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When you purchase equipment, think of hidden costs as well as price
Added: 11 Jul 2018
As Victorian art critic John Ruskin astutely observed, “it’s unwise to pay too much but it’s worse …
Rotating equipment requires thought about bearings
Added: 11 Jul 2018
Michelle Knott discovers that it’s vital to put bearings on the agenda in any discussion about the …
Turning whisky into (waste)water
Added: 26 Jun 2018
Glemorangie distillery is famous as the home of one of the great Scottish whiskies. Now, with help …
Predictive maintenance guarantees safe water
Added: 15 Jun 2018
When drinking water supply could have been compromised by the threat of bearing defects and the sol…
Kent Introl’s OEM valve diagnostics service benefits major European oil refinery
Added: 31 May 2018
A leading European oil refinery had suffered long term operational issues with a poorly performing …
Valves need to guarantee workplace safety without leaking money
Added: 30 May 2018
Pressure Relief Valves perform an essential role in ensuring safety in the workplace but leakage is…
Sine pumps optimise high viscosity resin delivery
Added: 24 May 2018
One of the world’s largest wind turbine manufacturers, Enercon, relies on its pumps to deliver prot…
Temporary builds can help minimise Brexit trading risks
Added: 21 May 2018
As Werner Heisenberg observed back in 1927 with his Uncertainty Principle, it can be hard to totall…
Turck Banner new lines get "down and dirty" on the factory floor
Added: 16 May 2018
Dirty, dangerous, distant and dull – the 4Ds of industrial life continue to drive innovation in ind…
Shared intelligence is a vital asset in your plant’s arsenal
Added: 9 May 2018
CMMS technology may be becoming increasingly sophisticated, but at the same time the whole maintena…
Controller puts an end to pumping station's ragging woes
Added: 25 Apr 2018
Constant ragging problems at one pumping station created the potential for delivery penalties for S…
There’s still room for tradition in condition monitoring
Added: 25 Apr 2018
Modern condition monitoring means smart sensors, data analysis in the Cloud, and artificial intelli…
It’s time we treated our fourth utility – compressed air – with proper attention
Added: 11 Apr 2018
For manufacturers and engineers across the UK, compressed air is just as important as gas and elect…
Emerson Global Users Exchange EMEA 2018, The Hague
Added: 9 Apr 2018
Size, as they say, isn’t everything. Yet, with 1600 attendees from more than 50 countries and aroun…
When retention is the best cure for machine downtime
Added: 14 Mar 2018
Manufacturers and distributors of computer numerical control horizontal and vertical machines and t…
Viewpoint: think before you opt to replace large rolling bearings
Added: 14 Feb 2018
Don’t rush to replace large rolling bearings, says Schaeffler UK’s Dave Wall, it could be just as e…
Condition monitoring of calender rolling bearings reduces downtime
Added: 11 Jan 2018
With more than 30 manufacturing locations in over 20 countries worldwide, the Renolit Group is one …
Understand the range of UAV applications to realise the benefits
Added: 27 Dec 2017
Developments in live asset UAV survey and inspection technology have been extensive over recent yea…
Viewpoint: the advent of 4.0 boosts maintenance motivation
Added: 27 Nov 2017
The maintenance sector has been quick to embrace a more automated approach to industrial processes.…
New solutions open up for predictive and preventive maintenance
Added: 27 Nov 2017
A new generation of smart, value for money solutions looks poised to open up the market for predict…
