Yellow Helmet Blog

For years, TuffTraxx, our cable and hose management system, has been manufactured in Ericson’s trademark blue and yellow. However, customers now have the option to personalize their TuffTraxx to better match their brand. The product can be fashioned in a variety of colors and now features the…

We've made an important upgrade to our popular SmartMonitor Series visual diagnostic plugs and connectors.

The goal of nuclear maintenance is to ensure that operators have all the processes needed for safe and reliable power production and can keep these systems available and functioning reliably. Nuclear power plant outage management is a crucial factor for efficient, safe and economical plant…

"Should we buy a portable power solution or build our own?"

Does your company have an assured equipment grounding conductor program (AEGCP)? Do you dread the lost worker time by regular inspection and documentation requirements, or maybe haven’t kept up with record keeping? There is an answer to these questions.

Need to keep your nuclear power plant outage on track? With the average outage falling from 80 days in 1997, to 34 in 2017, keeping a tight schedule means thorough planning beforehand- sometimes months or years in advance.

How many times has it happened to you? You send a power distribution unit out on a job and it comes back broken. Or, you install a unit, it fails on site, and your work crews are out of power. 

As of 2018, the global aircraft manufacturing industry was worth $840 billion dollars, growing 4% over the previous five years, while the global aircraft MRO market is estimated to reach $96 billion dollars by 2025. Significant growth in the aircraft manufacturing industry is spurred by increased…

Finding a new supplier can be a pain.

The aerospace industry is subject to a multitude of guidelines, regulations, and best practices directing the manufacturing, certification, operation and maintenance of aircraft. For manufacturers and MROs, it can be overwhelming to keep all these requirements in mind. Following are key aerospace…

From leadership to inspection to production, successfully manufacturing and maintaining aircraft to meet deadlines or up-time requirements while ensuring overall safety can be challenging. There are several challenges that aviation companies must consider in order to stand out among competition and…

When you hear someone talking about working in a "confined space," that doesn't just mean that they are working in tight quarters. "Confined space entry" is actually a tightly (pun intended) defined term that comes with a certain set of safety requirements for personnel. In order for an area to be…