NFPA 70E, CSA Z462 and OSHA 1910 are very clear: equipment must be de-energized ("electrically safe work condition") if the worker is exposed to a possible hazard (within the limited approach

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Asset Condition Management

Current Demodulation for Fan and Pump Analysis

Fan blades and centrifugal pump vane frequencies can be monitored in a demodulated current spectrum at a frequency that is equal to the number of blades (or vanes) times the pole pass frequency

Asset Management

Backlog

One of the key responsibilities of any maintenance organization is to make sure that necessary work gets done in a timely fashion. One of the best ways to do this is to ensure that the available

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Reliability Engineering for Maintenance

Definition: Risk Priority Number

A technique used for analyzing the risk associated with potential problems identified during a Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA). RPN utilizes three rating scales:

1. Severity - rates ...

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Definition: SWOT Analysis

Strengths, weakness, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) analysis used to determine where to apply special efforts to achieve desired outcomes. Entails listing:

Strengths and how to take advantage

Work Execution Management

The New Face of Maintenance Software

Never underestimate changing technology, as technology advances the potential for simplicity increases. CMMS software systems have kept up with these advances in technology to simplify the user

Asset Condition Management

Give Your Equipment the Finger

The Finger as a Sensor and Other Things That Are Of Utmost Importance!

Toyota did a study to find out why some equipment failed prematurely. They found that something like 80% of premature

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Leadership for Reliability

Definition: Deming’s Fourteen Points

W. Edwards Deming's fourteen management points to increase quality and productivity when practiced.

They are:

1. Created constancy of purpose for improving product or services.

2. Adopt new philosophy.

Asset Condition Management

Data Trending and Bearing Lubrication

General Mills started ultrasound measurements on a series of five cookers. The electric motor bearings are used to drive either side of a nip roll. They noticed that one set of bearings had

The ...

Work Execution Management

Spare Parts Description Naming Convention

Spare Parts naming has always been a challenge, from the lack of description standardization among parts manufacturers to CMMS & ERP systems templates (parts classification) being configured by

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Reliability Engineering for Maintenance

Understanding the Difference Between Reliability and Availability

People often confuse reliability and availability. Simply put availability is a measure of the % of time the equipment is in an operable state while reliability is a measure of how long the item

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Asset Condition Management

Gross horizontal alignment error and softfoot tip

When you discover a gross horizontal misalignment with your laser alignment system, make the horizontal adjustment and re-check for softfoot. The motor is now in its operating position and

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