Tips

Don’t throw those instructions away!

MT: Manufacturer's Literature File...where is yours?

Where are you storing your manufacturer's data sheets? On visits to various facilities we found many data sheets located inside the switchgear's empty cubical where an electrical component was recently replaced in that particular motor control center. Seems like as good a place as any to store them, right? Wrong!

What program have you put into place to file your Manufacturer's Data sheets? You know, those folded up sheets that are included with all of the electrical components you have purchased over the years. There is a wealth of information available on the sheets. Develop a central location or binder for the sheets that come with each push button, relay, contact overload heater, or any other small component that you have had to install or replace over the years. Keeping this information in one central location will result in you having a great reference tool. Soon you will begin to wonder how you ever got along without this valuable reference library.

Tip Provided by: PdMA Corporation
Tel: +1 813.621.6463

Work Execution Management

Operator Care – 4 Elements to Enhanced Operator Inspections

Operator Care is a simple process that engages all of the personnel working within the organization towards a common goal of increased throughput and decreased equipment delays.

It is simple in that it engages all of the ears, eyes, and noses in the early identification of equipment abnormalities (rather than the subsequent failures) and provides a simple means to report and track the repairs to be performed.

Elements ...

Work Execution Management

Removing Duplicate Part Numbers

Before you purchase software (such as "Fuzzy Duplicate Finder") to determine the duplicate part numbers in your storeroom, use the excel spreadsheet to break down the part numbers and descriptions into five categories---part number, noun, attribute, specifications, and further descriptions.

Once sorted it becomes very clear what part numbers are similar, but may be different. It enables you to physically check a few items to see if there is an actual match. Once found the

Tel: +1 843.414.5760

Reliability Engineering for Maintenance

Optimize your PM program

Too many Preventive (PM) Maintenance programs contain ambiguous and needless tasks at unnecessary frequencies. What makes this so shocking is that plant facilities send out their craftspeople to

...2. For each functional failure, develop one or more PM or PdM task(s) that are appropriate. These tasks must either prevent or mitigate the consequences of the failure.3. For tasks that do not address known failure modes, consider removing them.4. For each PM task, provide adequate detail by asking multiple - and varied - questions relating to task location, performance and frequency.5. Finally, test the PM tasks the team has developed by having someone not involved in the development perform it. This validation is especially important when the team first starts developing new PMs.

Tips

Definition: Maintenance Backlog

Don’t throw those instructions away!

Operator Care – 4 Elements to Enhanced Operator Inspections

SAP enterprise roll-out strategy

Identifying Electrical Vibration

Removing Duplicate Part Numbers

Shaft alignment tolerances & base- and bolt-bound situations

Definition: Mean Time To Repair (MTTR)

Optimize your PM program

MP-2 and You (Part Three) Seeing Colors in MP-2

Asset Identification

Working North to South in MCC’s