Articles

How MedImmune Kicked Their Cogeneration Project into Overdrive

MedImmune is the biologics and biotechnology research and development (R&D) arm of the pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical manufacturer AstraZeneca. MedImmune is the mind behind many popular pharmaceutical products on the market today, including Synagis^®, a preventative treatment against severe respiratory infections in infants, FluMist^®, an influenza vaccine administered as a nasal spray, Imfinzi^®, an immunotherapy for cancer, and monoclonal antibodies Fasenra^® and Siliq^™.

Asset Management

Informed Model for Selection of Maintenance Strategy

The absence of documentation and the presence of poor strategic maintenance methodology admittedly leads to running assets/plant on a run to failure strategy. In an effort to address such a situation, this article presents best practices and informed factors that asset managers and maintenance personnel must consider in order to select the right maintenance strategy for their asset or plant.

Reliability Engineering for Maintenance

Utilizing Process Dynamics to Increase Machinery Reliability

Plant and refinery problems require accurate measurements to assess plant productivity and reliability. In fact, as management guru Peter Drucker stated, “You can’t manage what you can’t measure,” forms the basis to many real-world problems, from engineering optimization studies to troubleshooting plant machinery and equipment. Drucker’s statement also alludes to the fact that you cannot know whether or not you are successful unless success is defined and tracked.

Asset Condition Management

Developing an Effective Electric Motor Testing Program

It is estimated that almost half (45 percent) of global electricity is used by electric motors. Electric motors drive a considerable amount of equipment in almost all industries, from power generation to water and food supply to consumer products. The importance of electric motors in modern society cannot be understated. It is because of this vital role that it pays huge dividends to keep your electric motors running eﬃciently through a quality reliability program that includes energized and de-energized electric motor testing (EMT).

Leadership for Reliability

Q&A with Industry Leader – Athena Rhae Bisnar

Working for one of the world’s largest terminal operators, continuous improvement is… continual. Uptime magazine had the opportunity to speak with Athena Rhae Bisnar, Engineering Planning and Control Manager for Asian Terminals, Inc. Athena is a catalyst of continuous process improvement, a leader in quality, and an asset management implementer.

Asset Management

Q&A with Industry Leader Johanna Valera

Johanna Valera, CRL, is a Senior Reliability Specialist with over 12 years of experience in the oil and gas industry, power generation and utilities, and executing and improving asset performance management and reliability programs, including operational performance and reliability analysis, condition monitoring, risk management, continuous improvement, problem-solving, maintenance management, root cause analysis (RCA) and incident investigations, and project management.

Work Execution Management

The Importance of Preventive Maintenance

Picture this: Like many Americans, you own a motor vehicle of some sort. That vehicle gets you from Point A to Point B, day in and day out. But, if you’re like most vehicle owners, you don’t consider basic routine maintenance, even on something you rely on the most. It is more of a break/fix relationship. Unfortunately, this same type of relationship is not uncommon in today’s data center industry. Various types of equipment are running 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, which comes out to 8,760 hours in a year. Data centers cannot afford any of their equipment to fail. Therefore, preventive maintenance (PM) is a must.

Leadership for Reliability

Challenging the Status Quo

Driving operational excellence is one key goal for every asset industry site. Manufacturers want to meet customer expectations and have sustainable improvements in the performance of their assets. In order for companies to achieve optimum performance, they create vision statements and mission statements supported by goals and objectives.

Asset Condition Management

Managing Effective Fluid Analysis: 10 Steps to Realize Your Return on Investment

Fluid analysis is an incredible tool to ensure your maintenance program sees a significant return on investment for your efforts. Not only is it an informative diagnostic tool, but fluid analysis also can help you increase productivity and boost company profits. Whether you are looking to use it alone or alongside other diagnostic technologies, fluid analysis can help you detect a variety of problems before they become failures.

Asset Condition Management

The Next Generation of Maintenance Reliability

Connected and integrated tools, sensors and software provide maximized uptime.

As industrial production rapidly transforms, the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) drives plant-wide changes and enhanced asset health and maintenance management. Facility managers, engineers and technicians must be able to rely on their equipment’s operation. Monitoring assets and assessing their health is of paramount concern to detect problems before catastrophic failures.

Articles

How MedImmune Kicked Their Cogeneration Project into Overdrive

Informed Model for Selection of Maintenance Strategy

Utilizing Process Dynamics to Increase Machinery Reliability

How Enterprise Asset Management Can Transform Your Organizational Practices

Developing an Effective Electric Motor Testing Program

Q&A with Industry Leader – Athena Rhae Bisnar

Q&A with Industry Leader Johanna Valera

The Importance of Preventive Maintenance

Challenging the Status Quo

Asset Performance Management 4.0 and Beyond

Managing Effective Fluid Analysis: 10 Steps to Realize Your Return on Investment

The Next Generation of Maintenance Reliability