Get a Countdown to Downtime With Drive-Based Predictive Maintenance

Get a Countdown to Downtime With Drive-Based Predictive Maintenance

 

Do you have a countdown for when your critical assets are expected to fail? What could you do with one? What if, rather than scrambling to resolve asset failures when they happen out of the blue, you could see them coming and make plans to address them? You would probably herald in greater peace of mind, with less agonizing over surprise failures and the unplanned downtime that comes with them. You would also most likely realize financial savings by reducing your spending on maintenance and replacement parts.

 

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Get a Countdown to Downtime With Drive-Based Predictive Maintenance

Do you have a countdown for when your critical assets are expected to fail? What could you do with one?

What if, rather than scrambling to resolve asset failures when they happen out of the blue, you could see them coming and make plans to address them? You would probably herald in greater peace of mind, with less agonizing over surprise failures and the unplanned downtime that comes with them.

 

 

 

Parker Hannifin: Why Right Sizing Matters

Parker Hannifin: Why Right Sizing Matters

Innovative machine design is integral to the success of any machine builder. Smart machine design serves innovators with the reward of optimized space on the plant floor, considerable savings on components and installation, inherent safety by design and oh yes, it must meet the functional needs of the ever changing application. One machine will have multiple different speed and load requirements. A sound understanding of the components used in machine design is fundamental, knowledge of current machinery safety standards as well as an understanding in the desired outcome of the machines function.

 

 

Parker Hannifin: Safe Stopping Distance with Safety Exhaust Valves

Parker Hannifin: Safe Stopping Distance with Safety Exhaust Valves

 

Safe Distance in Machine Design When machine safeguarding is used one of the most relevant (and least discussed) effective measures is safe placement of the equipment in relation to the hazard. This is especially true when trying to comply with the requirements to eliminate trapped energy under ISO 13849-1 where exhaust time and volume of compressed air in the machine play a role in creating a safe condition.

 

 

Rockwell Automation: How to Reduce Lead Time with Smarter Machine Engineering

Rockwell Automation: How to Reduce Lead Time with Smarter Machine Engineering

 

How fast can we get it? It’s the number one question that comes after presenting a new packaging solution you’ve developed for a customer. And it’s one of the top challenges facing machine builders today. So, how do you get from concept to machine faster in an environment that demands customization, flexibility and speed? That’s what packaging machine builders face every day. And one answer is to simplify.

 

 

3 ways that integrated safety minimizes the impact of production line disruptions

3 ways that integrated safety minimizes the impact of production line disruptions

 

Safety used to be treated somewhat as an afterthought, in that it was added as a separate system once all the other production equipment was in place. Nowadays, many manufacturers are seeing the benefits of integrated safety systems, in which safety features are designed into equipment from the very beginning.

 

 

Best for healthy babies – Baby food production reliably automated with Siemens technology

Best for healthy babies – Baby food production reliably automated with Siemens technology

Hochdorf Swiss Nutrition AG specializes in the manufacture of foods made from ingredients such as milk, oilseed and cereals. In its new 30-meter high production facility, Tower 9, the Swiss company processes around 75 million liters of milk to produce some 30,000 tons of baby food every year.