In the midst of this economic downturn, are you being asked by your company to identify ways to save money? Now is the time to find the bad actors in your motor population that are costing your ...

Asset Condition Management

NFPA 70E Labeled My Gear “Dangerous.” Now what?

Did your facility recently have an “incident energy analysis” / “arc flash survey” / “70E sticker program” completed? After every piece of switchgear, MCC and panel board has been evaluated, many

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Asset Condition Management

Does Your Facility Have an Aligned and Balanced Approach to Equipment Reliability?

You’re 17 times more likely to introduce defects during equipment startup than during normal equipment operation. Additionally, over 90% of rotating equipment has defects at startup that

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Work Execution Management

Diesel Fuel Injector Failures

Has your injector life been dramatically reduced? Are you also seeing increased fuel filter plugging? Are you seeing a very dark substance on your fuel filter media? If the answer to these

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Asset Management

ISO55000 and SAP

There are specific information system requirements listed in the FDIS version of the ISO55001 requirements document. For example, in section 7.5.e, the document requires traceability between

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Asset Condition Management

Eliminate the Need for Alignment with a Good Flexible Coupling. True or false?

Many people believe that all they need is a good flexible coupling. They believe that flexible couplings will eliminate the need for performing proper machinery alignment. Nothing could be

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Work Execution Management

Definition: Condition Based Maintenance (CBM)

Direction of maintenance actions based on indications of asset health as determined from non-invasive measurement of operation and condition indicators. CBM allows preventative and corrective

Asset Condition Management

Definition: Vibration Analysis

The analysis of vibration monitoring data to monitor the characteristic changes in rotating machinery caused by imbalance, misalignment, bent shaft, mechanical looseness, faults in gear drives,

Leadership for Reliability

What Key Performance Indicator (KPI) to Use When?

I have often compared the use of KPI's with the fairytale "The Emperor's New Clothes" by Hans Christian Andersen. In short, the fairy tale is about two weavers who promise an emperor a new suit

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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

Adding Ultrasound Field Notes

Collecting ultrasound data should not be a robotic task. Walking through the plant with a heightened sense of hearing, there are a lot of observations made. Creating field notes can provide an

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Work Execution Management

What are the Values, Beliefs and Expectations of your Maintenance Storeroom?

"Your attitude is an expression of your values, beliefs and expectations" - Brian Tracy, The Treasury of Quotes

This quote is timely in the discussion of Maintenance, Repair, and Operation (MRO) supplies and the maintenance storeroom.

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