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Moving Beyond Our Human Senses

by Trent Phillips

Many different tools have been used over the years to detect changes in machinery condition. The human hands, eyes and ears have been the oldest tools used to detect conditional changes in machines. However, it is important to understand the value and limitations of our human senses.

Asset Condition Management

Infrared Windows Open the Door to Savings

A Study of a Positive, and Growing, Return on Investment by Martin Robinson

A paper mill in South Carolina had a very successful infrared inspection program that management wanted to expand. However, the requirements of NFPA 70E were causing them to re-think their strategy since inspections of energized equipment was becoming more restrictive, more time consuming and more costly. Furthermore, 8% of the mill's applications had never been surveyed due to either switched interlocks (which automatically deenergize the equipment upon opening, thereby preventing access to energized components), or to incident energy calculations in excess of 100 cal/cm2 on certain equipment (which exceeds personal protective equipment [PPE] ratings, and would place personnel in extreme danger and open the company to OSHA fines).

Reliability Engineering for Maintenance

Myths of RCM Implementation: PART 2 of 2

by Carlos Mario Perez Jaramillo

Reliability centered maintenance (RCM) focuses on identifying what should be done to assure the functions of a system or asset in a safe, cost-effective and reliable way. RCM analysis is carried out by a group of experts, called the analysis team, for the equipment, asset, or object of the study. It is their responsibility to answer seven questions about the asset being analyzed. In Part 1 of this series, myths 1-10 were discussed. Now we will examine the remaining 12 myths.

Reliability Engineering for Maintenance

Saving Cost by Reducing Reliability?

The Relationship Between Reliability and Maintenance Costs

Introduction

When we say Reliability, do we actually mean Availability? Under certain circumstances, the two are numerically the same, but that is only in a specific set of cases.

Invensys Operations Management Selected as Microsoft Industry Partner of the Year

PLANO, TX - (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) - Invensys Operations Management, a global provider of technology systems, software solutions and consulting services to the process and manufacturing industries, has been named Microsoft Global Enterprise Partner of the Year in the category Alliance ISV Industry. The award recognizes Invensys Operations Management for excellence and innovation in using Microsoft-based solutions to help its manufacturing and infrastructure management customers achieve operational excellence.

The Importance of Organizing MRO Inventory & Purchasing

By Terry Wireman, CPMM, CMRP

MRO inventory and purchasing organizations are the single biggest maintenance support functions that contribute to low maintenance productivity. MRO inventory and purchasing, in this article, stands for maintenance, repair, and overhaul inventory and purchasing. Many maintenance labor delays are related to issues concerning materials and spare parts. Because the purchasing function typically procures the materials for the MRO storerooms, it also has a big impact on maintenance productivity.

What Do You Have A Right To Expect?

By Dan Daley, Author, The Little Black Book Of Reliability Management

Expect what you inspect.
~ An old inspector's saying

Approximately twenty years ago, the company where I was employed sponsored a workshop focusing exclusively on reliability. When the workshop and its subject were announced, I was a little surprised.

Asset Management

AspenTech Extends Optimization’s Reach Across Design, Operations and Maintenance with aspenONE

Aspen Technology, Inc., the asset optimization software company, today announced the general availability of aspenONE® Version 10 software. The latest Asset Performance Management, Engineering and Manufacturing & Supply Chain software release supports the company’s evolution from process optimization to asset optimization, the next frontier of optimization that makes the best companies even better by driving increased financial return over the entire asset lifecycle.

Leadership for Reliability

Unleash the Potential of Your Reliability Function

It is a resounding fact that the need for advancement in the plant maintenance field gave birth to the function of reliability. But isn't it about time we disconnect this child from its umbilical cord and allow the reliability function to stand on its own feet, independent from maintenance? Shouldn't we now let this child unleash the true potential it has to offer to the industry by being an autonomous external entity, focusing on asset reliability at every level of asset lifecycle management (ALM)?