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Asset Condition Management

Using Time Waveform Analysis

Time waveform analysis is an ideal tool when diagnosing a range of fault conditions, including rolling element bearing faults, faults associated with gears, cavitation, rubs, looseness and more -

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Asset Management

What To Check and How Often?

One of the questions often asked by a new user to an Asset Health Information systems is "what do I do now?" After the dust has settled and the new system has been unwrapped and installed,

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Asset Condition Management

Alignment Tip: Never Assume

In alignment when things just will not work , it's usually because you've assumed something was - when it wasn't.

Example: Two guys attempted to align a motor to a pump for about two days and just could not get anything to work right. Even though they were both experienced millwrights, they kept assuming they were making some simple error. It was a new pump in a new construction project. What should have been a pump in pristine condition turned out to be a pump with no bearings. (No bearings???) The pump did not require mechanical seals. The two sets of packing provided sufficient "bearings" to allow the pump to be turned by hand; but there was a slight axial drift where there shouldn't have been. Once the new bearings (which included axial thrust bearings) were installed, the alignment process went smoothly.

Tip from A Millwrights Guide to Motor/Pump Alignment 2nd Edition by Tommy B. Harlon (Industrial Press)

Work Execution Management

Is it EAM - Enterprise Asset Management or MAS - Maintenance Accounting System

From what we see - there is very little managing of enterprise level assets in most EAM systems and a great deal of maintenance accounting.

Examples of Maintenance Accounting include:

  • Labor hours

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Asset Management

Make it Easier for Your Inspectors and Reap the Benefits in Asset Performance

Inspection results are often vague and subjective because they tend not to accurately specify the severity of equipment condition. When results are open to interpretation like OK/Normal or Not

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Asset Condition Management

Dirty Grease Guns

Most untrained grease gun operators do not wipe the grease gun coupling and grease nipple clean with a lint free cloth, before and after greasing each lubrication point. Bearings are ...

Work Execution Management

Portable Filtration Units

Portable filtration units can be very helpful in providing periodic cleaning and flushing of sumps and reservoirs. In many cases, they can be fitted with water removal elements for convenient

Leadership for Reliability

180 Ways to Build a Magnetic Culture

Make every step in the hiring process a test. In addition to any skills tests your organization may use, build in ways to test things like initiative, responsibility, and interpersonal skills.

Work Execution Management

Preventive Maintenance Program Problems

  1. Lack of Management Support
  2. Lack of Maintenance Skills
  3. Wrong Equipment Selected
  4. No Changing/Updating PMs
  5. Poor Schedule Compliance
  6. Insufficient Detail on PM Sheets
  7. Data Not Being Recorded
  8. Lack of
Leadership for Reliability

The Ant and the Elephant

Before anyone can reach his full potential as a leader, he must first be a leader to himself. He must capitalize on innate talents and strengths, challenge the habits that hinder his growth and

Asset Condition Management

Effects of Post Repair Testing on Inductance

Inductance measurements are often used for trending, troubleshooting, and quality control testing of motor health. Once a motor is installed and running under the normal operating conditions of

Reliability Engineering for Maintenance

What Do You Have a Right to Expect?

What you have a right to expect is the result of the reliability characteristics that were designed and built-in to your systems and equipment, and have been preserved through proper operation

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