by Kam Olaogun | Feb 7, 2019 | Maintenance, Steel
The steel industry is a vital component in our global infrastructure. We depend on manufactured steel for the construction of roads, buildings, railways, bridges, automobiles, planes, and more. So it is no surprise that this industry also generates a great deal of...
by Kam Olaogun | Jan 24, 2019 | Maintenance
Automation has recently been touted as the next big thing in manufacturing, but outside of the bubble of media hype, the industry has been automating itself for years. Nevertheless, the recent wave of exposure likely has you wondering whether there are some processes...
by Kam Olaogun | Jan 10, 2019 | Maintenance
Recently, there has been an unfortunate upward trend in manufacturing production costs. Across every industry, products are becoming more complex—which means they’re also becoming more complicated (and expensive) to produce. Additionally, if your customers are asking...
by Kam Olaogun | Dec 13, 2018 | Maintenance
When managing a plant, downtime is inevitable. Whether caused by a malfunction or simply by planned maintenance, downtime costs money. However, unplanned, unexpected downtime costs more. When your production line stops unexpectedly—because of a broken part, for...
by Kam Olaogun | Mar 29, 2017 | Maintenance, Pyrometer, Troubleshooting
Have you tried installing a new Williamson Pyrometer and Interface Module (IM) only to find the sensor to be stuck in “Initializing” mode? Or maybe you have moved your sensor from one location to another and now it is stuck in “Initializing.”...
by Kam Olaogun | Nov 7, 2013 | Maintenance, Pyrometer
We get a lot of questions here at Williamson about pyrometers reporting different temperature values than they did the day before. While a different temperature value could be the result of a number of different factors, there are 3 basic troubleshooting steps that...
