This past year has provided ample evidence for how vulnerable supply chains can be. With the worldwide transportation slowdowns experienced in 2020 and 2021, and the corresponding increases in the price of freight, getting products from one central manufacturing facility to a customer’s location became more difficult, prohibitively expensive and slower.

Ultrasound technology can be used to quick and easily detect compressed air leaks, leading to potentially huge energy savings in industrial facilities.

All over the world, industries are boarding the digital train and exploiting the power of new and emerging technologies, such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), Deep Learning (DL), Machine Learning (ML), Big Data analytics, and Digital Twins, to enhance competitiveness and make operations competitive and economically viable. 

Being certified is just about passing a test, right? If you can pass the test, surely that is proof that you are worthy of being certified, right? And as long as there are no obvious and easy ways to cheat, surely the examination process is adequate, right?

The European Union has estimated that requiring new motors to provide at least IE3 premium efficiency will save 110 TWh annually by 2030. This is equivalent to 40 million tons of CO2 emissions and €20 billion in energy bills per year. It is possible to save a further 25 percent energy or more by adding a variable speed drive (VSD).

ODVA  announced that it has entered into separate agreements to further integrate FDT and FDI technologies into EtherNet/IP™. Additional device description work on the next generation xDS™ for CIP™ devices also continues to move forward. 

Thirty-five years after the Russian cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya was the first woman to take a spacewalk, a new historical event took place above our heads on 18 October 2019. Two Nasa astronauts took the first all-female spacewalk. It was not just for fun, Christina Koch and Jessica Meir were responsible for replacing defective equipment from the International Space Station (ISS), and in that way also formed the first female maintenance team in the space.

Euromaintenance 2016 will take place in Athens at the end of May. It is the ideal moment to reflect on maintenance in a European context. Euromaintenance is known as the summit for all involved in maintenance across Europe, it’s the place to be. The conference, with the support of the EFNMS, is the only commercially independent conference covering the topics we deal with in the maintenance world.