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Is there a face masks cover-up?

by Richard Ludlam

PPE facemasks may be more readily available due to increaing demand, but are they performing the job that you need them to do? So, the question is can you tell the safe from the substandard, the fake and the dangerous?

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Increase efficiency and reduce your TCO with the correct coupling

by Alex Mills

Can you guess which drive train component is “the most critical non-critical component”? It is… the coupling. And by applying an innovative Rexnord solution to couplings for centrifugal pumps – specifically in the oil refining and petrochemical industries – you can increase production efficiency and reduce your Total Cost of Ownership (TCO). 

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Is RCD tripping causing you a problem?

by Jon Whitehouse

RCD tripping is one of the most common faults which leads to expensive repeated call outs. But a level of knowledge and a quality leakage clamp meter could be the answer to saving you money on those needless call out charges.

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When the Covid-19 dust settles, what will the industrial supply chain look like?

by Richard Ludlam

The threat caused to global supply chains by the COVID-19 pandemic may be receding, but underlying challenges still remain.  As we report in our recent white paper, ‘Is the Manufacturing Supply Chain Model Broken?’ in recent years there have been growing threats to the integrity of extended global supply chains. 

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Is this a wind up? No, it's a serious request

by Mahesh Patel

Coiling 325 tons of coated piping onto a giant reel is a massive wind-up. But when a customer asked ERIKS to upgrade the machinery involved, with no existing engineering drawings and in under six months, it wasn’t a wind-up at all. It was a serious request.

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Preserving the paint line

by Mick Holland

Paint is a commodity we’ve all used. To give our bedroom a new look or give that tatty old fence panel a new lease of life. It’s used to colour cars, ships and planes. You name it, and it’s probably been painted.

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Cutting out the dust

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Dust in industry isn’t something you can deal with using a feather duster or a vacuum cleaner. And it’s not just something unsightly. It can be a danger to health, as well as a potential fire risk, depending on what kind of dust it is. Using a high-quality industrial filter is essential to eliminate the risks, as a manufacturer in Austria producing cutting dies discovered.

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Does COVID-19 mark the return of just in case inventory management?

by Richard Ludlam

In the coming months and years, as COVID-19 hopefully becomes a progressively distant memory, we’re going to see many industrial companies take a long hard look at their supply chains.

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Let's talk about dirty oil

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Dirty hydraulic oil might not be the first thing on your mind, but when you hear that it’s the cause of more than 80% of system failures, it will certainly make you take a deep breath.

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Making Online Monitoring part of your maintenance strategy

by Thomas Boswell

Part 1: Evolution, not revolution. It’s easy to promise a quick fix that reduces maintenance costs, increases uptime and efficiency, and optimises productivity. It’s much harder to make those things a reality. And anyway, in reality they’ll never be achieved with a quick fix. But using an iterative process, and with the right know-how, advice and support, making Online Monitoring part of your maintenance strategy can deliver those benefits worth waiting for.

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