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How to Live a Longer, Pain-Free Life, Unfortunately Only for Bearings

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In any high volume, high-cost production environment, a single bearing can make the difference between an efficient and inefficient production line. But like any other mechanical component, bearings have a finite life. So how do you ensure that's as long as possible?

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Why Pumps Fail - and How to Stop it Happening to Yours

by Andy Cruse

Most pump failures are caused by human failings in installation or maintenance. But get those right and you can minimise failure risk, extend the pump's useful life, and even increase its efficiency and reliability.

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A Fast Response to a Slow Drive Obsolescence Issue

by Nigel Jones

The slow food movement is probably the best known. But there’s also slow travel. Slow fashion. And in the waste water industry, with a s-l-o-w speed of just 1-3rpm, there’s the waste tank half-bridge wall drive. But as one utility company’s current drive units were becoming slowly obsolete, a fast response was needed from ERIKS. 

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Effective Energy Management Strategy Made Easy with SMC

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From SME's to global corporates, businesses know that energy-saving has to be an important part of their operating strategy. Increasing energy costs, legislation and the demands of ISO 14001, 18001 and 9001 Standards make it an even more pressing issue.

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How Progressive Cavity Pumps Keep Progressing

by Andy Cruse

It’s 10 years since SEEPEX revolutionised progressive cavity pump efficiency, with the launch of Smart Conveying Technology (SCT), but their drive for optimum pump performance hasn’t stopped there. 

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The Dirty Truth About Hydraulic Oil Filtration

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Imagine you've been feeling under the weather and you're not sure why. You take yourself to the doctor's and you're offered a choice of diagnostic techniques: Investigate surgery or blood analysis? When a hydraulic system is not performing as it should be, and components are failing prematurely or frequently, those are effectively the options. So do you choose to put your system under the scalpel, or do you reach for the syringe instead?

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Smarter Asset Management with ERIKS

by Thomas Boswell

In asset management as in life: the more you know, the more you can do. And the sooner you know something, the better. We can't upgrade our brains. You can be smarter about your management of assets with ERIKS Smart Asset Management.

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Government Releases £30m fund in bid for Smarter UK Manufacturing

by Richard Ludlam

It goes without saying that technology is one of the major drivers in modern UK manufacturing, with the need for continuous advancements vital to ensuring the development of how we live and work.  But as with all new technology comes resource and cost, and that's why the UK Government has introduced the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund (ISCF) in a bid to aid progress.

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Top-drawer Tool Storage from Facom

by Jon Whitehouse

With a tool storage cabinet from Facom, you can keep not just your tools safe, but also your workers.

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SKF's 5 Step Process to Achieve Performance and Productivity Goals

by James Goodgame

Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) is industry’s prime metric for identifying and rectifying machinery-related problems in the manufacturing process. It’s also a benchmark for progress made against other manufacturers’ performance. But for companies lacking the necessary in-house skills, and striving to achieve more productivity for less cost, achieving the reliability and long service life that drive OEE can be challenging. A new industry-leading asset care strategy from SKF could be the answer.

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