Maintenance is about mitigating the consequences of failure (the risks). Managing the Maintenance Backlog is no different, it too is about managing risk. Instead of looking at backlog only in

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Asset Condition Management

How Could a Brick Wall Have a Compressed Air Leak?

While performing a quarterly ultrasonic air leak inspection, our inspector picked up what sounded like a leak coming from a brick wall. He was miffed. What appeared to be a leak coming from a

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Asset Management

Enhance Your Asset Management Program with Proactive Maintenance Optimization

Organizations that have reached the Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) level of performance already have a methodology to assess the effectiveness of their PMs on a regular basis. PMs are

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Work Execution Management

What is the Objective of Maintenance Planning and Scheduling?

That question seems simple enough, however the answer may be one of the fundamental causes for P&S efforts that fail to deliver their potential. Normally, the answer to this question comes from

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Asset Condition Management

Definition: Analytical Ferrography

The magnetic precipitation and subsequent analysis of wear debris from a fluid sample. This approach involves passing a volume of fluid over a chemically treated microscope slide which is

Asset Condition Management

Finding Difficult Air Leaks By Blocking

Often times an inspection area is contaminated by stray parasite noise coming from a continuous source. For example, a large leak on a valve stem that is already tagged but not yet fixed. Try

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Asset Condition Management

Top 4 Don’ts for Field Balancing with a Tach

We often start a balance job by haphazardly placing our tach and tape. Because both the tach and tape are well engineered, we may go on without a problem. But just a little attention to some of

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Asset Condition Management

3 Easy Steps for Quality Vibration Data Collection

Grease, excess paint, etc. can affect the quality of collected vibration data. The below 3 steps will ensure that the best possible data quality is always collected:

Always carry a rag,

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Leadership for Reliability

Human Error in Maintenance

Human beings all make mistakes. Within society this is generally perceived as a bad thing, something to be punished for by allocating blame and sometimes shame to one individual or group. This

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Asset Condition Management

Pre-Alignment Checks plus Essential Clean-up and Preparation Tasks

The following are simple but often ignored pre-alignment checks which will allow you to check for soft foot and start making moves immediately after taking alignment readings:

1. Clean up the ...

Asset Management

Take the Guesswork out of your Maintenance Strategies!

The primary goal of any maintenance strategy is to perform the right maintenance at the right times – for your plant or facility. But how do you make these decisions today? Is there any guessing

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