There was a terrible fire in a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) plant. It destroyed piping and a critical air cooler (fin fan) and damaged pumps, valves, cables and supports. Fortunately, although there were injuries, no one died.

tales from the shop

From Good to Great

John Fortin

A large water utility decided to investigate maintenance reliability best practices. There were eight different treatment plants and eight different maintenance managers.

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So What?

Brendon Russ

A week after the plant started up after an annual planned outage, an injection pump motor failed. The motor’s insulation had failed, shorting between phases.

asset condition management

Ultrasound For Condition Monitoring and Acoustic Lubrication for Condition-Based Maintenance

Jim Hall

With all the hype about acoustic lubrication instruments, you would think these instruments, once turned on, would do the job for you.

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Why Things Don’t Go According to Plan

Jack Poley

We worked with Newark Airport, NJ, testing lube samples from ground service vehicles. For years, results were unremarkable until, during cold months, gasoline engines showed elevated abrasives with corresponding Fe (iron) wear and Si (silicon), an indicator of abrasives.

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Do Not Forget Key Staff

John Fortin

A large water utility decided to develop and implement a corporate risk management program that could identify and manage the top twenty-five risks across the organization considering three focus areas: corporate, operational and asset risks.

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Enable RAM by Capturing Quality Asset Data Through an Effective Mobile Solution

Skookum maintains infrastructure and equipment across twenty national sites and is committed to providing customers with higher reliability and enabling their asset management program. These objectives require quality asset information to improve maintenance outcomes, make repair versus replace decisions, and drive the cost curve lower.

Internet of Things Digitalization (IoT)

Asset Information Governance Is It the Missing Link for Asset Management?

Andrew Gatland

In 2006, British mathematician Clive Humby famously stated that “data is the new oil,” recognizing that the transformation of data into useful information would become a global driver of economic growth.

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It’s All About the “Benjamins”

Hugh Creasy

It was a dark and stormy night as we sat around the conference table discussing the best way to arrange the grid connection of the company’s new wind farm that was in design. Everyone was friendly, but it was a feisty conversation.

leadership for reliability

Realizing Organizational Change in Three Stages

Katherine Sanchez

Research published by Harvard Business Review indicates that 60-70% of change initiatives do not succeed, primarily due to employee resistance and lack of management support.

tales from the shop

I See Dead Switchgear

Brendon Russ

At 2:37 a.m. one Tuesday morning, an electrical fault inside a motor control center (MCC) room caused roughly ten hours of downtime. The E&I supervisor was called in and the maintenance manager was notified.

asset management

Critical thinking in Risk based decisions

Brian J. Pertuit

Risk-based asset condition management programs have been around for years now, and have been a vital part of LOOP’s success in our quest for operational excellence.

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