Are Your Electrical Workers Qualified?
Electrical power systems today are often very complex. Protective devices, controls...
Pinpoint Funny Motor-Ground Currents
By Howard W. Penrose, Ph.D., CMRP aka ‘Motor Doc’ Unusual bearing or winding failures in across-the...
Microgrids Are On The Rise
Alternative-energy integration, expensive-energy-storage, and aging-infrastructure barriers are...
Understand Electrical Equipment Failures
New technologies and techniques are improving detection of damaging heat and failure-predicting...
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.
Beware Data Center Danger Zones
It’s crucial to understand arc-flash hazards and take steps to mitigate risks.
Profitable Reliability Control On Your Horizon
Real-time reliability control will soon make it possible to drive profitability at the operator and...
Update Your Grounding Knowledge
Lives and property are endangered by incomplete or outdated grounding information and lack of...
On The Floor: Inspecting Plant Infrastructure Or Gambling on Its...
By Jane Alexander, Managing Editor This month’s MT Reader Panel topic is based on some anecdotal...
Highly Charged Reliability
Bill Myers spearheads an Electrical Maintenance Program that helps AstraZeneca’s West Chester, OH...
Tomato Processor Boosts Steam, Cuts Emissions
Plant-expansion project keeps packing operation up and running. Morning Star Packing Co. (Los...
Interpret the IP Code Correctly
Powering Auto Production
A highly sophisticated electrical protection-and-control system helps Mercedes-Benz keep the power...
