Maintenance
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WIPER CLOTHS MORE ABSORBENT THAN OTHER INDUSTRIAL WIPING SOLUTIONS
Wypall X90 Cloths from Kimberly-Clark Professional are ideal for heavy wiping, prepping surfaces with solvents, and cleaning metal shavings and rough surfaces.
GTI SPINDLE TAKES PREDICTIVE MAINTENANCE MOBILE
By selling vibration analysis packages direct from their website, providing predictive maintenance services on custom applications and hardware for Apple’s iPad, and partnering with a number of distributors to move this innovative technology into the marketplace, GTI Spindle makes vibration analysis accessible for even the smallest of shops.
RelaDyne New Distributor for BioBlend ‘Green’ Lubricants
This distribution strategy opens new niche market opportunities for BioBlend lubricants on a far broader scale by expanding into industrial and commercial equipment operators throughout the entire Midwest and Gulf Coast regions.
FAILURE TO PERFORM
Ed Zitney, Jr. of SKF Machine Tool Services identifies some potential root causes of spindle failure, along with recommendations to help keep unscheduled downtime at bay.
ULTRACHEM EXPANDS INTO RUSSIA; NEXT STOP: EASTERN EUROPE
By gaining compliance to GOST-R quality standards, the lubricant, oil and grease manufacturer is strategically positioned to assure its lubricants are delivered into Russia and/or the production line where they were manufactured in conformance to Russian safety standards.
VOC-FREE, SAFE, NON-ALKALINE INDUSTRIAL DEGREASER/CLEANER
D-Greeze 7880 from Solvent Kleene cleans comparably to a conventional solvent-based degreaser without exposing users and the environment to toxic components or emissions.
GRAINGER HONORS VETERANS THROUGH EXPANDED SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
Tools for Tomorrow scholarship program helps students enrolled in community college industrial skilled trades programs realize their education and career goals.
REPLACE OR REMANUFACTURE?
Ed Zitney, Jr. of SKF Machine Tool Services explores how today’s economic climate makes a particularly compelling case for remanufacturing and explains why spindle maintenance and refurbishment are estimated to account for half of the worldwide machine tool market.
MEASURE EVERYTHING FROM PRODUCT GEOMETRY TO PLANT CONDITIONS
The Laser Scanner Focus3D from FARO Technologies is the smallest and lightest laser scanner ever built and ideal for measuring and 3D documentation of structural deformations, product geometry, factories, process plants and more.
THREAD REPAIR KIT HAS MAGNETIC PERSONALITY
The Recoil-brand Trade Series Kit from Alcoa Fastening Systems is an all-in-one thread repair system that contains everything needed for professional-grade thread repair.
EASILY CHECK AND ALIGN EQUIPMENT ON THE SHOP FLOOR
The Microgage 2D from Pinpoint Laser Systems is used to easily check and align CNC cutting and milling equipment, lathes and stamping presses for straightness, runout, parallelism, squareness, shaft and bore alignment, flatness measuring, and more.
HEAVY DUTY DEGREASER CERTIFIED AS CLEAN AIR SOLVENT
The GlobalTech Heavy Duty Degreaser from JNJ Industries has a VOC concentration of not more than 25 grams of VOC per liter of material and contains no hazardous air pollutants, ozone-depleting compounds or global warming compounds.
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