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Artesis, a leading supplier of intelligent predictive maintenance solutions, has recently partnered with marine specialists James Fisher Mimic to integrate its Motor Condition Monitor (MCM) solution with the marine company’s industry leading Mimic condition monitoring system. The powerful combination of technologies has resulted in a highly efficient and unparalleled maintenance solution that is specifically targeted at inaccessible, high cost, critical assets in the marine sector.

James Fisher Mimic (JFM), providers of reliability engineering and condition monitoring solutions to the International Shipping Industry, has fully integrated the Artesis MCM solution to analyse motor current performance within their Mimic predictive maintenance product. This detailed information, in conjunction with other maintenance data, then provides an in depth analysis and overall picture of machine health and performance.

New catalogue includes UniSlide, BiSlide and XSlide™ linear dovetail slide stages plus complementary rotary and vertical elevating stages – for the first time LG Motion Limited, the Basingstoke based motion and positioning systems specialists has launched a new catalogue covering a large part of its range of medium to high precision positioning mechanics.  With complete engineering specifications and dimensions for the UniSlide, BiSlide and XSlide™ dovetail-slide linear tables plus complementary rotary and vertical elevating stages, the 40 page catalogue provides detailed information for manual or motorised positioning applications in all areas of manufacturing and research.

For the first time, the new catalogue brings together these modular positioning elements as a complete range of simple yet flexible building blocks for single or multi-axis positioning systems where economic pricing and uncompromised performance are important selection criteria for medium duty and medium to high precision applications.

Gyda field re-development focuses on ease of maintenance and space saving. The Norwegian Gyda field, located between Ula and Ekofisk in the southern part of the North Sea, proven in 1980 started production in June 1990. Developed with a combined drilling, accommodation and processing facility with a steel jacket, the facility supplies approximately 14,000 barrel of oil per day. The Gyda field is considered amongst many, as a mature field in terms of current reserve depletion. Gyda is ideally suited to owners Talisman Energy’s North Sea strategy, which focuses on mature and small field development, with ample potential for significant new investment.

In today’s environment, many manufacturers are focusing on total cost of ownership to help them sustain competitive advantage. This approach filters through to the way they identify and approach the best suppliers and partners to work with. Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) is the approach that Castrol Industrial has adopted for many years to help customers improve their maintenance and production activities. Every one of Castrol’s lubrication offers can create value in the TCO area.

When considering total cost of ownership, manufacturers review and assess the direct and indirect costs and benefits of the materials they purchase. This includes the initial outlay of purchasing e.g. the unit price of products and the volume purchased (direct costs) and any indirect costs affected by product usage e.g. equipment wear rate, safety risks, maintenance costs.

Leuze electronic’s explosion proof sensor range is expanded by a protective housing which enables nearly 200 small optical sensors to be used in EX zones.

Leuze electronic have extended their range of explosion proof optical sensors with several new versions, plus a range of innovative new protection housings. These housings can be fitted to Leuze electronic’s very cost effective standard sensors to enable their installation in potentially explosive atmospheres.

Leuze electronic’s explosion proof sensor range is expanded by a protective housing which enables nearly 200 small optical sensors to be used in EX zones.

Leuze electronic have extended their range of explosion proof optical sensors with several new versions, plus a range of innovative new protection housings. These housings can be fitted to Leuze electronic’s very cost effective standard sensors to enable their installation in potentially explosive atmospheres.

Leuze electronic’s explosion proof sensor range is expanded by a protective housing which enables nearly 200 small optical sensors to be used in EX zones.

Leuze electronic have extended their range of explosion proof optical sensors with several new versions, plus a range of innovative new protection housings. These housings can be fitted to Leuze electronic’s very cost effective standard sensors to enable their installation in potentially explosive atmospheres.

Maintenance Has Changed

The world of equipment maintenance changed dramatically during the second half of the 20th century and it continues to do so today.

Several major influences have been responsible for driving these changes:

• An enormous increase in the number of physical assets (such as buildings, factories, public and personal transport) that require maintenance
• Equipment has become extremely complex - for example, it is now rare to find anything that does not contain a computer or some electronics
• Industries (such as manufacturing and mass transport) now put a much greater emphasis on safety and on operating without damaging the environment
• We now have a much better understanding of how equipment behaves, from installation to the point at which it fails.

Our new eBrochure comprehensively describes all of our products and services in a single slick page-turn document. The brochure can be viewed directly on our web site, downloaded for off-line viewing or ordered on CD-ROM. A PDF version is also available to download.

Mutual Consultants are one of the UK’s leading specialists in the application of Reliability-Centred Maintenance (RCM). We assist clients to apply RCM through world-class training, consulting, facilitation and the supply of dedicated RCM software.

The IND560x intrinsically safe weighing terminal brings uncompromising performance and versatility into FM and ATEX classified areas.Designed for process control, filling and manual weighing operations the IND560x sets the new benchmark for weighing in explosive areas.

Connect the IND560x to a ACM500 communication module and communicate via Ethernet, Ethernet IP, Devicenet, Profibus, AB RIO as well as the standard RS232 and RS485.