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Drill and Tap Selection: Getting the Details Right on Every MRO Job

Point geometry, coating, and tap style are not trivia — they are where real maintenance savings live.

Obsolete Bearing Replacement: How RBC Saved a Texas Plant 3 Days of Downtime

Liber Holdings, Dale Betz

Obsolete Bearing Replacement: How RBC Saved a Texas Plant 3 Days of Downtime

The Problem: A Discontinued Bearing, an 8–10 Week Quote A food processing plant in San Antonio had a failed bearing on its main conveyor drive — a specialty SKF spherical roller bearing that had been ...

Aug 11, 2026

Chain Drive Maintenance: Diagnosing the Five Most Common Failure Modes

Liber Holdings, Dale Betz

Chain Drive Maintenance: Diagnosing the Five Most Common Failure Modes

Chain Failure Is Usually a Diagnosis Problem Chain drives are forgiving — until they aren't. A chain that climbs the sprocket, clings to the teeth, or throws rollers is almost always telling you somet...

Aug 11, 2026 Knowledge

Flexible Jaw Coupling Selection: Service Factors, Torque Ratings, and Spiders

Liber Holdings, Dale Betz

Flexible Jaw Coupling Selection: Service Factors, Torque Ratings, and Spiders

Why Coupling Selection Gets Overlooked Couplings are small, inexpensive, and easy to ignore — until one fails. A jaw coupling that is undersized for the application fails by spider wear, broken hubs, ...

Aug 11, 2026 Knowledge

Bearing Storage and Shelf Life: What Maintenance Teams Need to Know

Liber Holdings, Dale Betz

Bearing Storage and Shelf Life: What Maintenance Teams Need to Know

Bearing Storage & Shelf Life A Maintenance Team Guide Bearing Storage and Shelf Life: What Maintenance Teams Need to Know Unplanned downtime rarely comes from a bearing that was installed yesterday. M...

Aug 7, 2026 Knowledge

Liber Holdings, Dale Betz

Supply Chain Resilience Through Multi-Brand Sourcing: Why Brand Agnosticism Wins

When supply chain disruptions hit the industrial sector in 2022-2024, facilities that relied on single-brand sourcing strategies faced 12- to 24-week lead times on critical rotating equipment componen...

Aug 3, 2026

Power Transmission Maintenance Best Practices: Extending the Life of Belts, Chains, and Gearboxes

Liber Holdings, Dale Betz

Power Transmission Maintenance Best Practices: Extending the Life of Belts, Chains, and Gearboxes

Power transmission components — belts, chains, sprockets, sheaves, couplings, and gearboxes — form the mechanical backbone of every industrial facility. According to industry data, 65% of power transm...

Jul 31, 2026 Knowledge

VFD-Driven Energy Savings in Industrial Facilities: A Practical Implementation Guide

Liber Holdings, Dale Betz

VFD-Driven Energy Savings in Industrial Facilities: A Practical Implementation Guide

In most industrial facilities, motor-driven systems account for 60% to 70% of total electrical consumption. Of that, pump and fan applications — where variable flow is required — represent the single ...

Jul 30, 2026 Knowledge

Emergency Gearmotor Replacement: When Hours Matter More Than Dollars

Liber Holdings, Dale Betz

Emergency Gearmotor Replacement: When Hours Matter More Than Dollars

Real Case: Gearmotor Replacement Requires Precision, Not Speed Alone When a critical gearmotor application went down at an industrial plant, every hour of downtime cost money. The customer needed a re...

Jul 29, 2026

Buying Industrial Automation Parts from Surplus Websites: A Practical Guide

Liber Holdings, Dale Betz

Buying Industrial Automation Parts from Surplus Websites: A Practical Guide

Buying Industrial Automation Parts from Surplus Websites: A Practical Guide When an obsolete component fails or budgets tighten, purchasing industrial automation parts from surplus websites like eBay ...

Jul 28, 2026

Bearing Selection for High-Temperature Environments: A Technical Guide

Liber Holdings, Dale Betz

Bearing Selection for High-Temperature Environments: A Technical Guide

When operating temperatures exceed 150°F (65°C), standard bearing configurations begin to lose dimensional stability, lubricant viscosity breaks down, and cage materials degrade. For industrial facili...

Jul 28, 2026 Knowledge

ESD Mat Import to Mexico: Managing Customs Documentation [Case Study]

Liber Holdings, Dale Betz

ESD Mat Import to Mexico: Managing Customs Documentation [Case Study]

ESD Mat Import to Mexico: Managing Customs Documentation A case study in international logistics and import compliance The Challenge A manufacturing customer needed a large quantity of ESD (electrosta...

Jul 24, 2026 Knowledge

Gearbox Replacement: Verify Shaft and Coupling Fit Before You Order [Case Study]

Liber Holdings, Dale Betz

Gearbox Replacement: Verify Shaft and Coupling Fit Before You Order [Case Study]

Gearbox Replacement: How to Verify Shaft and Coupling Fit Before You Order A case study in mechanical troubleshooting The Challenge A customer needed to replace a gearmotor/gearbox, but the shaft leng...

Jul 23, 2026 Knowledge

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