IBT Honors the Life and Career of CEO Mark Byrne

The IBT Industrial Solutions community today is honoring the life of its CEO and President, Mark Byrne. Byrne passed away unexpectedly on March 5, 2015 from injuries sustained in a fall near his home in Kansas City, Missouri. A service was held in his honor at Mission Hills Country Club on Friday, March 13, 2015. […]
New Bredel Air Diaphragm Pumps Reduce Failures at Plant

Challenge Cooper Natural Resources was experiencing difficulty transporting Glauber salt slurry with their air diaphragm pumps. The company, located near Loop, Texas, uses the pumps during the manufacture of sodium sulfate—a key ingredient in detergents, glass manufacturing, the paper Kraft process, and in the textile dyeing industry. While the diaphragm pumps were capable of getting […]
Site Safety Evaluations Help Prevent Permanent Eye Injuries

Emergency safety showers and eyewashes prevent permanent eye and skin damage from chemical burns or foreign substances generated by grinding, hammering, chipping, testing, pouring, storing, transporting, and disposing operations. It is well known that workers’ compensation claims cost thousands upon thousands of dollars, and add up quickly. Based on the $40,000 average cost of an […]
New NTN Automatic Lubricators Avoid Costly Mistakes

NTN Automatic Lubricators help your bearings run longer, and are safer and easier to maintain—which frees up your maintenance staff to focus on other areas of plant operations. At the same time, your bearings get exactly the right amount of lubrication, exactly when they need it. By automatically delivering grease or oil to your hard-to-reach […]