Systems Thinking Leads to Savings
In 2002, the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information, Washington...
Electrical Unbalance Kills Motors
By Drew D. Troyer, CRE, Contributing Editor
Winterize Your Plant
Is your plant ready for the challenges of winter weather?
What’s Happening to Maintenance?
Every day we see and read articles, reports, and studies about new technologies and ways of doing...
ON THE FLOOR
Each month we talk with maintenance and technology professionals about their views and pressing problems on the factory floor.
Augmented Reality Is In Your FutureQ: What can we expect from augmented reality in maintenance? A: The future is about connectivity between people and machines and machines to machines (M2M). As companies move toward Industry 4.0, there will be more application such as prescriptive maintenance (applying advanced analytics to assets to better determine when maintenance will be required and automatically […]
Determine The Correct Maintenance Prescription
Adapting best practices from the medical arena can help drive uptime in your plant.
Drones Fly Beyond Inspections
Unmanned-aircraft systems are excellent and safe inspectors, but the future is in analyzing the...
Aging Equipment Isn’t the Problem
Q: How much does equipment age matter?
Legacy Equipment: Upgrade or Replace?
Since there’s no one-size-fits-all answer, you’ll need to run the numbers.
Print Better Parts
Companies can produce more reliable and efficient components faster and with fewer resources using...
Tips for R&M Success
In a recent online article, “Achieve Results from Your Improvement Initiatives,” author Christer...
Mixer Blends On, and On, and On
After almost 40 years of service, the same rotary glass batcher continues mixing material for 1M+...
On The Floor: Manage Infrastructure
Q: How important is managing infrastructure?
