MAINTENANCE TECHNOLOGY Articles
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2009/February
Author:Bob Williamson, Contributing Editor
Bob Williamson, Contributing Editor
The capacity assurance world of maintenance and reliability is like most other professions with unique words, phrases and terminology. Many of us grew up with this "language," which makes some of the jargon...
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2009/February
Author:Christer Idhammar, President IDCON, INC.
Christer Idhammar, President IDCON, INC.
Many years ago, one of my uncles asked me, "Christer, do you know what a three-man rowing boat is?" As I could not figure out the answer, he continued. "It is a boat with a crew of three. One rows, one...
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2009/February
Author:Jane Alexander, Editor-In-Chief with Rock LaBove, Inpro/Seal Company
As storms go, last year's Hurricane Ike was a particularly nasty one. On September 5th, 2008, Ike was a Category 4, packing winds of up to 145 miles per hour and carrying the potential to cause the highest storm surge in history. Thankfully, by...
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2009/February
Author:Jane Alexander, Editor-In-Chief
Jane Alexander, Editor-In-Chief
Watching wave upon wave of terrible economics news roll in over the past few weeks has had me thinking back to the Christmas when Santa Claus left two weary-looking Shetland ponies for my brothers and me. I had...
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2009/February
Author:Jane Alexander, with Eric Snyder, Emerson Process Management
The vast amount of diagnostic data produced by today's smart field devices can be a very important source for accurate documentation of maintenance activities. But the sheer volume and complexity of such information can be daunting and difficult for...
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2009/February
Author:Ken Bannister, Contributing Editor
There are a number of undisputable truths every capacity assurance professional must learn if they are, in fact, to assure an acceptable level of equipment reliability, uptime and availability. One of those truths states:
Approximately 70% of...
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2009/February
Author:Larry Olson, CMRP, T.A. Cook Consultants Inc.
Switching off a process plant and equipment to inspect and service it in accordance with safety requirements, then starting everything back up again is no simple matter. The good news is that with running times in today’s process plants having...
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2009/February
Author:MT Staff
Vibration Monitoring Technology Customized For Your Applications
SKF's Microlog Analyzer AX, with simultaneous triaxial or 4-channel vibration measurement capability, speeds up data collection and saves time in monitoring rounds. Its 806 MHz...
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2009/February
Author:MT Staff
News of people and events important to the maintenance and reliability community
GILSDORF IS NEW PRESIDENT OF HONEYWELL PROCESS SOLUTIONS
Honeywell has announced the appointment of Norman "Norm" Gilsdorf as president of Honeywell Process...
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2009/February
Author:MT Staff
Solid-State Motor Protection, Control & Advanced Monitoring in a Single Product
Eaton is expanding its motor and load protection solutions with Motor Insight™, the first offering from its Intelligent Power Control Solutions family. According...
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2009/February
Author:Rick Carter, Executive Editor
Rick Carter, Executive Editor
You've seen the numbers: the U.S. jobless rate at 7.6% (as of January) and 2.6 million jobs lost in 2008, nearly 800,000 of them in manufacturing. Many of those jobs disappeared from states long associated with...
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2009/February
Author:Ross Mackay, Ross Mackay Associates, Ltd.
Even in the best of times, you couldn't afford to gamble on the efficiency and reliability of your pumping systems. Don't start now.
One of the most costly mistakes that almost every company makes with its pumps is to actually buy the wrong pump....
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