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Definition: Corrosion Inhibitor

Additive for protecting lubricated metal surfaces against chemical attack by water or other contaminants. There are several types of corrosion inhibitors. Polar compounds wet the metal surface

Industrial Predictive Analytics for Improving Asset Performance: Bridging IT and OT

Industrial Predictive Analytics for Improving Asset Performance: Bridging IT and OT

IMC-2015 RAP Talk - 19:35
by Greg Bentley, CEO- Bentley Systems

In today’s operations of industrial facilities and infrastructure assets, operations and maintenance professionals need effective strategies to benefit from an unprecedented volume of “big data”. It is streaming in from the “Internet of Things”, (sensors and meters on equipment, structures and assets), from UAVs able to perform continuous surveys and inspections, and from market sources. The challenge lies in transforming all that data into meaningful information and operational visibility, which can inform decision support and improve asset performance. 

Motor Startup: Best Practices

When you push the start button of an AC motor, the current surge through the motor is usually four to seven times the 100 percent load.

If the start button is pushed several times in a short time

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Shutdown Best Practices Checklist

As a part of IDCON's Shutdown Optimization Program, shutdown (SD) best practices are reviewed to safely reduce shutdown duration and reduce costs.

Have you considered utilizing any of these

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Maximize Equipment Reliability While Minimizing Maintenance Cost

The primary goal of any maintenance strategy is to perform the right maintenance at the right times - for your plant or facility. But how do you make these decisions today? Is there any guessing

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Super-Bright Fluorescent Dyes Pinpoint All Water Leaks

— Plant maintenance inspectors will appreciate all the benefits of Spectroline®  WATER-GLO® fluorescent leak detection dyes. These super-bright dyes reveal all leaks in static and circulating water systems, boilers, storage tanks and other high-volume containers. They also locate leaks in piping, valves, condensers, sprinkler system pumps, seams, welds and fittings

Selecting the Right Maintenance Method

Step 2 in IDCON's 3-step process for optimizing Preventive Maintenance is selecting the Maintenance Method. We break this Step into three components:

  • Function and component
  • Failure Modes

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How does it fail? Roller Bearing Bolts

An important aspect of Preventive Maintenance is condition monitoring. You should be inspecting bearing hold down bolts and cap bolts (if applicable) for looseness and corrosion.

Why is ...• Loose mounting bolts will cause vibration and will gradually cause misalignment and bearing damage.

How Does it Work - Basic Function of Bolts

When a bolt is tightened, the bolt is stretched. As the bolt is stretched, the clamping force increases.

Different steel can be stretched to different lengths until they brake. How do steels

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Definition: Corrective Maintenace(CM)

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 can be

 

Let’s Start Doing the Right Job and Focus on Doing the Job Right Later.

For decades maintenance management has been obsessed with the pursuit of making sure planned predictive (PdM) & preventive (PM) maintenance jobs are executed and signed off on, in hopes of 1. ...

Doing It “Right” in Maintenance

Lately, it seems strong, single-minded commitments to beliefs have just about everywhere in the world in some kind of struggling situation. All kinds of groups, on all kinds of issues, taking the absolute position that they're right, the other side is just wrong and there's no common ground where some kind of agreement can be reached. Agreement where there actually might be some work done together to make things better for all.

Your Electrical PdM Program—More Important Than Ever

Recent changes to the NFPA 70E and CSA Z462 standards for Electrical Safety in the Workplace have added several references to the condition and maintenance of electrical equipment in your

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Have Ongoing Maintenance Systems in Place

Depending on the machines in your facility, you have options for accessories to help you maintain your equipment. For example, a working filtration system can protect your equipment over the long

Specific Tactics of Electrical Preventive Maintenance Inspection

The fundamentals of an effective electrical preventive maintenance program is to reduce the potential for a serious electrical interruption.

The basic rule applying to all electrical apparatus is:

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Why NFPA Recommends a Minimum 40% Load

In our Level I, Level II and Electrical Specialty courses we stress the importance of having at least a 40% load on electrical equipment. NFPA 70B is very specific about the importance of load. to learn more about summer building inspections.

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Predictive Maintenance Using Today’s Technology

by Thomas Hoenig

Implementing a predictive maintenance (PdM) program can be tough in today's manufacturing world. Despite proven successes of many programs, numerous companies that have been operating the same way for over 50 years don't know where to start. Understanding where to start and where to focus in the future is critical. The intention of this article is to give some insight into starting up and sustaining an effective program using today's technology and devices.

Reliability Improvement – The Next Step after Condition Monitoring

By Mitchell Stansloski, P.E., PhD., Founder and President of Pioneer Engineering

APT Announces Preventance - Evolution Beyond Reliability Centered Maintenance

Cost-effective preventive maintenance (PM) best practices solution for asset-intensive industries now available in a cloud-based platform.

Maintenance Work Order

The Story of a Work Order

by Tarek Atout, CMRP

Fiction, Animation, Comedy, Mystery, Drama

Rating: PG