3 Times Skipping Preventative Maintenance Lead to Dire Consequences

Every company that runs industrial equipment is aware of all the regular issues they could face if they don’t keep up with maintenance properly. Things like repairs and their costs, unplanned downtime, lost productivity, and so on. Whether it’s subconscious or not, every day that somebody puts off important maintenance

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Using Technology on the Factory Floor to Fill Human Gaps

In the manufacturing space as a whole, there’s been a trend toward having fewer people on the floor at any given time. The trend started with the advent of automation. Reshoring initiatives hastened it, forcing companies to do more with less, in order to be competitive. Finally, and obviously, the

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Understanding the 4 Stages of Bearing Failure to Avoid Costly Repairs

It’s easy to take bearings for granted. Essential components of factory equipment, they’re highly engineered and manufactured to hyper-precise tolerances. As such, they require strict maintenance protocols and ignoring those protocols can rapidly lead to otherwise avoidable bearing failure. In the best-case scenario, bearing failure puts your equipment out of

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Why Real-Time Data for Machine Health is Critical to Manufacturers

The COVID-19 pandemic has drastically impacted the global economy, but the real test for manufacturers will be how they adapt going forward. With supply chain disruptions, labor shortages, and constantly changing consumer demands, it’s clear that all businesses will need to be lightning fast in the coming months to keep

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How Investing in Predictive Maintenance Can Boost the Bottom Line

Equipment maintenance is one of the biggest cost centers for many industries, including manufacturing. Maintenance programs of the past sought to increase the uptime and lifespan of key machinery assets by ensuring they were well cared for on a routine basis, thus minimizing the chance that they would breakdown at

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The Essential Role of IoT Enabled Devices in Predictive Maintenance

IoT enabled technology is changing the way many industries approach interactivity with their assets. In the manufacturing industry specifically, most companies have made significant investments to move from preventative maintenance to a predictive maintenance model utilizing these powerful tools. In the past decade, smartphones and tablets have become mainstream in

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Why Reliability Engineers Need to Master Predictive Maintenance

Reliability engineers have an important role in the modern manufacturing workplace. Everything from end-user safety, to maintenance cost reduction, falls under the domain of the reliability engineer. While the job dates back to the 1920s at Bell Labs with the introduction of statistical process control, the advent of modern computers

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Predictive Maintenance Trends for Manufacturers in 2020

Staying competitive is always top of mind for manufacturers. With the ever-increasing supply of goods from overseas producers coupled with the rising costs of domestic production, manufacturers need to utilize any advantage they can. In manufacturing, one of the best investments is reducing machine breakdowns. Studies have consistently demonstrated that downtime

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