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Today's e-newsletter is sponsored by... Welcome to the PEM E-Newsletter!PEM 2006 Maintenance Awards Time is running out to make a submission to the PEM 2006 Maintenance Awards. All you have to do is send us an email outlining your maintenance and reliability success story. Past winners of the awards include: Dofasco Inc., City of Toronto, Purolator Courier and Gennum Corp. Now, it's your turn to stand in the spotlight and receive well-deserved recognition for maintenance excellence. Winners will receive one free pass to the MainTrain 2006 conference in Toronto (approximate value $1,500), one awards banquet dinner ticket and cool prizes for your maintenance team. We'll also feature a ''good news'' profile story of your maintenance operation in the PEM February 2007 issue. It's a win situation no matter how you look at it. Just take a few minutes to write us. The submission deadline is September 15, 2006. Here are the guidelines for the awards: Best maintenance team
Best-managed maintenance facility
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Industry NewsCombilift introduces new forklift trucks
MONAGHAN, Ireland–Combilift recently introduced new forklift trucks with more than 80 journalists from around the world in attendance here. The range of trucks include: the TeleCombi, the Semi-RoughTerrain C10,000L and the GT Hydrostatic Electric Sideloader. The forklifts, which are manufactured in Ireland, will be available in both Canada and the U.S. through Combilift dealers.
At the same time, Combilift also opened a new 100,000 square-foot manufacturing and research and development facility located in Monaghan. Founded in 1988, Combilift developed the world's first engine-powered multi-directional forklift truck. Combilift says its space-saving forklifts can eliminate the need for multiple machines when handling long, awkward loads in or outside a facility. The TeleCombi is designed for extrusion companies (i.e. PVC and aluminum) and features a boom lift that enables users to load and off load the contents of a trailer from one side. A moving carriage allows operators to retract a load at specific heights, which eliminates the need for constant height adjustment, especially in confined spaces. The Semi-RoughTerrain C10,000L forklift is designed to handle long loads of lumber in narrow retail and wholesale lumberyards. With larger solid pneumatic tires, it's especially suited to unpaved yards and semi-rough terrain, including snow conditions and offers added suspension for more comfortable operator material handling, says the company. The GT Electric Sideloader is the first hydrostatic electric-powered sideloader in the market, says the company. It includes all the parts that are featured with Combilift's internal-combustion GT Sideloader. The forklift is available with optical guidance. Optical cameras mounted on the truck, monitor a tape bonded in the centre of the aisle to enable automatic steering. ''These new forklifts
mark a milestone in Combilift's growth,'' said Tommy Cadden, Combilift
USA president. ''We currently export to 45 countries around the world.
Where there's material handling and construction–there's a need for
Combilift.''
The combined offering supported by Ivara's reliability software, EXP, will help customers to improve the effectiveness of their maintenance organization and overall equipment performance, says both companies. ''For executives, increased asset
reliability translates directly into a big improvement to the
bottom line. The integrated Ivara-MRO Software offering delivers a
complete reliability system that optimizes both equipment and
financial performance,'' says Ivara's CEO Gerry Bleau. ''We're
pleased to join with MRO Software and look forward to supporting
customers in their journey toward optimized reliability.''
MILWAUKEE, WI–Drawing from more than 50 years of experience in machinery protection and condition monitoring, Rockwell Automation fulfills the requirements of Turbine Supervisory Instrumentation (TSI) with the addition of the new Allen-Bradley XM 121A Absolute Shaft and the XM 442 Voted Electronic Over-speed Detection System (EODS) Relay Modules. The new modules are a scalable solution that can be easily integrated into a plant's control and information system, as well as meet the needs of applications requiring absolute shaft measurements and redundant over-speed protection, says the company. ''Turbines are critical plant assets that must be monitored and protected,'' says Ralph DeLisio, business manager, Integrated Condition Monitoring, Rockwell Automation. ''With the XM machinery protection and condition-monitoring series, operations and maintenance personnel can accurately gather and analyze critical measurements needed to identify tendencies and trends in equipment performance before an event occurs. ''These products and services are designed to meet the demanding requirements of turbine supervisory instrumentation applications and can be integrated with plant-monitoring needs to provide customers with a complete asset management strategy.'' Established by the ISA, TSI is a series of measurements intended to recognize and diagnose key performance issues related to turbo machinery. TSI system measurements include radial-shaft displacement, thrust, eccentricity, case and differential expansion, valve position, temperature, speed and acceleration. As part of an
overall machinery protection and condition-monitoring strategy,
the data collected by the XM series modules can be used to
identify and prevent issues with equipment operation, resulting in
improved turbine performance and availability, says the company.
PTDA releases June trend data
Days sales in accounts receivables increased 0.9 percent from May 2006 and fell 2.8 percent compared to the same month last year. Annualized sales to inventory ratio in June was 8.6, compared to 7.9 in 2005. For June, the confidence level of Canadian distributors increased to 7.5 from 6.8 on a 10-point scale. Canadian manufacturers' year-to-date sales of PT/MC products increased 2.4 percent compared to sales for January through June in 2005. Sales were down 0.2 percent over the previous month and gained 1.0 percent compared to June 2005. Compared to May, sales of mounted bearings, standard industrial motors, variable-speed drives, mechanical-drive systems and other PT products, clutches and brakes and shaft couplings increased. Sales of unmounted bearings
and positioning systems/linear-motion products decreased. Annualized
sales to inventory ratio in June was 8.3, compared to 7.9 in 2005.
For June, the confidence level of Canadian manufacturers was up
5.2 from 5.1 in May on a 10-point scale. People and Companies
Dofasco Inc. and City of Toronto (Toronto Water) were winners of the PEM 2005 Maintenance Awards. Now, it's your turn to stand in the spotlight! We're calling for PEM 2006 Maintenance Award submissions. Here are general guidelines for the awards: Best maintenance team
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 Ray Beebe Ray Beebe developed condition-monitoring applications alongside engineering and middle management during 28 years in the fossil power generation industry in Australia, with two years in the UK. Joining Monash University in 1992, Ray teaches in and co-ordinates the post-graduate, off-campus learning programs in maintenance and reliability engineering. |
 John Lambert John
Lambert is president of Benchmark Maintenance Services Inc., a company
specializing in rotating machinery installation, training, service and
equipment sales. He has trained hundreds of tradesmen in organizations
like Dofasco, City of Toronto and Ontario Power Generation. John served
his apprenticeship in mechanical maintenance at Fazakerly Engineering
in Liverpool, England. |
 Brian Malloch Brian Malloch is the current president of the Plant Engineering and Maintenance Association of Canada (PEMAC). He's also the president of Twenty First Century Solutions Inc.; a PEMAC director and chair, professional development; a MainTrain 2006 conference planning committee member; and is a past recipient of PEMAC's Sergio Guy Memorial Award. |
 David Berger David
Berger, P.Eng. (Alta.) is the founding president of the Plant
Engineering and Maintenance Association of Canada (PEMAC). He's also
North America's number one expert on computerized maintenance
management software (CMMS) systems and plant operations, and a frequent
contributor to leading industry journals. David now works with Western
Management Consultants. |
 James V. Reyes-Picknell With
more than 26 years of experience in engineering, operations,
maintenance management and business consulting, James V. Reyes-Picknell
is president of Conscious Management Inc. and has in-depth knowledge of
the human factor within organizations. He has authored and co-authored
physical asset management textbooks. |
Ken
Bannister of Engtech Industries Inc. is a production and maintenance
management specialist located in Innerkip, ON. He has worked for many
years in the industry as an engineer and maintenance professional in
Canada and England. Ken now helps companies and their maintenance
departments solve physical asset management problems. He's also a
regular editorial contributor to leading industry magazines and is
involved with training and education. |
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Dr. Jay Lee
Dr.
Jay Lee is Ohio Eminent Scholar in Advanced Manufacturing and L.W.
Scott Alter Chair Professor at the University of Cincinnati. He's also
the founding director of National Science Foundation (NSF)
Industry/University Cooperative Research Center (I/UCRC) on Intelligent
Maintenance Systems (IMS), which is a multi-campus NSF Center of
Excellence between the University of Cincinnati and the University of
Michigan-Ann Arbor. Previously, Dr. Lee held a position as Wisconsin
Distinguished Professor and Rockwell Automation Professor at the
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Dr.
Lee is also founding co-director of Industrial Innovation Center at
Shanghai Jiao Tong University. His current research focuses on
IT-enabled infotronics technologies and smart prognostics tools for
smart products, e-manufacturing operations and intelligent
maintenance/service systems, including embedded product lifecycle
monitoring, prognostics, remote monitoring, design of self-maintenance
systems and smart service business strategies. He has authored/co-authored over 100 technical publications, edited two books, contributed numerous book chapters, three U.S. patents, two trademarks and delivered numerous invited lectures and speeches, including over 60 invited keynote and plenary speeches at major international conferences. |
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WHO SHOULD ATTEND MAINTRAIN 2006?
Plant managers, plant engineers, maintenance managers, director of engineering, director of operations, production/operations, reliability engineers, facility managers, purchasers, supply chain managers and anyone involved in physical asset management.
REASONS TO ATTEND MAINTRAIN 2006:
- Reduce equipment downtime, improve production capacity and lower costs.
- Discover how to sell world-class maintenance to management and operations.
- Better manage maintenance to generate a greater ROI and bottom line.
- Learn how to maximize equipment reliability and lifecycle management.
- Become a successful manager and take your maintenance career to new levels.
- Network and connect with industry peers and Canada's maintenance leaders.
Product Focus
Compact job-site table saw
DeWalt
introduced its new 10-inch compact, job-site table saw (DW745) that's
suited for a wide range of end users, including interior and exterior
trim carpenters, deck builders, and installers of hardwood floors,
stairs, cabinets, doors, and windows, etc. The saw has the ability to
quickly and easily cut hardwood materials used in the construction of
stairs and interior flooring, TREX decking materials, window and door
casings, shelving, pressure treated lumber, as well as standard
sheathing and 2x construction materials, says the company. The DW745 is
equipped with a 15-amp motor and is capable of handling heavy building
materials or dense man-made building products without stalling the
motor or slowing productivity, says the company. Additionally, the
table saw is designed with a telescoping fence that provides 16 inches
of rip to the right and 12 inches to the left of the blade.
www.dewalt.com
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