Marathon Pipe Line, a subsidiary of Marathon Petroleum Company, has selected Blue Dot’s mNOW!® Mobile Framework for their Field Data Management Framework Project.  Marathon Pipe Line operates 54 pipelines in 13 states, and has more than 300 field technicians spending the majority of their time working along pipelines, or at pipeline stations in remote areas throughout the country.

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Speakers at a seminar on ‘preventing maintenance of electrical installations in power sector’ said the present loadshedding was not the failure of local engineers rather it was the total failure of decision makers.

“For the simply lack of detecting instrument in Ghorashal 2 unit of power station ‘inventor panel’ was burned and the entire power unit was closed for which almost 420 MW power have fallen defecit,” alleged Syed Moazzam Hossain, Managing Director of SMH Engineering Limited at a seminar in his key-note paper held at the DCCI Auditorium on Thursday.

Life Cycle Engineering (LCE), a leading provider of maintenance and reliability solutions for government and private enterprise, is pleased to announce the addition of Bill Wilder as Director of Education.  Bill will oversee LCE’s thriving education and training business practice, collaborating with LCE’s impressive stable of industry experts to expand LCE’s curriculum offering to a myriad of clients and industries that seek to optimize their asset-intensive operations and achieve Reliability Excellence (Rx).

Mr. Wilder most recently served as director of sales and marketing at Greenville Technical College in Greenville, SC, where he was responsible for the development of numerous proprietary assessment, project management, and customer care tools, as well as creation of the Asset Performance Institute.

Life Cycle Engineering (LCE), a leading provider of maintenance and reliability solutions for government and private enterprise, is pleased to announce the addition of Chris Crosby as Director of Reliability Solutions.  Chris will be responsible for collaborating with LCE’s vast industrial client base as they seek to optimize their asset-intensive operations, exceed regulatory and safety compliance goals, lower operational/maintenance costs, increase capacity, and enjoy greater profitability as they achieve Reliability Excellence (Rx).

Flir shares fell $2.76, or 9.3 percent, to $26.99 at midday on the Nasdaq, with the stock trading at more than five times its average daily volume. It fell as low as $26.24 earlier in the day. The stock has changed hands in a range of $20.47 to $36.36 in the past 52 weeks.

Commenting on the first quarter results and the outlook for the year, Earl Lewis, Chairman, President and CEO of FLIR, stated, “First quarter revenue was below our internal expectations, primarily due to delays in certain program shipments from our Boston Imaging location. During the quarter, our Thermography Division successfully launched the new InfraCam(R) low-price thermography camera, and exceeded its operating income budget. All our Imaging Division operations with the exception of Boston were at or above budgets for operating income. We are excited by the emerging prospects for our commercial Imaging businesses and our Imaging backlog and orders remain solid. As our new products gain market acceptance, we expect a very good second half of the year.”

We have all seen Infrared Camera technology get smaller in size and in price but have you been keeping up with point and shoot Infrared Thermometers?

I stumbled across the The ThermoHAWK Series touchless, pen-sized infrared thermometers and want one for my keychain right away!

DuPont is a science company. We bring science to the market place in ways that benefit people and generate value for our shareholders. As one of the most innovative companies in the world, DuPont is looking for professionals who have deep desire to work at the leading edge of their fields such as material science, electronics, biotechnology, polymers, chemicals and agricultural chemicals, finishes and fibers, to further our global leadership in these areas. The DuPont Engineering Technology organization (DuET) has a need for a ROTATING MACHINERY CONSULTANT-COMPRESSORS & VACUUMS in Wilmington, Delaware.

Job Title: Reliability Engineer SUMMARY Analyzes aircraft hydro mechanical component designs, performs reliability predictions and failure analyses, as shown below: ESSENTIAL SKILLS, DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned. 

Dedham, Massachusetts; April, 19 2006:  ARC announces a unique pro-gram for Discrete and Hybrid Manufacturers at ARC Advisory Group’s Fourteenth Annual Forum, “Driving Enterprise Performance through Next Generation Manufacturing Concepts: Design, Operate, Maintain, and Synchronize” on June 26-28, 2006 at the Marriott Long Wharf Hotel in Boston.  This series of workshops, presentations and panel discussions will educate attendees on new developments and provide valuable opportunities to hear what some leading manufacturers are doing to address their key challenges.  The Forum also provides ample time to network with other manufacturers and share your needs and concerns with leading technology suppliers. 

Lately, it seems that there has been a direct push towards training as a solution for the ‘skilled workforce crisis.’ There are two major issues with these concepts.  The first is that training is important, but it is not the only solution to the changing workforce.  The second is that there has been an assumption that there is a skilled workforce ‘crisis.’

As we approach 2014, there will be a shift in the workforce.  There are four basic age groups: