SAP in its standard configuration doesn't provide a place to capture two specific types of crucial failure related reliability information - the Failure Mode and Detection Method. However, there

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Work Order Completion Maintenance Tip

When is a work order truly complete? There's more to work order completion than simply performing the actual maintenance tasks and changing the WO status to "Complete" within the CMMS/SAP.

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Inspect Steam Traps Using Airborne Scanning Mode

Not all steam traps can be reached with ultrasonic contact sensors. For safety and convenience reasons these traps are often overlooked during routine PM. To inspect hard-to-reach traps try

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Which Way Do I Go?

When preparing to visit a new client site recently, I had to program my GPS with the address to find the facility. In establishing the address, it stepped me through entering the state, city, and

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Communication is Key

The most successful oil analysis programs have defined goals and objectives that are communicated clearly to everyone involved, including your vendors (such as your oil analysis laboratory or oil

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Criticality Part III

In the last few maintenance tips, I spoke about criticality and the importance of finding the correct ratio of critical equipment that suits your operation's strategy. I also spoke to getting the

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Maintenance and Operations Partnership

A great reliability program is backed by a partnership between maintenance, operations and other departments within an organization. It is built with technology and tools that facilitate and

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Mounting resonance for high end response

A sensor's high frequency usable limit is a function of the resonance of the accelerometer. The mounting method of the sensor will significantly impact its "mounted" resonance. If the mounting

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Repair of electric motors

None of us know when a breakdown of the insulation in an electric motor or transformer will occur, since it depends on the materials chosen and the service environment. Heat, vibration,

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Bolt-Bound Made Easy: Optimizing Alignment

When you get bolt-bound or base-bound on a critical machine train, usually one that is very difficult to move, it is not enough to just be able to fix individual pairs of feet to obtain

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Ensuring Cleanliness of Oil from the Start

Even if new oil is pre-filtered, it can still be easily contaminated during the application process if the equipment is not fitted with the right fluid couplers. If fill ports or hatches must be

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