Author Archives: Leslee Masters

It Turned into Nothing

The product of maintenance work should not be service. It is not repair and it is not cost. The outcome of maintenance work is equipment reliability.

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Efficiency is Key for High Capacities

At the Bohui Papers facility, Cellwood Machinery’s largest dispersing system is helping the mill produce 2,150 metric tons per day of white-top cardboard—currently the largest capacity in the world.

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Rise of the Machines

We caught up with some of the vendors bringing machine innovation right into P&P mills…plus an innovation expert with advice on the kind of innovation that can make a difference for our industry.

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Should Maintenance Cost be Benchmarked?

TOR IDHAMMAR Trying to benchmark maintenance cost is a very common practice among many plants or companies. The maintenance cost/ton or maintenance cost/unit is usually considered the most important benchmark. However, only focusing on the maintenance cost/unit benchmarking is not useful. Why not? First, comparing maintenance cost between plants is very difficult because of variables such as the organization’s definition ...

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