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  • Culture Change Boosts Empire Level’s Tool Manufacturing

    A transformation in management and culture at Empire Level, combined with an investment for future growth, revitalizes a 97-year-old tool-manufacturing company. By Michelle Segrest, Navigate Content, Inc.—Reporting for Maintenance Technology Magazine For Empire Level, giving new life to a company that was family owned for five generations is more than an investment. Click here for […] More

  • Reliability Efforts Provide 40% Production Boost for EPS Foam Manufacturer

    Styrotek manufactures a unique expanded-polystyrene container that keeps California table grapes fresh for shipping to grocery stores worldwide. By Michelle Segrest, Navigate Content, Inc—Reporting for Maintenance Technology It takes a special product and a fresh process to transport the more than 80 varieties of sweet, delicious, colorful grapes from Click here for full post: https://www.navigatecontent.com/blog/reliability-boosts-eps-foam-production […] More

  • 5 Reasons Why Water and Wastewater Pumps Fail

    Why do pumps fail? Address the most common problems and follow best maintenance practices to keep critical water and wastewater pumps running around the clock. By Michelle Segrest, Navigate Content, Inc.—Reporting for Maintenance Technology Magazine One faulty $5,000 pump in a wastewater treatment facility can shut down an entire Click here for full post: https://www.navigatecontent.com/blog/why-water-wastewater-pumps-fail […] More

  • Avoid These 6 Chemical Pump Maintenance Mistakes

    Marrying a specific product with the right equipment is crucial in chemical processing pump maintenance. Here are the top six mistakes to avoid and the top 10 tips for proper chemical pump maintenance. By Michelle Segrest, Navigate Content, Inc.—Reporting for Maintenance Technology Magazine The biggest problem a pump operator Click here for full post: https://www.navigatecontent.com/blog/chemical-pump-maintenance-mistakes […] More

  • View From the Top—Robust Building Automation at Keck Observatory

    Located 13,796 feet above sea level, Hawaii’s Keck Observatory uses a robust building automation system to increase the reliability of advanced telescopes that astronomers use to hunt planets and dissect galaxies. By Michelle Segrest, Navigate Content, Inc. — Reporting for Maintenance Technology Magazine When John Baldwin arrives at the W. Click here for full post: https://www.navigatecontent.com/blog/building-automation-keck-observatory […] More

  • Closing the Manufacturing Talent Gap in the Oil and Gas Industry

    As the reliability engineer for CountryMark, Cody David represents the new generation in an industry that continues to face the challenges of an aging workforce—he does his part to help to close the manufacturing skills and talent gap. By Michelle Segrest, Navigate Content, Inc.—Reporting for Pump Engineer, ValveWorld, and Valve World Click here for full […] More

  • Thread Manufacturer Rebuilds Old Machinery for Efficient Operations

    Kreinik Manufacturing Company continues to invent new ways to breathe new life into old machinery at a family-owned facility. Kreinik maintenance engineer relies on creative craftsmanship to improve efficiency and reliability. By Michelle Segrest, Navigate Content, Inc. — Reporting for Maintenance Technology Magazine If Martin Ankrom has a super Click here for full post: https://www.navigatecontent.com/blog/thread-manufacturing-efficiency […] More

  • Top Tips to Ensure Chemical Pumping Performance

    The biggest advancements in chemical pumps within the past decade come from the technology of automation and instrumentation built into metering and dosing pumps. A chemical pump expert shows how preventive maintenance can ensure chemical pumping performance and provides the Top 5 Tips for preventive maintenance for chemical pumps. By Michelle Click here for full post: […] More

  • Women in Industry—Developing Effective Reliability Strategies

    Gina Kittle, a successful female engineer, drives processes and programs for her company and for the Society of Maintenance and Reliability Professionals (SMRP). By Michelle Segrest, Navigate Content, Inc. – Reporting for Efficient Plant Magazine As a young girl, Gina Hutto Kittle would sit in the garage with her father and grandfather and study Click here for full […] More

  • How to Properly Maintain Brewery Equipment

    Preventive maintenance has become the name of the game when maintaining the many valves, pumps, and other brewery equipment at Rhinegeist Brewery in Cincinnati, Ohio, especially with harsh regulations in food and beverage industry. By Michelle Segrest, Navigate Content, Inc. – Reporting for Valve World and Pump Engineer Justin Farmer has worked Click here for full post: https://www.navigatecontent.com/blog/tips-for-maintaining-brewery-equipment […] More

  • Family-Owned Motor Repair Business Tackles Challenging Projects

    A family-owned motor repair and service company uses a never-say-no attitude to tackle challenging projects of any size.  By Michelle Segrest, Navigate Content, Inc. – Reporting for Efficient Plant Magazine Instinct and guts drove Higinio “Tico” Rodriguez to leave Cuba when Fidel Castro came to power in 1959. “He wasn’t Click here for full post: https://www.navigatecontent.com/blog/challenging-motor-repair-and-service […] More

  • Proactive Maintenance Strategy Drives Reliability for PEX Piping Facility

    The proactive efforts of the Uponor maintenance team power a strategy that keeps the machines running and maintains optimum PEX piping quality, while tiered empowerment drives maintenance best practices for manufacturing facility. By Michelle Segrest, Navigate Content, Inc. — Reporting for Maintenance Technology Experience, communication, constant improvement, and sustainable Click here for full post: https://www.navigatecontent.com/blog/proactive-maintenance-strategy-pex-piping-uponor […] More

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