April’s Plant and Asset Management Exhibition to showcase future of maintenance solutions
Published:  29 January, 2016

With only a few months months to go (12-14th April 2016), until the Plant & Asset Management Exhibition returns to Birmingham’s NEC ((Halls 3/3A), event organiser DFA Media says it is excited about the prospects for the event.

Plant & Asset Management 2016, the UK’s premier event for plant, asset, maintenance and works management engineers and directors, will once again open its doors to showcase the very latest in condition monitoring, computerised maintenance management, outsourcing/contract maintenance, energy efficiency, boilers/burners/combustion, handling and storage plus much more.

Complementing the Plant & Asset Management 2016 will be a full programme of free technical seminars, with speakers offering expert insight and practical advice on important and topical issues concerning today’s maintenance professionals. DFA Media has recently published online the full seminar programme for visitor registration.

The Plant & Asset Management 2016 free seminars will include sessions on; Improving maintenance: how a combination of condition monitoring technology and international standards can help; The convergence of calibration activities with maintenance inspections to drive efficiency; Quantifying the business case for timely maintenance or asset renewal; Managing plant availability & lifecycle cost; Oil sampling and analysis – online and onsite tests; Steam trap management; Challenges and opportunities in lubricating modern integrated systems; One-stop maintenance, repair and overhaul of rotating equipment; Learn how less can be more: develop a multi-skilled workforce; De-risking your electrical infrastructure by identifying problems early; New horizons in asset reliability.

In addition Paul Sacker, Crimson Industrial Vision, will present an overview of the current status of the thermography technology market. Specific references will be made to the increased user choice of resolution; an explanation of the technology used in various image overlay and resolution enhancement incorporated in thermography cameras; and their increasing use in production quality and NDT applications.

Other presentations will include: Jyoti Sinha from the University of Manchester who will look at vibration-based condition monitoring of rotating machines; Andrew Starr, Cranfield University, will present a session on autonomous maintenance scheduling. While Tom Berry from GE, will look at production asset reliability (PAR) - predictive maintenance to better manage your assets; and Geoff Walker from Artesis will present a session on improving maintenance: how a combination of condition monitoring technology and international standards can help. George Varga, SPM Instrument, will also look at the economic benefits of condition-based maintenance.

These are just a few of the range of seminars being presented at the 2016 Plant & Asset Management Exhibition. The full seminar programme, including full session synopses, can be viewed at maintenanceuk-expo.com from where you can pre-register for both the exhibition and seminars.

The biennial Plant and Asset Management Exhibition is co-located alongside; Drives & Controls, European Offshore Energy, Air-Tech and Fluid Power & Systems Exhibitions. The co-location of events takes place at Birmingham’s NEC (Halls 3/3A) from 12-14th April 2016, alongside MACH 2016.

For further information please visit: www.maintenanceuk-expo.com




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