productFast acting system cleaner
Fast acting, Senticlene 8500 from water treatment specialist, Sentinel Commercial is designed to give closed cooling, chiller and boiler systems a clean bill of health in just one day.
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productCondition based lubrication
SKF has launched the SKF Condition Based Lubrication that enables remote and automatic lubrication of a wind turbine’s hard to access bearing system, eliminating the need for an on-site service engineer to perform extra manual lubrication.
productCutting the cost of downtime
Revolvo reports that its SRBs (split roller bearings) are helping to cut the cost of bearing downtime for a range of food processors and manufacturers.
productSeals pass tough test
Autoclaves can contain in excess of 200 seals that need to maintain their performance in hot pressurised saturated steam.
productSplit sphericals save €220,000 for chemical plant
By replacing a solid spherical roller bearing on an exhaust gas fan with a split spherical roller bearing from Schaeffler, a chemical plant has saved €220,000.
productKeeping track of equipment
Safetrak, part of the Brady Corporation’s SFID Division (Safety, Facilities and Identification), provides a digital system that helps to plan, inspect and report equipment inspections and maintenance.
productSavings in store
MRO (maintenance, repair and operations) stores are a goldmine waiting to be tapped, according to Peter Gagg, MD of lean engineering and training consultancy, MCP. He says that a large company could save an investment of say, £10,000 one hundred times over in just two years. That’s about £1 million for a store issuing £200,000 of parts per year.
articleSupply services with added value
All too often, when negotiating with suppliers, industrial buyers focus almost exclusively on price. This can be both short term and potentially counterproductive, says Julia Mullar, new business manager for ERIKS OnSite Solutions.
product£1m saved for global wind farm operator
Designed to enable wind farms to extend turbine maintenance intervals, manage resources effectively and avoid downtime, SKF WindCon, a condition monitoring system for wind turbines, has saved an estimated £1m for a single global wind farm operator.
productEnergy chains: Speedy opening
igus has designed five specialist tools for opening its energy chains, cutting the manual work time to open a metre length of chain from 33 to within 2 seconds which helps minimise machinery downtime.
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