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IAN KNIGHT / CEO Enluse BV
Ian Knight is widely experienced in the fields of Bearing and Industrial Maintenance and Reliability. He has over 35 years experience working in bearing Industry starting with Timken and then 31 years with the SKF Group. He started his career with Timken in the Australian manufacturing plant, where he transitioned into field sales and support […]
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IAN KNIGHT / CEO Enluse BV Show all articles by this Author PER ARNOLD ELGQVİST / Doctor in Bearing Reliability Show all articles by this Author FABRICE BRION / CEO and Owner I-Care SRL Show all articles by this Author ANDREW FRASER / Managing Director, Reliable Manufacturing Ltd. Show all articles by this Author GWYN SIMMONS / Commercial Manager […]
Best Practice Lube and bearing maintenance Strategy for Improved Reliability
Improved Equipment Reliability The basis of this paper comes from the experience gained working to implement reliability based maintenance strategies in a cardboard corrugating plant Evaluation of many bearing failures in 2007 and 2008, revealed lubrication related issues to be the dominant cause of the need for replacement. i.e. Over 60% were lubrication related, i.e. […]
Reality Revealed: The Bearing Silent Killer
The term “Bearing Reliability” is starting to become a term used in industry today, however it is generally referred to as a sub set of the term “Equipment Reliability”. It can be argued that because the bearing is the rotating core of all equipment then any cost reducing initiatives should be focused on reliability of […]
Lubrication Management for Improved Reliability
Lubrication practices within a plant have a direct effect on plant and equipment reliability. When a lubricant is working effectively in a machine – with no chemical degradation and with limited contamination within it, wear will be reduced and equipment reliability will be improved. The key to achieving a reduction in component wear and an […]
Changing Your Organization for the Better – Part 2
Stephen J. Thomas The Vision of the Future or How Do We Know Where We Are Going So We Will Know When We Have Arrived In Part 1, we discussed the concept of organizational change, and introduced the eight key elements of the change equation. The overriding component however is the concept of vision. It […]
