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Uncover the Risks That Can Haunt You
A forty-five minute long presentation by Jeff Shiver CMRP, CPMM – Managing Principal, People and Processes, Inc.
If you count up the number of protective devices in a typical manufacturing facility, it will surprise you to learn that you have lots and lots of them. Now what is scary is that for roughly 33% of these protective devices, you probably were not aware they even existed in the factory. Even scarier is the fact that only approximately 30-40% of all protective devices that we know about are maintained. That said, upwards of 20% are already in the failed state.
With your maintenance strategy, have you covered all the bases? Does your strategy include all of your protective devices and processes to either find them in the act of failing or even once failed to prevent a multiple failure? How do you treat standby or redundant equipment from a strategy perspective? Is the maintenance strategy the same for the duty and redundant equipment?
Join Jeff Shiver for an insightful 45 minute webinar as he uncovers the concepts from the RCM2 world around hidden failures, protective devices, and the associated maintenance strategies necessary for preventing or reducing those failure consequences.
Understanding unbalance and field balancing - Part 1
Part one of a two-part recorded webinar playback on demand by Jason Tranter, Managing Director of the Mobius Institute
Precision balancing machines is a key element in any reliability improvement program. Using Mobius 3D animations and software simulators, this webinar will explain what unbalance is, how you can detect it, and how to correct it via field balancing. We will discuss the requirements that must be met before a rotor can be balanced in the field; the difference between single-plane and two-plane balancing; what can go wrong during field balancing jobs; and ISO/ANSI/API balance quality tolerances.
Understanding unbalance and field balancing - Part 2
Part two of a two-part recorded webinar playback on demand by Jason Tranter, Managing Director of the Mobius Institute
Precision balancing machines is a key element in any reliability improvement program. Using Mobius 3D animations and software simulators, this webinar will explain what unbalance is, how you can detect it, and how to correct it via field balancing. We will discuss the requirements that must be met before a rotor can be balanced in the field; the difference between single-plane and two-plane balancing; what can go wrong during field balancing jobs; and ISO/ANSI/API balance quality tolerances.
Unusual Ultrasound Applications
An hour long presentation by Paul Klimuc, SDT
Do you think outside the box? Paul Klimuc examines case histories of ultrasonic applications that are outside the everyday usage of ultrasound.
Upgrading to Oracle® eAM R12 – What’s the value, what’s involved and how do you get there?
A 60 minute recorded web workshop led by Jay West, EAM Master LLC
Release 12 of Oracle eAM offers substantial new functionality over the previous release (11.5.10).
This webinar will provide a brief overview of "what's new" and explain how each major new feature/function can deliver value to your maintenance organization. Then we will explain the major components of an R12 Oracle eAM upgrade and describe the skills, knowledge and resources required to be successful at each step.
As we walk you through the upgrade process we will also explain the potential pitfalls and how to avoid them. By the end of this session you should have a good idea of when, why and how you should precede the details of planning and executing you R12 upgrade. We will save a few at the end for Q/A.
This webinar is independent from and has no association with Oracle. Oracle and Java are registered trademarks of Oracle and/or its affiliates. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners.
Using Acoustic Emission Enveloping to Detect Lubrication Defects
An hour long presentation by Robert Collyer, Principal Engineer, SKF
SKF Acoustic Emission Enveloping should be used along with the measurement of other data as part of a multi parameter approach to provide a holistic assessment of a bearing or a machine's health. Acoustic emission enveloping technology can detect lubrication defects and improve machinery monitoring, providing a valuable indication of unhealthy or damaging running conditions that can be corrected or improved. Traditional vibration in most cases indicates that damage has already occurred.
Using Lubricants To Lower Energy Consumption
A 10 minute iPresentation Tutorial by Paul Llewellyn, Lubrication Engineers, Inc.
Reducing energy consumption can lead to enhanced profits, lower emissions and the conservation of natural resources. As the largest consumer of energy, industry offers the greatest potential for reductions. This presentation makes the case for measuring, monitoring and minimizing energy usage by adopting lubrication reliability best practices.
Using Oracle eAM to establish a Failure Reporting and Corrective Action System (FRACAS)
A 60 minute recorded web workshop led by Jay West, EAM Master LLC
Having a good Failure Reporting and Corrective Action System (FRACAS) is critically important for improving reliability and uptime of assets. It is the means by which we collect, quantify and control large amounts of asset failure information so that we can measure performance, spot trends and prioritize our reliability improvement efforts.
Oracle eAM provides all of the basic features and functions required to implement a companywide FRACAS. This webinar will describe these capabilities and explain how they can be used to embed failure tracking into your work order process. We will also illustrate how the native Oracle eAM tools can be used for basic statistical analysis and how other Oracle tools can be used for more complex failure analysis.
We will also provide insightful suggestions and considerations for properly structuring your failure code data to maximize the value of this functionality in a very practical way.
This webinar is independent from and has no association with Oracle. Oracle and Java are registered trademarks of Oracle and/or its affiliates. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners.
Using Oracle® eAM to drive your Condition Based Maintenance program
A 60 minute recorded web workshop led by Jay West, EAM Master LLC
Many companies are struggling to migrate from a mostly reactive maintenance approach to more of a Condition Based Maintenance (CBM) philosophy. The business benefits of lower downtime and lower lifecycle cost for this maintenance approach have been well documented and proven.
This webinar will explain how Oracle eAM can best be utilized to support your CBM program. We will first provide a brief background on the engineering and science behind Condition Based Maintenance. We will then walk through a step-by-step process that is typically used to implement CBM. At each step we will identify the techniques and methods that are used and explain how Oracle eAM can be used to support them.
Additionally, we will clarify Oracle's limitations and provide suggestions for workarounds and/or extensions. Finally, we will leave a few minutes at the end for Q/A. No matter what stage of the "CBM Journey" your company is in, this seminar will help you understand how Oracle eAM can help you get there.
This webinar is independent from and has no association with Oracle. Oracle and Java are registered trademarks of Oracle and/or its affiliates. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners.
Utilizing Surge Testing for Proper Motor Rewinding
A 10 minute iPresentation Tutorial by Amy Frey, Baker Instrument Company
The Surge test is typically utilized for predictive Maintenance, quality assurance and trouble shooting. In this iPresentation we will discuss how electric motor insulation ages, how the surge test in conjunction with the P-P EAR and L-L EAR is utilized for Quality assurance, and what to look for when testing.
Value Creation – Fundamentals of an Effective Vibration Program
A 53 minute long presentation by Rod Acklin, General Manager, Commtest Inc
Vibration Analysis is a great predictive technology and is well suited to almost every industry. Creating an effective and valuable program can lead to challenges especially with dwindling resources. If you want to create value in your organization, it is important to understand how best to use this technology.
Vesta PMM - Integrating SAP and Microsoft Project
A 36-minute presentation by Martin Stenzig, Partner, Software and Technical Services, Vesta Partner
Vesta PMM is a packaged solution that allows customers to transfer work order information from SAP to Microsoft Project and back. This webinar will demonstrate how work order dates can be modified in MS Project, detailed weekly plans can be built and the results can be written back to SAP without having to exit the MS Project Application. Vesta PMM is built as a MS Project Add-In and works seamlessly with all SAP versions 4.7 and higher.
Vesta PMX - Solve the problem of transferring work order information from SAP to Excel and back
Presented by Martin Stenzig, Partner, Software and Technical Services, Vesta Partners
Vibration Analysis & Laser Alignment “Technologies Working Together”
One hour long presentation by Ray Wonderly, Retired from General Motors Corporation, Owner of Advanced Maintenance Technologies. Originally filmed at the CBM2011 Condition Based Monitoring Conference at the Reliability Performance Institute in Fort Myers, Florida.
Vibration Analysis Techniques
An hour long presentation by Rod Acklin, Regional Manager, Commtest
There are several Vibration Analysis techniques that are often overlooked. Join us for this refresher of techniques like waveform analysis, demodulation / enveloping, time synchronous averaging, bump tests and phase analysis.

- Alignment and Balancing
- Asset Management
- CMMS and EAM
- Green Reliability
- Human Asset Management
- Infrared Thermal Imaging
- KPIs - Reliability Performance Metrics
- Lean Maintenance
- Lubrication
- Maintenance Management
- Motor and Power System Testing
- MRO - Spares Management
- Oil and Fluid Analysis
- Planning and Scheduling
- PM Optimization
- Predictive Maintenance and Condition Monitoring Management
- Reliability-Centered Maintenance
- Reliability Engineering
- Reliability Leadership
- Root Cause Analysis
- Shutdowns and Turnarounds
- Total Productive Maintenance (Asset Care)
- Training
- Ultrasonics
- Vibration Analysis


