The Hive: Critical assets
In this installment of The Hive, your favorite worker bees group their most critical assets into tiers. Without an emphasis on asset criticality, the bees are literally brought to tears by their routes…
In this installment of The Hive, your favorite worker bees group their most critical assets into tiers. Without an emphasis on asset criticality, the bees are literally brought to tears by their routes…
As companies adopt cloud-based, Software-as-a-Service systems such as Computerized Maintenance Management Software (CMMS), there is an opportunity to move beyond preventive or predictive maintenance. Prescriptive maintenance is the next big step forward in the evolution of asset management. In fact, the ability to connect assets and feed information into a central system gives organizations the…
Solar power production is on the rise. Solar jobs are growing 17 times faster than the US economy, and solar installations rose 8 percent in the second quarter as robust utility demand offset a sharp pullback in residential rooftop systems. Companies are looking to minimize energy waste, improve efficiency and identify savings for customers. Commercial…
Recently a team of Fluke employees visited with Filmwerks International, a cross-functional team of maintenance professionals that services various broadcast networks during live events, including professional football, to see the power monitor in action. While Filmwerks is headquartered in Rocky Point, North Carolina, we had the pleasure of tagging along as they set up uninterruptible…
Filmwerks International already employs Fluke 3540 FC Three-Phase Power Monitors to collect shore power data to share with its clients. The team got a first look at a thermal imaging sensor outside one of its custom-built trailers, deployed to provide uninterruptible power supply (UPS) for event broadcasts for major television networks. Surrounded by the humming of broadcast trailers,…
Medical equipment is essential. Its health often means the difference between a successful diagnosis and asset malfunction. Louisiana-based Marquis Medical is a servicer of GE Health Care and Siemens health-care systems. Its team repairs, maintains, and orders parts for these machines across the U.S. Recently, Marquis Medical needed to renew a power meter service contract,…
At the Chicago roadshow in May 2017, Brian Samelson introduced the company’s new platform, Fluke Accelix. Fluke Accelix is a layer that connects the eMaint CMMS with Fluke connected tools, such as sensors, power monitors and thermal imagers, and with third party systems. Look for more information soon on how to take advantage of these…