Biery Cheese and eMaint Celebrate New Partnership

Scott Britton’s maintenance team at Rambler Metals & Mining was overwhelmed by paperwork. “By the end of a 12‑hour shift, the next crew would spend an hour scouring notes,” says Scott, the General Manager of Operations. “We were drowning in Post‑its, scraps of paper, and a backlog of unstructured re

By Steve GahbauerJapanese maintenance philosophy teaches that new equipment performs best when it is allowed to mature; the role of the maintenance team is to refine that performance. While the American mantra of the best maintenance is no maintenance is aspirational, the practical path forward is t

According to widely cited studies, electric motors account for over 50 % of the U.S. electricity supply and exceed 70 % of the energy consumption in numerous industrial facilities.^1 With energy prices rising, boosting motor efficiency has never been more critical. Most organizations adopt a three‑p

After being in the steel mill industry for almost 7 years, I have come across many positive and negative experiences regarding the conservation of lubricants. With that, I have come up with five common practices that if all performed to excellence, can provide a cost savings for steel mills.