Nick Schiltz
Nick Schiltz is a copywriter for Grace Technologies located in Davenport, Iowa. The company specializes in electrical safety products and predictive maintenance solutions. During his five years at Grace, Schiltz has published more than 250 blog posts ranging in topics from electrical safety best practices to the future impact of the industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) in the industrial space.
Articles by Nick Schiltz
How to make absence of voltage testing safer and more productive
Absence of voltage testing is a hot topic among safety experts and electrical safety manufacturers and permanent electrical safety devices (PESDs) can help improve safety.
4 easy methods to improve an electrical safety program
Maintaining a valuable safety culture, training, annual audits and investing in safety measures help enhance an electrical safety program.
How food and beverage companies can upgrade their electrical safety programs
How fast-paced work environments and reactive maintenance lead to a higher rate of injuries and OSHA violations, and the role training plays.
The ROI of IIoT: Safety and productivity benefits
The IIoT promises to reduce downtime and save money, especially when applied to legacy equipment.
Remote monitoring of temperature and vibration
How cloud-based predictive maintenance technology makes it easy
Designing your reliability journey
Safety is improved by disciplined operating and maintenance practices and keeping reliability strong.
How to perform a safer, smarter, and more productive LOTO procedure
Failure to perform proper mechanical or electrical lockout/tagout (LOTO) can lead to electrocution, electrical shock, arc-flash, and other hazards.
Benefits of a predictive maintenance system for monitoring vibration
Continuously and remotely monitoring vibration with a predictive maintenance system can help is better than waiting for a system to fail.
Safer, smarter and more productive electrical maintenance
Regularly checking critical assets' operating temperature and other key functions pays a huge return on investment (ROI) by preventing unexpected shutdowns.
Four steps to improve safety and reliability
Companies looking to improve their safety plan should aim high and focus on things they can immediately improve to gain credibility.