Lean without Reliability is dead - Go FISHing™

Published Articles on FISHing

Articles Published between 1981 - 2008

Learn more about FISH™ (functional interface stress hardening), eliminating downtime and boosting profits.

• How to FISH - Plant Services Magazine
• Six Sigma Keys to Lean Maintenances - Maintenance Technology Magazine
• Lean Maintenance - SME Manufacturing Engineering Magazine


• Clean Hydraulics - Oil & Lube Magazine


"...really oriented us to a most practical, cost effective maintenance engineering program. We have reduced electrical tickets or work orders by 70% on all applicable CNC, automated machines and systems".
    - Clair Bentezl (NC Technician)
      Caterpillar, Inc.
• Six Sigma Keys to Lean Equipment Reliability - InsideSixSigma 'Quality Digest'


• Lean Maintenance Reliability Using Six Sigma DMAIC - Quality Digest


• How FMEA Fails - 4 Ways - Quality Digest
• Reducing CNC Downtime - Tooling & Production Magazine
• Improved Surge Protection and Grounding Eliminates Ocean Oil Rig Downtime off West Africa - Oil & Gas Journal


• Service Erratic Problems (Look to the Power Supply) - Commline Magazine


• Power Protection - Measurement & Controls Magazine


• Minimizing Machine Tool Downtime - Tooling & Production Mgzn


• Causes of NC Downtime - Manufacturing Engineering Magazine


• WhitePaper - Increase Utilization of CNC, Robotics & Computer Controlled Machines - Chicago IMTS Presentation


• Reduce NC-CAM Downtime Increase Automation Productivity - Commline Magazine


• WhitePaper - Reducing NCCAM Maintenance Downtime & Costs - SME AutoFact West Presentation


• Reduce NC-CNC Downtime - American Machinist


• WhitePaper - Power Conditioning Key to Productivity - Amemco Presentation Base.pdf


• WhitePaper TVSS Pi-Network Filtering TVSS Solution & Tests


• Power Conditioning - Key to Increased Productivity - Computer-Electronics Service News


• How To Eliminate Power Disturbances - Electrical Contractor Mgzn


• Zero or 100 Percent Spare Parts - Commline Magazine


• Zero or 100 Percent Spare Parts - Production Engineering Magazine


• Cut Spares Increase Uptime - Commline Magazine


• Spare Parts-How Many - Medical Electronics Magazine


• Considerations For Reducing Computer Failure - Plant Services Mgzn


• Downtime Eliminated by SPD - Plant Services Magazine


• Transient Voltage Surges, Cushioning Their Impact - ComputerWorld Magazine


• Power Spikes Blocked from NCs - Plant Services Magazine


• UP&L Relay Power Quality Solutions


• Power Protection key to Maximizing Profits & Productivity - Pittsburgh Engineer Magazine


• Power Protection - Control Magazine


• Consultant Fan of Homework - Standard Examiner
• WhitePaper - Power Protection to Reduce Electronic Downtime - Power Quality 89 USA Conference Presentation


• Surge Protection Ends System Stress - Plant Services Magazine


• Power Protection - Medical Electronics Magazine
• Biography - Experience Sketch on Howard C Cooper

Amemco provides an in-house equipment reliability audit with equipment stress hardening analysis survey, a complete findings and hardening implementation report, an in-house orientation seminar, and guidance throughout your 30 day journey to minimize unscheduled equipment downtime and maximize equipment maintenance reliability, repeatability, uptime availability, yield and increase profits. Call to arrange your Free 90 minute interactive workshop, orientation and evaluation session for your group, facility and equipment.  Don't spend the next 30 days crippled by unscheduled equipment downtime. Go FISHing instead. 

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