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Condition Monitoring Barriers DroppingAdvances in data acquisition and analysis mean maintenance and operations teams can spend more time improving reliability.
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Check Idle Bearings Before StartupBy Chris Johnson, SMB Bearings Your factory equipment may have been idle for a few weeks and now you’re getting ready to restart or step up the level of operations. Here are some factors to consider when caring for rotational elements that have been sitting idle. Corrosion is always something to watch for when maintaining […]
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Operating System Drives ReliabilityThe Americold Operating System connects a global facility network to improve transparency, awareness, and 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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Manage Your Groundhog DayQ: How important is resilience in driving reliability results?
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Featured Podcast: Developing Future Workers Village StyleJason Green, Vice President of Human Resources at ABB, Ft. Smith, AR, describes the multi-faceted program they are developing to help students find a career path that develops sills and leads to employment in the manufacturing environment. Green describes how ABB works with educators at all levels, community leaders, parents and, most important, students, to […]
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Project-Management Tool Improves PerformanceChemical company uses Kanban to manage projects and strengthen processes.
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Become A Change AgentTo develop and maintain a competitive position in any industry requires the ability to implement change and gain and maintain workforce support along the way.
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Improve Through Culture ChangeWhen I visit and/or assess plants, the largest roadblock to improvement that I encounter continues to be a need to improve culture. When enterprises experience success in this area, it usually comes from one of two paths: • communicating a clear, understandable vision that is believable and carries easily identified benefits • dissatisfaction that people […]
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Find Competitive Advantage With Asset ManagementBy Drew D. Troyer, CRE, CMRP, Contributing Editor Most people think of reliable asset management as maintenance. This is natural. How many, though, also think of it as an opportunity to create a competitive advantage? Let’s explore. Some years back, researchers Robert H. Hayes and Steven C. Wheelwright created a model showing how operational excellence […]
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Condition Monitoring Barriers Dropping
Advances in data acquisition and analysis mean maintenance and operations teams can spend more time improving reliability.
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AI Eases Access to Predictive InsightsEmbedded analytics do the job of a data scientist to help reliability professionals proactively address production issues.
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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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Brush Up on Mag-Meter BasicsMag meters (electromagnetic flow meters) offer a number of benefits in fluid-handling applications.
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Fight Lubricant ProliferationIf you use a large variety of lubricants, consider the benefits of a consolidation process.
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When Water & Oil Mix, Assets SufferControlling the amount of water contamination in your lubricants will extend rotating-equipment life.
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Atomizing Spray NozzleThe 1/4 NPT FullStream liquid atomizing spray nozzle provides a full cone spray pattern for pressurized liquids. The tangential-flow design is vaneless, creating internal features to resist clogging while producing a uniform distribution in a round pattern with medium to large droplets. Right-angle design is compact and operates to 100 psig liquid pressure. The nozzles […]
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Connected filtration serviceThe iCue connected filtration service aids in getting ahead of potential dust-collection maintenance issues in a facility before they become disruptive. With real-time performance monitoring alerts and automated reporting capabilities, the iCue service helps users optimize collector efficiency, reduce unplanned downtime, and track compliance data. Donaldson Co. Minneapolis donaldson.com
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Maintenance status appThe Smartenance app, for smart phone, tablet, or desktop, connects maintenance plans and activity status. The vendor-neutral app uses a mobile maintenance calendar as an app for smartphone and tablets on the shop floor and a desktop web-browser interface for managing and documenting maintenance tasks in the office. The app is said to be simple, […]
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Integrated AIAugmented reality (AR) technology is part of the Plantweb Optics asset-performance platform. The system provides enhanced access to real-time diagnostics and analytics and live remote assistance to workers maintaining and optimizing plant equipment. The software leverages artificial intelligence, machine-learning analytics, and data contextualization to add real-time visibility to plant reliability and operational performance. Unlike standalone […]
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Air compressorsA line of electric single-stage, horizontal-tank stationary air compressors includes 16 single-stage belt-driven models with cast-iron compressor pumps and powder-coated, ASME certified tanks. The largest models use 60- or 80-gal. tanks and provide 5 hp while displacing 27.8 or 28.7 cfm at 125 psi. Magnetic starters are standard on the larger units. Several horsepower and […]
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Occupancy managementAn occupancy-management solution for the company’s Brickstream 3D Gen2 automates occupancy counting within high-traffic and capacity-limited areas. Supporting social-distancing guidelines, it provides organizations with a real-time capacity counting and display tool for multiple entries and exits. The product is platform agnostic with an integrated IoT architecture, which can be implemented within existing wi-fi access points, […]
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AI smart appInsight OMI app introduces AI (artificial intelligence) capabilities into the AVEVA System Platform, formerly Wonderware, and leverages predictive early warning and automatic detection of unusual operational behavior. This provides users with early notification so they can quickly resolve issues before they become critical business problems such as unplanned downtime and production losses. A simple management […]
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