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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

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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.

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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

 

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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.

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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

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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.

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The Story of a Work Order

by Tarek Atout, CMRP

Fiction, Animation, Comedy, Mystery, Drama

Rating: PG

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Definition: Preventive Maintenance

An equipment maintenance strategy based on replacing, or restoring, an asset at a fixed interval regardless of its condition. Scheduled restoration tasks and replacement tasks are examples of

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How Do You Match or Select Your Materials When Doing Corrective Maintenance?

The Problem:

The skilled millwright and pump specialist has experienced multiple breakdowns with a centrifugal pump. The pump has been rebuilt multiple times but it keeps breaking down with 4-6

 


The materials used in the mechanical seal were as follows:
Shaft - 400 series SS
Sleeve - Titanium
Setscrews - Carbon steel

The Cause:
The dissimilar metals in this case were corroding away the setscrews. Basically the setscrews become the sacrificial anodes between the shaft and the sleeve.

The Solution:
The carbon steel setscrews where replaced with hastaloy C. The pump has now been running for over two years.

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Here’s Your Sign…

Last fall I was engaging in some mindless entertainment watching "Dances with the Stars" on the television. An interesting event took place, a favorite dancer of the judges was voted off. The

Turning Vibration Data into Knowledge

VIBGUARD Viewer, the software platform for the VIBGUARD family of online condition monitoring systems by PRÜFTECHNIK, now comes fully geared for complex machine diagnosis. Introducing many powerful new features,  VIBGUARD Viewer 1.1, the new software update helps unveil your machinery’s most hidden secrets.

Q&A with 2 Industry Leaders that won the Best Presenter Award at the 28th International Maintena

Uptime Magazine recently caught up with Martin Tauber and George Williams. These conversations provided some interesting insights that Uptime readers will find valuable.

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