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Solutions 2.0 Virtual Conference September 20, 2017

Solutions 2.0 Virtual Conference September 20, 2017

WIRAM Series: How an Enterprise Asset Management Framework Can Align Finance and Operations to Enable Organizational Transformation
by Mildred Chua, MTA Bridges and Tunnels

Educational Session: Defect Elimination and the Uptime Elements: Get the Bugs Out
by George Mahoney, Merck

Are the Improvement Tools Working? A Survey of Practices

Over the past year I've worked with Terry O'Hanlon to do a series of webinars on the most popular tools in the market place for improving manufacturing/operational performance in industrial plants. As part of these webinars, we've asked participants to answer a set of questions related to their practices to get a sense of how well they were working. Many of their responses were encouraging - 42% are working to apply lean manufacturing principles, of which 70% of those say its working; many are using the various tools in a sustainable way. And, more than 95% rated safety as a top priority.

Asset Management

Optimarin Grabs Pole Position in Race for USCG Approval

Norway - Ballast water treatment (BWT) specialist Optimarin has become the first UV system supplier to meet the most stringent USCG marine water requirements, positioning the Norwegian company for full USCG approval in 2016. In a series of land-based tests, both the standard MPN (regrowth) method and the more exacting FDA/CMFDA, or ‘instant kill’, benchmark were successfully assessed.

Asset Condition Management

Aerial Infrared – An Asset Management Tool for District Heating System Operators

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The imagery (IR) from aerial infrared thermal surveys of facilities, complexes, campuses, military bases and cities can be used for many purposes. Systems like supply steam and condensate return lines, hot water lines, chilled water lines, supply water mains, distribution piping, storm water drains and sewer lines can be monitored by looking at surface temperatures/patterns. In the case of district heating systems, the distribution system can be flown rapidly and inexpensively to provide thermal data for asset management planning and predictive maintenance (PdM). As a result of finding and repairing leaks in the steam system, energy usage can be reduced with all the related benefits.

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Saudi Aramco Shell Refinery Wins Emerson Excellence in Reliability Award
Asset Management

Saudi Aramco Shell Refinery Wins Emerson Excellence in Reliability Award

Annual award recognizes organizations for improving operations through adoption of Top Quartile reliability strategies

Heavy Duty RCM - Lockheed Martin’s Classical RCM on a 30-Ton Overhead Crane

When you have a satellite worth 300 million dollars hanging from your crane hook, there is a very real incentive for safe, reliable, problem free material handling. Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company (LMSSC) has more than one hundred cranes lifting extremely high value, critical flight hardware loads.

Reducing Vibration Through Precision
Work Execution Management

Reducing Vibration Through Precision

Reducing vibration no doubt reduces fatigue and failure, as proven by Dr. Wernher von Braun and leading reliability engineering schools, therefore increasing a component’s life span. 

Maintenance Ethics

by Joel Levitt

If you have helped to maintain the operation of equipment or facilities, you can probably relate to these scenarios:

The Truth Untold Not All Oil Analysis Reports Are Created Equally

By Evan Zabawski

As we see the trend of both on and off-highway heavy-duty diesel engines switching to multigrade oils, it becomes more and more important to check the 40°C viscosity, as well as the 100°C viscosity, in the used oil analysis. While both numbers may be reported on a used oil analysis report, the lab may have chosen to only measure one and merely calculate the other.

Reducing Vibration Through Precision Maintenance
Asset Condition Management

Reducing Vibration Through Precision Maintenance

What useful life can you expect from a motor if it is installed and maintained with an eye toward precision?

Siemens and IBM Watson Internet of Things Business Unit will transform real estate performance
Asset Management

Siemens and IBM Watson Internet of Things Business Unit will transform real estate performance

Las Vegas, - 22 Feb 2016: Today, the Siemens Buildings Technologies Division and IBM (NYSE:IBM) announced cloud-based solutions that will leverage Siemens’ building expertise and IBM Internet of Things (IoT) capabilities to maximize the potential of connected buildings and the data they create, helping corporate real estate owners across multiple industries drive business results and meet energy efficiency goals.

Understanding Lubrication Failures

Fail·ure 1 a: An omission of occurrence or performance: A failing to perform a duty or expected action b: A state of inability to perform a normal function

As a consultant in the field of lubrication, I've had discussions with hundreds if not thousands of maintenance professionals about the type and frequencies of the lubrication-related failures they experience. A disturbingly large percentage of the time I am told that they don't really experience many lubrication-related failures. This response always prompts another question: What is a lubrication-related failure? To those who think they have none or few, a lubrication-related failure is usually defined as one that occurs when a machine has no oil in it or someone puts the wrong oil in it. I would suggest that most manufacturers experience many lubrication-related failures and merely misclassify them. In fact, many failures are not even recorded as such because the problems were diagnosed and repaired before the machine ceased to function. In my opinion, any time a machine or component does not achieve maximum service life, a failure has occurred.

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