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Ballbar monitors 500 CNC machine tools
Truck manufacturer's plant maintenance has implemented a comprehensive and well-structured maintenance strategy, which includes a ballbar system to monitor over 500 large CNC machine tools.
News from Renishaw, Jan 9, 2006
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Stroboscope reveals machinery condition
Stroboscope for basic condition monitoring allows inspection of rotating or reciprocating machinery without the need for stopping the machine, by making the motion appear to freeze or slow down.
News from SKF UK, Jan 5, 2006
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Drive and motor repair service opened
Electronic repair centre can offer a centralised motor and drive repair solution for local UK customers across equipment ranging from robotic automation systems to presses in steel mills.
News from Wyko Industrial Services, Dec 26, 2005
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Maximise productivity and plant uptime
SKF uses UK's Maintec show to heighten awareness of its asset efficiency optimisation programme - a broad range of both tools and services geared towards maximising productivity and plant uptime.
News from SKF UK, Dec 20, 2005
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Chain keeps 'Willie Wonka's' boat on track
During production of the current 'Charlie and The Chocolate Factory' film the 'special effects' engineers sought help with how to pull a 6 tonne boat nearly 300ft through a winding 'chocolate river'.
News from Wyko Industrial Services, Dec 20, 2005
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Adjust, check and maintain control sensors
A downloadable application note from the Fluke web site explains how to use a rugged, handheld Fluke ScopeMeter 123 to adjust, check and maintain electronic control sensors.
News from Fluke (UK), Dec 1, 2005
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Collaboration gets drawbench back into production
The latest collaboration between Arc Energy Resources and Intoco, helped a UK tube drawing company maintain production by carrying out an urgent repair to the cast iron bedplate of a drawbench.
News from Arc Energy Resources, Nov 22, 2005
Thermal imaging used for condition monitoring
An inexpensive, safe and easy to use handheld thermal imaging instrument - covering a wide temperature range - aids condition monitoring of electrical and mechanical machinery while it is running.
News from SKF UK, Nov 18, 2005
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Maintenance and service 'failsafe' production
Giving emergencies no chance - comprehensive mainteance and service facility ensures that users of Mori Seiki machine tools get the most from their installations with minimal downtime.
News from Mori Seiki Co, Oct 31, 2005
Maintenance, repair products are on-line
Industry can now select from over 200,000 different maintenance, repair and operations products on-line with the introduction of a new trading website.
News from BuckHickman inOne, Oct 24, 2005
Site surveys simplify chain stock management
Renold Chain is helping large manufacturers with stock management problems by conducting free site surveys of all the chain used on machinery within a plant.
News from Renold Chain, Sep 28, 2005
Integrated system monitors, controls energy usage
An integrated automatic monitoring and targeting software system for energy, facilities, is designed for production managers in all sectors of industry, commerce and government.
News from Mitsubishi Electric Automation Systems, Sep 28, 2005
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Cranes, hoists and lifting serviced
As well as providing 'round-the clock' service of a rolling stock plant's crane, hoists and lifting equipment, the supplier has responsibility for ensuring LOLER regulations are met.
News from Morris Material Handling, Sep 22, 2005
Spray freezes rusted fasteners to free up quickly
Freezing rusted nuts, bolts and studs aid dis-assembly and avoids delay, frustrations and extra cost for the maintenance and fitting departments during a repair.
News from Henkel Loctite Adhesives, Sep 14, 2005
Precision cleaner removes flux, contaminents
A precision cleaner for use in the maintenance of critical electrical components is non-flammable cleaner/degreaser for removing flux, light oils, fingerprints, and electrical contaminants.
News from Ambersil, Sep 12, 2005
Gearbox maker teams up with service company
In a bold move to offer increased technical support to their customers a gearbox maker has teamed up with Sixsmith Consulting who can provide 30 years of applications experience.
News from Sixsmith Consulting, Sep 2, 2005
Monitor real-time events of critical SHE alarms
A 'sequence-of-events' module from monitors 32 digital inputs and creates time-stamped events to a resolution of 1ms upon 'change of state' in event of plant problems.
News from Omniflex, Aug 30, 2005
Bosch Rexroth offer product repair service
Rexroth ensures that all equipment complies with original manufacturer specifications, and that all repaired components are fully tested before leaving their facilities.
News from Bosch Rexroth, Aug 25, 2005
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Web modules up maintenance management productivity
Web based maintenance management software modules run on nearly any web enabled device and include; inventory management, fuel transactions, maintenance requests and several others.
News from collectiveData, Aug 24, 2005
Asset optimisation to reduce plant failures
An asset optimisation improvement programme at the Huntsman Holland plant features predictive technology to schedule maintenance requirements and reduce plant failures.
News from Emerson Process Management, Aug 23, 2005
Advanced penetrating oil has freezing action
Penetrating spray is designed to quickly release severely corroded ferrous metal fasteners, and it out performs 'ordinary' penetrating sprays on regular to severe corrosion by up to 10x.
News from CRC Industries UK Ltd, Aug 3, 2005
Preventive maintenance management approved
Software for preventive maintenance management, suitable for factories - including SMEs - is one of the few maintenance software packages to pass Microsoft's certification tests.
News from SMGlobal, Jul 28, 2005
Maintenance of hydraulics - repair or replace?
Varying levels of product availability a proliferation of bespoke hydraulic systems has made the cost effective maintenance and replacement of hydraulic equipment a complex task,writes Paul Lynch.
News from Wyko Industrial Services, Jul 25, 2005
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Laser thermometer checks bearings
Laser thermometer measures temperature of hard to reach or moving machinery components and will help machine operators act proactively against possible problems.
News from INA Bearing Company, Jul 14, 2005
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'Health check' service keeps machines 'in trim'
A new geometric 'health check' service for machine tools has been launched in the UK to enable users to get the best possible performance out of their machines.
News from Chiron Werke UK, Jul 7, 2005
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