“Ounce of prevention” could cure future maintenance headaches

Wilsonville, OR—April 24, 2007—A preventive maintenance (PM) benchmark study conducted across multiple industries, found that over half of the facilities managers rated their current PM program insufficient in reducing costs and extending the life of equipment and assets, while another 37% ranked their current program less than optimal.

In an effort to promote best practices within facilities maintenance, Corrigo, a leading provider of on-demand maintenance management software, surveyed over 140 facilities managers across the real estate, retail, field services, restaurant, government and education industries.  While respondents stated that reducing operating costs and controlling spend were top goals, less than 10% felt that their PM program was optimal. 

BURLINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Enigma Inc., the leader in aftermarket service and support technology, today announced that the company has signed a formal teaming and distribution agreement with Hansen Information Technologies, the leading supplier of application software to help manage transportation industry and local government transit and rail operations. The two companies are offering a joint solution based on the Enigma InService EPC (electronic parts catalog) product and Hansen’s Spear 4i™ Enterprise Asset Management technology. The joint offering, which is specifically tailored for transit and rail operations, will be directly embedded in the Hansen kiosk maintenance application, providing up-to-date and accurate service information for engineering departments and service technicians. 

Germantown, MD – Wilcoxon Research, a leading supplier of quality vibration sensors and sensor networks, has developed a vibration transmitter with displacement output. The displacement 4-20 mA output signal has a maximum full scale output available of 100 mils (0.100 inches).

The iT230 is ideal for cost effective, online monitoring of case vibrations of machinery.  Many users prefer vibration information in terms of displacement to compare to historic data, and some manufacturers also specify case vibration maximums this way.  The iT230 makes it possible to mount a velocity sensor, such as Wilcoxon’s 793V or 797V, to the bearing case and obtain machine vibration information in terms of displacement. The iT230 converts vibration sensor signals to proportional 4-20 mA output for use in existing PLC/DCS networks. Raw velocity vibration data is also available from a BNC connector on the front of the DIN-rail mounted module for use with portable vibration analyzers.