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The Limits of Reliability: Why Technology Alone Can’t Fix Poor Design
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The Limits of Reliability: Why Technology Alone Can’t Fix Poor Design

Asset-intensive industries, such as oil and gas, power generation, manufacturing, mining, transportation, and utilities, rely heavily on complex physical assets. The reliability of these assets directly affects safety, productivity, cost and competitiveness.

Strategic Deployment of Mechanical Maintenance Engineers in Process Industries
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Strategic Deployment of Mechanical Maintenance Engineers in Process Industries

In process industries, such as chemicals, fertilizers and energy plants, effective maintenance management is critical for ensuring equipment reliability, operational continuity, and safety. This article proposes a data-driven framework for the scientific deployment of mechanical maintenance engineers, considering key operational variables, such as plant area, equipment type and criticality, preventive and corrective maintenance workloads, number of outsourced service interventions, purchase requisition (PR) workload, and permit management load.

How Vibration and DCS Process Data Can Extend a Soft Foot Defect to Improve Operations Beyond Mechanical Reliability - Part 2
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How Vibration and DCS Process Data Can Extend a Soft Foot Defect to Improve Operations Beyond Mechanical Reliability - Part 2

While Part 1 of the Case Study, By using vibration response to a soft foot defect with associated DCS Process Data to illustrate why improved operation practice is essential for Mechanical Reliability - Case Study, Part 1, provided a broad overview on the integration of both online vibration and DCS process data to identify a soft foot defect, Part 2 expands upon the technical aspects of the case study.

By Using Vibration Response to a Soft Foot Defect With Associated DCS Process Data to Illustrate Why Improved Operation Practice Is Essential for Mechanical Reliability - Part 1
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By Using Vibration Response to a Soft Foot Defect With Associated DCS Process Data to Illustrate Why Improved Operation Practice Is Essential for Mechanical Reliability - Part 1

Case Study, Part 1

This case study demonstrates how vibration and distributed control systems (DCS) process data can extend a soft foot defect to improve operations beyond mechanical reliability.

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What a Maturing Condition Monitoring Program Really Looks Like
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What a Maturing Condition Monitoring Program Really Looks Like

Not all condition monitoring programs are created equal. Some evolve by expanding coverage, sharpening insight, and empowering technicians to drive reliability. Others plateau, stuck in route-based routines while teams are stretched thinner than ever.The difference comes down to one choice: do you allow your program to plateau, or do you build it to mature?

Mastering Work Management for Reliability Excellence
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Mastering Work Management for Reliability Excellence

Although work management is a cornerstone of world-class maintenance and reliability programs, many organizations still struggle with reactive work, high costs, and uncontrolled backlogs. This article demystifies the six essential elements of work management, offering a practical, computerized maintenance management system-based road map aligned with the Society for Maintenance & Reliability Professionals (SMRP) Body of Knowledge.

Understanding the Role of Inflation and Interest Rates in Lifecycle Cost Analysis
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Understanding the Role of Inflation and Interest Rates in Lifecycle Cost Analysis

With any piece of equipment, there’s a lifecycle cost (LCC), which is the total cost incurred over its entire lifespan, encompassing purchase, installation, operation, maintenance and disposal. Calculating LCC requires a systematic approach to identify and quantify all elements of the LCC equation.

Maintenance: From Necessary Expense to Added Value in the Industrial Era
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Maintenance: From Necessary Expense to Added Value in the Industrial Era

The history of industrial maintenance is closely linked to the evolution of industry itself. From its beginnings in the Industrial Revolution, when the need to repair and maintain nascent machinery led to the training of specialized technical personnel, to the present day, maintenance has gone through various stages and transformations.

Case Study: Optimizing Heat Exchanger Performance With Reliable Gasket Solutions
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Case Study: Optimizing Heat Exchanger Performance With Reliable Gasket Solutions

Heat exchangers are critical components in chemical manufacturing, facilitating efficient heat transfer between process fluids. To ensure operational reliability, prevent fluid leakage, and minimize unplanned downtime, properly selected and installed gaskets are essential.

From Uptime to Upstream Impact: Reframing Asset Performance Management as a Sustainability Imperative
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From Uptime to Upstream Impact: Reframing Asset Performance Management as a Sustainability Imperative

Asset performance management (APM) is rapidly transforming from a technical operations function to a strategic imperative for sustainable industrial growth. As companies face intensifying pressure from climate regulations, environmental, social and governance (ESG) expectations, and market demands for transparency, APM has emerged as a practical and powerful enabler of emissions reduction, energy efficiency, and lifecycle optimization.

Optimizing Spare Parts Management for Modern Manufacturing: A Dynamic Approach
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Optimizing Spare Parts Management for Modern Manufacturing: A Dynamic Approach

In today’s fast-paced manufacturing landscape, managing spare parts inventories efficiently is critical to ensuring uninterrupted production. As industries strive to maintain the delicate balance between stocking adequate spare parts and controlling costs, traditional methods often fall short in addressing the dynamic demands of modern manufacturing.

Enhancing Maintenance Planning: Address These Top 10 Reasons for Ineffectiveness
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Enhancing Maintenance Planning: Address These Top 10 Reasons for Ineffectiveness

Maintenance planning is the heart of efficient and effective asset management. However, there are times when maintenance planning falls short of expectations, resulting in unplanned downtime, inefficient resource allocation, and increased costs.

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