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Doors contract for helicopter company completes

Hart Doors has completed an installation of five Speedor Minis, the high-performance interior roller door that delivers higher operating speeds than traditional sectional doors or roller shutters. The client is an international manufacturer of helicopters.

The installation required a reliable, internal, high-speed roll-up door designed for frequent use in high traffic situations. Speedor Mini was selected as it is constructed to sustain a high number of opening and closing cycles while operating in frequent use, busy traffic conditions.

“Due to its superior design, required with such a high level of duty, the Speedor Mini is capable of thousands of operations week after week, year after year and requires lower maintenance and repair costs,” says Carl Crossman, Hart’s Project Manager

“The Minis have been installed in abrasion and fettling booths to mitigate against environmental hazards caused by dust emissions from the grinding or fettling processes where surplus material is removed from castings. This required a door that was capable of a fast open/close cycle, a high level of usage with low maintenance and, in the case of the case of this contract, be capable of withstanding pressure differentials on either side of the opening.”

Contact: www.hartdoors.com  t: 0191 214 0404

ADDRESSING ASSEMBLY CHALLENGES WITH HENKEL’S NEW ULTRA-PERFORMANCE INSTANT ADHESIVE: LOCTITE 402

Henkel’s extensive LOCTITE® Instant Component Bonding range has a new best-in-class instant adhesive product for the assembly of small components in high-speed production applications as well as quick, on-the-go repairs.   This new addition is LOCTITE 402, an instant, high strength adhesive whose features and benefits are designed to help address industry challenges such as: productivity, reliability and design diversification.

The LOCTITE Instant Component Bonding range addresses many of the design and assembly challenges faced by manufacturers in their quest to pioneer new products that are innovative, reliable and profitable.  LOCTITE 402 builds on this foundation with even faster fixture speed, superior heat performance and a unique, patented formula with upgraded health and safety credentials (formulated without the addition of traditional stabilisers such as HQ and MMBP). So, how do features of the LOCTITE 402 translate to benefits in modern manufacturing?

A GROUND-BREAKING EXPANSION

Sulzer begins Baton Rouge Service Center expansion project

Sulzer has begun the construction of an all-new 7,200 sq. ft. expansion to its Baton Rouge Service Center in Louisiana. Breaking ground in a ceremony on December 9, 2021, the project is designed to enhance repair, reengineering and upgrade services for operators of all types of rotating equipment in the US Gulf Coast area.

Watch the Baton Rouge Service Center YouTube video here.

Glenn Doerksen, President Pump Services NAM at Sulzer, said during the ceremony: "It's really an exciting day for Sulzer and the Baton Rouge service center. This expansion has been made possible by our products, services, customer relationships and expertise. I'd like to thank everyone who has enabled this success - from here we grow and add to our history."

As a premier independent service provider for rotating equipment and a global pump original equipment manufacturer (OEM), Sulzer offers its customers unrivalled around-the-clock services designed to maximize equipment reliability and availability. Expanding its facilities at Baton Rouge is a key component of Sulzer's ongoing investment strategy, growing its market-leading capabilities through enhanced service center capacity and equipment.

Once complete, Sulzer customers will benefit from even shorter lead times on all repair, reengineering and upgrade projects - especially for large vertical pumps and small steam turbines. Throughout the duration of the expansion, Sulzer's usual high levels of service will continue to be available to customers.

The Baton Rogue Service Center is a leading service provider to the power generation, petrochemical, steel and heavy-manufacturing sectors as well as many others. A part of Sulzer's global network of service centers, Baton Rouge offers a specialized range of 24/7 in-house and field engineering services, delivering projects on reduced lead times and to exacting standards.

The expansion will add to the 10,500 sq. ft. of floorspace currently available at the service center. New machines, upgraded cranage with a 20-ton lifting capacity as well as a dedicated painting and blast booth will also be installed as part of the project.

Beyond supporting Sulzer customers, the new service center expansion will provide increased job opportunities in the local area. Sulzer is looking to hire new mechanics, machinists, office staff, sales teams and apprentices, once construction work is complete.

www.sulzer.com

 

TPM BEST PRACTICE LEADERSHIP

TPM BEST PRACTICE LEADERSHIPDates: 24th-26th May 2022Location: CoventryCost: £1150.00 + VAT - 2nd delegate half price


The Route Map to Zero Breakdowns and Beyond

This is a course designed to support those tasked with achieving the challenging but achievable TPM goal of zero breakdowns. Exercises include a structured gap analysis framework to identify strengths and barriers to Reliability. The assessment is then used to guide the development of bespoke action plans to deal with gaps and enhance existing good practices. That includes a section on the potential of cloud based digital technology to address gaps and pain points.

Learn how to stabilise and improve effectiveness as part of the daily management routine

 

Understand TPM principles and how to apply themKnow how to engage front line teams with systematic improvement of asset effectiveness

Be able to develop a practical programme to deliver zero breakdowns and systematic improvement in operational effectiveness.

Request more deatils by clicking the link below

https://www.dakacademy.com/courses/ratchet-up-performance/tpm-best-practice-leadership

To Book now click the link below

https://www.dakacademy.com/course-booking-enquiry

Ultimo and Fluke Biomedical team up to optimise healthcare equipment testing and maintenance

Ultimo and Fluke Biomedical partner to help healthcare organisations improve efficiency by minimising the time the technicians maintaining vital equipment spend on manual, paper-based or repetitive tasks. Fluke Biomedical is a leading manufacturer of biomedical test and simulation products, such as electrical safety testers and performance analysers, that maintenance teams use to check that medical devices are in top condition. Ultimo’s Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) software helps organisations make the most of their assets and is already used in hospitals across the Benelux. The partnership integrates Fluke Biomedical’s OneQA quality assurance platform with Ultimo’s EAM solution to enable intelligent data-sharing and improved productivity.

Using Fluke Biomedical’s solutions, healthcare technicians save time and reduce their administrative burden as there is no need to take repetitive measurements manually. Instead, they can obtain them from the devices remotely, with a single click, and receive real-time guidance on the correct test setup. Immediate follow-up action can then be taken through Ultimo if a malfunction or negative test result is identified. This prevents a medical asset from being unnecessarily unavailable. Connecting the data to Ultimo eliminates many manual actions and reduces the risks of errors.

Patrick Beekman, Partner Solution Manager at Ultimo, said: “Connecting data from OneQA with Ultimo allows you to create work orders directly, speeding up the process. You can generate and attach test documents or launch checklists easily without any paperwork. All OneQA test records are synchronised to the cloud and shared with Ultimo, making it possible for users to keep test records safe and accessible at all times, which is crucial for our healthcare customers.”

Kiran Jagilinki, Software Product Manager at Fluke Biomedical, added: “Integrating OneQA with Ultimo will help bio-departments be more automated while still meeting regulatory needs. With OneQA, an Ultimo customer can integrate test equipment, testing protocols, test results and, with a select set of Fluke Biomedical tools, a series of fully automated tests integrates into their broader asset management system - Ultimo. Ultimo customers could yield considerable time savings with OneQA. With very little human entry, this integration improves the integrity of the test results.”

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About Ultimo Software Solutions  

Ultimo Software Solutions supplies the number one Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) cloud platform 'Ultimo'. The software is used by more than 2,200 customers globally in manufacturing, healthcare, logistics, infrastructure and utilities. It offers customers in these sectors many advantages such as increased uptime, the management of costs, increased equipment lifespan, ease of adherence to laws and regulations and the assurance of a safe working environment. Ultimo provides these advantages with an unparalleled return on investment due to fast implementation processes, seamless integrations and self-service application management. The company was formed in 1988 and has offices in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and the UK. 

www.ultimo.com   

 

About Fluke Biomedical OneQA
Fluke Biomedical OneQA is an industry-leading quality assurance platform that integrates with biomedical test tools and software systems to help organizations save time, improve data integrity, and increase safety. It streamlines equipment maintenance by storing and controlling procedures, automating testing on select Fluke Biomedical and Raysafe tools, capturing and archiving results, generating reports, and, if desired, syncing results with the software of your choosing including Excel and several major CMMS applications.

www.flukebiomedical.com

Bearings in construction & aggregates: two new guides released by Brammer Buck & Hickman and SKF

Brammer Buck & Hickman, the UK’s leading supplier of industrial maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) products and services, has released two new brochures, produced with bearing manufacturer SKF, aimed at the construction and aggregates industries. The new brochures address the specific challenges faced in these demanding sectors, along with SKF product solutions and advice on bearings best practice.

Across all industries, bearings are one of the most often replaced components, but in construction and aggregates all the more so due to the exceptionally harsh operating conditions. Here, bearings face multiple challenges, from ingress of dirt and dust, through to very heavy loads and frequently working in extreme temperatures. Selecting the correct bearing is therefore essential to ensure reliable, long life. 

‘SKF Bearing Solutions for Construction & Aggregates’ is a 12 page brochure highlighting SKF products that have been designed to operate in construction and aggregates sites. These include SKF Explorer Spherical Roller Bearings, SKF Explorer Cylindrical and CARB Toroidal Roller Bearings and the SKF Three-Barrier Solution which protects the bearing from contaminants, leading to extended bearing service life on average three times longer than standard open bearings. The brochure looks at the key attributes of these – and many more - bearing units and how they could benefit customers’ processes. 

ICS Cool Energy Introduces HVO Fossil-Free Diesel Fuel for More Sustainable Heating

The use of HVO fuel offers 90% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions and particulate matter pollution, with no loss in engine performance in comparison to fossil fuels

 

ICS Cool Energy, an international market leader specialising in complete temperature control solutions for manufacturing process and facilities applications, announced that from April 1st, 2022, it will introduce the Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) fossil-free, diesel fuel as an option for its generator, boiler and heater hire product portfolio.

The biodegradable HVO is a more sustainable fuel alternative to traditional diesel and leads to even 90% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions as well as Nitrogen Oxide (NOx) and particulate matter pollution (PM) from the burner or engine, with unchanged performance. The HVO biodiesel can be used as a drop-in replacement or mixed with regular diesel, with no requirements for engine or burner modifications or more frequent maintenance intervals.

“Sustainability is at the core of ICS Cool Energy’s business. With our eMission Critical initiative, we have set ambitious plans to reduce carbon emissions from our products and thus help our customers to reduce impact upon the environment and achieve their sustainability targets,” said Dave Palmer, general manager for UK and Ireland at ICS Cool Energy. “By approving and validating the use of HVO in our heating hire solutions we give our customers another option to increase the sustainability of their operations.”

CARGOTEC CORPORATION

Hiab, part of Cargotec, has received a record order for electric MOFFETTs in Germany. The Behrens Gruppe, a dealer and logistics company for wood and building materials, has ordered all-electric MOFFETT E4 truck mounted forklifts together with ProCare service contracts for five years for a value of EUR 4.5 million. In addition, Knettenbrech & Gurdulic, one of Germany’s fastest growing waste and recycling companies, has ordered MULTILIFT demountables with installation for EUR 1.7 million. The equipment orders were booked in Cargotec’s Q1 2022 order intake and will be delivered during 2022 and 2023. 

“The Behrens Gruppe is electrifying their whole truck mounted forklift fleet to operate more sustainably. Hiab’s MOFFETT E4 truck mounted forklift provides emission free performance without compromising on productivity. They are also much more comfortable and safer for the operator as it is virtually silent with less vibrations than a diesel-powered truck,” says Cord Schipfmann, Team Leader MOFFETT, Hiab Germany.  

The Behrens Gruppe order includes both MOFFETT E4 25.3 NX and E4 25.4 NX models with a lifting capacity of 2,500 kilos. Launched in 2020, the E4 was the world's first 3-wheel drive electric truck mounted forklift that is now also available in a 4-wheel drive version. In 2021, the E4 won an IFOY AWARD, also known as the “Oscars of intralogistics”, in the category Special Vehicle.

Electric MOFFETTs are engineered with fewer moving parts than the diesel equivalents, which reduces service time and spare parts costs. The uptime is further increased with Hiab’s ProCare Total Repair & Maintenance contract. For a fixed monthly fee, Hiab will look after scheduled maintenance and emergency repairs to secure the equipment uptime, and original spare parts are included in the contract. 

Knettenbrech & Gurdulic has ordered a mixture of MULTILIFT Ultima hooklifts and  MULTILIFT Futura skiploaders, which are Hiab’s most technologically advanced in each product category. Ultima hooklifts and Futura skiploaders allow operators to handle waste and recycling materials with ease and offer industry-leading safety and efficiency features for even the toughest jobs.

www.hiab.com

 

Emerson Condition Monitoring Software Expands Visibility to Asset Health

 Global software and technology leader Emerson is updating its machinery health platform to enable customers to migrate to a more holistic, modern interface for condition monitoring. New support brings data from edge analytics devices directly to key personnel inside and outside the control room to help them more quickly identify and address a wide range of common equipment faults before they impact plant availability. In some industries, Emerson estimates every 1% gain in availability is worth approximately $8.4 million of additional profit margin per year.

Plants around the globe have faced increasing shortages of experienced personnel to monitor and manage equipment reliability. Today, 58% of multinational manufacturers are having difficulty acquiring skilled talent, according to a 2021 study from Workforce Institute at Ultimate Kronos Group. To help small teams make the most of limited resources, Emerson has continuously evolved AMS Machine Works’ condition monitoring technologies for better diagnostics at the industrial edge. Increased connectivity to external systems provides personnel with an intuitive, holistic asset health score supported by maintenance recommendations to help reliability teams quickly see what is wrong and how to fix it. Intuitive information and alerts are delivered directly to workstations or mobile devices to provide decision support, helping maintenance personnel make the best use of their time.

Snap-on’s Level 5™ tool management system guards against FOD

For engineers and technicians working in many industrial sectors FOD will always be a real and present danger.

Keeping track of every tool and piece of equipment, especially when  several storage cabinets are in use, can be challenging.

Snap-on Industrial’s Level 5™ automated total asset management system minimises the risk of FOD by constantly tracking every tool, detecting which tools have been removed or returned.

It also enables engineers and technicians to find every tool they need, when they need it, saving time and easing stress.

Engineered to track individual tools by user, without bar codes, scanners, RFID tags or other add-ons, the system works at the speed its users demand.  Level 5™ boxes are network ready, using either Ethernet or wireless connection.  Powerful software enables users to review activity at all boxes in their location from one central computer, avoiding the need to inspect each box.

Major benefits of the system include:

  • No individual tool scanning required;
  • No RFID tags to install or replace;
  • No limitations on tool size;
  • Intuitive interface, via touchscreen;
  • Audible voice confirmation of tool removal and replacement;
  • Automatic locking for maximum security;
  • Errors announced and displayed to indicate incorrect tool position or advise when a drawer is not closed.

Level 5™ boxes are equipped with Keyless Access Control, giving users the ease of access they need but with security built in. The control system can be configured with magnetic cards, barcodes, PIN numbers and proximity cards.

Says Richard Packham, Director UK & Europe for Snap-on Industrial:  “Snap-on’s automated system takes tool management to an entirely new level, giving workshop managers and other authorised users easy access to the tools they need while protecting against foreign object damage.

“The ability to monitor several boxes from one central computer offers managers a huge time saving advantage.”

For technical details visit: snapon-industrial.co.uk;  call (01536) 413904 or e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Siemens renews major contract with Brammer Buck & Hickman

Brammer Buck & Hickman, the UK’s leading supplier of industrial maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) products and services, is pleased to announce its contract with Siemens for the supply of tools, consumables, PPE and workwear has been renewed.

The initial contract with Siemens was awarded in 2010 and, since that inaugural date, the two companies have worked closely together to streamline the supply of MRO products and provide substantial cost savings; to date, these savings have been confirmed as over £6.5m. Overall sales since the start of the contract have been in excess of £85m.

The renewal of this contract with Siemens sees an increased emphasis on supporting sustainability, in line with its top position in 2021’s DJSI Index (a globally established sustainability ranking) for its industry group.  

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