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Electric Motor Failures Due to Grease Incompatibility
You can avoid costly repairs by ensuring you aren’t combining incompatible greases on your electric motors. Keep in mind that grease works differently from oil, even though both act as lubricants. Because of its thickness, grease can stay on surfaces despite gravity...
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Case Study: Save production hours with asset condition management
Case Study: Successful asset condition management saves valuable production hours. Proper asset condition management including vibration analysis, outage planning and repair execution can exponentially save your company time while contributing to your...
Celebrating 75 Years of Keeping Clients Up and Running
HI-SPEED INDUSTRIAL SERVICE CELEBRATES 75 YEARS OF KEEPING CLIENTS UP AND RUNNING Hi-Speed Industrial Service recently celebrated 75 years of keeping clients up and running. Founded in 1946, Hi-Speed specializes in repair and sales of...
Avoid Disaster: Inspect Your Industrial Lifting Slings
You've got to regularly inspect your industrial lifting slings to ensure they are still safe to use. But how often should you examine them? And how do you know they need to be replaced? If your lift slings fail, the repercussions are going to be serious -- and...
The Importance of Overhead Crane Variable Frequency Drives
The Importance of Variable Frequency Drives in Overhead Crane Safety and Operations The use of variable frequency drives (VFDs) is critical to overhead crane safety and operations. They are beneficial because, unlike the traditional stop-and-go motor, a...
What You Need to Know About Ultrasonic Testing
What You Need to Know About Ultrasonic Testing Ultrasonic testing can be an invaluable part of a predictive maintenance program. And it is important to understand the basics of the ultrasonic testing and how it can benefit you and the facility you are...
OSHA Guidelines for Overhead Crane Inspection
The goal of overhead crane inspections is to test functionality and safety. But you can get so much more from having a well-developed schedule & checklists for these inspections! Read on to learn why you need a proper inspection schedule and what needs to factor...
How to Understand Grades of Chains and Applications
How to Understand Grades of Chains & Applications Chains have been used for all kinds of tasks from 225 BC to today. With so many different types of chain on the market, how do we know if we’re using the correct grade of chain for our projects? The...
Explosion Proof Electric Motors
Explosion Proof Electric Motors: Class, Groups & Divisions Explosion Proof Motors To understand what explosion-proof really means for electric motors, you need to be familiar with the two basic scenarios related to motor explosions. The first involves the surface...
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Choosing the right overhead crane for your business can seem daunting due to the hundreds of sizes and configurations available. Learn more in our latest Hi-Speed blog post.
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