Dematic, a leading global supplier of integrated automated technology, software and services to optimize the supply chain, has introduced a new version of RapidStore UL1400, a storage and retrieval system that automates conventional pallet storage. The new RapidStore UL1400 includes performance optimizing software and supports a wider variety of applications, including freezer/cooler environments.
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Westbury, New York — They key to a cost effective preventive maintenance plan are tools that will prevent big leaks before they happen. The Spectroline®OPK-441 Industrial Leak Detection Kit is a starter kit designed to pinpoint the exact source of even the smallest leaks in hydraulic equipment, compressors, engines, gearboxes and fuel systems.
The RELIABILITY Conference - Work Management Forum - 41:49 by Rob Bishop, Bristol-Myers Squibb and Joe Lauria, SEC of America
Learn how to efficiently improve your vibration monitoring program. A case study on implementing wireless vibration into your existing route based program. We will explore the steps necessary to integrate a supplemental technology while maintaining data integrity. We will focus on reactive monitoring of equipment, but will also address continuous monitoring of critical assets.
Kits for planned maintenance work should ideally have solid lids and the work order number affixed to the face of the kit using a clear plastic sleeve.
The RELIABILITY Conference Work Management Forum - 36:05 by Missy Decker, Vice President, Solution Design, SDI, Inc.
The intersection of Maintenance, Repair and Operations (MRO) with reliability is not product related; it’s process related. MRO is a critical element in the Work Execution domain of the Uptime Elements framework, designed to create a culture of reliability. It’s impossible to ensure operational and maintainable reliability without a reliable MRO process. Certified Reliability Leader and Vice President of Solution Design at SDI, Missy Decker, talks about the difference between the typical approach to MRO and Reliability-Centered MRO. She takes the audience through how reliable MRO directly impacts reliable maintenance by reducing costs, increasing equipment throughput and improving customer satisfaction through quality and on-time delivery of product.
The RELIABILITY Conference 2016 - RAP Talk - 19:38 by Jack Nicholas, Author
In this informative RAP Talk, Jack Nicholas stresses often overlooked processes and procedures that address management. In particular, the relationship between policies, processes, plans, procedures and work instructions are illustrated. In addition, how situations where procedures aren’t followed and lead to problems should be handled. Case studies and other sources are presented to emphasize important lessons that were learned, sometimes in very difficult and important ways.
GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN – June 14, 2016 – Dematic, a leading global supplier of integrated automated technology, software and services to optimize the supply chain, today announces the latest release of the operational analytics capabilities for its real-time software automation platform, Dematic iQ 2.1.
“The reliability of rotating equipment is almost inevitably linked directly to bearing life, and it is estimated bearing failure is responsible for almost 21 percent of these equipment failures.” – Heinz P. Bloch, P.E., 2011
TA Associates, a leading global growth private equity firm, today announced it has completed a growth equity investment in Maintenance Connection, Inc., a leading provider of computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) software. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Modern Predictive Maintenance (PdM) has come a long way in recent years, with ease of use and installation both having increased significantly, while cost has similarly decreased. Conventional PdM was an expensive and time consuming technology and, because of this, it was reserved for only the most critical facilities. The problem with this is that less costly equipment, though seemingly peripheral, can be just as essential to continuing operations, and it is instead relegated to a preventive maintenance (PM) schedule.
The RELIABILITY Conference - Uptime Elements Forum - 39:58 by Jeff Shiver- Managing Principal, People and Processes, Inc.
As we automate more and more, the standard of maintenance is dependent on our effective execution of the necessary work to ensure that your assets continue to do what the user expects. Recognize that effective work execution is not a cafeteria plan. Each element is interconnected and foundational to ensure reliability. Weak elements and missing links can not only jeopardize the journey to reliability but more importantly, kill or injure people. Join Jeff Shiver, CMRP, CRL as he demonstrates the six key elements necessary for work execution. In addition to identifying the elements and their links, Jeff will explain the consequences and benefits of ensuring this holistic work execution foundation for the journey for reliability.