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Best Material Handling Practices for Overhead Cranes
To prevent workplace accidents and injuries, safety must be the top priority for those in the material handling industry. While today’s overhead cranes make material handling look effortless, every lift is the result of a complex process involving best practices for...
The Benefits of Infrared Thermography for Industrial Applications
What is Infrared Thermography? Infrared thermography can help your business minimize downtime, avoid costly repairs and improve safety. Infrared thermography is crucial for both condition-monitoring tasks and predictive maintenance plans. This non-destructive testing...
How to Get the Right Electric Motor, Part 1 – Weigh Your Timing & Selection Decisions
Realizing that you probably need a new electric motor and knowing how to select the best option for your needs are two different things. Starting with the right information will ensure that the best decision is being made for both the short- and long-term success of...
The Benefits of Motorizing Overhead Cranes
Like many other industries, one of the simplest ways to increase productivity is to motorize the tools and devices used by the workers. Hand saw vs circular saw Sandpaper vs electric sander Bit & brace vs electric or cordless drill The same holds true as the...
Optimal Bearing Lubrication: Guidelines and Timing
Bearing lubrication is the cornerstone of ensuring optimal motor performance. Proper lubrication serves to reduce wear by maintaining separation between rolling surfaces, dissipating friction-induced heat, safeguarding against contaminants, averting corrosion, and...
Visual Inspections Can Help Avoid Issues, Unnecessary Maintenance Costs
Are you the kind of person that checks your vehicle’s oil level and quality between oil changes or do you just trust that the automotive manufacturer knows when your oil goes from “good” to “get an oil change now!” status? In the world of ever-evolving technology,...
Examining the Different Overhead Crane and Hoist Options Available for Your Business
At some point in time, most mill, warehouse, or manufacturing plant owners consider adding an overhead crane system for moving loads ranging from .25 to 400 tons. So, today we're examining the different overhead crane and hoist options available. Bridge cranes Gantry...
Enhancing Safety: Effective Strategies for Arc Flash Mitigation
Safeguarding the well-being of your technicians while working on live electrical equipment demands the implementation of arc flash mitigation measures. As stipulated by the 2020 National Electrical Code, Section 240.87, these protocols are mandatory for circuit...
Reliability Maintenance Takes a Medical Approach to Rotating Equipment, Part 1 – A Prescription for Healthy Systems
Diagnosing, responding to, and preventing issues within rotating equipment proactively is the goal of reliability maintenance. While this industrial approach focuses on improving process productivity and increasing overall system efficiency and ROI, reliability...
NEMA Standards, Part 1 – Ensuring Uniformity in Electrical Manufacturing
When you’re preparing to swap out an electric motor, timeliness and accuracy are needed to minimize your process downtime and related expenses. Imagine shutting down your line and disconnecting the old motor only to realize that the replacement isn’t correctly sized...