When looking for leaks in compressed air piping, be sure to inspect all sides of a pipe or the leak may be missed. Airborne ultrasound is directional. Use a flexible wand sensor for difficult

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Asset Condition Management

Inspect Your Oil Every Day

Easy-to-install oil sight glasses and level monitors take the guesswork out of fluid lubrication management and enable continuous visual monitoring of the clarity, color, sediment and water

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Work Execution Management

Definition: PM Optimization

A Process to optimize preventive maintenance(PM) tasksand frequencies to educe likely failure modes by utilizing tools/techniques such as FMEA,RCM,and CBM.

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Reliability Engineering for Maintenance

Definition: Groupthink

A type of thought exhibited by group members who try to minimize conflict and reach consensus without critically testing, analyzing, and evaluating ideas. Individual creativity, uniqueness, and

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Reliability Engineering for Maintenance

Maintenance or Detective?

As a maintenance mechanic/millwright or reliability engineer, you may need change your job title to Maintenance Detective.

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Asset Condition Management

Excluding Water and Particles

Contamination control is a critical part of equipment reliability. It is likely that equipment problems will occur if both water and particles are not removed from the system's oil. Removal of

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Asset Condition Management

The 10 P’s of a Successful Condition Monitoring Program

Proper understanding/li>
Proper employee training
Proper implementation (applying the technology to the correct equipment)
Proper setups (correct monitoring parameters)
Proper monitoring

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Reliability Engineering for Maintenance

The Reality of Failure

When organizations understand the reality of failure (six failure patterns) and adopt the principles of reliability, maintenance programs improve and "feel-good" or "recreational" maintenance is ...

Reliability Engineering for Maintenance

Definition: Design for Reliability (DFR)

Improving the reliability of an asset, process or product by using reliability analysis techniques (E.G., DFMEA, FMEA, and RBD) to design out potential problems during the development phase.

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Work Execution Management

Is Training Really Necessary for Implementing Best Practices in the Storeroom?

Having the right part in storage when you need one to execute a repair is always a concern for maintenance. Why store items if you continually have to purchase those items when you need them? ...

Work Execution Management

Your Electrical PdM Program—More Important Than Ever

Recent changes to the NFPA 70E and CSA Z462 standards for Electrical Safety in the Workplace have added several references to the condition and maintenance of electrical equipment in your

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Asset Condition Management

Keep Gear Reducers Running Efficiently with Proper Lubrication Reliability Program

Gear reducers tend to be rugged, durable pieces of equipment, and built-in safety factors protect them against the severity of most applications. However, their performance efficiency and

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