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Operating System Drives ReliabilityThe Americold Operating System connects a global facility network to improve transparency, awareness, and asset reliability.
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Does 4.0-Based PdM Match The Hype?Industry 4.0 technology provides a path to effective predictive and prescriptive maintenance practices.
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Speed Up Machine Failure DiagnosisBy Bryan Christiansen, Limble CMMS The ability to quickly identify causes of machine failure often is the difference between a productive day with all targets met and a day of wasted raw materials, labor, time, and lost revenue. Here are five tips you can use to speed up machine-failure diagnosis. Maintain accurate equipment history. Every […]
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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Outsource? Internalize? It Depends.By Dr. Klaus M. Blache and Dr. F. H. (Skipper) Yocum Univ. of Tennessee Reliability and Maintainability Center (RMC) Q: Is it better to outsource or internalize maintenance functions? A: Why outsource? The plants of the first company are located in industrial regions where many skilled workers are available. The company’s maintenance structure is a maintenance […]
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Cut Costs With PM OptimizationBy Abel Galindo, Life Cycle Engineering
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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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Asset Management: Evolution to RevolutionQ: Asset management is changing rapidly. Where is it all headed? A: Maintenance and reliability concepts have been evolving for a long time with increasing complexity and capabilities. This is further complicated by global competition, the high number of trades/technicians leaving the workforce, changing business dynamics, and the ongoing need to improve culture.
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Plantweb Adds ARAnalytics and live remote assistance will improve maintenance efficiency, advance reliability, and increase safety.
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Operating System Drives Reliability
The Americold Operating System connects a global facility network to improve transparency, awareness, and asset reliability.
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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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Know Your Kappa ValuesIf your bearings require grease lubrication, reliable long-term performance is determined by the Kappa value.
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An ALS Will Boost Asset ReliabilityAutomated lubrication systems will help you re-allocate maintenance hours and contribute to increased profits.
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Gain Control Of MRO InventoryLack of effective and sustained parts management has a negative impact on your production planning and scheduling.
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Contact-tracing solutionProximity Trace provides proximity distancing alerts and contact tracing through a wearable device for workers. Devices are affixed to a hard hat or worn on the body with a lanyard and emit a progressively louder alarm, alerting workers when they are too close to each other. The alarm can also serve to change behaviors by […]
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Customized switchgear simulatorsSwitchgear simulators train personnel on automatic and manual operation of the company’s switchgear. Customized to mimic operation of the customer’s switchgear/system, the simulators familiarize workers with the system and its operation and help them accurately diagnose a wide range of utility, generator, and breaker problems. The simulators can also be used to assess the impact […]
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How Many Spares Are Enough?
Operations people always want an ample supply of MRO (maintenance, repair, operations) spare parts on hand to make sure that production is never at risk.
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CIP Safety EncodersAllen-Bradley 843ES CIP Safety over EtherNet/IP Absolute Encoders, for safety applications that require speed, direction, or position-monitoring functions, are said to improve productivity. The encoders can achieve SIL 3/PLe performance when used as part of an integrated safety system that includes an Allen-Bradley GuardLogix 5580 controller or Compact GuardLogix 5380 controller. By integrating safety with […]
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Arduino-compatible controllerProductivityOpen platform reportedly provides features of a standard Arduino plus the added power and reliability of an industrial controller. The processor circuit of the P1AM-100 Arduino-compatible CPU is designed to mimic the Arduino MKRZero microcontroller. The P1AM-100 is compatible with most available Arduino MKR format shields, and/or the industrially hardened ProductivityOpen shields, and can use […]
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HMI, SCADA packageSmartView 4.0 is a complete human machine interface (HMI) and supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) package for machine builders and OEMs. Said to be powerful and easy to configure, the software allows users to develop effective interfaces displaying the critical information they need to deploy, monitor, and analyze a machine’s operation and overall status. […]
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