Industrial Maintenance Reference Materials
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Downthrust Measurement in Vertical Pumps Prevents Failure
From: S. Himmelstein & CompanyDescription: Thrust is an important factor in vertical turbine pumps because it directly affects the performance and reliability of the pump. ...
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Guide To Environmental Testing & How To Choose The Correct Test Chamber
Description: In manufacturing, product quality is paramount. The consequences of a defect can be wide-ranging, from lost sales to costly product recalls. There's also the opportunity cost of spending time ...
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How to Specify, Install and Maintain Linear Guide Rail Systems for Factory Automation
From: Rockford Ball ScrewDescription: In automation cells, precise, repeatable and long-lasting linear motion is critical. The Rockford Linear Motion (RLM) product line from Rockford Ball Screw (RBS) offers linear guide rail systems that ...
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Avoid Ball Screw Failure Through Proper Application Design and Preventive Maintenance
From: Rockford Ball ScrewDescription: This article reviews the various ball screw failure modes and describes how Rockford Ball Screw (RBS) can assist with ball screw system design, maintenance, repair and replacement. ...
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How to Integrate Laser Control and Motion Control to Achieve More with Less
Description: Better solutions for system integrators to design and build advanced laser processing systems ...
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Aggregates and Asphalts Testing
Description: The concrete or aggregate tests involve small displacement under force applications. The behaviour of the sample is then analysed accurately and characterised. Depending on the composite elements in ...
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Transition in the Refrigeration Industry Will Have an Impact on Emergency Response
Description: As new refrigerants are phased in, there are new hazards that emergency responders need to be aware of in order to adjust response tactics. It is essential that emergency response and preparedness is ...
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Reducing Routine Maintenance Costs of Engine Generator Sets with New Portable Oil Analysis Tools
Description: What do a hospital, a treatment plant, a police station and a remote mine have in common? They have essential assets requiring uninterruptible power, commonly powered by an engine generator as primary ...
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The Benefits of Oil Analysis
Description: The practice of in-service oil analysis or used oil analysis started over a century ago on locomotive engines. Now it is one of the most important components of condition based maintenance (CBM), a ...
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Bringing Energy Efficiency and Cost Savings to Veteran's Facilities
From: Sierra Instruments, Inc.Description: Bringing Energy Efficiency and Cost Savings to Veteran's Facilities Nov 19, 2018 Scott Rouse, Product Line Director va blog image As the infrastructure of our Veterans Affairs (VA) facilities age and ...
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What Is A Condition-Based Maintenance Program?
From: IRISS, Inc.Description: Adopting a condition-based maintenance program is an important tool for optimal plant operations. Improved reliability of overall operations, decreased downtime due to asset failure and cost ...
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When To Clean Your Machine Tool Sump
From: CECORDescription: Many companies consider multiple factors when determining the time between sump cleanings: ...
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Part 2-Flow Energy Management Applications-Installation Tips & Tricks
From: Sierra Instruments, Inc.Description: In part 1 of our Flow Energy Management series, we identified the 3 Killer Flow Energy Management Applications that will reduce energy costs: compressed air & natural gas measurement, steam ...
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NFPA 70E 2018 Edition - Changes and Implications for Personnel Performing Condition Based Maintenance Tasks
From: IRISS, Inc.Description: The 2018 Edition of NFPA 70E Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace, was released in late 2017 with little fanfare. However, there are several significant changes in this edition that have ...
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Maintenance Inspection Windows on transformers
From: IRISS, Inc.Description: Transformers are everywhere feeding various voltages into our homes and businesses and most people take them for granted. When a transformer fails in a commercial or industrial setting, power ...
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Using Electrical Maintenance Safety Devices to Bridge the Skills Gap
From: IRISS, Inc.Description: With an impending skills gap among technical workers, proactive maintenance plans must also be safe, efficient and easier to implement. ...
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Benefits of Using Motion Control Software
From: IntervalZeroDescription: Traditional motion control requires extensive hardware and software installations. This can be an expensive undertaking to acquire all the required appliances. Soft motion software provides a solution ...
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How to Reduce Your Motion Control Costs in 2017
From: IntervalZeroDescription: For most businesses, new year's resolutions remain pretty consistent from year to year: Optimize costs without sacrificing performance. Get to market faster. Beat the competition. These goals stay the ...
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Why Soft Motion Is the Best Motion Controller on the Market
From: IntervalZeroDescription: Management and control of motion is a task that requires specialized equipment and software. An undertaking that traditionally required massive investment, it has now been made easy through the ...
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A Tour of Radwell Headquarters in Willingboro, NJ
From: Radwell InternationalDescription: Radwell International is the industry leader in repairing and selling new, used and surplus manufacturing parts and equipment. Let's take a look at our Willingboro headquarters. ...
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Major Middle East Utility Pilots Use of IRISS Maintenance Inspection Systems
From: IRISS, Inc.Description: To facilitate safer and more efficient condition based maintenance inspections using both Infrared and Ultrasound technology, IRISS' local partner in the region, EEIC, recently completed the pilot ...
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How to Create An Effective and Safe Compliant Electrical Maintenance Program
From: IRISS, Inc.Description: An electrical maintenance program is a schedule of planned maintenance testing and corrective actions with the intent of preventing failures of critical assets. An effective electrical maintenance ...
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Regal Machine Recycles Coolant & Cuts Cleaning Time with a Sump Shark
From: CECORDescription: Challenge: Cut time needed to clean machine tool sumps and extend the life of coolant. ...
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Infrared Windows and Arc Ratings - Dispelling the Myth of "Arc-Resistant IR Windows"
From: IRISS, Inc.Description: There exists a dangerous misconception regarding the "Arc Rating" of infrared (IR) windows or viewing panes. Many reliability and maintenance professionals are under the impression that an IR window ...
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Ways to Prevent Chamber Condensation
Description: Air contracts as it cools. When a chamber is pulling down, it actually causes outside room air to be "sucked" into the chamber workspace. The moisture in the air will be drawn to and freeze on the ...
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Pharmaceutical Powder Flow Characterization: Small Volume Testing Needed
From: AMETEK BrookfieldDescription: There is a saying: Go big or go home. But not when dealing with sample testing of pharmaceutical powders. Then the saying is: Waste not, want not. In the cutthroat world of Big Pharma, staying one ...
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Identify Root Causes of Machinery Damage with Condition Monitoring
Description: Why do some machines fail early, while others operate for many additional years? ...
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Three Keys to Maximizing Measurement Tool Lifespan
From: Inspec Inc.Description: Proper care, through maintenance and regular calibration can extend the life of your measurement equipment. ...
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The Konecranes Approach to Crane Maintenance
From: Konecranes Inc.Description: Skimping on the maintenance of vital equipment that lifts thousands of tons isn't just asking for trouble, it's asking for negative consequences to an operation's bottom line At Konecranes, we take an ...
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Slip Ring Maintenance
Description: Depending on the type of application, some maintenance may be needed on slip rings. It all depends on the number of rotations and/or the environment the slip ring is in. A large portion of the ...
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Turning to Spindle Repairs and Rebuilds
From: SKF/North AmericaDescription: Machine tool spindles in all their designs and sizes serve as highly advanced technology solutions essential to critical operations on the shop floor. They are routinely used to rotate cutting tools, ...
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Valve Work During Paper Mill Outage: White Paper
Description: MPS was the critical path contractor for a large paper manufacturer who needed to complete annual valve maintenance within a 3-day mill-wide outage. ...
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Valve Work During Power Plant Outage
Description: A large natural gas-fired power plant needed over 100 valves opened, inspected and rebuilt during a scheduled 12-week outage. ...
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Configured Linear Motion Assemblies Reduce Engineering and Assembly Costs and Leadtime
From: Thomson Industries Inc.Description: Minster Machine's Dynamics Zig-Zag roll feeder allows parts to be fed in a staggered pattern for optimum material yield. Previously Minster would build the Zig-Zag feeder's linear motion systems used ...
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Reconditioning Large Gears
From: HMC Inc.Description: It is possible to recondition gears, even after years of wear. This Process is particularly beneficial today because of the significant Investment Level and long Lead Times for Gears. ...
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Applying Open Gear Lubricants
From: HMC Inc.Description: When selecting an open gear lubricant for use in a particular application, the method of application used must be considered. Generally, if the open gear lubricant is to be applied by a drip system, ...
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New Machinery Directive Frequently Asked Questions
From: TUV SUD NEL Ltd.Description: Machinery safety is not a static field. New requirements are constantly being introduced as technology advances, as the legal structures of countries change, and as public expectations evolve over ...
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Case Story Hangkong University- Even a fire can't stop a Beamex® MC5 from functioning
From: Beamex Oy AbDescription: The portable Beamex® MC5 Multifunction Calibrator is designed to stay in working order even under the toughest conditions. ...
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Case Story Nuclear Power Plant Almaraz- Using Beamex calibration equipment since 1978
From: Beamex Oy AbDescription: "Our opinion, based on years of experience, is that Beamex equipment is highly reliable and accurate," Mariano Cejalvo summarizes. ...
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Case Story Eli Lilly and Company Limited, Speke Operations- 11,000 calibrations a year, made mostly with Beamex calibration equipment.
From: Beamex Oy AbDescription: The purpose of calibrations is to ensure that the plant is in control of their manufacturing processes, and that the calibrations performed there are documented and traceable to meet internationally ...
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Case Story Georgia Power- Increasing plant performance
From: Beamex Oy AbDescription: "Beamex equipment was chosen because the MC5 offered the most options as far as module ranges, devices that could be calibrated and put into the database, HART® communications, and database ...
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Why Fused Test Leads
Description: Maintenance of electrical and electronic equipment exposes the technician to potentially lethal voltages. Knowledge of the test equipment's capabilities and a thorough familiarization with the various ...
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Powder Consolidation: Why It's a Problem and How to Solve It (.pdf)
From: AMETEK BrookfieldDescription: Tablet making machines can suddenly jam in the middle a high speed production run. What's the reason? One cause is the consolidation of the powder in the feed hopper which means that the cohesive ...
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Maintenance Theory of Reliability
Description: Maintenance Theory of Reliability Providing a survey of useful, practical maintenance models covering replacement, preventive maintenance and inspection, this text presents introduces maintenance ...
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The Need For A Precision Coupling Alignment (.pdf)
Description: Coupling alignment is one of the most misunderstood subjects in the field of maintenance. Major coupling manufacturers advertise the degree of permissable misalignment of their particular unit. From ...
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Crusher Gear Drive Renewal (.pdf)
Description: Aggregate crushing in the process of cement manufacturing is critical in that any crushing downtime necessarily halts cement production. To minimize any such unscheduled downtime, meet insurance ...