Maintenance Strategies - Articles - Page 10

Engineering R&D

Lubrication keeps wheels turning in flash freezing applications

For the meat packing industry, lubrication for conveyors must maintain adequate lubricity in freezing cold areas, provide corrosion resistance and be safe to use.

Wayne Labs

September 28, 2015

Pork processing, like any live protein processing, is not a nice environment for humans or machines.

Food Safety

Time to use some common-sense protocols

Food and beverage processors should commit to properly evaluating equipment and process changes by doing it right the first time around.

Richard F. Stier

September 24, 2015

It’s a sad fact that some food processors still buy equipment based simply on price and the ability to produce a product.

Manufacturing News

Bridging the IT/OT skills gap

August 12, 2015

For some time, industrial manufacturing companies have been looking for ways to bring together the seemingly divergent needs of enterprise networking systems and the real-time requirements of plant floor communications systems.

Preventive & Predictive Maintenance

The future looks smarter

Whatever maintenance program you follow, an intelligent data gathering system plus a CMMS can decrease parts expenditures and increase uptime.

Wayne Labs

July 22, 2015

If run to failure is no longer an option, food and beverage processors have alternative ways to keep their equipment running at peak performance levels; they can plan maintenance schedules based on OEM suggestions.

13th Annual Replacement Parts Survey

Replacement Parts Survey: Proactive inventory practices

Study shows processors are continuing to find solutions to reduce unscheduled downtime and improve operational excellence.

Debra Schug

July 10, 2015

Food Engineering’s 2015 Replacement Parts and Components Trends Survey identifies the “who, what, why and how” of replacement parts purchasing, inventory maintenance, condition monitoring and related topics.

Technology Sourcebook

Pneumatic torque wrenches

June 15, 2015

Enerpac CE-declared PTW-Series pneumatic torque wrenches provide high-speed, continuous rotation for constant torque output bolting applications.

Tech Update

Electrical systems and components: The lifeblood of your facility

Electrical systems and components run in the background, keeping your plant energized, but without maintenance and attention, things can go wrong.

Wayne Labs

June 5, 2015

From 2006 to 2010, 8,600 structure fires were reported at US industrial or manufacturing facilities, resulting in 11 fatalities, 230 injuries and $753 million in direct property damage, according to NFPA research.