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Decontamination equipment: the importance of staff training

Added: 18 Sep 2017

You can’t handle hazardous materials without the right tools but managers need to ensure the people…

Case study: single pipework system prevents corrosion fears

Added: 12 Sep 2016

A flexible pipework system has been crucial in protecting assets from corrosion at a multi-million …

Case study: maintenance management upgrade improves efficiency

Added: 9 Aug 2016

Better maintenance management methods transform efficiency levels and work behaviour at a Belgium-b…

Viewpoint: the great cloud computing migration

Added: 20 Jun 2016

Manufacturers need to embrace cloud computing if they are to reap the benefits across all their pro…

Show Preview: March of Maintec

Added: 25 Feb 2016

The Maintec exhibition is set to return to Birmingham’s NEC next month.

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Age defying assets

Rob Smith | Added: 24 Feb 2016

Operators need more robust strategies when maintaining ageing equipment, writes Robert Smith.

Calibration: monitoring the vital signs

Louisa Hearn | Added: 9 Feb 2016

As process control instruments proliferate in the plant, operators are turning to new technologies …

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Smart fix: modern maintenance

Rob Smith | Added: 3 Feb 2016

Maintenance regimes are moving far beyond the world of run to failure.

Liz Fletcher, Beamex

Calibration: Field factors

Added: 22 Jan 2016

The case for calibrating equipment in either a workshop or the field is not always black and white,…

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Process safety: cleaning house

Rob Smith | Added: 19 Jan 2016

Failure to recognise hazards in process plants could prove fatal, writes Robert Smith.

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Cyber security: fighting talk

Rob Smith | Added: 11 Jan 2016

Cyber security is a multi-faceted beast, therefore plant operators must be prepared to defend their…

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Critical care

Added: 17 Dec 2015

There are real advantages to be gained from renting specialist equipment, writes Will Russell of As…

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Soft assets: energy management

Added: 1 Dec 2015

Squeezing more efficiency from plant equipment is the next frontier for CMMS.

Bruce Calder, CTO Honeywell Process Solutions

Small and potentially mighty

Added: 20 Nov 2015

Big data, the industrial internet of things, smart integration and the cloud are all buzzwords we c…

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Battle stations: industrial cyber crime

Rob Smith | Added: 19 Oct 2015

As computer hackers set sight on industrial targets, cyber security experts are throwing their weig…

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Hidden assets

Added: 11 Aug 2015

When it comes to protecting assets, monitoring those hard-to-reach places need not be a hit and mis…

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Smooth operators

Added: 1 Jul 2015

Ensuring high lubrication quality should be at top priority within almost every process plant.

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What goes around

Added: 24 Jun 2015

Prevention is far better than a cure when it comes to safeguarding critical rotating equipment.

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Simulation savings

Added: 10 Jun 2015

The use of dynamic simulation software can radically reduce downstream build costs and cut upstream…

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Process safety: barely begun

Added: 11 Mar 2015

Ten years on from the Buncefield explosion, only small steps have been taken to establish a process…