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Facilities Maintenance
Optimize your maintenance team
Organize your maintenance team by applying 5S+1. Photo: iStockphoto…
Tech Tip: testing DC armatures
DC armatures are the most time-consuming components to test, but they are also the easiest.
Make your plant more reliable
You can secure greater machinery and equipment reliability through improved maintenance processes, which brings us to “reliability-centred maintenance” or RCM.
Maximize your assets' value
Experts from academia, science and plant professionals from around the world who attended the 2009 International Maintenance Excellence Conference (IMEC) shared some valuable strategic insights.
Leaner asset management saves, money
A central principle of lean manufacturing is the elimination…
New BSA bearing brief on green technology
The Bearing Specialists Association (BSA) has released a new addition to its single-topic Bearing Briefs: The Best-Kept Secret in “Green” Technology.
Manage your spare parts better
A computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) will improve stores…
Upgrading industrial fans extends service life
Reducing the operating temperature of bearings leads to increased…
BSA briefs cover bearing selection
GLEN ELLYN, Ill: The Educational Services Committee of the…
Keep your compressors running smoothly
Compressors supply air, provide an energy source for chemical…
Canadian power transmission sales surge in June
CHICAGO: Canadian and US manufacturers of power transmission and…
Self-aligning spherical bearings provide versatility
Packaging-line pedestal uses igubal bearings. Photo: igusEAST PROVIDENCE, RI:…
Keeping your turbines up to speed
Turbines need plenty of attention. You’ll keep them running…
Measuring the value of asset management
Establishing metrics for production processes helps justify current activities…
Gearbox Efficiency and Lubrication
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Hit the spot with precision lubrication technologies
A single-point lubricator, attached to a bearing housing, dispenses…
Consider a makeover for maintenance
Having a strategy is key to maintenance improvement, but…
Bridging Alberta’s technology needs
When a big-basket loader used in open-pit oil sands…
Clean at sonic speed
Tech Sonic Services Ltd.’s ultrasonic cleaning technology extends product…
Saving through oil analysis
When equipment isn’t running, money isn’t flowing. Global competition…
Keeping dust and fumes under control
A Torit PowerCore baghouse dust collector. Photo: Donaldson Torit…
Maximize your CMMS investment
A CMMS will help you maximize plant assets, but…
Eight reasons to consider pulsed mig welding
The newest generation of pulsed MIG welders is user-friendly…
Cinde/Mohawk address NDT technicians shortage
Ultrasonic testing at Mohawk College’s non-destructive testing lab. Mohawk…
Diffusing a ticking time bomb
One area that’s woefully underestimated and urgently needs attention…
