Maintenance Matters

Phase control vs switch-mode cathodic protection systems
Monday, 19 June 2023
For larger mission-critical steel and concrete structures, such as bridges, ports, wharves, tanks or industrial pipelines, impressed current cathodic protection (ICCP) systems are often use
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Are counterfeit bearings on the rise?
Thursday, 18 May 2023
A petrochemical processor was recently forced to make an emergency shutdown only to discover that it was being supplied with counterfeit SKF bearings.
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Bearing surface damage: should alarm bells be ringing?
Thursday, 27 April 2023
Defect classification is a crucial step in determining if goods should pass or fail a quality control inspection.
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Protecting the Port of Melbourne from corrosion
Thursday, 27 April 2023
Swanson Dock is a container shipping port facility in the Port of Melbourne, which is Australia’s largest container and cargo port.
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The igus igumania online game makes motion plastics even more tangible
Wednesday, 25 January 2023
Anyone can be production manager of their own Mars Rover factory, playfully immersing themselves in the world of igus motion plastics.
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Retrofit Or Replace?
Tuesday, 20 December 2022
When a machine gets to an age that has you sitting back wondering if you should repair or replace it, consider this, does it really need replacing?
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Hydraulic tension delivers a happy bearing
Monday, 28 November 2022
When commissioning industrial machinery, the importance of correct bearing installation is paramount.
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Tackling planned obsolescence
Monday, 15 August 2022
According to DoSomething.org, 20 to 50 million metric tons of e-waste are disposed of worldwide, every year.
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Who’s luffing now!
Friday, 22 July 2022
Australian-made fastening technology radically cuts slew bearing bolting time for mission-critical cranes and loaders
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Satellite-based remote monitoring for cathodic protection
Friday, 22 July 2022
The new SW1 remote monitoring module is solar powered using a tiny built in solar panel, so it requires no additional connections to power, and has no specialist set up requirements, other than req
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Avoid unscheduled downtime
Monday, 06 June 2022
According to Arimo, manufacturers can deal with up to 800 hours of downtime per year.
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Engineering plastics to the rescue for bearing fix
Wednesday, 18 May 2022
One of the last things any operations manager wants is extended stoppages caused by bearing failures as manufacturers and primary producers get squeezed between the pincers of expanding production
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Eurotec Ltd: Your trusted supplier for thermal imaging products and services.
Wednesday, 13 April 2022
Thermal imaging cameras have become a “must-have tool” to assist with predictive and preventative maintenance, whether you are performing industrial maintenanc
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Intrinsically safe cathodic protection systems for hazardous environments
Wednesday, 13 April 2022
When NSW Ports embarked on a two-year program to rehabilitate the structures and combat corrosion levels at its Bulk Liquid Berth 1 (BLB1), it commissioned Melbourne-based consultancy Infracorr to
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Predictive maintenance: avoid unscheduled machine downtime
Monday, 04 April 2022
To avoid a system failure, more and more condition monitoring systems and solutions for predictive maintenance are called for.
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