reliability engineering for maintenance

Four Essentials for Determining True Asset Criticality

Don’t score asset criticality just yet. Make sure these four things are in order first.

Asset criticality is the value a business assigns to its most vital equipment based on schema of its ...

Reliability Engineering for Maintenance

Data Driven Reliability Strategies

IMC-2016 Reliability Engineering for Maintenance Learning Session - 45:33
by Alejandro Erives, Stepan Company

Stepan is a chemical company producing specialty and intermediate chemicals such as surfactants, polymers, and other specialty products. A broad description of our goals include improving asset utilization, reducing cost, and improving efficiency.

Maintenance & Reliability professionals have a wide array of tools at our disposal. From machinery required for maintenance to technology used for predictive maintenance the list is nearly endless. However, one often overlooked tool type is that of data analysis. Some of the tools available to a Maintenance & Reliability Engineer include Pareto analysis, life-data analysis (Weibull), failure trend analysis (Crow-AMSAA), and process data analysis (Process-Weibull).

Much as a good reliability program will use the right physical tools as part of a cohesive program, the data analysis tools can also be leveraged in a cohesive fashion to arrive at ever increasing reliability. This presentation describes one approach to utilize both production data and CMMS/Maintenance data to drive decisions related to reliability strategy development.

Reliability Engineering for Maintenance

ASTM International’s Quality and Statistics Committee Launches New Subcommittee and Proposed Guide

A new ASTM International subcommittee on reliability (E11.40) is developing a standard (WK58249, Guide for Reliability) that will support reliability and risk analysis. The new subcommittee is part of ASTM International’s committee on quality and statistics (E11).

Reliability Engineering for Maintenance

Analyzing Repairable System Failures Data

Many reliability engineers throughout history have had concerns with the reliability of the repairable system. Several researchers have presented a few calculation or estimation techniques to achieve repairable system reliability. This article explains the mean cumulative function (MCF) as a powerful and easy technique to estimate and monitor repairable system reliability.

Reliability Engineering for Maintenance

Designing for Reliability

IMC-2016 RAP Talk - 17:57
by Ramesh Gulati, Jacobs

According to Ramesh Gulati, designing for reliability (DfR) is the right approach to build reliability in assets. Not sure what DfR is? In this RAP Talk from IMC-2016, Gulati presents a comprehensive overview on the topic and how it will reduce operations & maintenance costs by a lot. Throughout the presentation, he stresses that this is a journey and requires a different kind of culture.

Reliability Engineering for Maintenance

Why Organizations Leave Money on the Table

Why are organizations leaving money on the table by not investigating failures that cost them money? One would venture to say that all manufacturing companies have failures each year that cut into their profit. The prevailing question is: What do you do when that failure occurs? Do you simply fix the equipment, get back up and running, and return to whatever you were working on at the time? Or, do you stop what you are doing and diligently try to understand why the failure occurred and put measures in place to prevent recurrence? Is the culture at your facility one that seeks to understand why something failed or is it in a mode where you need to get back up and running as fast as possible? How about your commercial team and management external to your facility? Is there perceived pressure and a lack of understanding that have driven your organization to a place where failures are not fully understood?

Reliability Engineering for Maintenance

Reliability Strategy Management, Deliver Predictable Performance

IMC-2016 RAP Talk - 18:42
by Jason Apps ARMS Reliability

Every one of us is probably leaving tons of their organization’s money on the table. Why are we doing that? In this engaging RAP Talk, Jason Apps from ARMS Reliability suggests it’s because we haven’t separated work management and strategy management. What does he mean by strategy management? Watch this video to find out.

reliability engineering for maintenance

37 Years of Reliability-Centered Maintenance Experience (A Fantastic Journey)

August - September 2017

Four Essentials for Determining True Asset Criticality

Data Driven Reliability Strategies

Root Cause Analysis: Live Virtual Boot Camp by AudioSolutionz

The Reliability Impact Within the P-F Curve

June - July 2017

Definition: Troubleshooting

Failure Effects: Evidence the Failure Is Occurring

Application to Large Fleets

Mexican Mines Recording Major Gains in Equipment Reliability and Reduced Fuel Usage

Method of Reporting Failed Component

ASTM International’s Quality and Statistics Committee Launches New Subcommittee and Proposed Guide

April - May 2017

Analyzing Repairable System Failures Data

Designing for Reliability

Why Organizations Leave Money on the Table

February - March 2017

Integrated Capital Projects

Reliability Strategy Management, Deliver Predictable Performance