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Monitran launches its easy-to-use product selector guide for general and special purpose vibration sensors

High Wycombe, United Kingdom

Monitran launches its easy-to-use product selector guide for general and special purpose vibration sensors

High Wycombe, United Kingdom

Industry in general is still to wake up to the full energy saving potential of enhanced lubricant technology,   perhaps   because   energy   saving synthetic  lubricants  are  perceived  as  expensive, compared to traditional mineral oils. Justification for increased expenditure on lubricants can be difficult, as lubricants are often viewed as a maintenance cost, while energy is seen as an operating cost.

A recent study at a leading food manufacturer by Fuchs Lubricants, illustrates the savings that synthetic oils can offer. Energy consumption was reduced by more than 5% in hydraulic systems and bearings, > 5% in spur gears and >30% in worm gears. Trials of new synthetic lubricants on a single 100HP rotary compressor, operating on full load over three shifts, resulted in savings of

By using the latest condition monitoring systems and services, manufacturing companies can reduce unforeseen breakdowns. Schaeffler UK's managing director, Kate Hartigan, explains

When owning and managing high value items like cars or homes, most people are comfortable paying insurance premiums. So, surely manufacturing companies need to ensure their high value capital goods are adequately insured against unforeseen breakdowns? After all, lost production could equate to tens of thousands, even hundreds of thousands, of pounds per day. Although the cost of machine components like bearings and motors is small compared with the total machine price, the cost of production downtime and consequential losses resulting from a component failure, are often significant.

Take a steel or aluminium manufacturing plant. The typical cost of production downtime is

Trader Media Print division is part of the Guardian Media Group and produce well-known magazine publications such asAutoTrader. These publications are dated and therefore must be on the shelves at an exact time or the business loses revenue. Managing Director, Alan Turner came to EMS recognising that they were lagging behind in manufacturing practice.

A unique infrared thermometer has been launched, which is ideal for use in high temperature production lines and process environments, enabling the precise temperature measurement of materials such as fabric and web working in ambient temperatures of up to 250

Downtime in a paper mill or any 24/7 facility is very expensive in maintenance costs, but even more so in the impact to profit because of production loss. In this article we will explain the Shock Pulse Method, why it

For many organisations today, the most important issue is how to reduce costs to compete profitably in global markets.  The two key approaches to manufacturing cost reduction are Lean and TPM (Total Productive Maintenance).Lean reduces costs by eliminating waste in the end to end process, following Henry Ford's original dictum "the longer anything is in my factory, the more it costs me".

Total Productive Maintenance reduces costs by eliminating losses in equipment based processes - once you have a lean flow, the key is to run equipment as efficiently as possible. Both Lean and TPM are based on a foundation of 5S and Continuous improvement (Kaizen) and our success is based on helping companies develop this foundation as well as applying more advanced Lean and TPM approaches.