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

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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 ...

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Regardless of what your company manufactures, two things are essential for product quality and customer satisfaction: how you manage, maintain and measure employees' work; and how you manage your ...

Although most reliability management processes are based on managing critical assets, many organizations fail to fully understand the meaning behind the criticality ranking. Most reliability ...

Today’s paper industry is far different than the industry we knew even five years ago. Increased foreign competition and a slowing domestic economy have fueled the consolidation of the U.S. paper ...