John and I will explore and clarify the challenges facing maintenance and reliability professionals considering wireless ...

It stands to reason—the more complex an enterprise’s operations, the more intricate the facility that must house it.

In today’s world of predictive analytics and advanced sensors, simple walk-by visual inspections can seem outdated—but ...

This is a question we hear a lot when we are on site at plants, mills and mines around the world. The short answer to this question is that you have to use your experience and common sense supported ...

January 30, 2023 – Nikola Labs, Inc., the leading condition monitoring and proactive maintenance organization, announced today its new name AssetWatch® and new website assetwatch.com as a part of its ...

COLUMBUS, OHIO – April 30, 2025 – AssetWatch, Inc., the fast-growing leader of end-to-end predictive maintenance and condition monitoring solutions, today announced the close of its Series C funding ...

SKF RecondOil’s Double-Separation Technology (DST) system removes even the smallest of particulates, which helps to keep lubrication oil in prime condition – reducing ongoing costs and improving ...

Association For Manufacturing Technology. This is the third straight month of year-over-year gains, a trend not seen since late 2018. “It is encouraging to see that January was the third straight ...

It's estimated that 50 to 70 percent of vibration issues in rotating machinery are caused by misalignment, according to Texas A&M's OAKTrust study on coupling misalignment forces. In fact, reliability ...

What is a Fishbone Diagram? A fishbone diagram is a cause-and-effect discovery tool that helps figure out the reason(s) for defects, variations or failures within a process. In other words, it helps ...

34th President of the United States and U.S. Army General Dwight D. Eisenhower is famous for making the paradoxical statement, "In preparing for battle, I have always found that plans are useless, but ...

MTTR is a metric used by maintenance departments to measure the average time needed to determine the cause of and fix failed equipment. Anytime you see the phrase "mean time to," it means you're ...