Predictive maintenance is a systematic method of monitoring and trending rotating equipment on a regularly scheduled basis to determine the condition of machines subject to wear and tear. On-line

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Work Execution Management

Preventive Maintenance (PM) or Corrective Maintenance (CM)?

Experience has clearly shown that some confusion does exist over just what people mean when they use the term preventive maintenance. One significant factor stems from the evidence that a vast

Asset Condition Management

Educate Others in Your Organization About Your Infrared Program To Gain Acceptance

One quick way to help your infrared program gain acceptance is to educate others in your organization (especially those who are important decision-makers) about the success of your efforts. Doing

Reliability Engineering for Maintenance

RCA Tip - Be Humble To Make RCA Successful

Oftentimes in order to make RCA successful in our organizations we must be humble. What this means is sometimes we may have to let others have credit for our success so that we can get what we

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Asset Condition Management

Find the Vibration in a Complex Machine

Just another tip you can use to find where a vibration is coming from in a complex machine with a lot of different roll speeds belt speeds.

I was called to a paper packaging machine which has a

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Asset Condition Management

Lubrication Contamination Control Tip

I have a simple lubrication contamination control tip that has been lost due to lack of training in our "Getter done!" world.

It's common sense really, wipe grease nipples off before and after you

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Work Execution Management

Scheduling Will Enhance Your Credibility With Operations

Often, Operations personnel are reluctant to release equipment to Maintenance because they have been "burned" by broken promises in the past. That's understandable; in a reactive environment,

Work Execution Management

Six Tactical Responses to Making Sure Your Improvement Initiative Succeeds

1. Position your improvement initiative as a strategic business initiative that will transform the organization. This approach should integrate all the functional managers as drivers for success.

Work Execution Management

What is Preventive Maintenance?

We use the following definition of preventive maintenance (PM):

Preventive maintenance is the performance of inspection and/or servicing tasks that have been preplanned (i.e., scheduled) for

Asset Management

Reflections on Plant Turnarounds in the Refining Industry

The development of a plant turnaround philosophy is formal recognition of the plant turnaround's impact on the corporate business plan. Once formally recognized, the philosophy can be integrated

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Asset Condition Management

Use Proper Minimum Frequency and Maximum Frequency for Early Bearing Defect Detection

The use of proper minimum frequency and maximum frequency (hereinafter referred to as f-min and f-max) is crucial in order to have an adequate frequency range for seeing and identifying

Asset Condition Management

Calculating PdM “Saves”

Use a factor of 0.5 for vibration related saves. PM tasks, noise,temperature indications and sensory benefits of walk-downs will reduce the severity of the typical or average save. This will

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