By Rick Carter, Executive Editor Product recalls are not unusual. In the U.S., most product categories—from baby carriages and food to toys and automobiles—have had one or more. To undergo a recall is not automatically a sign of failure. But to have one and not determine the root-cause reason for the recall and swiftly correct […]
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Forward Observations: How Not to Handle a Recall
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Don’t Procrastinate…Innovate!: De-Cluttering Maintenance Management
By Ken Bannister, Contributing Editor As a member of the slide-rule generation, I witnessed the advent of electronic calculators, punch-card mainframe computers, personal computers and the birth of Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) and Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) programs. Despite all this technological progress, one thing hasn’t changed: I continue to see extensive “hoarding” behavior […]
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What Does ISO 55000 Mean To You?
The new asset-management standard is not on everyone’s radar, but a new poll of MT readers reveals surprising early interest in its potential.
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How Effective Are Your Stores?
Storeroom data integrity and state-of-the-art organizing strategies are major contributors to improved maintenance and reliability.
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Diagnostics Increase Maintenance Productivity
Smart, networked field devices simplify maintenance, particularly for operations covering large areas.
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Reliability Improvements Propel a Vegetable Producer
Its embrace of proactive TPR principles has helped this company become a market leader.
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Grounding Rings Rescue Paper Mill’s Bearings
Bearing-protection rings neutralize damaging VFD-caused electrical currents in the mill’s motor shafts, preserving the bearings and uptime. At a paper mill in the Midwest, every new motor that is to be controlled by a variable frequency drive (VFD) must be tested. If shaft voltages are found, the motor must be equipped with an AEGIS® Bearing […]
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Boosting Your Bottom Line: Eliminating Penny-Wise and Pound-Foolish Purchasing
By Ted Jones, Principal Program Manager, Consortium for Energy Efficiency (CEE) A recent article in Appliance magazine reminded readers that manufacturers still pay massive amounts for energy inefficiency over the lifetime of their plants. Despite years of awareness-raising campaigns regarding the importance of life-cycle-costing principles, individuals with responsibility for making capital expenditure decisions rarely, if […]
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