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    Maintenance Mindset: Integrating AI and human expertise for effective oil analysis
    Maintenance Mindset

    Maintenance Mindset: Integrating AI and human expertise for effective oil analysis

    Michael Holloway
    AI can address surface-level efficiency, but it requires human insight to ensure it is used ethically and responsibly.
    Podcast: From frontline worker to plant manager — Leadership lessons in manufacturing
    Leadership Skills

    Podcast: From frontline worker to plant manager — Leadership lessons in manufacturing

    Thomas Wilk
    In this episode of Great Question: A Manufacturing Podcast, James Lane from Trivium Packaging discusses how to keep 14 production lines running 24/7 while training the next generation...
    Podcast: Oil analysis can boost equipment reliability, but only if you use the data
    Great Question: A Manufacturing Podcast

    Podcast: Oil analysis can boost equipment reliability, but only if you use the data

    Thomas Wilk
    In this episode of Great Question: A Manufacturing Podcast, Mike Holloway from 5th Order Industry explores how AI is changing tribology, and how many plants really know how to...
    Maintenance Mindset: What is the CBS program, and how can it boost your bearing knowledge?
    Industrial Bearings

    Maintenance Mindset: What is the CBS program, and how can it boost your bearing knowledge?

    Thomas Wilk
    The Certified Bearing Specialist program offers a comprehensive certification to enhance bearing knowledge for professionals in sales, distribution, and maintenance.
    Maintenance Mindset: It's the end of oil analysis as we know it … and I feel fine
    Maintenance Mindset

    Maintenance Mindset: It's the end of oil analysis as we know it … and I feel fine

    Michael Holloway
    Discover the potential of AI in oil analysis while heeding T.S. Eliot's cautionary message.
    Maintenance Mindset: Why oil analysis fails for most — but automation can change that
    Maintenance Mindset

    Maintenance Mindset: Why oil analysis fails for most — but automation can change that

    Michael Holloway
    The shift towards automation and AI in oil analysis is already happening, and will move much of this work out of the lab and back onsite.
    Debunking 12 common lubrication myths with best-practice realities
    Machinery Lubrication

    Debunking 12 common lubrication myths with best-practice realities

    Michael Holloway
    Proper training, adherence to best practices, and regular oil analysis can help organizations avoid common lubrication pitfalls.
    The art of bad lubrication: How to make your machines hate you
    Captain Unreliability

    The art of bad lubrication: How to make your machines hate you

    Captain Unreliability
    Captain Unreliability says forget standards and best practices – your equipment will appreciate the element of surprise.
    Is it time to upgrade your plant’s lubrication program?
    Machinery Lubrication

    Is it time to upgrade your plant’s lubrication program?

    Sheila Kennedy
    Sheila Kennedy charts new developments in software and technology that simplify lube management.
    Making the most of your oil analysis data
    Machinery Lubrication

    Podcast: Making the most of your oil analysis data

    Thomas Wilk
    In this episode of The Tool Belt, Jim Fitch and Paul Hiller from ICML discuss why machinery lubrication is such an import part of your maintenance and reliability strategy.
    Making the most of your oil analysis data
    Machinery Lubrication

    How oil analysis plays a key role in your maintenance program

    Thomas Wilk
    "You don't have to be a chemist with an analytical chemistry degree to do a really good job of oil analysis and data interpretation."
    Ask The Experts Best In Class Lubrication Practices
    Machinery Lubrication

    Ask the Experts: Best-in-class lubrication practices

    The standard collectively known as ICML 55 provide a structured framework for developing lubrication management system (LMS) plans that can be audited and certified.
    Tips And Tricks To Improve Your Plant’s Oil Analysis Program
    Machinery Lubrication

    Oil analysis challenges and how to overcome them

    Thomas Wilk
    "People aren't raising their hand to say, 'I want to go out and pull 100 samples every month, that sounds like fun.' So it's a challenge,"
    Podcast Tips And Tricks To Improve Your Plant’s Oil Analysis Program
    Machinery Lubrication

    Podcast: Tips and tricks to improve your plant’s oil analysis program

    Thomas Wilk
    In this episode of The Tool Belt, Mike Barrett from Eurofins TestOil shares his insight on how to successfully utilize oil analysis at your facility.
    Ask The Experts Are You Following Best In Class Lubrication Practices
    Machinery Lubrication

    Ask the Experts – Why should you pursue second-level lubrication credentials?

    Seven industry experts weigh in on the benefit of earning Level 2 certifications
    Slide Into Lubrication Best Practices
    Machinery Lubrication

    Slide into lubrication best practices

    Sheila Kennedy
    Sheila Kennedy says technologies and services ease the way to oil and grease optimization.
    How Much Condition Based Maintenance Is Enough At Your Facility
    CMMS

    How much condition-based maintenance is enough at your facility?

    David Berger
    David Berger says use your CMMS to build an accurate equipment history and find the balance between use-based maintenance and condition-based initiatives.
    Clarios invests $6B to expand battery manufacturing in the U.S.
    Hino Motors to pay $1.6B in penalties for emissions fraud
    Maintenance Mindset: Tech trends — AI-enhanced 3D printing, water electrolysis technology, and more
    Bauducco Foods invests $200M to build new baked goods manufacturing facility in Florida
    Hyundai invests $21B to strengthen U.S. manufacturing, innovation, and supply chains
    L3Harris and DoD invest $215.6M to expand solid rocket motor manufacturing site in Arkansas
    Saint-Gobain invests $40 million to build catalyst carrier manufacturing facility in New York
    Johnson & Johnson invests $55B to expand U.S. manufacturing and build a new facility in North Carolina