When a belt scale stops reading right, the first assumption is that the scale is failing. Usually it isn't. The load cells and the control box are doing exactly what they were built to do. Something...

Ask a plant manager what the operation produced last week and you'll usually get a confident number. Ask where the number came from and the answer gets longer.

Most gearbox problems on a conveyor don't start with the gearbox. They start with a decision made somewhere else: a sheave swap to squeeze out more tons an hour, a replacement sized off a nameplate...

When a dust collector stops performing, the first assumption is almost always the filters. Sometimes that's right. Usually it isn't — or it's right in a way that misses the actual cause, which is why...

Walk almost any plant that handles dry bulk material and you'll find the same quiet arrangement. There's a spot — usually a transfer point, sometimes a screen discharge — that everybody knows is...

 From Emergency Call to Maintenance Partner: What a Davis Industrial PM Program Actually Covers

A lot of plants know Davis Industrial as a phone number to call in case of emergency.

That's not a...

 7 Warning Signs Your Conveyor Gives You Before It Fails

Conveyor belts are bad at surprises. They telegraph almost everything. The failures that feel sudden usually spent weeks announcing themselves...

The Real Cost of Reactive Maintenance (It's Not the Repair)

Ask a maintenance budget how much a conveyor repair costs and it will give you a clean answer: parts, plus labor, plus whatever the freight...

Building a Pulley Lifecycle Plan: From Inspection to Relag to Replacement

Ask two plants how they handle pulleys and you'll usually hear two very different answers. One knows which pulleys are...