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2013/April
Author:Dr. Lube, aka Ken Bannister
Symptom:
Dear Dr. Lube: While changing out unreadable sight-gauges on some large gearbox reservoirs, we discovered a wall of sludge in the tank bottoms. Is it preventable?
Diagnosis:
Large gearboxes are almost always oil-lubricated, and...
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2013/May
Author:Eugene Vogel, Electrical Apparatus Service Association (EASA)
Understanding the factors involved in pump performance is key to optimizing the fluid-handling systems in your operations.
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2013/March
Author:G. Keith Diepstra, Marshall Institute
Making Change Stick
Anyone who has ever attempted to bring about change in an organization knows the frustration of watching good principles be ignored despite the commitment of training and funding. Although management may have committed...
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2013/January
Author:Gary Mintchell
Optimizing Energy Use
Whether you personally monitor/manage energy at your site or not, you can bet your management is interested in gathering better, more detailed information about energy usage. This is not just for the idle amusement of the...
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2013/March
Author:Gary Mintchell
The 2013 ARC World Industry Forum was the 17th in a series of successful annual events. Held Feb. 11-14 in Orlando, this year’s Forum appeared to live up to its billing as the largest general gathering of people involved with industrial automation...
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2013/May
Author:Gary Mintchell
Germany’s Hannover Fair is billed as the world’s largest industrial trade show. That’s where I was last month—with just over 200,000 of my closest friends—browsing my share of more than 6000 exhibits. While capacity assurance may not have...
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2013/March
Author:Gerald O. ‘Jerry’ Davis, P.E., Davis Materials & Mechanical Engineering, Inc.
These lower-profile corrosion types are dangerous and deserve your attention.
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2013/February
Author:Howard W. Penrose, Ph.D., CMRP, Vice President, Dreisilker Electric Motors, Inc.
As shown in the accompanying chart, the top-ranked method for troubleshooting electric motors, as reported in the 2013 Motor Diagnostics and Motor Health (MDMH) study, was visual inspection, followed by insulation-resistance testing. Interestingly,...
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2013/January
Author:Jane Alexander, Editor-In-Chief
Go Ahead And Try It: A Little More Tenderness
The last Friday of 2012 found me listening to the Afternoon Shift, a program produced by Chicago’s WBEZ Public Radio station. In his wonderful voice, the host Rick Kogan was discussing New Year’s...
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2013/February
Author:Jane Alexander, Editor-In-Chief
A Gathering Of Innovative Eagles
I had the joy of sailing around the post-holiday doldrums last month by spending a couple of days at the 2013 Shell Innovation Summit. As an invited media guest, to say that I felt like an odd duck among a...
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