MAINTENANCE TECHNOLOGY Articles
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2007/September
Author:Bob Williamson, Contributing Editor
Bob Williamson, Contributing Editor
Many businesses, facilities and plants today are involved with (sometimes obsessed with) “improvement programs.” Plenty of these “programs” seem to have come and gone over the decades, only to...
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2007/September
Author:C. Paul Oberg CMC, CPCM, EPAC Software Technologies, Inc.
How do businesses and organizations within a business, including Maintenance, navigate the data continent?
We go to great lengths to capture it, store it, organize it and, ultimately, use some of it! Data is all over the place within our...
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2007/September
Author:Cyndi Nyberg (EASA), Electrical Apparatus Service Association
Ensuring the type of service and efficiency you want from your motors begins with better motor management on your part. That includes knowing how to size them appropriately.
Most motors are run continuously with little variation in load. A...
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2007/September
Author:Heinz P. Bloch, P.E., Jim Steiger, Robert Bluse
The first installment of this series highlighted general guidelines regarding the selection of competent non-OEM pump repair facilities. This month, these guidelines are discussed in more detail.
You get what you inspect. That said, a pump user...
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2007/September
Author:Jane Alexander, Editor-In-Chief
Oil services company, Allis-Chalmers Energy, Inc., knows first hand the time and financial ramifications of not having clean, uninterrupted power.
The inherent nature of oil drilling means that all equipment must be able to operate in extremely...
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2007/September
Author:MT Staff
Comparing the operations of a typical fire department with the operations of a well-run maintenance organization is not a stretch. The parallels go on and on.
For example, according to Chief Scott Tegler of the Woodstock Ontario (Canada) Fire...
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2007/September
Author:Shane Haveron, AMETEK Power Systems and Instruments
Want more longer-term data for multiple users from less equipment? The benefits are big. The payback is real.
In the never-ending drive to get more from less, electric utility engineers are continually looking for ways to obtain more information...
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2007/September
Author:Tom Byerley, Chair, Society for Maintenance & Reliability Professionals (SMRP)
Tom Byerley, Chair, Society for Maintenance & Reliability Professionals (SMRP)
This year’s SMRP Conference takes place October 7-10, in Louisville, KY. You have two very important reasons for attending this event—staying current and...
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