Mining Gold From 21st Century Storerooms
Operating your MRO storeroom as a business unit can yield a wealth of cost-saving opportunities. Advanced technologies coupled with today’s best practices play a key role. Countless storerooms...
View ArticleAnswer Five Questions Before Printing MRO Parts
Creating a replacement part with a 3D printer may seem like the best solution, but basic due-diligence may reveal a better approach. So your maintenance department finally has its own 3D printer....
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Spare-Parts Management: From Isolation to Collaboration
While ways to procure and hold items that support maintenance and operations have advanced, the impact in today’s plants is debatable. By Phillip Slater, SparePartsKnowHow.com, and Dr. Klaus M. Blache,...
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Mine ROI with Thermal Imaging
Infrared technology can be a powerful tool in your site’s quest for equipment reliability and operational cost savings. This article is an expanded version of a feature that appeared in the September...
View ArticleConsider Wear-Ring Options
Selecting the best non-metallic wear ring for an application can greatly increase its effectiveness. Whatever the material, wear rings can be key components in a hydraulic system. They absorb the...
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Legacy Equipment: Upgrade or Replace?
Since there’s no one-size-fits-all answer, you’ll need to run the numbers. The industrial landscape has changed dramatically over the past decade. As a result, advanced technologies are now providing a...
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Up Your Parts Management Game
Plant reliability and work efficiency are at risk when the ‘rights’ of parts aren’t protected. By Drew Troyer, CRE, and Mark Rigdon, T.A. Cook Consultants Inc. Excellence in maintenance is a critical...
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How Many Spares Are Enough?
Operations people always want an ample supply of MRO (maintenance, repair, operations) spare parts on hand to make sure that production is never at risk. This is especially true if your maintenance...
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Gain Control Of MRO Inventory
Lack of effective and sustained parts management has a negative impact on your production planning and scheduling. By Jim Clifford, Performance Consulting Associates Inc. Despite decades of discussion...
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3D Metal Printing Produces Turbomachinery
SupportFree capabilities allow an 80% reduction in build time. While it may take hundreds of parts to construct power-generation equipment, there are mission-critical components that can determine the...
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