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21 June 2023
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Automation solutions can help ensure utility companies keep their operations functioning smoothly, while taking their initial steps towards smart maintenance, say Klaus Zeller and Roberto Zenoni
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29 March 2022
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Want to predict the probability of breakdown, save precious time and avoid high repair costs? Steve Ellis says it's time to look to Artificial Intelligence.
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28 January 2022
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There is a big difference between preventive and predictive strategies. Here Neil Ballinger offers an overview of the pros and cons of both methods.
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01 April 2020
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Kevin Price of Infor explains how modern next-generation analytics can give plant maintenance managers tools they can leverage to work smarter, not harder.
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04 March 2020
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Steve Sands of leading industrial automation company Festo discusses the significant impact Industry 4.0 technologies are already having on production. This article explains how, in the space of just a few years, the use of digital maintenance has become the norm within Festo production plants and illustrates the benefits that other manufacturing companies might expect from adopting smart maintenance practices.
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30 April 2018
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When the SCADA platform at global chemical company, Scott Bader, became obsolete, the company recognised that it needed to upgrade its control systems and infrastructure but also knew that this would require a solution to extend the life of its existing control system until the upgrade could be safely completed. SolutionsPT provided a solution
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02 January 2018
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Under Industry 4.0, maintaining and upgrading plant and equipment will be made easier by making better use of engineering design data. Marco Canducci, support manager with Zuken outlines the importance of ‘Design Maintenance’
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05 December 2017
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FUCHS LUBRICANTS has selected Real Asset Management’s (RAM) computerised maintenance management system (CMMS) to boost its UK based maintenance processes. The company expects to benefit from improved work order management, enhanced Key Performance Indicator (KPI) reporting, as well as refined communication across its maintenance department
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08 May 2017
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In the last five decades, maintenance as a practice has evolved to better serve the manufacturing sector in the areas of reliability and availability. However, according to Robert Golightly, senior product marketing manager, AspenTech, change is imminent
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30 March 2017
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Currently more than 70% of maintenance work is conducted on a reactive basis. Liam Fitzpatrick, digital marketing manager, PEMAC, outlines seven steps to help companies reduce that figure by implementing a Maintenance Intelligence Program
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02 December 2016
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Autodeployment, or using a complex decision making algorithm to decide the best resource to carry out a piece of work without the need for human involvement, might sound like something from the future, but it’s available in the here and now, as SoftSols explains
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26 October 2015
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Port Otago operates a primary deep-water, export-based container terminal at Port Chalmers in New Zealand’s far south. With outstanding facilities and a committed team in place, the company wanted to replace a basic asset management system whose lack of functionality and non-integration with other critical business systems created inefficiencies
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19 February 2015
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Since using Agility, Bakkavor Group, a provider of fresh prepared foods, has seen a significant improvement on its reactive versus planned maintenance from 80/20 to 50/50
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30 January 2015
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To boost operational cost efficiency, Drax wanted to ensure that it was not over-stocking high value components. To achieve this, it has worked with BPD Zenith to refresh its supply chain, asset and work management processes with IBM Maximo solutions – providing clear visibility of stock levels and the historical data needed to forecast requirements
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14 November 2014
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Traditionally, condition monitoring of plant and equipment has been applied through routine manual diagnostic rounds. However, trends such as lower cost sensors and automated monitoring systems, and the emergence of Big Data analytics are fueling the adoption of automated solutions, as Kamalina Srikant of National Instruments explains
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18 June 2014
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Coca Cola Enterprises Norway has reduced its maintenance and energy costs and boosted productivity since turning to Infor EAM and its partner, Prevas
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05 June 2014
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Spidex Software is the appointed Ireland and UK distributor for Mainsaver EAM/CMMS software. The company delivers, implements and maintains a suite of modules to support engineering teams striving for best-in-class performance, as the following case study illustrates
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30 April 2014
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Mark Vernon, requirements engineer at Shire, believes Planned Preventative Maintenance, or PPM, is a paradox: It involves doing work in order to avoid doing work. Here, he suggests ways to resolve the paradox
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07 January 2014
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AWE manufactures and maintains warheads for the UK’s nuclear deterrent, Trident, a submarine-launched, inter-continental ballistic nuclear missile weapons system, carried by Royal Navy Vanguard-class submarines. Helping the company manage a complex portfolio of equipment is an asset management solution from Infor
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11 November 2013
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The Futuroscope theme park near Poitiers, France, has welcomed some 42 million visitors since it opened in 1987. Few, however, will have any concept of the vast maintenance operation that keeps the attractions up and running. Val Kealey went behind the scenes to find out how a CMMS (Computerised Maintenance Management System) is playing its part
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