How to Build an Effective Energy Management Program

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How to Build an Effective Energy Management Program

Bill Allemon is an electrical engineer with an MBA, and has found a niche using both his engineering and business skills. He develops and implements strategic energy management plans leveraging Operational Excellence tools. He said that throughout his career, he has found himself somewhere between the C-Suite and field operations, communicating strategic concepts and nebulous goals into effective strategies that deliver value for his clients.

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Thread Manufacturer Rebuilds Old Machinery for Efficient Operations

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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.

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Seaworthy Engineering Aboard an Aircraft Carrier

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Seaworthy Engineering Aboard an Aircraft Carrier

Running the engineering department on an aircraft carrier during the first Gulf War prepared Bruce Ames for a lifelong career that kept him busy in all types of industries—paper, power, trucking, and more. Now, a lubrication engineer with ExxonMobil, he uses his diverse skills to develop programs to help his customers save money, energy, and time.

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Pump Aftermarket—Equipment Repair and Refurbishment

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Pump Aftermarket—Equipment Repair and Refurbishment

Hydro Inc. keeps old machines running like new by incorporating small, continuous improvements with careful maintenance coordination to achieve long life from a diverse collection of machines—excelling in the pump aftermarket with expert equipment repair and refurbishment services.

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How Hydro Set the New Pump Testing Standard

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How Hydro Set the New Pump Testing Standard

The pump industry faces a challenge in keeping up with changing efficiency regulations. Programs such as the Hydraulic Institute (HI) Pump Test Lab Approval (PTLA) are helping companies adhere to these standards. Read about how Hydro, Inc. made history with the first HI PTLA certification.

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Know Your Engineering Equipment in Mining Applications

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Know Your Engineering Equipment in Mining Applications

George Corfield is a professional maintenance and operations manager and mining engineer, with more than 20 years of experience in operations, equipment repair and overhaul, maintenance, and engineering functions for diversified industrial and mining organizations.

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Identifying and Solving Technical Issues During Commissioning

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Identifying and Solving Technical Issues During Commissioning

As a senior inside sales engineer, Kirill Zimin is in charge of sizing pumps and selecting and acquiring quotes of its accessories. This requires meeting with customers as a technical expert. Working closely with the sales force at Ruhrpumpen Global, his team must accurately transfer orders to the manufacturing business unit in the oil and gas, power, chemical, metallurgy, and water industries.

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Collegiate Tribology Program Closes Manufacturing Skills Gap

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Collegiate Tribology Program Closes Manufacturing Skills Gap

A one-of-a-kind program at Auburn is helping develop manufacturing engineers with hands-on experience that translates directly to real-world jobs. Whether it’s an airport runway, a manufacturing robot, fluid couplings, power transmission, a tile floor, human-joint replacement, hard-drive technology, or biomedical equipment, surfaces are in constant contact with each other in the mechanical world. The result is friction and wear. In fact, one fourth of the world’s manmade energy is lost to friction. Tribology is used to maintain, control, monitor, and positively manipulate friction, and studying it has the potential to make innovative contributions to industry, society, and environmental conservation.

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Preventive Strategies for Maintaining Electrical Systems at a Pharmaceutical Facility

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Preventive Strategies for Maintaining Electrical Systems at a Pharmaceutical Facility

When it comes to maintaining electrical systems connected to rotating equipment like valves and pumps, it is important to have preventive programs in place to prevent small mistakes from causing big problems, according to Bill Myers, Electrical Distribution Specialist for AstraZeneca’s Facility Engineering Department at the West Chester, Ohio plant. This is especially true in a sterile pharmaceutical environment that maintains more than 2,000 assets.

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Building Industrial Engineering Startups that Make an Impact

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Building Industrial Engineering Startups that Make an Impact

For more than 30 years, Steve Tourigny has been involved in the design, development, and management of many products, processes, plants, and businesses. Through his experience, he gained expertise with startups, helping companies get key projects off the ground. With extensive engineering, operations and partnering experience, he now works has an independent consultant servicing a variety of industries in an advisory capacity.

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