When performing predictive maintenance, it's important to use the right tool for the job. Facilities are steadily crowding more equipment into less space while eliminating planned downtime for ...

Equipment maintenance functions require the use of specialized tools at varying intervals, and their availability to technicians should be simplistic yet structured, allowing for proper management and ...

Equipment malfunctions are costly and disruptive. When equipment goes down and work stops, the hourly cost to a business ranges from $36,000 in fast-moving consumer goods to $2.3 million in the ...

Chipmakers have begun to shift to predictive maintenance for process tools, but the hefty investment in analytics and engineering efforts means it will take some time for smart maintenance to become a ...

Predictive maintenance, based on more and better sensor data from semiconductor manufacturing equipment, can reduce downtime in the fab and ultimately cut costs compared with regularly scheduled ...

AI-assisted inspections and digital workflows are transforming construction equipment maintenance, improving pre-start checks ...