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Even Data Centers Need PM Optimization

PM optimization is a systematic process to get the best equipment reliability. This is done by identifying and improving on weaknesses in maintenance performance and frequencies. PM optimization is a process, a series of questions or a guiding decision matrix, that helps make your preventive maintenance (PM) more efficient and effective. It enables the optimization of resources, while instilling best practices.

Leadership for Reliability

Bad Salesmanship Hinders Reliability

Do not dismiss the above statement thinking it does not apply to your situation because you are not a roving consultant or contractor. In-house maintenance reliability professionals need to exhibit the same, or even better, customer service when it comes to driving change or pulling their organization toward a path of continuous improvement.

Leadership for Reliability

Q&A with an Industry Leader - Breon Klopp

Uptime Magazine had the opportunity to sit down with the 31^st International Maintenance Conference (IMC-2016) Keynoter, Breon Klopp. Breon is the Founder and Managing Partner at Sestrana, a company that develops and facilitates high-impact experiential learning and training events to engage and motivate organizations on methods for improvement. From a perspective that is entertaining and realistic, Breon inspires participants through a racecar pit stop challenge that focuses on performance, processes, and teamwork.

Asset Condition Management

A Two-Plane Balancing Solution for the Lag Phase Measuring System

A balance program developed for the lead phase measuring system was used for searching the effective two-plane balancing solution for the lag phase system of measurement for an overhung rigid rotor. This article presents the mathematical expression of the solution and its validation from the results of a test for two-plane balance by comparing calculated values using experimental data.

The Soft Stuff Really Is the HARD Stuff

You have probably heard the phrase, “the soft stuff is the hard stuff,” meaning that the tools and techniques are actually easier to do than the “softer” issues, like leadership, alignment, teamwork and managing cultural change. Consider, for example, the finding of a Harvard Business Review study of some 200 management tools, such as total quality management (TQM), enterprise resource planning (ERP), etc., used in 160 companies over a five-year period.

Asset Condition Management

MEMS Accelerometer Performance Comes of Age

In the June/July 2016 Uptime article, “Condition Monitoring and MEMS Accelerometers: What You Need to Know,” several attributes of microelectromechanical system (MEMS) accelerometers were presented that make the technology compelling for condition monitoring applications. This article reviews data demonstrating the state of MEMS technology development and performance levels by comparing it to a commercially available piezoelectric (PZT) condition monitoring accelerometer.

Asset Management

How to Develop an Industrial Internet of Things Solution Phase 2: Research and Development

This article, the third in the series (Feb/March 2016 and Aug/Sept 2016) about developing an Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) solution, takes a closer look at the second phase: research and development (R&D). R&D starts with the go to development milestone, then continues to the first go live and subsequent releases until the final stop when the decision to finish the development is taken.

Work Execution Management

Connected Maintenance Solutions Enable New Business Models

There is tremendous hype around the burgeoning Internet of Things (IoT), but the IoT is not a singular entity as the value proposition, timeline and technological needs vary widely across its three major domains – industrial, consumer and healthcare. The hype across all three of these IoT domains is palatable, with talk of industry 4.0, smart homes and digital healthcare increasing on a daily basis. This makes finding the right IoT markets and the best bets an enormous challenge.

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Even Data Centers Need PM Optimization

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