Category Archives: Engineering News
Engineering News
Apr
Plants ‘operating 24/7’ to meet consumer demand for food amid COVID 19
May
Astonishing 40 % of the global energy consumption in mineral mining is used for overcoming friction.
Automotive Equipment, Engineering News, Industry News, Predictive Maintenance, Preventive Maintenance
How to Reduce Bearing Failures
May
Sealed-for-life bearings account for only a small proportion of all bearings in use, more than 14 per cent of all premature bearing failures are attributed to contamination problems.
May
At one mine site, the replacement rate for four 44-mm ropes was extended from an average 18.5 months to 43 months. At another mine, life cycles of four 43-mm x 2073 meter ropes were extended from an average 8 months to 12 months.
May
Two common causes of electrical equipment failure are component seizure and degraded lubricant.Component 1) Seizure Lubricant…2) Degradation…
Case Study, Engineering News, Manufacturing, Predictive Maintenance, Preventive Maintenance
Lubrication Options for Highly Contaminated Areas
May
Single-point lubricators are also an excellent option if the bearings are in an area that is difficult to access or if a constant supply of grease is required.
Engineering News, Predictive Maintenance, Preventive Maintenance
Pros and Cons of Preventive and Predictive Maintenance
May
Preventive and Predictive Maintenance are vastly superior to the third alternative — reactive maintenance………………….
May
In the steel industry the access to many lubrication points is burdensome or dangerous. Manual lubrication is inconvenient due to a large variety of different lubricants and applications.