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Use the Data You GenerateTo benefit from AI/ML technology, break down the silos that isolate unused but valuable data. Today the average industrial plant uses less than 27% of the data it generates, according to industry experts at the ARC Advisory Group, Boston (arcweb.com). Typically, the remaining 73% of data—much of it produced by plant process-control systems as high-frequency […]
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Vibration, Fluid Analysis, Or Both?While each has its strengths, combining vibration and fluid analyses will result in optimum condition-based maintenance.
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Use Vibration To Advance ReliabilityData from strategically placed vibration sensors can play a significant role in developing and sustaining asset reliability.
ON THE FLOOR
Each month we talk with maintenance and technology professionals about their views and pressing problems on the factory floor.
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ISO 55001 Doesn’t Guarantee Best PracticesQ: Why should ISO 55001 be used to improve asset management? A: Asset management is about balancing opportunities, risks, challenges, and costs to enable value creation (defined by your company objectives/goals). This should be done with the entire life cycle of assets in mind.
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PODCAST: Exploring the GA800 DriveThe GA800 AC Drive, from Yaskawa America Inc., Waukegan, IL (yaskawa.com), is a durable, extremely versatile motor drive that offers simplified programming, installation, and ongoing maintenance in a wide range of environments. Steve Perreault, Chief Product Line Manager of Drives at Yaskawa America, describes the unit’s various features and discusses how it is designed to […]
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Manage Supply Chains To Cut DowntimeWhen parts delivery is inconsistent, stay on top of your inventory needs and understand supplier capabilities.
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Data Integrity MattersHow much confidence do you have in your organization’s data when you need to make tough decisions? Is the data you’re collecting useable (reliable and complete)? High-risk operations such as food products, nuclear, pharmaceutical, and airlines are keenly aware of the consequences of unreliable data. While other manufacturers don’t necessarily carry the same risk, unreliable […]
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Elevate Safety In Confined SpacesBy Ryan Dobbins, CSP, CHST, CIT, CUSP The primary obligation of any industry leader is to ensure a safe and healthy work environment for employees, contractors, and/or service providers who are conducting on-site work. When that work is done in confined or enclosed spaces, hazard recognition becomes more challenging because, by nature, confined spaces generally […]
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Educate for the TradesBy Dr. Klaus M. Blache, Univ. of Tennessee Reliability and Maintainability Center (RMC) and Dr. Paul Kirkland, Grants Management, Monroe County Schools, TN Q: When should you start recruiting skilled trades/technicians? A: Many parents today are focused on sending their children to college as a measure of success. I’m all for a university education if […]
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Reliability Raises Customer ExpectationsQ: What does reliability mean? A: It depends on who you ask and where you look. In Merriam-Webster, it’s defined as: • the quality or state of being reliable • the extent to which an experiment, test, or measuring procedure yields the same results on repeated trials. I was taught that you shouldn’t define a […]
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Reliability Engineers in Short SupplyReliability engineers and managers have always been difficult to find/recruit and it won’t get any easier.
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Connected Systems Reveal Data ValueDigitized data capture and analysis are key to finding solutions that advance manufacturing efficiency. By Josh Santo, Parsable The multitude of data that technology captures can be invaluable in uncovering new efficiencies or fixing roadblocks. Between 60% and 70% of data within an enterprise, however, goes unused. Most plants have the tools and data at […]
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Design Maintainable Hydraulic SystemsThe positions and orientation of monitoring devices, service ports, and sensors play a critical role in assuring consistent, cost-saving maintenance.
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Breaking Mining Data SilosPressure to enhance efficiency and meet production targets drives improved operational visibility through data gathering.
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NLGI Specifications Meet Special NeedsBy Anuj Mistry, Fuchs Lubricants Co. The NLGI high-performance multiuse (HPM) grease specification (NLGI, Liberty, MO, nlgi.org) will play a significant role in industry in the coming years, providing a baseline performance indication for lubricating greases and a guide for optimizing solutions through various grease technologies. While a specific performance-enhancement level, in conjunction with the […]
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Filters Are More Than Pleated PaperThe money you save buying inexpensive oil filters will be spent, and then some, when excess contaminants shorten asset life.
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PODCAST: Exploring the GA800 Drive
The GA800 AC Drive, from Yaskawa America Inc., Waukegan, IL (yaskawa.com), is a durable, extremely versatile motor drive that offers simplified programming, installation, and ongoing maintenance in a wide range of environments. Steve Perreault, Chief Product Line Manager of Drives at Yaskawa America, describes the unit’s various features and discusses how it is designed to […]
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Safety laser scannersDatalogic safety laser scanners are said to provide a cost-effective way to protect an entire area. This can be a static application, such as a robot cell, or the area surrounding a moving device such as an AGV. The scanners are configurable and feature a 275-deg. viewing window that allows several user-defined zones of protection. […]
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Safety relay moduleHR6S safety relay module is a microcomputer-based device supporting a wide variety of connections, input devices, and operating modes while adding diagnostic and status monitoring. The module design meets ISO 13849 requirements, with one model for low-risk Safety Category 1 applications, and six models suitable for high-risk Safety Category 3 and 4 processes requiring redundancy. […]
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Remote monitoring and controlQCloudServer (QCS IIoT) system for remote monitoring and control applications provides connection to edge-source data, transmits it on-site or to the cloud, aggregates and logs data, performs calculations and analysis as needed, and delivers mobile/web visualization. The software reportedly connects with any user-supplied edge systems supporting MQTT. Quantum Automation Anaheim, CA quantumautomation.com
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Handheld tachometersThree tachometers expand options for gathering condition-monitoring data. Models TKRT 21 and TKRT 31 are digital units, while the TKRT 25M is mechanical. All are compact, have large displays, and can be operated with one hand. The TKRT 21 uses laser or contact measurement to determine rotational and linear speeds, allowing measurement at a safe […]
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Control valvesFisher V280 full-bore trunnion-mounted ball control valves for severe and specialty pressure, flow, and process-control applications, use a drive train to guide the shaft and absorb energy. Available attenuators for liquid and gas process fluids offer a solution for combatting the negative consequences of cavitation, such as vibration, erosion, and noise. Valve body connections are […]
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Valve manifoldThe VTSA-F-CB (CB for C-Bus) pneumatic valve manifold offers serial communication that enables as many as three safety-shutdown groups per manifold. It is compatible with combinations of pilot air-control valves, soft-start exhaust valves, proportional valves, and vacuum generators. The C-Bus plug-and-play integration simplifies, speeds up, and lowers component costs when installing pneumatic safety circuits, which […]
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