Petro-Canada Lubricants wins international award PEM Staff | Jul 29, 2010 Petro-Canada Lubricants has once again won an International Stevie Award for Best New Product or Service of the Year in the manufacturing category in the 2010 International Business Awards. The award recognized recent breakthroughs in the Purity FG food lubricant line. "Petro-Canada Lubricants is honoured to have been recognized by the ... Read more |
PEM launches exclusive Terry Wireman newsletter Aug. 3PEM Staff | Jul 19, 2010 Beginning Aug. 3, 2010, industry guru Terry Wireman — author of 21 maintenance and reliability textbooks and frequent guest speaker — will be writing the content for a monthly PEM e-newsletter entitled Wireman's Wire. Click here to subscribe. For a sneak peek at what's to come, he will begin with an ... Read more |
Can you can beat the ABB Reliability Challenge? PEM Staff | Jul 19, 2010 ABB Reliability Services has teamed up with tracermedia interactive to develop a serious game that will entertain and educate plant professional. The goal of the ABB Reliability Challenge is for players to have fun and experience firsthand how reliability decisions impact overall business performance. As a member of a failing ... Read more |
Proper tire pressure key to fleet reliability, longevityPEM Staff | Jun 30, 2010 Riding on properly inflated tires should be a priority for every one of the thousands of motorists who will be hitting Canada's highways during this summer's driving season. Drivers who take the few minutes needed to measure and, if necessary, adjust their tire pressures before heading out can be assured that ... Read more |
UE Systems develops new touch-screen ultrasonic monitoring tool PEM Staff | Jun 28, 2010 UE Systems has developed the Ultraprobe 15,000 Touch, which provides plant inspection professionals the ability to use iPhone-like touch-screen technology to analyze conditions with a wide range of on-board features including: a spectral analyzer, the ability to take equipment temperature with an infrared thermometer, photograph test points with an on-board ... Read more |
SKF launches new range of shaft alignment tools PEM Staff | Jun 28, 2010 SKF Canada Ltd. has introduced a new range of shaft alignment tools that have been designed to be easy to use and harness the power of lasers to achieve pin-point accuracy in the alignment of shafts. The new TKSA series is the latest development of SKF’s alignment tool range, and consists ... Read more |
Report explores true cost of wind turbine operations, maintenance PEM Staff | Jun 17, 2010 Independent wind energy analysts have been working with Wind Energy Update to determine what factors into operations and maintenance costs. They have been exploring how much turbine operators and investors can expect to invest in operations and maintenance over coming years — and how such costs can be mitigated. Data analysed ... Read more |
New 'Laser Align' iPhone app available for downloadPEM Staff | Jun 14, 2010 Ludeca Inc., a provider of laser alignment and condition monitoring solutions, presents its Laser Align iPhone application, a free reference tool for shaft alignment of rotating equipment. With this app, you can access important reference material and learn about key laser shaft alignment concepts. Laser Align features the following tools with ... Read more |
Schneider launches Maintenance and Modernization ConsultancyPEM Staff | May 13, 2010 Schneider Electric's new Maintenance and Modernization Consultancy (M2C) evaluates existing automation equipment, processes and support to recommend and prioritize actions for optimizing productivity, reducing future costs, minimizing unscheduled downtime, improving technical personnel skills, identifying potentional automation and control component support issues and reducing non-production inventory without risking machine uptime. Suited for ... Read more |
SKF Lubrication Solutions division relocates to Mississauga PEM Staff | May 12, 2010 SKF Lubrication Solutions division has relocated to a 22,000-sq.ft. facility in Mississauga, Ont. The lubrication division will have the team of sales, customer service, engineering and service operations together to better serve Canadian customer needs. (This facility will also be home to the SKF Economos Sealing and Engineered Plastics team.) In ... Read more |
'More streamlined' Canadian Manufacturing Week back in OctoberPEM Staff | May 5, 2010 Now that the recession is declared over and economists are predicting an imminent turnaround, there’s no better time for Canadian manufacturers to rediscover themselves, according to the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME). And they say that with a new format, new location and an improved program, Canadian Manufacturing Week (CMW) ... Read more |
KSB boosts its presence in Canada PEM Staff | Apr 9, 2010 Mississauga, Ont.-based KSB has strengthened its Canadian presence by expanding its engineering and sales team for environmental products. Professional engineer Rashid Jamal (image, left), a native of India with over eight years’ experience as an application engineer for centrifugal pump installations in North America, has joined KSB’s in-house engineering team ... Read more |
Get Predictive with CMMS: What software can do when it comes to PdM Kris Bagadia and Brett E. Smith | Aug 25, 2010 Many organizations are only using their computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) as a record-keeping tool, but by not fully utilizing the system, maintenance is missing out on opportunities to save time and money. A properly implemented CMMS will increase productivity by improving work process flow, helping to migrate from reactive ... Read more |
Getting Started: Lay the groundwork for an oil analysis program Bill Quesnel | Aug 16, 2010 Laying the groundwork for an oil analysis program will ensure it runs with a minimum of problems and effort and will ensure the best return on investment. Review these recommendations prior to meeting with a current or proposed oil analysis vendor. Set Program Targets and Goals Setting program goals is paramount to ... Read more |
Beginning a Maintenance Strategy: Proactive Maintenance Terry Wireman | Jul 28, 2010 There are many organizations that reduced the size of their maintenance organization and focused strictly on a “fix-it-when-it-breaks” strategy during the recession. Now, as the recession is starting to ease, companies are beginning to review their maintenance organizations and are focusing on implementing a proactive approach to equipment/asset management. Unfortunately, they ma... Read more |
7 costly causes of nozzle wear Jon Barber | Jun 25, 2010 Maybe you’re thinking to yourself that the waste and inefficiency caused by using worn spray nozzles just can’t be all that significant. If so, it’s time to change your thinking and determine if nozzle wear is a problem in your operations. Like many other processors, you may discover that you ... Read more |
Know the features in your PM system David Berger | Jun 14, 2010 Whether you are a big or small company, a simple starting point for moving from a fire-fighting mentality to a more planned environment is to implement a preventive maintenance (PM) program. For starters, even a manual system at virtually no cost goes a long way toward making significant improvements to ... Read more |
7 steps for lubrication in harsh applications Ken Bannister | May 14, 2010 Regardless of specific industry, the resource sector is highly dependent upon mechanical equipment to power its operational processes. With up to 70 percent of mechanical failure directly/indirectly attributed to ineffective lubrication practices, resource-type reliability is intrinsically linked to good lubrication practices (GLP). ... Read more |
9 lubrication systems that keep chains up and running Mike Deckert | May 10, 2010 There are several leading factors that contribute to accelerated chain wear, including incorrect chain selection and installation, inadequate chain tension, environmental exposure and, of course, improper lubrication. In fact, according to chain manufacturers, 70 percent of all failures are a direct result of some form of improper lubrication. ... Read more |
Ontario egg-processing plant places focus on food-grade lubricants PEM Staff | May 3, 2010 Each week, six million eggs pass through the Burnbrae Farms processing plant in Strathroy, Ont. That’s 1.2 million eggs that are washed, graded and packaged there daily. “We are concerned about two things,” senior plant supervisor Alex Davenport says. “You have to make sure the eggs are safe and you don’t ... Read more |
Six ways outsourced maintenance saves Ron Hoffman | Apr 20, 2010 With today's limited internal resources, it's tough to transform machine maintenance from reactionary to preventive, and ultimately proactive, despite the obvious upsides in higher overall equipment efficiency (OEE), better process control and lower total cost. Outsourcing this requirement to a third-party specialist, however, is a cost-effective alternative, according to companies ... Read more |
PdM Power: Looking at the big picture with infrared André Rebelo | Apr 9, 2010 Predictive maintenance (PdM) changed irreversibly upon the introduction of infrared, or thermal imaging, technology. If your job is to assess the condition of plant assets through equipment condition monitoring, you know that infrared cameras have migrated from being a "nice-to-have" technology to a "must have." PdM industry thought-leaders now count infrared ... Read more |
Sound Waves: Ensure equipment health with ultrasound Alan Bandes | Mar 29, 2010 In today's environment, generating revenues for any industry is important. Profit margins are shrinking and often the difference between a profit and a loss can be as simple as improving efficiencies. Locating sources of energy waste, identifying failure conditions in electrical and mechanical systems all contribute to helping improve the ... Read more |
Roller Chain: Get more life out of your roller chain to reduce costs PEM Staff | Feb 22, 2010 The Diamond Chain Company says that roller chain drives are one of the primary systems used in industry to transmit power and convey products. Since roller chain drives are widely used, productivity is highly dependent on the performance of roller chain. Roller chain that suffers from premature elongation ("stretch") due ... Read more |
Laser alignment kit PEM Staff | Aug 24, 2010 Pinpoint Laser Systems introduced its Pinpoint Proline Alignment Kit, a visual laser system for checking and measuring straightness, flatness, squareness, parallelism, leveling and other tasks. This kit combines the features of a transit, an infinitely long straightedge and laser alignment system all in one portable product. With a crisp, collimated ... Read more |
Mobile asset-data analyzer maintains reliability PEM Staff | Aug 24, 2010 Honeywell has released Field Advisor, the newest addition to its family of mobile productivity solutions that help industrial facilities keep their equipment running at optimum performance by recording critical asset data and ensuring it falls within safe operating limits. Its software helps plants to reduce costly emergency work by allowing ... Read more |
Engine-oil condition-monitoring system PEM Staff | Jun 7, 2010 IntelliStick Inc. has announced additions to its line of real-time, oil condition monitoring systems for fleets, trucks, cars, boats, heavy equipment and other applications. The new technology provides real-time reporting of engine oil level using a patent-pending electronic oil level sensor. This new method is a safer and more secure ... Read more |
ABB condition monitoring systemPEM Staff | Jun 7, 2010 The new ABB MCM Series 16 is an engineered product solution that utilizes the MCM800 monitor module for use as an independent stand-alone monitoring system or as a remote component of a fully integrated 800xA system. The MCM Series 16 system is custom configured from the factory to meet the ... Read more |
Corrosion monitoring PEM Staff | Jun 7, 2010 Pepperl+Fuchs introduces CorrTran AQUA, a complete corrosion-monitoring solution specifically designed to meet the corrosion monitoring needs of municipal and industrial water and wastewater treatment facilities. CorrTran AQUA continuously monitors water and wastewater processes for general and localized corrosion, enabling users to determine the effectiveness of their corrosion inhibitors, and to ... Read more |
Flexible tubing for pneumatic and fluid applications PEM Staff | May 10, 2010 Ark-Plas Products Inc. manufactures a complete line of flexible tubing for pneumatic and fluid applications, available in virtually every increment from 1/16î ID to 1/2î ID. Coiled tubing, with working lengths from 5 feet to 20 feet, is fabricated from Polyurethane, in all standard colors. Metric sized tubing is also ... Read more |
M12-style accelerometers PEM Staff | Apr 10, 2010 Meggitt Sensing Systems has added three new accelerometers with M12 connectors to its product line. The M12 connector makes it easy to implement vibration monitoring where the existing infrastructure is already built around the M12 standard, such as the process industries. Several compatible M12 connector-cable assemblies are also now available. Accelerometers ... Read more |
SeeSnake microReel L100 and L100C inspection system Newswire | Jan 25, 2010 ELYRIA, OH — The newest addition to the RIDGID SeeSnake inspection product line, the SeeSnake microReel L100 and L100C inspection system, is a complete compact, portable drain inspection system for users needing to push cable distances of up to 100 feet in lines from 1-1/2 to 4 inches in diameter. Designed ... Read more |
KSB offers new maintenance-free support for propeller-type mixers for wastewater treatment plants Newswire | Jan 25, 2010 Mississauga, ON – KSB Pumps Inc. has introduced a new support structure for their AMAPROP line of submersible mixers, widely used in wastewater treatment facilities. Made from an advanced cast polymer concrete, the new AMAROC structures are corrosion-free, abrasion resistant and at least five times more resistant to mechanical impact ... Read more |
Immersion probe with integrated connectorNewswire | Jan 11, 2010 Dayton OH — Immersion probes with integrated connectors from Measurement Specialties are ideal for applications where they will be exposed to rapid temperature cycling, humidity, vibration and mechanical shock, and more. The assembly consists of a NTC thermistor mounted in a brass screw-in housing. The connector is crimped/cold rolled into ... Read more |
Universal Boot accommodates up to four pipes of various sizes Newswire | Jan 11, 2010 Agawam, MA – OMG Roofing Products has introduced the QuadFlash pipe boot that provides a fast and efficient option for sealing single or clusters of rooftop pipe penetrations. Unlike pitch pockets that can crack and fail as penetrations expand and contract, the QuadFlash boot accommodates building vibration and pipe movement ... Read more |
Balluff goes ultrasonic Newswire | Dec 18, 2009 This month marks the release of the Balluff family of ultrasonic sensors, which are designed for rugged, high-performance feedback when long sensing ranges and high accuracy are needed. Balluff ultrasonic sensors are used in many automated and process applications to detect the presence of targets or to measure the distance ... Read more |
