss something? You can catch up here.

By Keagan Gay
Courtesy: Tate & Lyle
Energy Efficiency & Management February 7, 2022

Top 5 Plant Engineering articles Jan. 31- Feb. 6, 2022

Articles about CHP gaining momentum in the industrial sector, laser-guided vehicles, compressor filtration best practices, and more were Plant Engineering’s five most clicked articles from Jan. 31- Feb. 6, 2022. Miss something? You can catch up here.

By Keagan Gay
Courtesy: Tate & Lyle
Energy Efficiency & Management January 31, 2022

Top 5 Plant Engineering articles Jan. 24-30, 2022

Articles about CHP gaining momentum in the industrial sector, laser-guided vehicles, EP and AW additive in rolling bearing lubrication, and more were Plant Engineering’s five most clicked articles from Jan. 24-30, 2022. Miss something? You can catch up here.

By Keagan Gay
Courtesy: Beekeeper
Workforce Development January 24, 2022

Top 5 Plant Engineering articles Jan. 17-23, 2022

Articles about the benefits behind cycle-based PM, PSM compliance training according to OSHA, worker safety in semiconductor fabs, and more were Plant Engineering’s five most clicked articles from Jan. 17-23, 2022. Miss something? You can catch up here.

By Keagan Gay
Courtesy Micropsi Industries.
AI & Machine Learning January 17, 2022

Top 5 Plant Engineering articles Jan. 10-16, 2022

Articles about the future of manufacturing production, NOV transforming upstream design process, the benefits of no-code robotics, and more were Plant Engineering’s five most clicked articles from Jan. 10-16, 2022. Miss something? You can catch up here.

By Keagan Gay
Courtesy: CFE Media and Technology
Cybersecurity January 10, 2022

Top 5 Plant Engineering articles Dec. Jan 3-9, 2022

Articles about cybersecurity and resilience in manufacturing, decoding your motor's nameplate, maximizing plant efficiency, and more were Plant Engineering’s five most clicked articles from Jan. 3-9, 2022. Miss something? You can catch up here.

By Keagan Gay
Courtesy: CFE Media and Technology
Mechanical & Electrical December 27, 2021

Top 5 Plant Engineering articles Dec. 20-26, 2021

Articles about how to perform a safer and smarter LOTO procedure, cybersecurity and IT/OT convergence, industrial oil filtration, and more were Plant Engineering’s five most clicked articles from Dec. 20-26, 2021. Miss something? You can catch up here.

By Keagan Gay
Courtesy: Bedrock Automation
Energy, Power December 20, 2021

Top 5 Plant Engineering articles Dec. 13-19, 2021

Articles about securing reliable power for upstream production, cybersecurity and IT/OT convergence, reducing downtime and risk with effective alarm management, and more were Plant Engineering’s five most clicked articles from Dec. 13-19, 2021. Miss something? You can catch up here.

By Keagan Gay
Courtesy: Syspro
Predictive and Preventive Maintenance December 13, 2021

Top 5 Plant Engineering articles Dec. 6-12, 2021

Articles about how to launch a successful predictive maintenance program, artificial intelligence developed to understand object relationships, and more were Plant Engineering’s five most clicked articles from Dec. 6-12, 2021. Miss something? You can catch up here.

By Keagan Gay
Courtesy: Fluke Reliability
Sensors, Actuators December 6, 2021

Top 5 Plant Engineering articles Nov. 29- Dec. 5, 2021

Articles about integrating vibration analysis devices with pumps, motors and compressors, grease performance testing methods, and more were Plant Engineering’s five most clicked articles from Nov. 29- Dec. 5, 2021. Miss something? You can catch up here.

By Keagan Gay
Courtesy: Purdue University and Jared Pike
Mechanical & Electrical November 29, 2021

Top 5 Plant Engineering articles Nov. 22-28, 2021

Articles about EVs recharging in under 5 minutes, upgrading industrial PC cybersecurity in manufacturing, grease performance testing methods, and more were Plant Engineering’s five most clicked articles from Nov. 22-28, 2021. Miss something? You can catch up here.

By Keagan Gay
Courtesy: Chris Vavra, CFE Media and Technology
IIoT, Industrie 4.0 November 22, 2021

Top 5 Plant Engineering articles Nov. 15-21, 2021

Articles about how augmented reality and Industry 4.0 can improve worker safety productivity, difference between NEMA and IEC electric motors, and more were Plant Engineering’s five most clicked articles from Nov. 15-21, 2021. Miss something? You can catch up here.

By Keagan Gay
Courtesy: KUKA Robotics/Association for Advancing Automation (A3)
Robotics November 15, 2021

Top 5 Plant Engineering articles Nov. 8-14, 2021

Articles about plug and play robot ecosystems on the rise, gaps in workplace safety processes, why more manufactures are turning to microgrids, and more were Plant Engineering’s five most clicked articles from Nov. 8-14, 2021. Miss something? You can catch up here.

By Keagan Gay
Courtesy: Daniel Penn Associates
Predictive and Preventive Maintenance November 8, 2021

Top 5 Plant Engineering articles Nov. 1-7, 2021

Articles about how to keep spare part inventories accurate, make to stock vs. make to order, differences between NEMA and IEC electric motors, and more were Plant Engineering’s five most clicked articles from Nov. 1-7, 2021. Miss something? You can catch up here.

By Keagan Gay
Courtesy: Tesco
Cybersecurity November 1, 2021

Top 5 Plant Engineering articles Oct. 25-31, 2021

Articles about tackling overall equipment effectiveness to improve manufacturing operations, differences between NEMA and IEC electric motors, and more were Plant Engineering’s five most clicked articles from Oct. 25-31, 2021. Miss something? You can catch up here.

By Keagan Gay
Courtesy: Metform
Predictive and Preventive Maintenance October 25, 2021

Top 5 Plant Engineering articles Oct 18-24, 2021

Articles about a pressing case for predictive analytics, difference between NEMA and IEC electric motors, how to avoid COVID-19 related schedule delays using Lean, and more, were Plant Engineering’s five most clicked articles from Oct 18-24, 2021. Miss something? You can catch up here.

By Keagan Gay
Courtesy: Inveno Engineering, LLC
Boilers, Chillers October 11, 2021

Top 5 Plant Engineering articles Oct. 4-10, 2021

Articles about the differences between NEMA and IEC electric motors, updating BASF boiler plant to today's technology, the art of manufacturing grease, and more were Plant Engineering’s five most clicked articles from Oct. 4-10, 2021. Miss something? You can catch up here.

By Keagan Gay
Courtesy: AM Industrial Group, LLC
Compressed Air October 4, 2021

Top 5 Plant Engineering articles Sept. 27- Oct. 3, 2021

Articles about how to select a dust collection system, best practices in IIoT-based predictive maintenance, make to stock vs. make to order, and more were Plant Engineering’s five most clicked articles from Sept. 27- Oct. 3, 2021. Miss something? You can catch up here.

By Keagan Gay
Courtesy: IMRANDD
Codes and Standards September 27, 2021

Top 5 Plant Engineering articles Sept. 20-26, 2021

Articles about the engineering leaders under 40, cycle based preventive maintenance becoming simpler, the differences between NEMA and IEC electric motors, and more were Plant Engineering’s five most clicked articles from Sept. 20-26, 2021. Miss something? You can catch up here.

By Keagan Gay
Courtesy: eFlex Systems, New Products for Engineers Database
Codes and Standards September 20, 2021

Top 5 Plant Engineering articles Sept. 13-19, 2021

Articles about the engineering leaders under 40, gaining additional value from inspections, modelling software and machine learning to improve production efficiency, and more were Plant Engineering’s five most clicked articles from Sept. 13-19, 2021. Miss something? You can catch up here.

By Keagan Gay
Image courtesy: Brett Sayles
IIoT, Industrie 4.0 September 13, 2021

Top 5 Plant Engineering articles Sept. 6-12, 2021

Articles about the engineering leaders under 40, how to vitalize digital transformation, building secure energy and power grids for the future, and more were Plant Engineering’s five most clicked articles from Sept. 6-12, 2021. Miss something? You can catch up here.

By Keagan Gay
Industrial PCs August 30, 2021

Top 5 Plant Engineering articles Aug 23-29, 2021

Articles about productivity increasing with cloud-connected IPC, PLCs improving predictive maintenance, jumpstarting a successful IIoT program, and more were Plant Engineering’s five most clicked articles from Aug 23-29, 2021. Miss something? You can catch up here.

By Keagan Gay
IIoT, Industrie 4.0 August 23, 2021

Top 5 Plant Engineering articles Aug 16-22, 2021

Articles about five steps for jumpstarting a successful IIoT program, productivity increasing with cloud-connected IPC, how to achieve effective process safety, and more were Plant Engineering’s five most clicked articles from Aug 16-22, 2021. Miss something? You can catch up here.

By Keagan Gay
Industrial PCs August 16, 2021

Top 5 Plant Engineering articles Aug 9-15, 2021

Articles about PLCs improve predictive maintenance, productivity increasing with cloud connected IPC, the role o system integrator in the digital transformation, and more were Plant Engineering’s five most clicked articles from Aug 9-15, 2021. Miss something? You can catch up here.

By Keagan Gay
Motors & Drives August 9, 2021

Top 5 Plant Engineering articles Aug 2-8, 2021

Articles about tips and tools for efficient motor management, upcycling plastic waste into high-performing mechanical lubricant's, surge protective devices, and more were Plant Engineering’s five most clicked articles from Aug 2-8, 2021. Miss something? You can catch up here.

By Keagan Gay
Arc Flash & Electrical Safety August 2, 2021

Top 5 Plant Engineering articles July 26- Aug 1, 2021

Articles about the global semiconductor chip shortage, autonomous UV robots, how to properly size surge protective devices, and more were Plant Engineering’s five most clicked articles from July 26- Aug 1, 2021. Miss something? You can catch up here.

By Keagan Gay
Predictive and Preventive Maintenance July 19, 2021

Top 5 Plant Engineering articles July 12-18, 2021

Articles about safer, smarter and more productive electrical maintenance, four remote work solutions post-pandemic, lithium battery developments, and more were Plant Engineering’s five most clicked articles from July 12-18, 2021. Miss something? You can catch up here.

By Keagan Gay
Energy Efficiency & Management July 12, 2021

Top 5 Plant Engineering articles July 5-11, 2021

Articles about lithium battery developments, the maintenance function rapidly changing environment, supply chain model built to support the hydrogen economy, and more were Plant Engineering’s five most clicked articles from July 5-11, 2021. Miss something? You can catch up here.

By Keagan Gay
Predictive and Preventive Maintenance June 28, 2021

Top 5 Plant Engineering articles June 21-27, 2021

Articles about how to get ROI from IIoT for maintenance applications, the current state of the maintenance function, four ways site location can affect construction costs, and more were Plant Engineering’s five most clicked articles from June 21-27, 2021. Miss something? You can catch up here.

By Keagan Gay
IIoT, Industrie 4.0 June 21, 2021

Top 5 Plant Engineering articles June 14-20, 2021

Articles about predictive maintenance best practices, spare part inventory for maintenance organizations, five strategies for smashing silos, and more were Plant Engineering’s five most clicked articles from June 14-20, 2021. Miss something? You can catch up here.

By Keagan Gay
Environmental Health June 14, 2021

Top 5 Plant Engineering articles June 7-13, 2021

Articles about tips on calibration for automation and control engineers, advanced valve diagnostic drive savings, how to build scalable data models with MQTT Sparkplugs, and more were Plant Engineering’s five most clicked articles from June 7-13, 2021. Miss something? You can catch up here.

By Keagan Gay
Mechanical & Electrical June 7, 2021

Top 5 Plant Engineering articles May 31- June 6, 2021

Articles about optimizing gas turbines performance, how to properly size surge protective devices, IIoT in the real world, and more were Plant Engineering’s five most clicked articles from May 31- June 6, 2021. Miss something? You can catch up here.

By Keagan Gay
Arc Flash & Electrical Safety June 1, 2021

Top 5 Plant Engineering articles May 25-31, 2021

Articles about augmented reality transforming manual labor, how to test for absence of voltage, how to engage employees through plant optimization and more were Plant Engineering’s five most clicked articles from May 25-31, 2021. Miss something? You can catch up here.

By Keagan Gay
Arc Flash & Electrical Safety May 24, 2021

Top 5 Plant Engineering articles May 17-23, 2021

Articles about how to engage employees through plant optimization, how to extend switchgear life and improve system reliability, and best practices in mature engineering info management were Plant Engineering’s five most clicked articles from May 17-23, 2021. Miss something? You can catch up here.

By Keagan Gay
Material Handling May 17, 2021

Top 5 Plant Engineering articles May 10-16, 2021

Articles about how to keep spare part inventories accurate for maintenance departments, what a bad or non-existent maintenance program costs manufacturers, and why commodity casters cause injuries were Plant Engineering’s five most clicked articles from May 10-16, 2021. Miss something? You can catch up here.

By Keagan Gay
Environmental Health May 10, 2021

Top 5 Plant Engineering articles May 3-9, 2021

Articles about how to keep spare part inventories accurate for maintenance departments, cybersecurity throwback attack, and energy management for industrial networks were Plant Engineering’s five most clicked articles from May 3-9, 2021. Miss something? You can catch up here.

By Keagan Gay
Predictive and Preventive Maintenance May 3, 2021

Top 5 Plant Engineering articles April 26- May 2, 2021

Articles about how to keep spare part inventories accurate for maintenance departments, cybersecurity throwback attack, and the anatomy of an effective preconstruction strategy were Plant Engineering’s five most clicked articles from April 26- May 2, 2021. Miss something? You can catch up here.

By Keagan Gay
Predictive and Preventive Maintenance April 26, 2021

Top 5 Plant Engineering articles April 19-25, 2021

Articles about spare part inventory for maintenance organizations, fire safety best practices for manufacturing facilities, and how to resolve a conflict before it manifests itself were Plant Engineering’s five most clicked articles from April 19-25, 2021. Miss something? You can catch up here.

By Keagan Gay
Cybersecurity April 19, 2021

Top 5 Plant Engineering articles April 12-18, 2021

Articles about spare part inventory for maintenance organizations, how hyperautomation can help manufacturers, and how to resolve a conflict before it manifests itself were Plant Engineering’s five most clicked articles from April 12-18, 2021. Miss something? You can catch up here.

By Keagan Gay
Automation, Controls April 12, 2021

Top 5 Plant Engineering articles April 5-11, 2021

Articles about control systems helping drones team up to deliver heavy package, smart factory acceleration in a pandemic, and two ways smart pneumatics maximize energy savings were Plant Engineering’s five most clicked articles from April 5-11, 2021. Miss something? You can catch up here.

By Keagan Gay