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Machine Tool Repair and Rebuilds
This category includes any tools or systems related to the repairing or rebuilding of machines and tools used in the fabricating and metalworking process. A ‘rebuild’ includes restoring a machine to its original mechanical specifications, during which each mechanical component…
Indoor Air Quality
This category includes tools and systems used to filter or monitor the air quality in and around the buildings and structures used for fabricating and metalworking. Maintaining good indoor air quality (IAQ) is important to not only the health of…
Industrial Cleaning/Waste Removal
This category includes tools and devices used in the safe cleaning and removal of harmful waste materials generated during the fabricating process. Fabricated metalworking processes can generate several different hazardous waste streams, such as oily wastes, heavy metal pollutants generated…
Roof Systems
This category includes roof systems that serve as moveable, low-friction covers for large CNC gantry machines and other applications. Roof covers consist of large, self-supporting bellows that are equipped to glide on a rail system. Bellows folds are attached to…
Software
This category includes computer programs and applications employed to schedule, and sometimes execute, maintenance schedules and functions related to the fabricating process. Commonly referred to as computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS), these software packages organize and automate the various tasks…
Filters
This category includes devices that are used to remove contaminants from a medium passing through or used by a machine in the fabricating process. Many CNC machines require coolant, which in turn requires proper filtration systems to prevent pump or…
Compressed Air
Compressed air systems are not only used to run certain tools in the fabrication process, but they also play a critical role in the maintenance and upkeep of metalworking machines. In the machining process, compressed air systems are commonly used…
Spindle Repair and Rebuilds
This category includes tools and systems used in the repair or rebuilding of spindles, the rotating axis of a machine, and associated rotating parts. In the fabrication process, this includes belt-driven or electric high-speed spindles used in CNC machines, moulder…
Hand Tools
This category includes tools used by an individual operator to conduct maintenance on a machine or other system in the fabricating process. Hand tools used for maintenance commonly fall into four categories based on task, including tools for: periodic maintenance…
Computerized Maintenance Management Systems
Computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS) are software packages that organize, and can often automate, the various maintenance tasks and data collection needed by a particular enterprise or operation. CMMS packages can extend beyond an organization’s manufacturing processes to include management…
Lubricants, Coolants, Metalworking Fluids
This category includes substances used in the metalworking process to lubricate, cool, and facilitate the cutting process. Lubricants are used at the interface between a tool’s cutting edge and the chip, preventing the chip from being welded to the tool….
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