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	OBC - easyFairs Maintec
	Nov-Dec 2008
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	Dry Solutions to acidic problems
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	Talking Shop Whereas I grew up to ?remember, remember the 5th of November, gunpowder, treason and plot?, I suspect that in the States, generations will forever ?remember, remember, the 5th of November? as the day Barack Obama was elected as President. As a Brit married to an American, what struck me most wasn?t the partisan nature of the support surrounding Obama and McCain, but the sheer level of interest and enthusiasm that the election as a whole generated.
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	Air compressors - Atlas Copco Compressors advises how to be healthy, wealthy and wise How healthy is your compressed air system? Although industry at large is highly dependent upon the reliable supply of compressed air as a vital element within most manufacturing processes, it is surprising just how often the condition and efficiency of this essential utility is taken for granted.
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	PAS 55:2008 - the standard for integrated, life cycle optimised asset management There is, at last, a consensus-developed, clear definition of good asset management and what needs to be done to maximize asset life cycle value-for-money.
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	David Brown under New Ownership Leading engineering company David Brown has been acquired by Clyde Blowers, the East Kilbride-based group owned by Scottish entrepreneur Jim McColl, as part of a $1 billion deal, involving four separate Textron businesses: Swiss-based Maag Pumps, US and Penistone-based Union Pumps, Dorset-based David Brown Hydraulics and David Brown Gear Systems.
	Schaeffler (UK) Ltd wins Manufacturing Award Schaeffler (UK) Ltd?s plant in Llanelli, South Wales, manufacturing high precision engine components for the automotive market, has been awarded the prize for Manufacturing Excellence at a recent Wales Quality Awards 2008 ceremony - an annual competition based on the EFQM European Excellence Model.
	Keep an eye on all your equipment
	Hazardous Chemicals Regulation
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	It all started with a Meccano set At a recent awards ceremony, Contour Premium Aircraft Seating won 1st place in the coveted IT in Manufacturing category for its professional and successful implementation of a production planning and scheduling system in conjunction with a major Lean initiative.
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	See Page 6 - It all started with a Meccano set
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	Deming's 14 Points I recently dusted off an old textbook of mine when someone inquired about W. Edwards Deming?s famous ?14 points?.
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	Intelligent Maintenance
	See Page 8 - Deming's 14 Points
	Condition Monitoring - Protect your critical rotating plant
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	Double the Drive Life at One-Third of the Cost Not so long ago, a variable speed drive was considered a piece of solid state electronics that, once installed, could be left to itself.
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	Totally transforming....the way you manage your plant
	See Page 10 - Double the Drive Life at One-Third of the Cost
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	Gearboxes Stay Cool! There are substantial benefits to be gained, in terms of improved reliability and longer operating life, for users who monitor and actively control the operating temperatures of their gearboxes.
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	Total quality control solutions where you need us most - everywhere
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	Clean Up to Clean Up Metalworking fluids used to lubricate and cool cutting tools are specialised and expensive to replace.
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	Cuts Costs Whilst Increasing Safety
	There is still only one place to see the largest range of Switches, Sensors and Meters....
	Protect your plant...
	Thermal Imaging with Fusion Technology
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	As a strategic maintenance partner to some of Europe's leading aerospace & automotive manufacturers
	The X-Tended Life Ballscrew Range
	Get Shear Mode Technology for Less Than ?100
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	Ball Screws - Extend the Life of Your Machine Tool Axis They comprise a Ball Screw, with an external helical groove or raceway, a Ball Nut, with an internal helical groove or raceway, and a system for re-circulating balls, which are rolling elements fitted between the Ball Screw and the Ball Nut.
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	The Business IMPACT of Enterprise Asset Management From our earliest years, we are taught that there is a straight choice between merit and money ? that you can?t be righteous and rich.
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	Gearbox Repairs
	Non contact temperature measurement
	The Greasomatic '96 Automatic Lubricator
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	IR-Fusion: Now put problems clearly in the picture
	Ramp Up your calibration capability
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	See Page 18 - The Business IMPACT of Enterprise Asset Management
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	See Page 18 - The Business IMPACT of Enterprise Asset Management
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	Maintenance software just got easier
	CMMS Doesn't Get Any Easier
	Special design polymer plain bearings
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	Newcomers Join Familiar Faces at easyFairs MAINTEC Suppliers of mechanical equipment, lubricants, buildings and facilities management, and energy efficient products will feature more prominently; there?s a new easyFairs MAINTEC Summit where key industry issues will be debated; and plans are in place to introduce a ?Student Zone? where exhibitors and visitors can chat with engineering innovators of tomorrow.
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	See Page 24 - Newcomers Join Familiar Faces at easyFairs MAINTEC
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	Product Review - Maintenance Free Polymer Ball Bearings Due to positive customer feedback plain bearing specialist, igus?, has expanded its new ?xiros? (from the Ancient Greek ?xsiros?, meaning ?dry?) polymer ball bearing range.
	Product Review - New Smaller Connector Provides Compact Vibration Sensors Following the introduction of the very popular M12 connector to its range of vibration sensors, Hansford Sensors are now using the new compact M8 connector to produce the much smaller range of HS-130 accelerometers.
	Product Review - Know Your Gearbox Inside & Out Hansen Transmissions can now offer boroscope inspections for gearboxes.
	Product Reviews - 1-2-3 Power Quality Troubleshooting, New Models Added, Maintenance Kits Offer Fluke is offering a free 3-fold approach to electricians and electrical engineers involved in troubleshooting the causes of poor power quality in industrial electrical installations and equipment.
	Product Review - New Pressure Regulator Application Guide Emerson Process Management has published Edition VI of its Industrial Pressure Regulator Application Guide.
	Product Review - Order Your Pump Check Up - Today! In many pump systems more than half of the energy consumed by the pumps could be saved by switching to more efficient and correctly sized models.
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	Precision shaft alignment pays
	See More With the Testo 880 Thermal Imager
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	Product Review - J&P Group Win Facilities Management Contract From STTS UK J&P Group have announced that they have been awarded a 2-year Facilities Management contract by pan-European aeronautic painting and sealing group, STTS.
	Product Review - Add-On Gearbox For Flangeless Hand-Wheel Valves Dutch valve specialist Netherlocks BV has designed a direct-mounting, add-on gearbox to reduce torque for hand-wheel operated valves ? the Nethergear unit.
	Product Review - ATEX Approved Shaft Alignment Pruftechnik AG, manufacturer of the famous OPTALIGN system which pioneered the use of laser shaft alignment systems, has introduced a brand new ATEX approved, intrinsically safe system.
	Product Review - South West Water Insists On Siemens Gears and Drives Major UK utility South West Water is now specifying Siemens Automation & Drives? high efficiency Flender Motox geared motors on all of its sites, as part of its ongoing drive to improve operating efficiencies and maximise asset life.
	Product Review - Sensonics Help Romanian Turbines Run Smoothly Sensonics have supplied over 25 Sentry vibration monitoring systems for a wide range of hydro-electric turbine plants in Romania.
	Product Review - Wireless Float Switch Solutions Emerson Process Management announces wireless solutions which combine its Mobrey? float switches with the company?s Rosemount? 702 wireless transmitter.
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	Vibration Isolation
	Hose & Couplings Solutions For All Industries....
	Vibration Analysis Training
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	Maintenance & Asset Management Editorial This end-of-year issue focuses on one particular maintenance support technique: the monitoring of rolling bearing condition by measuring and analysing vibration.
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	An Overview of Bearing Vibration Analysis Rolling contact bearings are used in almost every type of rotating machinery whose successful and reliable operation is very dependent on the type of bearing selected as well as the precision of all associated components, i.e. shaft, housing, spacers, nuts etc. Bearing engineers generally use fatigue as the normal failure mode, on the assumption that the bearings are properly installed, operated and maintained. Today, because of improvements in manufacturing technology and materials, it is generally the case that bearing fatigue life, which is related to sub-surface stresses, is not the limiting factor and probably accounts for less than 3% of failures in service. Unfortunately though, many bearings fail prematurely in service because of contamination, poor lubrication, temperature extremes, poor fitting/fits, unbalance and misalignment.
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	See Page 32 - An Overview of Bearing Vibration Analysis
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	See Page 32 - An Overview of Bearing Vibration Analysis
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	See Page 32 - An Overview of Bearing Vibration Analysis
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	See Page 32 - An Overview of Bearing Vibration Analysis
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	See Page 32 - An Overview of Bearing Vibration Analysis
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	See Page 32 - An Overview of Bearing Vibration Analysis
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	See Page 32 - An Overview of Bearing Vibration Analysis
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	See Page 32 - An Overview of Bearing Vibration Analysis
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	See Page 32 - An Overview of Bearing Vibration Analysis
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	See Page 32 - An Overview of Bearing Vibration Analysis
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	Sensing The Future Monitran, who manufacture sensors for measuring vibration and displacement, has established Monitran Technology as its formal R&D arm. The new company will design innovative products that exploit the use of new materials and technologies, particularly where joint ventures or knowledge transfer partnerships are involved
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	Measuring Shock Pulse Condition monitoring should always start with a list of machine faults, specific for each machine.
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	See Page 44 - Measuring Shock Pulse
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	See Page 44 - Measuring Shock Pulse
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	See Page 44 - Measuring Shock Pulse
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	See Page 44 - Measuring Shock Pulse
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	Crushing and recycling lamps the award winning Balcan way
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	Steam Trap Surveys Reveal ?28,000 in Potential Energy Savings Per Site Steam systems are highly reliable and can drop down the list of priorities when it comes to applying finite maintenance resources.
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	Your Boiler House Puzzle Solved.....
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	Curbing the Carbon to Cool Climate Change During the mid-nineties, leading carpet tile manufacturer InterfaceFLOR was one of the first companies to publicly commit to tackling climate change.
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	Heat for Hire
	For ALL your temperature measurement applications...
	Dunphy Combustion Services from concept to commissioning
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	Product Review - Twenty Four Hospitals In 24 Months Over the past twenty four months no less than twenty four hospitals throughout the UK have taken delivery of Wellman Robey boilers.
	Product Review - Team Strengthened At Exide Exide Technologies (CMP Batteries) has made two new appointments to strengthen its service to customers.
	Product Review - Three New NHS Contracts In 3 Days Dunphy has achieved a new in-house record for NHS contract signings.
	Product Review - Steam Trap Will Offset Power Rises A further addition to Gardner Energy Management?s growing range of award winning venturi steam traps, the GEM Sapphire, has been specifically developed for screwed pipework applications.
	The Green Steam Company
	Product Review - Enersys Battery Monitoring Goes Wireless EnerSys Motive Power has launched a wireless battery monitoring device, Wi-IQ, which can be fitted to all motive power batteries.
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	Boiler operator training courses
	Process-Reliable Compressed Air 365 days/24 hours
	Pressure without the Pressure...
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	Atlas Copco Brings Science To Life With Compressed Air From model engines to flight simulators paint spraying to patterns of nature, compressed air has a vast assortment of applications around the Science Museum in London.
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	A comprehensive business system for facilities and maintenance management
	Total solutions for welding workshops
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	Roof Access
	'ACE' Industrial Air Curtains
	Klimate High Speed Doors Helping You Solve Your Energy Requirements
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	Air Curtains:An Open & Shut Case? When is a door not a door? When it?s ajar. An oldie but a goodie and one which succinctly reflects the tension facing the role of doors within buildings that serve the twofold purpose of separating adjacent areas while also allowing access between them.
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	At the heart of process industry
	Casella Cel And The Amazing Technicolour Sound Monitor
	doseBadge The original wireless noise dosemeter
	Free! Legislation Seminar
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	Prevention Is Better Than Protection It?s heading towards two years since the updated Control of Noise at Work Regulations came into force.
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	Motivation: Giving The Best To and Getting The Best From Your Workforce
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	Lifting Businesses
	Anti-slip Fibreglass Floor Grating
	Do you have a flooring problem?
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	Product Review - Success at Italy's Largest Pumped Storage Plant James Walker?s HydroSele? S has proved its superb sealing efficiency by running maintenance free for over two years at ENEL?s massive Entracque pumped-storage hydroelectric scheme in Italy.
	Product Review - New Spill Doctor Spill Response Kit Don?t leave anything to chance when it comes to leaks & spills - the new addition to Empeezy?s Spill Doctor? family enables you to respond quickly to incidents, such as leaking drums/IBC?s or burst pipes on fuel/chemical delivery tanks.
	Product Review - Cost-Effective Reverse Osmosis ELGA Process Water has announced two new models in their market-leading maxiRO range of reverse osmosis units.
	Product Review - A High Speed Door Solution Klimate Doors have supplied and installed an Ardent high speed door at Lloyds Animal Feeds mill.
	Product Review - Knee & Elbow Protection Comprehensive range to suit every application. Ergonomic design. Comfortable and secure fit
	Product Review - Quality Partnership When you take the noted manufacturer Seetru ? the leading name in relief valves and liquid level gauges ? and link them to storage specialists Lista then you really do have the optimum business partnership.
	Product Review - Atlet Support Proves Fruitful Chilled distribution specialist Langdons chose Atlet to deliver a ?complete handling package? for operations at Gerber Juice Company?s Bridgwater distribution centre run by Langdons
	Product Review - New Oil Water Separators The new Owamat 11 from Beko can be used on compressors up to 230 m3/hr capacity - around double that of the existing Owamat 10, which still remains in the product line-up ? and offers a cost-effective solution for condensate treatment in one of the most popular compressor size ranges.
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	Composite Structures From Anglia Composites
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	Product Review - On Site Line Boring Service; Perfectly Aligned M&A Engineering continue to provide and enhance a precision, on-site, line boring machining service for maritime operators, ship repair yards, energy companies, steel manufacturers, petro-chemical producers and OEM?s throughout the world.
	Product Review - Reducing Insulation Costs In Clean Environments T-Tubes, from Zotefoams, is an FM 4910 approved, advanced insulation system specially developed for stainless steel process lines in clean environments.
	Product Review - Steelcoat Protection On Runcorn Bridge Cable Stays A key feature of the Llechwedd Exchange Sidings industrial archaeological site on the A470 Improvement Scheme near Blaenau Ffestiniog is a crane that first saw service in the late 1800s loading slate from the nearby quarries on to railway trucks.
	Product Review - Help In The Fight Against Meth British engineering company Smith Flow Control (SFC) is helping to eliminate methamphetamine labs in the state of Iowa and across the United States by cutting off the illegal supply of its primary ingredient - anhydrous Ammonia (NH3).
	Product Review - Mykal Make Degreasing Choices Simple Mykal Industries have re-launched their definitive guide to industrial degreasing with the release of their latest ?Safe Solutions for Industrial Degreasing? Catalogue, which covers every aspect of industrial degreasing, ranging from simple maintenance products to sophisticated process degreasing solutions. It has been re-structured and includes new products such as Epoxy Resin Cleaner, Electrical Power Wipes and the heavy-duty Graffiti Remover-Plus, alongside the top selling De.Solv.It and Aquasolv brands.
	Product Review - Easy Connection Without Crimping The new AxiClamp cable termination system from Multi-Contact offers the reliability of crimp connections but with the advantage that they can be easily disconnected if required.
	Product Review - Decorative Resin Floors Reepol Chemical Building Products manufactures a range of decorative coatings to restore worn concrete floors and turn them into attractive working environments.