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Augmented Reality Is In Your Future

Q: 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 […]

Compliance • Personnel • Reliability & Maintenance Center • Safety • Training

Strong Safety Cultures Pay Off

1 year ago

Due to the unforgiving nature of electrical hazards, it’s important for facility managers and staff...

Personnel • Process • Safety • Training

Boost Operational Profitability With Safety

2 years ago

Your industrial-safety assets and programs can become a profit engine.

Personnel • Reliability & Maintenance Center • Safety • Training

Drones Support Safer Inspections

2 years ago

By Robert E. Sinclair, Civil & Environmental Consultants Inc.

Compliance • Equipment • Safety • Training

What’s Up With Machine-Safety Risk Assessments?

2 years ago

Answer: Strategies to minimize hazards start with this type of process.

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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WORKFORCE

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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