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Traditionally, the cure for an inefficient belt drive has been to simply replace the worn one with a new one. However, Gareth Lenton, ERIKS General Manager for

Many businesses believe that the only way to save time and money on lubrication is to outsource the task. It’s true that paying someone else to make regular...

Andy Dawes sits down with Richard Chamberlain, Strategic Product Manager at Rexroth to understand what we can learn from machines and the questions we should...

Moving your purchasing processes to paperless E-Business will reduce your costs, improve the control and reliability of your product ordering...

Who knows how many times saving pennies on a hose clip has cost thousands of pounds in downtime, labour costs and lost production when it fails?

When a gasket fails, the temptation is to replace it as quickly as possible to get your asset back up and running. But taking time and care to prepare...

Hydraulic and industrial hose assemblies have traditionally been seen as commodity items. However increasing health and safety legislation, and a growing...

Having spares available for your rotating equipment is only half the story. To reduce maintenance costs and downtime, you also need a spares strategy.

Reactive maintenance is a policy that’s been made to sound respectable by giving it a professional sounding name. But when you consider that it’s essentially...

Industry’s productivity, profitability and reputation depend on the correct functioning of its equipment. But, when equipment fails...

Obsolescence may be inevitable, but that doesn’t mean its impact on productivity, reputation and costs is any less tangible.

Managing industrial automation machinery is complex these days. Limited budgets and production pressures challenge busy maintenance professionals.