Maintenance Matters

Whatever happened to the quality?
Thursday, 10 September 2015
20 years ago I bought a pair of “Last Footwear” boots. These are still in my wardrobe, still comfortable, still intact with plenty of wear, even after hundreds of kms.
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Sealing solutions for challenging environments
Thursday, 10 September 2015
Historically, taconite-type seals derive their name from a type of iron ore mined in Minnesota’s Mesabi Range in the United States.
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Anaerobic adhesives improve the reliability of threaded fasteners
Tuesday, 07 July 2015
Threaded fasteners set and hold tolerances on assemblies ranging from light duty equipment to heavy machinery.
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The protection of structural steel against atmospheric corrosion
Tuesday, 07 July 2015
An introduction to AS/NZS 2312.2:2014, Guide to the protection of structural steel against atmospheric corrosion by the use of protective coatings – Part 2: Hot dip galvanizing 
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Working in the area of maintenance, horizontal infrastructure and engineering?
Tuesday, 07 July 2015
The 2nd New Zealand Coatings & Corrosion Conference & Expo will be held at the Ellerslie Events Centre in Auckland 29-30 July.
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Viper Mini MK II wire rope lubricator now in New Zealand
Thursday, 11 June 2015
Australia’s leading wire rope lubrication specialist Viper WRL Pty Ltd has officially launched a new product: the Viper Mini MK II. Small it may be, but the Viper Mini MK II is just as powerful, fast...
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A smarter way to carry out on-site maintenance
Tuesday, 07 April 2015
Onsite maintenance can be a very time consuming process, particularly if you are called on-site to fault find or arrive on-site to find there are no test points installed.
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Leaks found fast
Wednesday, 11 March 2015
Detecting leaks and checking the integrity of water pipes is now simple and quick following the launch of a new portable hydrostatic tester from Australian Pump Industries. The 100 bar (1400 psi)...
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Beating corrosion is a full time job
Tuesday, 09 September 2014
Ron Berry has more than 33 years’ experience in the corrosion management industries. His background includes corrosion assessment and failure analyses.
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Lubrication regimes and what you need to know
Tuesday, 08 July 2014
The lubrication of different machinery components such as bearings mainly serves two purposes, to avoid or (at least) reduce solid-to-solid (metal-to-metal) contact between the sliding contact...
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Why maintenance staff should stick to the basics
Monday, 12 May 2014
Stick to the basics and document everything are the two rules that Fisher & Paykel Healthcare’s Jun Lanada lives by. Jun is the maintenance manager at the firm’s Obstructive Sleep Apnoea (OSA)...
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One on one with MIT’s Larry Wierchern
Tuesday, 04 March 2014
Larry Wiechern manages the Maintenance and Reliability Centre at the Manukau Institute of Technology and is its Modern Apprenticeship co-ordinator. He talks to Steve Hart about apprentices and how...
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Joel Leonard – Voice of the next generation
Tuesday, 04 February 2014
I believe with engineering developing within the younger generation we will see a boom in young engineers who are looking to support the industry sector in jobs such as maintenance engineers.
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Listen to the Podcast - Steve Hart interviews Joel Leonard (2)
Thursday, 19 December 2013
In this podcast  maintenance evangelist Joel Leonard talks about his time in New Zealand, what he learned from being a keynote speaker at November’s MESNZ conference in Rotorua and what Kiwi...
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Maintenance man with a song in his heart
Thursday, 08 August 2013
Joel Leonard wants to see maintenance staff celebrated more and companies invest in ways to share best practice, writes Steve Hart.
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