Predictive Maintenance Blog
Employee Spotlight: Joe Akers
Joe Akers joined ATS in 2009 as a Business Development Manager (BDM) for the Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas and Missouri region. In his role as BDM, Joe is responsible for managing current partnerships with established clients while also seeking out new opportunities for growth. He is a Certified...
Time Waveform: Another Piece of the PdM Puzzle
When using vibration analyses to determine the current state of a piece of equipment, multiple spectra are used to accurately diagnose any potential problems. However, with the technology we have available to us today, a filtered signal is most frequently the one that is observed. While able to...

How to Reduce Downtime
The average age of the workforce is causing a paradigm shift as boomers retire. The practice of total productive maintenance (TPM)—where responsibility for maintaining the machine is with the person who runs it—is being reassessed as the need for a skilled manufacturing labor force exceeds current...