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Even with a Failed Pump, We Can Keep Our Cool

by Darren Owen

Solving an issue for a customer is only one factor of a successful project. Delivering it on time is a whole other dilemma. And thanks to ERIKS’ expertise and efficiency, yet another customer was left with a smile on their face.

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Beyond Cost Savings: Prioritising Health and Safety and Efficiency

by Mark Carpenter

It goes without saying that cost savings are viewed as the pinnacle of success for a project at the completion stage, but in reality, there are several other factors that can be reviewed and deemed as clear benefits.

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Locked-in Safer Maintenance from Ambersil

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Ambersil’s new Food Processing Safe® PERMA-LOCK® system is designed to minimise risk when using maintenance chemicals.

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Access All Areas with OKS Spray Lubrication

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When a lubrication point is hard to access, how do you lubricate? And when it’s a food industry application, how do you lubricate with an NSF registered lubricant? OKS has the answer, in an aerosol.

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Covering Up Safety Issues... With the Right PPE!

by Paul Skade

If there’s a safety issue at your site, the last thing you’d do is try to cover it up, isn’t it? But sometimes, that’s the best way to resolve it.

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No Parts, No Window, No Time. Still, No Problem Gearbox Repair

by Simon Whitehouse

Most repair and maintenance jobs in industry have to be carried out against the clock. Unplanned downtime is a cost, and planned downtime a rarity.

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Smarter than the Average Plastics: igus Motion Plastics

by Jon Whitehouse

If Industry 4.0 is all about making factories smarter, then you don’t get much smarter than embedding intelligence into motion plastics. By integrating sensing, monitoring and communications, igus® has created high performance engineering plastics products, based on e-chains, cables, and bearings, that can increase plant availability, maximise uptime and reduce costs.

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Save Lives with a Padlock: Lockout/Tagout Procedure

by Paul Skade

Servicing, maintaining, cleaning and repairing equipment are dangerous activities. A worker only has to be in the wrong place at the wrong time when the machine starts up, and injury or even death could result.

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Are You Crimping Correctly?

by Mark Carpenter

For people who aren’t familiar with crimping, it’s the process of joining two or more pieces of metal by deforming either or both elements so that they hold each other securely. But for those who know their hoses, you’ll understand that it’s a vital component of any hose assembly.

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Double the Life, Half the Trouble - SKF Bearings

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An open cast mine in Germany mines coal – estimated to be approximately 30 million year old – but it was the short two-year life cycle of its conveyor bearings that was causing the operators the most concern.

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