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Industry News: Eaton to acquire Cooper Industries plantservices.com
Eaton will acquire Cooper in a transaction to increase the...
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On the Record, our latest feature, offers a collection of quotes from...
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Industry News: Hart Communication Foundation seeks nominees for 2012... plantservices.com
The HART Communication Foundation is actively seeking qualified...
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Compressor Issues Get New Airing chemicalprocessing.com
Speaking at the International Oil Summit in Paris on May 3rd, Royal...
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Congratulation to Exair, winner of last week's Maintenance... plantservices.com
Watch as two industrial products fight to the death. Which one will...
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Learn more about Omega Engineering's OSXL-I series thermal imager.... plantservices.com
Welcome to Interview With a Product. This weekly Q&A will feature...
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Industry News: SAP to acquire Ariba plantservices.com
The acquisition will combine Ariba's buyer-seller collaboration...
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New! How to Mitigate Arc-Flash Risk: Arc-resistant motor control centers & intelligent control systems can improve safety and cut costs....
From our May “Electrical Systems” edition of “The Journal from Rockwell Automation and Our Partners” magazine (on LinkedIn -...
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CMMS and EAM rise to the cloud
Are plant maintenance and asset management ready for software as a service (SaaS)?

Predictive motor maintenance plantservices.com
Predictive maintenance (PdM) programs are crucial to an organization’s ability to avert unplanned or even unnecessary downtime that can adversely affect its ability to produce or operate. Unlike time-based or run-to-failure...


Should pump users care about axial thrust? ekwestrel.com
Normally the user shouldn’t have to care about axial thrust. Pump failure from an axial thrust-related problem is relatively uncommon. But very few, if any, pumps are entirely immune to this class of problem. Why is this? ...

Where education meets jobs plantservices.com
Joel Leonard says Ohio is tackling the Maintenance Crisis with proactive training that meets companies' needs.

White Paper: A practical guide to shaft alignment
Laser alignment is an essential component of a proactive maintenance strategy for rotating machines. This practical guide provides ...
Alignment, Vibration and Balancing reg.accelacomm.com
Knowledge Center By Ludeca Inc. LUDECA is a vendor of Preventive, Predictive and Corrective Maintenance Solutions including machinery alignment, vibration analysis and balancing as well as software, services and training. For...

White Paper: A practical guide to pulley alignment
Laser alignment is an essential component of a proactive maintenance strategy for belt-driven machines. This practical guide provides ...
Alignment, Vibration and Balancing reg.accelacomm.com
Knowledge Center By Ludeca Inc. LUDECA is a vendor of Preventive, Predictive and Corrective Maintenance Solutions including machinery alignment, vibration analysis and balancing as well as software, services and training. For...

White Paper: Machinery fault diagnosis guide
Unbalance, misalignment, bearing failures, gear faults, motor electrical problems, etc. are typical faults experienced in all equipment. ...
Machinery Fault Diagnosis Guide reg.accelacomm.com
Unbalance, misalignment, bearing failures, gear faults, motor electrical problems, etc. are typical faults experienced in all equipment. Identification and elimination of these faults and other issues are critical to...

Use software to create a seamless integration of outside MRO services.
Manage contracted maintenance work as if it's your own plantservices.com
On the first of every month, work orders are generated for all periodic preventive maintenance (PM) tasks that are due before the first of the following month at the Toyota Industrial Equipment Manufacturing (TIEM) plant in...

Creating wind power can cut energy costs, if you can cut through the red tape.
Industrial plants generate their own alternative energy plantservices.com
If you want affordable energy, sometimes you just need to generate it yourself. But, as quickly as plants see the potential economic benefit of installing their own renewable energy supplies, they become disillusioned almost as...

4 Steps to Becoming More Energy Efficient: Get the real benefits of lower costs, better asset utilization, improved sustainability,...
From the Dec. edition of “The Journal from Rockwell Automation and Our Partners” magazine (on LinkedIn - http://bit.ly/tjralinkedin).

Reciprocating pumps can handle challenging applications.
4 pump types for difficult fluids plantservices.com
This is the fourth in a series of five articles based on Hydraulic Institute’s comprehensive e-learning course, “Positive Displacement Pumps: Fundamentals, Design and Applications.” The Hydraulic Institute (HI) is the largest...

LeCrane Chronicle overheadmaterialhandlingregulation.blogspot.com
As a certified crane operator instructor I have given many classes and I am always asked questions that become repetitive. I think those are the questions that need to be shared the most. Like, What is wrong with side pulling?,...
