Schaeffler Provides Short Term Monitoring Solution For A Cement Tube Mill

By implementing a temporary monitoring solution for assessing the condition of the trunnion drive end bearing on a cement tube mill, Schaeffler has helped Sunstate Cement prolong the operating life of its mill, thus avoiding the significant cost of replacing the bearing and the associated downtime.

Sunstate Cement Ltd. is one of Australia’s leading manufacturers and suppliers of high quality cement products to commercial businesses throughout Queensland and Northern New South Wales. With a production capacity of more than 1.5 million tonnes of cement per year, Sunstate Cement has a long history as a major contributor (Read More)

Condition-Based Asset Care: A Three-Level Approach

The sophistication of your condition monitoring should match the criticality of your assets.

Condition-based and predictive maintenance strategies are now widely implemented - particularly by businesses with high-value assets in remote or difficult-to-access locations where routine maintenance visits are either logistically very costly or potentially hazardous to maintenance personnel. (Read More) 

Starter Kit For Preventive Condition Monitoring

Don’t wait until the damages have occurred: that is the objective of anticipatory servicing, also known as preventive condition monitoring. Cracks and breaks come as a result of changed oscillation frequencies, in particular on motor bearings. You simply need to recognise them early in order to anticipate sudden failure and standstills. (Read More) 

Birmingham innovation centre builds up head of STEAM

Construction work on the first phase of Birmingham City University’s new creative innovation centre commences.

The £3.5 million project known as STEAMhouse will include the refurbishment of a former car dealership in Birmingham’s Digbeth area to house the new centre and maker space. (Read More) 

Moving Large Loads

The world record for the heaviest object pulled over 100 feet belongs to a US reverend who pulled a 68-tonne lorry. This is an impressive achievement, but one that manufacturing plant engineers must regularly equal using specialist equipment — with various degrees of success. Here, Hugh Freer, a director of electric tug specialist MasterMover, looks at why these traditional methods are ineffective. (Read More)

SIEMENS OPEN NEW NOTTINGHAM SITE

Siemens opened their new Nottingham offices at Central Park, Lenton Lane Industrial Park. The move of 300 employees to an upgraded 31,000 sq ft building represents the biggest business letting in Nottingham in 18 months, and was officially opened by local MP Lilian Greenwood MP this afternoon. (Read More)

Large Atomizing Spray Nozzle Covers 360 Degrees

EXAIR’s 1/2 NPT internal mix 360 degree hollow circular pattern atomizing spray nozzle atomizes fluid and sprays away from the nozzle in all directions, up to 13 feet in diameter.

These nozzles are ideal where a liquid application is needed in a broad area, such as dust suppression, humidification and cooling. They can also be used to coat the inside of large diameter pipe or duct. (Read More) 

Safeguarding Employee Health And Safety.

With 12,000 workplace-related respiratory deaths every year, a further 14,000 lung conditions reported, and 400,000* working days lost annually through breathing problems, effective fume and dust extraction technology is seen as central to safeguarding employee health and safety.

Businesses of every size have a legal duty to assess risks associated with airborne contaminants and, (Read More) 

SPX FLOW Appoints Vipul Mistry as Global Product Manager for Pumps in the Food and Beverage Markets

SPX FLOW has announced the appointment of Vipul Mistry as its new Global Product Manager for its Pumps business in the food and beverage sector. Mistry has a strong engineering, new product development and business background that will help SPX FLOW further develop its highly successful pumps business. (Read More)

Wireless Money, With Improved Production!

Mechanical failure of motors, drives and other vital electromechanical equipment are among the most common reasons for production stoppages.

Fortunately, recent advancements in vibration monitoring and data analysis have lead to condition monitoring systems that can accurately detect a problem before failure, thus reducing costly machine shutdowns and maximizing production output. (Read More)