EAM/CMMS software gives you dozens of ways to improve asset reliability. Developing a PM program is one of the more common. But a method that has a big potential to increase uptime—and the ...

Asset Condition Management

Lifetime Behavior of a Bearing!

Roller bearing lifetime behavior can be recorded by trending characteristic Vibration values. After the infancy portion of the bathtub curve has been overcome, the bearing will operate ...

Asset Condition Management

7 Things to Do When Using an Induction Heater for Bearings and Other Workpieces

Make sure the surfaces of the vertical posts are clean.
Improve the contact between the vertical post and the crossbar by applying a light coat of Vaseline or grease to the contact surface of ...

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Reliability Engineering for Maintenance

The What, Why, and How of Maintenance Strategy Optimization

Reactive Routines

Sometimes, when an organization has been burned in the past by a preventable failure, they overcompensate by performing maintenance tasks more often than necessary.

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Asset Management

ISO 55000:2014 – Asset Management Family of Standards

The ISO 55000 family of standards describes requirements for a comprehensive asset management system, which aligns business objectives to asset performance. The core of the program is the

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Leadership for Reliability

Pioneering Asset Management Through Benchmarking

Initially, the multi-phased program was focused on standardization of maintenance practices, adoption of best practices and optimization of labor and material resources. To facilitate the

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Asset Condition Management

Bore Alignment with PRUFTECHNIK ROTALIGN Ultra iS

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Asset Management

Where Cognitive Predictive Maintenance Is Leading EAM

What is cognitive predictive maintenance, and how will it revolutionize enterprise asset management?

One day in the not-too-distant future, data analytics platforms will give plant supervisors ...

Work Execution Management

When the Standard Cannot Be Met

If an employee does not meet the standard, it is a minor issue. Intervention should only occur after long observation. Most of the reasons that employees cannot make the standard are related

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Work Execution Management

Avoid Information Overload

As more machines come online facility managers are inundated with vast amounts of data pouring in from various sources. Avoid information overload by ensuring your solutions have the capability

Leadership for Reliability

A Very Interesting Quick Exercise for Your Staff

Explain to each staff person that we are conducting a study of the Maintenance department. What you tell the people:
List all your activities. After you create the list please describe each activity in enough detail that an outsider could understand what you are talking about and include: In a typical week what % of your time is spent doing what activity, what are your most important activities, what activities do you like best, what activities do you like least. Add any comments about your job that you think could help this study. Important: Please add any activities that happen annually or quarterly.
At the same time the Maintenance Manager writes about the duties

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