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Fault Reporting: How to Improve Workflows in Maintenance Operations 

In this article, we share insights on the importance of fault reporting for maintenance workflows. Suppose you are a maintenance manager, plant manager, technician, or engineer. This article reveals effective ways to improve your organization’s information flow and basic workflow processes for better-performing maintenance work.

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The Evolution of AI in Maintenance: From Expert Systems to Intelligent Agents

As new technologies are continually introduced in production environments to improve productivity, efficiency, and tolerances, maintenance teams have had to adapt and acquire knowledge to maintain these systems effectively. This article talks about new systems teams have to adapt to, and how AI is making a mark in the maintenance and reliability world.

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Protecting Cooling Water Systems – Part 2

Cooling systems are vital and integral components at thousands of industrial plants.  Properly designed and operated chemical treatment systems, preventive maintenance of such, and monitoring are absolutely critical to minimize failures that otherwise may cause partial or full plant outages.  In the next three parts of this series, we will examine the water-side issues of microbiological fouling, scale formation, and corrosion that require attention during both the design and operation of open-recirculating cooling systems like those discussed in Part 1 of this series. 

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Resources for Essential Reliability and Maintenance Case Studies

This week’s newsletter contains a list of 5 resources for reliability and maintenance case studies to help you on the path to success (plus two bonus case studies at the end!). Digging into mistakes that can be made and analyzing how they were fixed is beneficial to any maintenance professional looking to become an expert in their field.

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How to Protect Bearings from Dust and Water

Protecting bearings from dust and water is essential for bearing durability and performance. Bearing protection methods like labyrinth rings, rubber seals, felt seals and shaft mechanical seals are described. Choice of the appropriate shaft seal and seal configurations to protect against dust and water ingress is critical. Numerous shaft seal designs suited to contaminated conditions are reviewed.

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