This Edition Sponsored by Morse Manufacturing Co.

Issue Highlights
- Ultrasound World IV and change management
- Increasing equipment availability and throughput

Conference: Predictive pros gather around ultrasound
Editor-in-Chief Paul Studebaker reports on Ultrasound World IV and its emphasis on change management, culture and the need to use suitable combinations of predictive technologies in addition to the power of sensing and understanding your equipment’s ultra-high-frequency sonic emissions.

Sterling Steel increases equipment availability and throughput
Sterling Steel produces 450,000 tons of wire rod and needed more than just a quick technology fix to improve asset reliability. Here’s how the company implemented Ivara EXP reliability software to meet its goal of increased throughput and improved maintenance efficiencies.

Maintenance Evangelist joins Council on Competitiveness
Joel Leonard, a technical training instructor at the Mpact Learning Center in Greensboro, N.C., and contributor to Plant Services, has been named to an advisory committee by Council on Competitiveness in Washington, D.C.

White Paper: Making today’s pneumatic cylinders work effectively
This white paper from Trelleborg Sealing Solutions R&D examines the primary environmental variables that affect the function of a seal, including thermal and media changes, times, hardware motion, fluid flow and pressure, as well as assembly processes.

Festo, community college establish Advanced Mechatronics Training Center

OSHA posts top five cited standards

Editors' Picks of New Products

Protect-O-Gate Pivot Gate eliminates potential for accidents

Harvel's CPVC pipe available in sizes up to 24 inches

Tyco compact power line filters handle up to 20 amps

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