Governments have passed laws holding businesses responsible for providing employees with a safe working environment. Workplace conditions that pose a risk to personnel should be avoided or training completed to minimize hazards. Thankfully, advances in technology are making it easier for facilities to improve worker safety by decreasing contact personnel have with running machinery or…
It’s just as crucial for roller bearings to stay lubricated as it is for people to stay hydrated. Letting lubrication-related tasks slide can lead to catastrophic equipment failure. Furthermore, once the roller bearing experiences damage the condition is likely to be irreversible and no amount of maintenance, except replacement, can return the roller bearing to…
Plant managers today must determine when to use condition monitoring (CdM) technologies and when to use traditional preventive maintenance (PM). Frederic Baudart, CMRP, lead product specialist for Fluke, and Greg Perry, senior maintenance reliability consultant with Fluke Accelix, dive into this subject in this article featured on Plant Engineering. They say the answer depends on…
Two Fluke Accelix infographics that focus on condition monitoring were featured on the websites of Pumps & Systems and Plant Services, two leading industry publications. The infographic, “9 ways maintenance managers can become rock stars,” which appeared on Plant Services, conveys how maintenance managers can use predictive maintenance strategies and a computerized maintenance management system (CMMS)…
The eMaint computerized maintenance management software (CMMS) system has been named as one of the winners for the Maintenance Software category in Plant Engineering magazine’s 2018 Product of the Year awards program. The specific award (Gold, Silver or Bronze) will be revealed at the 2019 Engineering Awards in Manufacturing dinner on April 8 at the…
When making maintenance decisions, it is important to have access to real-time and historic asset data. Remote, wireless sensor technology makes it easier to collect this important data by integrating with a computerized maintenance management system (CMMS). The latest eMaint web-workshop discusses asset data integration by using Fluke Connect sensors within the eMaint CMMS. This…
Three beta participants tested the 3561 FC Vibration Sensors in real-world applications and had positive results. The CMMS administrator for the aerospace parts fabricator received and installed two vibration sensors for the beta test. He placed both on a hydraulic pump connected to a subcomponent of a CNC mill—one on the pump and the other…
Dave O’Reilly, president of Fluke Digital Systems, joined “Reliability Radio” host Scott MacKenzie at MaximoWorld in August 2018 where they discussed how important data will continue to be for industry professionals and the history and future of Fluke. In this episode, MacKenzie and O’Reilly first explore the evolution of Fluke Connect. O’Reilly explains that Fluke Founder John Fluke’s…
Have you heard the news? The new Fluke 3561 Vibration Sensor is now available! This compact, wireless sensor allows maintenance teams to improve uptime by adding remote, continuous vibration monitoring to virtually any rotating equipment. And with a frequency range of 10 to 1,000 hertz, the 3561 FC detects and notifies users of conditional changes…
Remote condition monitoring (CM) — the practice of using sensors and software to monitor performance abnormalities in assets — is emerging as a business-critical activity in the food processing industry. The CM concept has been around for a while within other manufacturing arenas. However, new advances in sensor technology that incorporate cloud-based data delivery are…