mtalk blogMaintenance_NewsPredictive Maintenance Systems Demonstrate Future ROI- June 24, 2008 PALO ALTO, Calif. Even if high uptake causes the cost of predictive maintenance systems to drop, the systems will still remain expensive and their usage, restricted to high-cost production machinery. Even though some vendors look to the technical capabilities, future adoption of the systems will primarily depend on the price. New analysis from Frost & Sullivan, Advances in Intelligent and Predictive Maintenance Systems, finds that predictive maintenance systems can be grouped together by.http://maintenancetalk.com/blog.php/mtalk/predictive_maintenance_systems_demonstrate_futur... Poor maintenance 'caused mill explosion'- June 24, 2008 Source: The Age Poor maintenance by owners CSR led to a vat explosion that has caused the indefinite closure of a north Queensland sugar mill, the canegrowers peak body says. Canegrowers Burdekin Limited district manager Jim Collins also warned Monday that the closure of the Pioneer Sugar Mill, south of Townsville, would have a &8220;horror&8221; effect on the local community. CSR shut down the Burdekin mill after a 1,000 litre sugar vat ruptured and knocked over another last...http://maintenancetalk.com/blog.php/mtalk/poor_maintenance_caused_mill_explosion/ Texas Awards Alvin Community College $2.3 Million Training Grant- June 20, 2008 To help keep Texas competitive in the ever-increasing global market and address local labor shortages, the Texas Workforce Commission recently awarded Alvin Community College a $2.3 million Skills Development Fund grant to provide upgrade training for incumbent workers at several local chemical companies. Competition is so great, many companies dont have the additional resources to put toward training that could help their employees perform more efficiently, said Jim Kelly, ACCs grant manager.http://maintenancetalk.com/blog.php/mtalk/texas_awards_alvin_community_college_23_million_... Lightning took out plant for 3 months- June 20, 2008 Rothschild, WI After a thorough review of the events surrounding the October 2007 lightning strike that damaged the Weston 3 power plant, a committee comprised of Wisconsin Public Service employees and members of two expert consulting groups has issued its findings. The report indicates that one of the root causes of the damage was an intense lightning strike to an on-site transmission tower, not owned by Public Service, which was properly grounded but not bonded to the Weston plant...http://maintenancetalk.com/blog.php/mtalk/lightning_took_out_plant_for_3_months/ FLIR Systems' New GasFindIR Detects Carbon Monoxide- June 17, 2008 Leak Detection of Carbon Monoxide is Critical for a Variety of Bulk Chemical Manufacturing Including High-grade Steelmaking BOSTON, Massachusetts (June 17, 2008) FLIR Systems, Inc., the global leader in infrared cameras, announced today the addition of the ThermaCAM GasFindIR CO(TM) to its line of infrared cameras. The new GasFindIR detects carbon monoxide that is created during a variety of industrial processes. Carbon monoxide (chemical formula CO) is a colorless, odorless, and tasteless...http://maintenancetalk.com/blog.php/mtalk/flir_systems_new_gasfindir_detects_carbon_monoxi... Plant Leaders Learn How to Create Results and Increase Productivity in Leading People Course- June 17, 2008 CHARLESTON, SC,&8212;June 17, 2008&8212;The Life Cycle Institute, the learning source for optimizing asset reliability and performance, is now accepting registrations for its newest course: Leading People. This five-day course is designed for supervisors, managers and informal team leaders looking to increase their ability to produce results through people. Life Cycle Engineerings change management experts will provide participants with a renewed confidence in their leadership abilities,...http://maintenancetalk.com/blog.php/mtalk/plant_leaders_learn_how_to_create_results_and_in... DLI Engineering Goes Green to Maximize Uptime & Profits for the Wind Industry- June 13, 2008 Bainbridge Island, WA, United States, May 29, 2008 Bainbridge Island, WA As consumers are pushing for more green energy and the alternative energy industry is attracting record numbers of investors, wind turbines are emerging all over the world. In the last several months, DLI Engineerings condition monitoring systems have been installed in wind farms in the United States, Canada and Europe. As system faults are rapidly diagnosed at remote locations, they are transmitted to central...http://maintenancetalk.com/blog.php/mtalk/dli_engineering_goes_green_to_maximize_uptime_pr... |