Rubber compounding isn’t quite like other manufacturing environments. It’s a world where chemistry and mechanics come ...

When Angelica Gonzalez Gomez needed to train maintenance teams across multiple HEXPOL Compounding manufacturing sites on a ...

Predictive maintenance delivers that shift. By continuously monitoring indicators such as temperature, vibration, amperage, ...

Predictive maintenance isn’t about choosing one technology — it’s about how they work together. This session explores how ...

The case studies provided in this article are actual data analyzed by the author. The predictive maintenance case study representing vibration analysis will present examples and comparisons of bearing ...

I recently had the opportunity to make a first visit to a new client’s site. As you would expect, upon arrival I was required to attend the contractor/vendor safety orientation training before I could ...

On April 4, the diversified industrial manufacturer Eaton Corporation announced it has completed the purchase of The Moeller Group, as announced in Eaton’s December 20, 2007 news release. “This ...

Over the past 20 years, use of Six Sigma, the popular business improvement methodology, has saved Fortune 500 companies an estimated $427 billion, according to research published in the ...

At the National Thermal Power Corporation’s Sipat plant in India, we are relying on only vibration measurement as a basic technique for condition monitoring of bearings. Sometimes infrared temperature ...

The application of lean principles is spreading to nearly every type of business and industry. There is literally no place, function or operation that could not benefit from lean enterprise. Research ...

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