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Condition monitoring specialists SENSONICS have made an important contribution to the upgrade of turbine supervisory and vibration monitoring installations at the Uskmouth Power Station in Newport, South Wales.

Fluke, the global leader in handheld electronic test and measurement equipment, has introduced the Fluke Ti32 and TiR32 Thermal Imagers:

•    The Fluke Ti32 Industrial Thermal Imager is designed and priced to deliver unprecedented performance for troubleshooting and preventive maintenance of electrical installations, electro-mechanical equipment, process equipment, HVAC/R equipment and more.

•    The Fluke TiR32 Thermal Imager for Building Diagnostics is designed and priced to deliver unprecedented performance for building envelope, energy audit, restoration and remediation, inspection and roofing professionals.

When it came to specifying a state of the art heating system for the hangars at the new flagship RAF Northolt site, there was only one choice – Nor-Ray-Vac continuous radiant tube heating from AmbiRad. Used extensively across many new and existing RAF sites, it is a proven, highly efficient system that promises considerable cost savings over its lifecycle.

The installation is part of the Ministry of Defence Estate’s Project MoDEL – a massive £180million investment and restructuring scheme to create a world class 21st Century ‘anchor site’ in London.

Providing rapid, targeted response to changing conditions, Nor-Ray-Vac continuous radiant tube heating offered the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) the unique opportunity to maintain a consistent temperature for two of their helicopter hangars.

For the Osprey Hangar situated at Portland, Dorset and the Daedalus Hangar at Lee on Solent, Hampshire, this solution provided the MCA with the best maintenance and storage conditions. Developed by the leader in efficient heating systems, AmbiRad, it meant that even when the vast doors were opened, the primary heat source was not lost.

The world's biggest printing plant is operated by News International, publishers of The Times, Sunday Times, News of the World and the Sun newspapers, and owned by media magnate Rupert Murdoch.

The £650 million investment features 12 state-of-the-art colour printing presses, which cover an area the size of around 13 football pitches. As part of the project a complete compressed air solution, which included a dedicated moisture free air system for the sophisticated Agfa computer-to-plate (CTP) presses, was designed, supplied and installed by Airchannel.

OVERVIEW

This unique and practical book describes 42 real-life events and/or situations in the careers of the three authors from which they gained insights into the applicable best practices in maintenance and reliability. The authors explain the underlying philosophies where relevant, drawing on the teachings of the leading thinkers in leadership and management. Designed to share knowledge and experience with the readers, in a readily accessible fashion, this resource does not tell the readers what to do or how to do it; it merely explains the event or situation the authors faced, and how they dealt with it. Readers can choose whether they wish to adopt or adapt the authors’ examples.

These stories are dynamic illustrations of real life situations which readers will recognize in their own work situations. With a vast potential for improvements in reliability and maintenance performance in industry, these well proven approaches and best practices are sure to help stimulate improved performance on all fronts--safety and environmental, production, maintenance costs, and reputation!

FEATURES

• Provides a logical organization with chapters grouped into six broad headings, enabling readers to choose the order in which they wish to absorb the lessons, which are based on the Shewhart-Deming Continuous Improvement cycle.
• In addition to the Plan-Schedule-Execute-Analyze elements, the authors have added Leadership and People to complete the suite.
• Each chapter has broadly similar sections, beginning with a Background to the events, going on to describe the key elements of the approach, and ending with Lessons and Principles.
• Underlying theories, philosophies or even detailed descriptions of methods are stripped out of the main chapters and described in Appendices, so that only those readers who wish to delve into details may do so.
• Contains a Book Summary which draws all the principles and lessons together, and gives references to the relevant chapters.
• Copiously illustrated, with charts, diagrams and tables which relate closely to the text.

BEKO Technologies have recently solved a major headache for Imperial Tobacco in Nottingham, England.The problem was caused when insurance inspectors condemned two old 10” flanged filters in the main plant room, the filters were in excess of 15 years old and suffered from significant corrosion.

However, simply replacing the filters with new standard items would have meant some fairly major and time consuming pipework alteration, and associated shut-down of the compressed air system. What was required were custom-made filters to fit precisely into the gap left by the old ones, which could therefore be exchanged in one shift, minimising downtime.

SPM Instrument, now presents a new portable instrument for on-site vibration measurement and assessment. VibChecker is a cost-effective and user friendly addition to the SPM line of entry-level instruments for condition monitoring, where BearingChecker for bearing measurement is already a successful member.

Vibration monitoring is the most widely used preventive maintenance technique in industry. Regular vibration measurements give early warning of developing machine problems and help prevent premature replacement of machine parts.