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	Maintenance management excellence assures ?fast and cool? operations Vitacress Maintenance management excellence assures 'fast and cool' operations In 2006, the Vitacress factory at Andover was named the Zurich Best Factory of the Year at the annual Best Factory Awards Ceremony - the Oscars for British manufacturers. Only those enterprises with pioneering work practices stand a cat's chance of being a contender at this event. Vitacress not only clinched the top prize, but flattened their rivals in other manufacturing sectors by also scooping up no less than three other prestigious awards - all after an intense competition when every part of the business came under scrutiny.
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	Make the most of your human assets with Rockwell Automation
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	The Future is Building John Armstrong is a man with a mission. With a working life in the management, care and maintenance of buildings as well as their engineering services, he knows a thing or two when it comes to the growing role that buildings play in the world of manufacturing and engineering. He's a man with a passion for seeing businesses in terms of energy and resource efficiency and feeding that information back into the design of current and next generation industrial buildings. For these reasons and more, he's recently been appointed the President of the Chartered Institution of Building Services and Engineers (CIBSE) with his inaugural presidential address making it clear that he sees the role of CIBSE to be a growing and changing one.
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	Ensuring CMMS Projects delivered with High Quality, on Budget, on Time There have been many surveys and studies over the years showing less than impressive statistics on how well IT projects are delivered. Most studies claim that a meagre 5-35% of projects are delivered on time, on budget, and at the level of quality expected. Discussed are a few tips on how to beat the odds, and better manage an IT project such as implementation of a CMMS.
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	Seeking out the hotspots - A review of thermal imaging Thermal imaging or thermography is the most versatile maintenance tool and is becoming more and more accessible. In the hands of a skilled operator it instantly shows anomalies in mechanical, civil and eletrical engineering components. With lower cost cameras becoming widely available and the potential for increased use for energy efficiency surveys, there has never been a more exciting time for thermography. But there are dangers involved in this increased use; untrained and inexperienced operators may shows faults where none exist and miss important problems. The future of thermography is in the wider use and greater understanding of the science and technology behind the technique.
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	Exer Therm spots power failures before they happen
	Metrum Information Storage Thermal Imaging
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	Thermal Imaging Camera Hire & Sales
	Condition Red asset based thermography
	ATEX Thermal Imaging Stations
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	Test-Drive a Fluke Ti20 Thermal Imager at your own Location!
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	easyFairs MAINTEC Maintaining the momentum New initiatives planned for easyFairs MAINTEC 2008 will benefit exhibitors and visitors alike. Since I last appeared in the pages of this magazine, easyFairs MAINTEC 2008, the UK's only dedicated event for maintenance and asset management industry, has gone from strength to strength and is shaping up to be the biggest show yet, with nearly 100 exhibitors already confirmed.
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	Using CFD to ease the design pressure for SME pump manufaturers A changing world With some mobile phones now slimmer than an old 3.5 inch floppy disc and packed with more computing power than desktop PC's of 20 years ago, its now wonder that technology once the preserve of elite tier 1 companies is now cascading down into the world of the Small to Mid Sized Enterprise (SMEs). The areas of Computer Aided Design (CAD) and Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) are perfect examples of this, with a growing number of smaller manufacturing and engineering companies now able to massively benefit from powerful design tools in ways barely imaginable a decade ago.
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	Maintenance North West A 2-day conference and exhibition at the Manchested United Statium in Old Trafford.
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	My Maintenance - Embracing Change Prior to joining Monitran I spent some 13 years working in the paper making industry for St Regis, focussing on the manufacturing side of the business. Joining Monitran in the summer of 2006 allowed me to transfer the skills I had gained at St Regis, mainly at their Taplow site, into what is fundamentally a family-owned and run business.
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	Product Review - Flight Installation and Chain Assembly Made Easy 4B Braime announces the launch of the revolutionary Bolt'N'Go - a very flexible drop-forged chain system of high strength hollow pins, heavy-duty washers and nylock nuts, which enable bolts to pass through to connect the links together and attach flights.
	Product Review - Low Operating Costs for 'Airelss' Blast Equipment Guyson International has a history of manufacturing robust manual and automated, air propelled, blast equipment.
	Product Review - Mega-pixel Breakthrough The world's first portable uncooled, microbolometer, thermographic camera with 1.23 megapixel resolution.
	Product Review - Continuous Online Data Collection Emerson Process Management announces a new innovation for plant-wide predictive machinery health monitoring - the CSI - XP32 Machinery Health Expert.
	Product Review - Vibration Sensors available in latest M12 Connectors Hansford Sensors Ltd has recently selected an alternative 12mm connector style, the M12, as offering the best combination of performance and price.
	Product Review - Alignment & Measurement for Extreme Environments John Crane has responded to the need for a rugged, acurate and reliable measurement and alignment system with the launch of LASE-A-LIGN EX.
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	Performance in Prediction
	Solve a complex task reliable and easily
	1-Stop Shop for Linear and Rotary Motion The only UK manufacturer of ballscrews, spindles and linear products for the OEM and aftermarket.
	It?s a piece of cake
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	What is Lean Maintenance? This article sets out the role of Maintenance in supporting Lean Manufacturing and how this requires a change in emphasis from a traditional approach to Maintenance.
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	Product Review - Vibration Levels - only a click away Monitran, a leading designer and manufacturer of vibration sensors, has launched VI-Sage ('Visage'), a combined hardware and web-based solution that enables companies to remotely monitor vibration data as part of their asset management and predictive maintenance routines.
	Product Review - New Mobile Guarding System
	Product Review - Ultrasonic Cleaning Tanks & Submersible Transducers Riley Industries has launched a range of stainless steel, ultrasonic cleaning tanks for precision cleaning of a wide range of components, including jewellery,k dental, medical, optical, micro-electronics and light engineering applications.
	Product Review - Service Support Restructures Optimise Reliability Mikron Machining Technology of Agno, Switzerland, has created a cost effective method for European customers to forward plan servicing and ensure their installed Mikron machines are maintained in prime production condition.
	Product Review - New Endoscope and Optical Inspection Products for Maintenance & Servicing Specialist UV detection products supplier, Primalec, is moving into optical inspection and visual quality assurance in a big way with new products set to capture market share in many industries where optical inspection is crucial.
	Product Review - Jupiter 200 Magnetostrictive accuracy to the drop! The newJupiter 200 from Magnetrol is the safest magnetostrictie liquid level transmiter on today's market.
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	Product Review - Antibacterial paint kills 99.9% of all known germs Choosing electric motors for food & drink production facilities, particularly where there are wet, warm conditions that favour bacterial growth, demands rigorous consideration.
	Product Review - Leading-edge Vibration Analysis Continuing on from their existing benchmark, the vb3000, Commtest Instruments have engineered the New vb7, the elegant ergonomics of which are what catches the eye first.
	Product Review - Connecting shafts is easy with OK Couplings SKF now supply OK Couplings, a range of shaft-to-shaft couplings that can significantly reduce the time required to connect rotating shafts and flanges in heavy equipment, such as turbines, generators and large gearboxes & motors.
	Product Review - Cable Entry Plates feature Two-Level Sealing & Strain Relief The latest wiring installation product from M Buttkereit is the KEL-DPZ cable entry plate from their icotek range.
	Product Review - Bugs That Eat Oil Ross Environmental Products have been awarded an Exclusive Import Agent Agreement for the UK and most of Europe, with Phase 111 of Arizona, associates of Bio Green Planet, the largest manufacturer of bacteria in the world.
	Product Review - New Classic+ Rotary Lobe Pump The Classic+ pump from Johnson Pump (UK) is all that the successfull Classic pump has been but with added features.
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	Lean TPM Book Merging the benefits of two well-known methodologies, Lean Thinking and Total Productive Maintenance, Lean TPM shows how to secure increased manufacturing efficiency.
	The new vision in thermal imaging
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	Some thougts on Maintenance Budgeting To be successful, any maintenance organisation worthy of the name will function via a number of necessary and inter-related managerial and control systems. In his new book 'Maintenance Systems and Documentation' Tony Kelly identifies those systems, (performance control, work control, documentation, budgeting, costing etc) that are key, showing how each can be mapped and modelled and its function and operating principles explained. As with his other books, the analysis is illustrated throughout by case studies drawn from his wealth of experience, and readers can test their understanding of the lessons to be derived by addressing various review questions.
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	Steam Boiler Hire
	Heat for Hire
	ETC Combusion Control for Industrial Burners
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	Combustion under scrutiny With energy efficiency and climate change very much in the news, especially because of the recent G8 summit where world leaders were looking to establish sweeping emission reduction targets, every area of combustion use is potentially under scrutiny. It stands to reason that every combustion user, whether in private cars or industrial boilers and burners, could be more efficient if they invested in the latest technology.
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	Boiler Projects - Where will your focus be?
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	Helping to keep a cool head in the workplace
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	Designing for Energy Efficiency For a compressed air system to operate efficiently as possible, its design requires a holistic approach and an understanding of how each component within a system performs in relation to the rest. Here is a summary of considerations to minimise energy consumption whether it be an existing system or a new build.
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	Breathing Air Testing From Beko Technologies Ltd
	Don?t let your profits go up in smoke!
	Performance Compressed Air Drying
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	Product Review - Fixing Hard-to-Find Quality of Supply Problems EA Technology is experiencing a major increase in demand for its CableFritter product, which uses the frit welding principle to repair degraded mechanical joints between substations and consumer premises - a prime cause of 'flickering light' quality of supply problems.
	Product Review - Save Time & Energy during Automatic Steam Plant Warm-up The new TC10 pulsed output timer from Spirax Sarco ensures that steam mains are properly warmed before start-up. By controlling electrically actuated valves to open automatically in small steps, the time avoids the risk of waterhammer and the potential damage that can occur when starting up a steam system incorrectly from cold.
	Product Review - Act now to avoid summer plant failures Last summer's high temperatures wreaked havoc with air conditioning systems that were not covered by a maintenance contract.
	Product Review - Drax Power Station orders Esshette A new order, worth over ?1 million, for Esshette 1250 (EN1.4892) steel grade boiler tubes for use at Drax Power Station to cover outage during 2007, has been received by Sandvik Materials Technology in the UK.
	Product Review - The Ultimate 'Cure' Annual maintenance and strip downs happen every year and planning is the key, working out when you can fit in that all-important service, is a vital part of maintaining a healthy boiler house - but can you really afford to have the downtime?
	Product Review - New High Frequency Charger from CMP Chloride Motive Power has updated its high frequency 2100 HP charger to ofer a number of operational improvements.
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	Get Your Energy Costs Under Control
	Roof Problems - Solved Safely
	Air Conditioning, Heating and Ventilation Specialists
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	Take a deep breath ... If the acronym COSHH (Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations) make you want to roll your eyes and turn over the page, at least read to the end of the paragraph and then see if you feel the same way. According to the latest official HSE (Health and Safety Executive) statistics, in 2005/6 there were 156,000 breathing or lung related health complaints resulting from work or work environments. Out of a total 2 million people suffering an illness believed to be caused or made worse by their current or past work, 523,000 of these were new cases. How about a different approach? In 2005/6 the number of offences prosecuted by the HSE rose by 23% from1012 to 1320 in 2004/5 . In 2005/6 the percentage of these leading to convictions was 73% with the average being fined ?29,997.
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	Dust and Fume Extraction Hoses from Masterflex
	Simplify Pipe Joining
	Follow the Leader in Bulk Goods Handling
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	Training - not an option but an essential foundation on which a thriving and dynamic 21st century In recent times, headlines in the National press such as "Solving the Skills Crisis", "Record Recruitment Problems in Engineering" and "School Leavers spurn Science and Engineering in favour of 'Softer' Options" have given weight to the growing concern that UK manufacturing is experiencing a severe shortage of the skilled engineers and managers needed for our industries to flourish.
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	Do You Have a Clean Working Environment?
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	Editorial
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	Third Annual Reliability & Maintenance Training Course
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	Your Maintenance Engineers Really Can Do More ...
	Cost Effective Maintenance - Our Training & Hands On Support Services help you achieve truly
	Condition Monitoring Training & Services
	MSc Maintenance Engineering and Asset Management
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	Huge advance in recycling at Trelleborg Industrial AVS Trellebrog Industrial AVS (TIAVS) has recorded a massive advance in its recycling record, reducing waste sent to landfill from 711 tonnes in 2005 to approximately 311 in 2006 with a further reduction scheduled for 2007, which will bring the total down to 84 tonnes.
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	Product Review - On-Site Lamp Crushing Service Balcan Engineering offers a nationwide, integrated service for lamp crushing and recycling and has a fleet of vans fitted with electrically operated crushers.
	Product Review - Safety First in Building Repair and Maintenance
	Product Review - Best New Boom Conveyor Leading international loose loading vehicle specialist, Best Diversified Products, announces the launch of the new BestReach, telescopic roller boom conveyor.
	Product Review - New anti-slip Grating Surface Fibreglass Grating Ltd has developed a new anti-slip gritted surface for their range of Fibreglass Grating Flooring Panels.
	Product Review - Fresh Fast Doors for David Andrew Haulage When transporting chilled fresh produce being able to quickly and efficiently offload these goods is extremely important to the end customer.
	Product Review - Power pushers for Denby Pottery The Denby Pottery Compay have recently taken delivery of two Nu-Star Power Pushers at their manufacturing facility in Denby. The pushers are used to push and pull pots to and from the kilns and also manoeuvre loaded kil cars in and out of the kilsn themselves.
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	Don't take chances Life is a risky business, but in business employers have a duty of care to ensure that their employees have a safe environment in which to work. However, the best laid plans .... as they say.
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	Product Review - Thanks a million, Elga Elga Process Water's regeneration station has regenerated more than a million litres of ion exchange resin for their cylinder exchange service and, in the three years since the regeneration station was built, it has also regenerted two million litres of resign for the AQUAMOVE fleet of trailer mounted, mobile reatment plants.
	Product Review - New Noise Measurement Kits Cirrus Research's renowned doseBadge Personal Noise Dosemeters have been combined with Sound Level Meters to provide an ideal, standard range of 'Safety Officers Noise Measurement Kits', enabling users to undertake thorough noise risk assessments.
	Product Review - Improved Access for Tanks and Vessels Alfa Laval has introduced a new range of tank manhole covers designed to provide safe and easy access to tanks and vessels used in sanitary applications in the food, wine, beverage and dairy industries.
	Product Review - Demag Geared-up for Efficiency Demag Cranes and Components has supplied materials handling system to SSS Gears, the largest manufacturer of specialist and bespoke clutches for the power generation and marine sectors, as part of an upgrade of the company's fitting shops.
	Product Review - Unique Pallet Moulding System Traditional wooden pallets are used throughout the world's transportation and packing industries. While practical, they have a short, tough life and are often difficult to handle when made from rough wood and nails.
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