Magazine Features

Rotamec delivers 24/7 service for motors and drivelines

Modern industry relies on a wide variety of electric motors, drives, gearboxes and pumps to work around the clock to deliver goods and services for the customer. Keeping all this machinery operational is vital for productivity and Rotamec Engineering Solutions aims to deliver a complete engineering and repair service that is available every hour of every day. (Read More)

SICK Opens Up Industry 4.0 with its First IO-Link Encoder

With the launch of the SICK AHS36 (singleturn) and AHM36 (multiturn) IO-Link absolute encoders, SICK has opened up wide-ranging new possibilities to integrate rotary motion sensing into the ‘smart’ sensor configurations of automated machinery. (Read More)

Fluke makes predictive maintenance simple, safe and fast through wireless condition monitoring solutions

By using the capacity of cloud-based software to combine the real-time and historical data from Fluke Connect™-enabled tools and sensors, Fluke now enables maintenance engineers and managers to monitor a comprehensive picture of equipment health throughout the facility. (Read More)

AVT Reliability® introduces advanced, user friendly, wireless condition monitoring sensor

Plant reliability specialist AVT Reliability® has launched the latest in its new suite of intelligent condition-based monitoring and maintenance (CBM) products – the wireless Machine Sentry® MSF-1 tri-axial vibration and temperature sensor. (Read More)

Steel Producer Installs Condition Monitoring Solution From Schaeffler

Helping prevent unscheduled stoppages to critical furnace deflection rolls

By installing Schaeffler SmartCheck condition monitoring devices on its furnace deflection rolls, steel producer ArcelorMittal has avoided any unplanned stoppages to the furnace and has improved its maintenance planning. Estimated annual savings (with a furnace stoppage) are 179,000 euros. (Read More)

Have you heard about THE CBM CONFERENCE?

As you may know, Mobius Institute trains thousands of people just like you every year, and we know that everyone needs the opportunity to learn more about condition monitoring and reliability improvement.
It is important to get hands-on experience with the tools and techniques, listen to educational presentations, meet with other practitioners, learn from practitioner case studies, and meet with the companies that provide products and services that help us in our work.

You can do all this and more at THE CBM CONFERENCE; there is nothing else like it! (Read More)

InterContinental Hotel deploys ABB technology to cut energy usage by 40 percent

A landmark hotel in Madrid is saving energy and meeting its environmental goals after equipping its heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems with ABB drives and high efficiency motors. Energy usage has been reduced by 445,000 kWh a year – enough to boil two million kettles of water. (Read More)

5G Rollout and the Data Centre Sector

By Clive Partridge, Rittal’s Technical Manager, IT Infrastructure

The imminent rollout of the 5G mobile communications network and the significant increase in data that will need to be processed, stored and distributed is likely to have a significant impact on the data centre sector. (Read More)

Are temporary chillers the solution to UK stockpiling crisis?

Following news of further stockpiling in both the food and pharmaceutical industry, companies across the supply chain are facing the challenge of finding additional storage and cooling solutions (Chillers) to cope with demand. (Read More)

DensostripTM Protection at Bridlington Omnia Bridge

One of the earlier Omnia Bridge Deck Units in use is that forming part of the Bridlington Integrated Transport Plan. PBS Construction Ltd from Hull were awarded the contract to construct the road bridge now in use over the Gypsey Race at Beck Hill. (Read More)