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Volume 29, Number 4 features 34 48 55 coVer story 2008 CMMS/EAM software review Spot emerging trends, find your best choices coMpressors Air audits: Raise your expectations Motors Take these steps to ensure you approach the lowest life cycle cost Rethink motor repair/replace decisions FloorIng Rewound motors are meeting – or exceeding – new motor efficiencies 58 Between the tiles Make sure your epoxy grout and floor cleaner are compatible specialists 29 Asset MAnAger Grow greener plants 62 Web hunter Establish effective energymanagement protocols Don’t hurt yourself PlantServices.com NEW DESIGN FOR PLANTSERVICES.COM plantservices.com Visit PlantServices.com to see our streamlined new look, designed to serve your needs better. Quickly find our newest and most viewed content, or use our new and improved search function to find what you’re looking for in a snap. Probe deep links to our information-rich resource centers that include performance, reliability, efficiency and management. Bookmark the site for easy access and check back frequently for your favorite Plant Services columnists and features. www.plantservices.com 33 technology toolbox Mining the Web for safety, ergonomics and training resources Say cheese! 74 energy expert Today’s camera systems do more than snap pictures or videos Blessing or curse? Your plan for U.S. climate legislation columns and departments 7 FroM the eDItor High-priced mistakes Enrich yourself at others’ expense letters • Fuel cells rock • American manufacturing • Slick writing the ps FIles 21 crIsIs corner ‘Reliability Nation’ WEB EXCLUSIVE: CMMS MANAGING THE CHANGE When a new process or system is introduced into the work environment, employees have to react or perform in new ways. It is naive to assume that employees will naturally change from the old way to the new way. Consultant Carl Hughes demonstrates how to analyze what conditions exist in your organization that support the old way and what conditions support or work against employees behaving in the new way. Go to www. plantservices.com/articles/2008/056.html to find out how. 9 A movement to move maintenance up on the list of national priorities 23 11 A few good words WEB EXCLUSIVE: THE TOP THREE RULES OF PLANT OPTIMIZATION When faced with a problem on the line, operators don’t need permission to take corrective action. They don’t need to be Six Sigma black belts. They just need to be left alone to take the action they know will work, and the problem will be fixed. Mark Sutcliffe, general manager of CDC Factory for CDC Software, shows you how to develop a people-centric system that can help you solve problems faster. Visit www. plantservices.com/articles/2008/046.html for more. Make ‘American manufacturing’ the centerpiece when you cast your vote WhAt WorKs Short seal life problem pulverized • Fugitives found fleeing gas-handling equipment • Forging facility polishes floors In the trenches 65 What you talk? 13 up AnD runnIng • UL98 versus UL508 switches • Reduce energy 6% to 11% • Grants awarded to steeltoed boot camps Acme confronts a severe case of almost impossible communication 69 72 proDuct pIcKs clAssIFIeDs April 2008 www.PLANTSERVICES.com 5 http://PlantServices.com http://PLANTSERVICES.COM http://PlantServices.com http://www.plantservices.com http://www.plantservices.com/articles/2008/056.html http://www.plantservices.com/articles/2008/056.html http://www.plantservices.com/articles/2008/046.html http://www.plantservices.com/articles/2008/046.html http://www.PLANTSERVICES.com

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Plant Services - April 2008 Contents From the Editor Letters The PS Files Up and Running Crisis Corner What Works Asset Manager Technology Toolbox Cover Story Compressors Motors Flooring Web Hunter In the Trenches Product Picks Classifieds Energy Expert

Plant Services - April 2008

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