Plant Services - January 2008 - (Page 5) Volume 29, Number 1 features 28 34 COVER STORY Counterfeits can kill COmpRESSORS Don’t risk lives, reliability and profits just to save a buck Dare to compare air compressors FlOORing Knowing operating characteristics and physical limitations will help you select the best machine for your plant 39 42 No skidding matter There is science behind preventing slips and falls pOwER TRanSmiSSiOn How to not ruin fan bearings Five tips for installing and maintaining fan bearings to achieve long-term reliability specialists 23 aSSET managER Rise above the firefighting fray 45 wEb hunTER Use people skills and your CMMS to build a solid strategy for management excellence The power of element number six EnERgY ExpERT Carbon is a common, but not the only, greenhouse gas 26 54 TEChnOlOgY TOOlbOx Smaller and self-powered PlantServices.com SMRP SURVEY Watch for these advances to come to a predictive maintenance operation in your town 2008: The year of energy integration? Combining forces leads to breakthroughs in energy productivity plantServices.com The Society for Maintenance and Reliability Professionals (SMRP) invites you to review the body of knowledge that practitioners master to become certified as maintenance and reliability professionals (CMRP). Offer your input via Internet survey, where you can rate and comment on job tasks necessary for competence in maintenance and reliability practice. Access the survey at www.smrp.org/BoKsurvey. www.PlantServices.com/industrynews/2008/004.html TRIM TURNOVER, INCREASE PROFIT Contributing Editor Tom Moriarty explains what it takes to attract and keep qualified workers, and how employee retention rates affect companies’ profitability. www.PlantServices.com/articles/2007/247.html columns and departments 7 FROm ThE EDiTOR Business as usual? 13 ThE pS FilES Change only happens if you want it In adversity comes opportunity 9 CHOOSE THE RIGHT SEALS Proper application of these principles can improve the life, dependability and operation of your process and mechanical machinery. www.PlantServices.com/articles/2008/006.html WHITE PAPER: TRANSFORMER OIL PUMP RETROFITS lETTERS • Manufacturing infrastructure is deteriorating • Joined the maintenance evangelists army • No shortage of quality fade in manufacturing • Author provided a straightforward look at VSD • Reasons for print preference planTSERViCES.COm Recession or not, there are bright spots in manufacturing 15 up anD Running • “Super Boiler” technology passing the test • Industry briefs • Resources in ThE TREnChES 48 Removing the thorn This paper describes why North America’s largest manufacturer and remanufacturer of transformer oil pumps retrofits all ball bearing pumps with pump-specific bronze sleeve type radial/thrust bearings and hardened steel thrust collars. www.PlantServices.com/whitepapers/2008/001.html 10 Acme learns a lesson about its strategy for paying off a leveraged buyout Top Web destinations of 2007 Users are on a constant search for information 51 52 53 pRODuCT piCKS ClaSSiFiEDS FaST FaCTS January 2008 www.PLANTSERVICES.com http://PlantServices.com http://www.smrp.org/BoKsurvey http://www.PlantServices.com/industrynews/2008/004.html http://www.PlantServices.com/articles/2007/247.html http://www.PlantServices.com/articles/2008/006.html http://www.PlantServices.com/whitepapers/2008/001.html http://www.PLANTSERVICES.com
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