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Work Execution Management

Nine Telling Signs to Replace Your EAM/CMMS System

  1. Your current EAM system offers limited functionality.
  2. The user interface in your current EAM system is difficult to use.
  3. External factors are rendering your EAM system obsolete.
  4. Your current EAM

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Asset Management

Definition: Kaizen

A Japanese term that means gradual, unending improvement by doing things better along with setting and achieving increasingly higher standards

A Kaizen event is a concentrated effort, typically

Work Execution Management

Operational Involvement

The operations or production departments must take enough ownership of their equipment that they are willing to support the maintenance department's efforts. Operational involvement, which varies

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Work Execution Management

V-Belt Maintenance “Gang Box Training”

V-Belt Maintenance is a requirement if you want to insure optimum belt drive performance. This process requires proper maintenance and discipline in order to insure effective belt operation and a long service life. When coupled with a regularly scheduled maintenance program, belt drives will run relatively trouble-free for a long time.

General Rules: (if you want to stop V-Belt failures)

1. Insure proper alignment of sheaves both parallel and angular using a sheave laser alignment tool. Do not use a straight edge or string if one expects optimal

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Eliminating Spare Parts Stock Outs

One of the main fears of most reliability and maintenance engineers is that, at the time of actual need, the required spare part will not be available. This is commonly referred to as a stock

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Asset Condition Management

DC Motor Neutral Axis

Detecting when the brushes are off the magnetic neutral axis can be difficult, especially if the motor is inaccessible during operations. Using voltage analysis in the time domain makes the job

 

Leadership for Reliability

HOW TO: Build Your Personal Brand on Maintenance.org

With over 7000 active users, the Association for Maintenance Professional (AMP) Maintenance.org web site has become a personal branding hub.

Every profile that exists on Maintenance.org has the

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Asset Management

Smart Grid Reliability Solutions – Invest in Capital or Continue to Maintain Existing Assets?

That is the question --one of the key decisions impacting performance and profitability in the power industry is whether or not to make a capital investment to upgrade your infrastructure or

Work Execution Management

What Is A Stock Turn?

Because inventory requires a significant financial investment and that investment involves significant ongoing costs, it is also important to measure the financial performance. Tracking the The ...

Reliability Engineering for Maintenance

Corrective Maintenance Definition

Maintenance tasks initiated as a result of the observed or measured condition of an asset or system, before or after functional failure, to correct the problem. Corrective maintenance (CM) can

Work Execution Management

Hand Me a Map, I Think We’re Lost….

Although maps may be a thing of the past for most of us, getting lost isn't. A majority of us have a GPS to help us navigate and avoid getting lost in our personal lives, but, what about at work?

Asset Condition Management

Change Test Frequency Based on Machine Condition

Condition monitoring is a process of using a technology to detect changes in machine health over time. The frequency with which one takes measurements will depend on the machine, its current

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