Reliability

Integrate A CMS To Monitor Asset Health

Advanced condition monitoring solutions reliably track asset performance and prevent costly downtime. By Luis Narvaez, Siemens Industry Staying competitive in today’s environment is challenging. It’s made more difficult as customers seek customized products at the prices of mass-produced goods. Furthermore, growing global ecological awareness and rising energy prices are motivating many companies to work toward […]

Automation • Condition Monitoring • Condition-based Maintenance • IIoT • Maintenance • Reliability • Sensors

Connected Systems Reveal Data Value

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Digitized data capture and analysis are key to finding solutions that advance manufacturing...

Maintenance • Predictive Maintenance • Reliability

Design Your Pilot For Success

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Answering three questions gives you the best chance to scale your pilot project. By Justin Lesley...

Asset Management • Automation • Lean Manufacturing • Maintenance • Management • Preventive Maintenance • Reliability

Metrics Key To Sustainable Success

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Use the SMART approach to establish KPIs that will improve your lubrication practices. By Mark...

Environmental • Maintenance • Reliability • Safety

Single-Step Treatment Cuts Costs

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Wastewater treatment system allows corrugated manufacturing facility to save time, materials, and...

ON THE FLOOR

Each month we talk with maintenance and technology professionals about their views and pressing problems on the factory floor.

On The Floor

ON THE FLOOR

TBM Can’t Stand Alone

Q: What’s wrong with time-based maintenance? A: Time-based maintenance (TBM) is running out of time. Maintenance thinking has gone through many changes since the 1978 Nolan and Heap report for United Airlines. The report compiled information on the conditional probability of failure versus operating age for numerous electrical and mechanical airline-industry components. Its findings challenged […]

On The Floor