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Advanced pump analysis proves invaluable

For those in the energy industry, being able to identify pre-failure conditions and anomalous operation can offer a considerable advantage to a repeatable budget and bottom-line margins. Using this intelligence to permanently remove failure modes through retrofit solutions will further extend the service life of rotating equipment. Seth Tate, Technical Advisor with Sulzer, looks at how a cutting-edge software solution can analyse existing pump telemetry to reduce downtime and justify engineering improvements.

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Reliability strategy: New thinking required

More than 90% of the companies EMS Cognito comes across have a reliability strategy based simply on servicing the components of the machine. Here, the company explains why it believes a paradigm shift in thinking is required

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RCM : The quest for easier implementation

Reliability Centred Maintenance (RCM) has an outstanding track record in civil aviation, nuclear power and defence industries, however it is not widely encountered in the manufacturing and process industries. Pete Hibbs and Michael Dixey of GGR explain how derivatives of RCM can make it easier to put into practice

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Strong cast for Maintec theatres

The Reliability Dialogue theatre forms part of the educational content of Maintec 2018. Here, Andy Pye, the event’s senior editorial consultant, reviews the aims of the theatre and reveals the objectives of a behind-closed-doors round table discussion

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Experts share practical maintenance insights at IMSS 2025

IMSS 2025 delivered a day of no-nonsense insight into maintenance, from reliability-centred strategies to data-driven continuous improvement. Curated by Industrial Plant and Equipment, the conference stream was praised for its practical focus, with more leading maintenance content on the way with Aptean/SSG Insight’s forthcoming webinar on 16 October

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Top tips to keep your belts in business

Insight from ERIKS, the industrial services partner, estimates that incorrectly installing and maintaining belt drives accounts for 98 per cent of premature failures, leading to downtime and lost production. With this in mind, Gary Price, Power Transmission Regional Product Group Manager, at ERIKS highlights some tips that can extend the life of belt drives and pulleys, increasing their reliability, reducing their total cost of ownership, and minimising the chances of downtime.

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Distribution

The special requirements around maintaining plant and equipment on an NDC (National Distribution Centre) revolve around the key area of making sure the plant, conveyors, cranes and the like, are running at the maximum efficiency for the maximum length of time, thereby ensuring that the clients products are sent out on time, be they pet food, groceries, computer parts or D.I.Y items.

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