Maintenance
Tools, actions and systems used to retain and upkeep, repair, overhaul and restore any mechanical, hydraulic, electrical and pneumatic machinery or other devices to a state in which they can perform their required routine functions to a desired specification without becoming out of order, breaking down or failing.
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Every ounce of additional productivity rung from each step in the process adds up to significant cost savings over time. From coolant and tooling to programming and scrap management, opportunities to increase efficiency abound.
Randy Breaux now leads the company.
Randy Breaux now leads the company.
Randy Breaux, Kevin Storer and Mark Stoneburner are all promoted into higher level executive management roles.
MachineMetrics data indicates Automotive slips to No. 4 in machine utilization as Aerospace moves to top position. While average machine utilization drops 2.2 points, the company reports Medical Device and Aerospace Defense sectors are showing upticks.
They are investing $33.4 million and creating 660 jobs at their sites in Greenwood, Jackson and Olive Branch.
Fives can now provide preventive maintenance, rebuild, remanufacture, retrofit, repair, and onsite support services for all types and brands of machine tools.
Chris Sanford now leads sales to grow the distribution channel of SK Professional Tools in automotive, industrial and mobile trucks.
Its new design, improved functionality and easy access provides essential information for dust collection applications.
Every ounce of additional productivity rung from each step in the process adds up to significant cost savings over time. From coolant and tooling to programming and scrap management, opportunities to increase efficiency abound.
This article from Pfannenberg Inc. explains the hazards that can be involved with cooling units that use water or water/glycol mixtures. But an air-cooled liquid chiller removes concentrated heat from process equipment without the condensation risks, while also solving a variety of other issues.
Their Controls & Automation division now provides industrial control panels, systems automation and integration for outside markets.
Branch Manufacturing selected them to retrofit a 750 ton straight-side draw press originally built in 1979.
The company’s remodeling project has been approved and will take approximately three weeks to be completed.
With this $190 million deal, AMETEK further integrates instrumentation data into cloud-based software and analytics.
Gene Thompson now manages sales in their Southeast region.
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