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Volume 29, Number 3 features 26 COVER STORY Get real Renewable energy for industrial applications 34 ELECTRICAL Reliable distribution Solve electrical problems with thermal imaging 37 POWER TRANSMISSION When the belt breaks Your millwrights can ensure sheave and belt reliability with these basic maintenance measures specialists 23 25 41 50 ASSET MANAgER Enterprise thinking Hydrogen in action WEb huNTER One big picture is better than dozens of small ones TEChNOLOgY TOOLbOx Fuel cells have the power to move you PlantServices.com NEW! SkillTV MakES iTS dEbuT PlantServices.com Maintenance Evangelist and Plant Services Contributing Editor Joel Leonard is taking the crusade against the maintenance crisis to an exciting new level. Putman Media, Inc., publisher of Plant Services, is launching a new, Internetbased TV show called SkillTV. Find out what Joel and his contemporaries are talking about at www.SkillTV.net. Tooting horns Blogs put news and opinions where they can inspire your response ENERgY ExPERT Energy versus sustainability Turf battles arise among operations, procurement and environment columns and departments WEb EXCluSiVE: PaRadiGM SHiFT REQuiRES lOOk aT PlaNT ElECTRiCal iNFRaSTRuCTuRE 7 FROM ThE EDITOR Larry Altmayer, POWR-GARD services manager for Littelfuse Inc., Des Plaines, Ill., says we can no longer treat electrical distribution systems as everlasting, never-changing components of a facility. Instead, we must consider the electrical infrastructure a dynamic system that requires regular attention and a formal preventive maintenance program. It must be constantly maintained and reevaluated for proper loading, short-circuit sizing and equipment performance. Go to www. plantservices.com/articles/2008/034.html to find out how. Conservation corps LETTERS Fan bearing primer • Podcast confusion ThE PS FILES 17 CRISIS CORNER Doing more with less is the first step toward green SkillRadio Tune in to tune up 9 11 19 WhAT WORKS Conveyors haul gas modules • Cold room reconstructed 44 IN ThE TRENChES WEb EXCluSiVE: PuSHiNG baCk THE WEb SPEEd baRRiER Giving it all away Getting a life Chuck Pfeffer, senior technical product manager of the Laser Division for FARO Technologies, discusses the one unyielding standard to advances in paper mill web speed: Quality. It does no good to make product fast if it is off-spec. Manufacturing engineers have learned and relearned one simple truth: The faster the speed, the better web-handling surfaces must fit together. Find out tips on how to deal with alignment issues in today’s fast-paced facilities at www.plantservices.com/articles/2008/035.html. This election year could determine the future of American manufacturing Acme finds that its doctors can’t patch up a bad situation 13 47 48 49 PRODuCT PICKS CLASSIFIEDS FAST FACTS uP AND RuNNINg Ohio students design winning Future City • ARC increases emphasis on asset management • Summit to espouse advanced analytics March 2008 www.PLANTSERVICES.com http://www.PLANTSERVICES.com http://PlantServices.com http://www.SkillTV.net http://www.plantservices.com/articles/2008/034.html http://www.plantservices.com/articles/2008/034.html http://www.plantservices.com/articles/2008/035.html http://www.PLANTSERVICES.com

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Plant Services - March 2008 Contents From The Editor Letters The PS Files Up and Running Crisis Corner What Works Asset Manager: Enterprise Thinking Technology Toolbox: Hydrogen In Action Cover Story: Get Real Electrical: Reliable Distribution Power Transmission: When the Belt Breaks Web Hunter: Tooting Horns In the Trenches Product Picks Classifieds Fast Facts Energy Expert: Energy versus Sustainability

Plant Services - March 2008

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