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Preventive Maintenance Starts with Preparation: My Conversation with Nathan Santiago
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Preventive Maintenance Starts with Preparation: My Conversation with Nathan Santiago

On Maintenance & Manufacturing Insights, Nathan Santiago, Facilities Engineer at C&H/New Holland, shares how large manufacturing operations reduce downtime — tailoring preventive maintenance to real operating conditions, positioning tools near critical equipment, and using data-driven process improvements to eliminate hundreds of hours of lost production.

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Building Reliable Maintenance Systems: My Conversation with Gabe Little
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Building Reliable Maintenance Systems: My Conversation with Gabe Little

On Maintenance & Manufacturing Insights, Gabe Little — a maintenance leader whose career spans Jacobson Logistics, Amazon, ThredUP, and Ross Stores — shares how reliability goes beyond preventive maintenance: asset lifecycle management, CMMS documentation, spare-parts strategy, and the growing role of AI in maintenance analytics.

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The Hidden Manufacturing Behind Modern Medicine: My Conversation with Cory James
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The Hidden Manufacturing Behind Modern Medicine: My Conversation with Cory James

On Maintenance & Manufacturing Insights, Cory James, Plant Manager at Zeus Industrial Products, reveals the precision medical-grade tubing behind catheters and stents — and how Zeus balances growth with reliability, rebuilds equipment in-house, and trains the next generation of manufacturing talent.

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How to Package and Ship a Spindle for Repair
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How to Package and Ship a Spindle for Repair

Protect your spindle in transit: how to clean, secure, crate, and document a machine tool spindle for repair so it arrives safely and gets diagnosed fast.

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Spindle Runout: Causes, Effects, and How to Fix It

What causes spindle runout, how it wrecks tool life and surface finish, and how precision repair, bearing replacement, and taper grinding restore accuracy back to OEM specification.

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From the Marine Corps to Manufacturing Leadership

On the Adapt and Overcome Podcast, Martin Engster shares a story spanning continents, military service, and more than 60 years of family legacy in the CNC manufacturing industry.

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7 Warning Signs Your Spindle Needs Repair

Unusual noise, vibration, rising temperatures, or creeping runout — learn the warning signs that a machine tool spindle needs repair before a small problem becomes an unplanned production stop.

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How Aerospace Manufacturers Keep Critical Operations Running

James Brett of Carbon Aerospace on maintaining 1,200+ assets across a 650,000 sq ft facility — proactive maintenance, CMMS-driven decisions, and preparing for equipment obsolescence in aerospace manufacturing.

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Memorial Day Weekend Operational Readiness

This Memorial Day, reflect on how planned downtime can enhance operational readiness. Learn why prioritizing machine safety and spindle maintenance during scheduled breaks is crucial for uptime.

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