Between 70-80% of all hydraulic failures, which can lead to machinery failure, can be traced back to contaminated oil, according to leading drives and controls manufacturer, Bosch Rexroth.
Victoria Fitzgerald on a factory's Page 3 shrine and the future of women in the UK manufacturing sector.
Boeing has announced that it will increase the production rate of its 737 plane to 47 aircraft per month in 2017.
Adjusting for inflation, Crossrail will cost about £16 billion. With 42 kilometres of new tunnels under London and nine new stations, Will Stirling assesses how Building Information Modelling is helping the project both stay on budget and reduce whole life costs.
The Royal Mint, Pepsico and Siemens received awards yesterday for best practice use of MRO strategy for reduced costs and improved efficiency, health and safety and worker fatigue.
On the factory floor, Overall Equipment Effectiveness is a powerful improvement tool, one furthermore, which delivers improvements far beyond machine utilisation. Malcolm Wheatley explains.
The world’s first fully trackable protective case has been unveiled by GWP Protective, the UK specialist packaging manufacturer based in Cricklade, Swindon, and Salisbury, Wilts.
Think about what you can do in two weeks. At BAE Systems Typhoon final assembly, they think about it all the time – it’s the concrete takt time for every fighter aircraft. Will Stirling reports.
Small business owners in the manufacturing are working an average of 45 hours a week, nearly 41% longer than the average Britain, according to new research.
IBM and the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre have developed a remote operated inspection system that could reduce response times, improve audits and create interactive training for maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) operations.
