Fabrication Maintenance
Refrigerators for IT servers? Cool
Naissus applies its own version of thermal management to take the toxic heat out of data centres.
Buying for MRO and production
The total cost of procurement model will eliminate a lot of hidden costs and make your materials management process much more productive.
Reliability challenge
The Reinventing Maintenance conference provided insights into the value maintenance brings to manufacturing and how it improves plant productivity.
Managing asset values
Asset values are rising and so are the expectations of what maintenance must deliver.
Handling grease: A no-mixer
Keeping grease clean and dry is a no-brainer. And as a general rule, greases should never be mixed; however, sometimes it is unavoidable.
Maintaining open gear drives
Production equipment using open gear drive units in the mining and aggregate industries, as well as in many large manufacturing and processing plants are generally the most difficult to service, maintain and properly lubricate.
Air leaks delay restart of BioteQ plant in Arizona
BioteQ has delayed restarting its Bisbee operations in Arizona after air leaks were found in the bioreactor loop system.
Is your plant world class?
Maintenance professionals, practitioners, scientists and speakers from around the world gather in Toronto each year for an exchange of ideas and to report on research and effective maintenance practices.
Tech Tip: Optimize your seal efficiency
Pinpointing problems and taking quick and appropriate remedial action optimizes seal performance and seal life.
Oil Sampling
Everyone knows how important oil changes are. So when is the best time to change lubes?
New Flyer opening Ontario parts facility
Bus manufacturer New Flyer Industries plans to open an Ontario parts distribution centre for its heavy-duty bus customers in the Greater Toronto/Hamilton area sometime this year.
Wind energy
At least some of our energy future is blowing in the wind. The industry is growing at a quick 25% annually, and net sales have doubled in the last three years for most manufacturers of turbines and components such as gearboxes and bearings.
Go with the flow
Knowing how to maintain pumps and their components while dealing with malfunctions effectively goes a long way to improving pump performance, increasing reliability and saving some money.
Avoid the costly shutdown blues
Shutdowns can be a high-stakes game for oil producers and other Alberta manufacturers. Having production down longer than the approved and budgeted time frame will lead to increased costs, poor labour use and lost revenue.
Tech Tip: Verifying chiller motor conditions
This time of year many plants are starting up their chillers. Common testing for electric motors includes vibration analysis for mechanical components and insulation resistance (Meg-Ohm) testing for winding insulation.