Maintenance Matters

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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Firms miss out on saving money
Wednesday, 10 April 2013
Larry Wiechern, senior lecturer of engineering at the Manukau Institute of Technology (MIT), is surprised that so few people are taking part in the maintenance courses his department is running.He...
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Rust barrier saves money
Tuesday, 08 January 2013
A spray coating to protect equipment from the elements is helping firms mothball gear and ensure maintenance programs are kept on track, reports Steve Hart
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National Maintenance Engineering Conference
Wednesday, 27 February 2013
Video coverage of the 2012 National Maintenance Engineering Conference
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Soft option for preventative maintenance
Tuesday, 30 October 2012
Preventative maintenance is about saving money and increasing profits. In any business, downtime means lost income.
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Implementing Operator Based Maintenance
Tuesday, 28 August 2012
A sawmill near Blenheim has found that a new programme on operator based maintenance has changed the workplace culture.
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“Decisions based on assumptions and hearsay”
Wednesday, 01 August 2012
A lack of knowledge has led to poor lubrication practices in the industry, says Richard J. Clancy, who asks for increased awareness of and education on the importance of this subject.
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“They have no idea…”
Wednesday, 01 August 2012
Fake products can cause severe damage to machinery and the reputation of a brand, injuries and job loss.
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The reliability toolbox
Wednesday, 04 July 2012
Equipped with the right predictive maintenance tools, a reliability engineer can perform condition monitoring, predict impending machine failure.
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“We are too busy collecting data”
Wednesday, 30 May 2012
Condition monitoring can provide the necessary data to identify and deal with the root cause of a problem. Editor Stefan Richter talked to Clyde Volpe from the Vibration Institute of Australia about...
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Keeping the water and cost savings flowing for Hamilton City
Monday, 02 April 2012
Hamilton City Council has achieved a 50 percent reduction in machine faults as well as annual savings of $30,000 in machine overhauls, courtesy of a comprehensive condition monitoring and preventive...
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