It's estimated that 50 to 70 percent of vibration issues in rotating machinery are caused by misalignment, according to Texas A&M's OAKTrust study on coupling misalignment forces. In fact, reliability ...

34th President of the United States and U.S. Army General Dwight D. Eisenhower is famous for making the paradoxical statement, "In preparing for battle, I have always found that plans are useless, but ...

On this episode of Gear Talk, Wes Cash sits down with Levi Heilman from KCF Technologies to discover more about remote ...

It’s likely that a maintenance organization – even your maintenance organization – is highly reactive in nature, and the root ...

Chobani recently celebrated the grand opening of its second U.S. yogurt manufacturing facility. Located in Twin Falls, Idaho, the $450-million plant is the world's largest yogurt manufacturing ...

There are a variety of failure analysis and problem-solving methods used to analyze equipment and process failures. The different methods are described and compared so maintenance and reliability ...

On this episode of Gear Talk, Wes Cash sits down with special guest Mina Soliman, CEO of Prime Gear and Noria Regional ...

While technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, and the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), are ...

What is a Fishbone Diagram? A fishbone diagram is a cause-and-effect discovery tool that helps figure out the reason(s) for defects, variations or failures within a process. In other words, it helps ...

Motor testing assesses the integrity of a motor through the use of computer-supported equipment or tools that monitor trends within the motor. Motor testing assesses the integrity of a motor through ...

The massive new semiconductor manufacturing plant in upstate New York that’s being built by GlobalFoundries is expected to be the largest and most advanced computer chip factory in the world when it’s ...

Root cause analysis is a systematic approach for uncovering the root cause of problems. Below we'll take a look at how to conduct a Root cause analysis, including the tools and methods used and the ...