What is Soft Foot and Why Does it Damage Machinery?
Roughly two-thirds of all rotating machinery experience a condition called “soft foot”. Learn how to recognize and avoid this common issue.
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Rethinking your approach to improving culture and performance
In presenting on leadership strategies to improve culture and performance among maintenance and reliability teams, leadership expert and consultant Tom Moriarty uses neuroscience to explain that successfully enacting change is often harder than people expect it to be. Moriarty titled his Accelix Best Practice Webinar, “Productive leadership: How to create the culture and performance you…
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How to define the board of directors’ role in asset management
If your goal is to improve the communications between your plant management ─ including your senior executives and board of directors ─ and your operations teams, a six-year-old industry blueprint known as the ISO 55000 Asset Management standard can serve as your guideline. This certification was launched in 2014, with the purpose of setting expectations…
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Preparing your people for transitioning to Industry 4.0
Planning for Industry 4.0? To achieve higher reliability and related goals—such as a better environmental footprint, lower energy costs, sustained or improved product quality, and so on—you need to prepare your people for a smooth and successful transition. In this one-hour webinar, reliability expert Jack Nicholas discusses how to plan for managing assets and people…
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2020 check-in: Where are we on the road to Industry 4.0?
What will 2020 bring in terms of automation, AI, machine learning, and Industry 4.0? What takeaways do we have from 2019? What new could happen that we don’t know about? Oliver Sturrock, Chief Technology Officer for Fluke Reliability Solutions, takes a look at the trends driving change in our industrial world. Oliver Sturrock, CTO,…
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A hard look at soft foot: Detecting machine frame distortion before it causes major issues
Soft foot is a common problem that affects rotating machinery and can result in a range of mechanical and quality problems. Think of it as a chair with one leg shorter than the other three. Soft foot is frequently overlooked but the consequences of ignoring its symptoms can be serious and expensive. In this…
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How Dana Inc. is becoming a digital factory
Automotive industry supplier Dana Inc. is transforming its manufacturing plants into facilities of the future to gear up for Industry 4.0. In this webinar, Dana’s Robert McKenna describes how the company is digitalizing its plants with Google Factory, made possible by the implementation of eMaint CMMS. Robert McKenna, Applications Specialist, Manufacturing Asset Management Lead, Dana…
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How to connect a facility ─ even when the customer is skeptical
Excerpts from a podcast with Kevin Clark, CMRP Kevin Clark, former Vice President of Fluke Reliability Solutions, spent more than 35 years in manufacturing, first as a wrench-turner and eventually as an expert in digital maintenance systems. He recently sat down with IIoT podcaster Dez Blanchfield to share some of his experiences. You can listen…
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The board of directors’ role in asset management
Board directors are asset managers too. In this webinar, Dr. Monique Beedles, an experienced company director, discusses the key role that a board of directors plays in achieving the aims of asset management and how you can improve your communication with the board. Dr. Monique Beedles, Ph.D., Author of “Asset Management for Directors” Dr….
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How to pivot your reliability journey to capacity assurance
For some maintenance managers, realizing that IIoT (Industrial Internet of Things) devices won’t automatically fix their production capacity issues is kind of like a blockbuster movie with a depressing ending. Cheer up! Indeed, new technology is not the first step in most improvement processes. But it’s also true that we’re much better these days at…
