Legacy Equipment: Upgrade or Replace?
Since there’s no one-size-fits-all answer, you’ll need to run the numbers.
Consider Wear-Ring Options
Selecting the best non-metallic wear ring for an application can greatly increase its effectiveness.
Elbow Design Stops Feed-Line Blowouts
Changing from conventional to deflection elbows on pneumatic lines solves wear problems for...
Get the Parts Part Right
By Drew D. Troyer, CRE, Contributing Editor Early-life failures plague industries that depend upon...
ON THE FLOOR
Each month we talk with maintenance and technology professionals about their views and pressing problems on the factory floor.
Double Up With Autonomous MaintenanceQ: What is the purpose of autonomous maintenance and what benefits does it provide? A : The purpose of autonomous maintenance is to set up a process that enables operators and trades/technicians to continually communicate regarding equipment health.
Enough With the Check-Valve Chatter
According to experts at Circle Valve Technologies Inc., Harleysville, PA (circlevalve.com), check...
Equipment Health Monitoring for Complex Business Models
What’s Up With Machine-Safety Risk Assessments?
Answer: Strategies to minimize hazards start with this type of process.
Data Security Practices for Predictive Maintenance, Digital...
Properly Select Pressure Relief Valves
Pressure-relief valves protect vessel-piping systems and other plant equipment from dangerous...
Why Compressor Size Matters
Unlike the oversizing of air compressors, going ‘bigger’ really can be better for associated...
Equipment-Rental Considerations
Rather than abandon a crucial test or fail to do necessary maintenance for lack of required...
Field or Workshop Calibration?
Is it better to calibrate process instruments in the field or in a workshop, i.e, on a bench...
