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Definition: Groupthink

A type of thought exhibited by group members who try to minimize conflict and reach consensus without critically testing, analyzing, and evaluating ideas. Individual creativity, uniqueness, and

 

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Maintenance or Detective?

As a maintenance mechanic/millwright or reliability engineer, you may need change your job title to Maintenance Detective.

Pictured below are two felt roll bearings from a paper machine. They were

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Criticality Analysis Made Simple
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Criticality Analysis Made Simple

Understanding criticality and where it fits in your reliability engineering plans is, well, critical to the success of your asset management program. But there are some commonly held myths and misperceptions about criticality. These top myths and pitfalls often prevent organizations from performing a comprehensive criticality analysis.

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Definition: Design for Reliability (DFR)

Improving the reliability of an asset, process or product by using reliability analysis techniques (E.G., DFMEA, FMEA, and RBD) to design out potential problems during the development phase.

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The Reality of Failure

When organizations understand the reality of failure (six failure patterns) and adopt the principles of reliability, maintenance programs improve and "feel-good" or "recreational" maintenance is ...

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Maintenance Triage: Identifying Sick and Injured Assets to Improve Population Health

Attempting to contextualize generally obscure statistical predictions about machines is an all too common practice. While statistics and predictive analytics are not new concepts, they have not yet been applied deeply enough to mechanical processes to be embedded in the vernacular. With a focus on the actionability of analysis, similes help to convey the messages.

This article presents one of them.

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Why Does RCM Work?

Why does RCM work? Maybe a better statement is "why do companies not use RCM". This may surprise you but most leaders in operations and maintenance do not truly understand the value and ...

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3 Keys to Improved Bolted Flange Joint Integrity

"That all important clamping force which holds the joint together - and without which there would be no joint - is not created by a good joint designer, nor by high quality parts. It is created by the mechanic on the job site, using the tools, procedures, and working conditions we have provided him with . . ."

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Gauge Repeatability & Reproducibility (GR&R)

The evaluation of a gauging instrument's accuracy by determining whether the measurements taken with it are repeatable (there is close agreement among a number of consecutive measurements of the

 

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Financially Optimized Maintenance Solution

Imagine if maintenance personnel could quickly gauge the criticality of each piece of equipment, be presented immediately with ready-made world-class PM alternatives, and be able to compare these

 

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13 Facilities Management Conferences Worth Attending in Early 2015

The new year brings each of us an opportunity to refocus and reprioritize.

While some may interpret that as a reason to renew old gym memberships, we were actually thinking more along the lines of sales and marketing strategies for 2015. A number of important facilities management-related conferences are coming up during the first half of 2015 across North America, and now would be a good time to start making plans to attend some of these.

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Why Is Your RCM Team So Slow to Get Going?

New and inexperienced RCM facilitators can sometimes feel concerned that their analysis team is slow getting started. It's not unusual at all!

Forming, storming, norming, and performing is a model

 

 

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Equipment Criticality Ranking

It is critical (pun intended) that you have a criticality ranking for your equipment. This will help you properly direct maintenance and reliability efforts. It is difficult to have granularity

 

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What Do Pancakes and Your Reliability Efforts Have in Common?

Just because you pour syrup on it don't make it a pancake!

Certain ingredients are required to make a reliability program that is desirable, meaningful and sustainable. The minimum ingredients are:

 

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  3. Ensure that equipment is designed to be reliable.
  4. Create proper metrics to verify performance.
  5. Do the work!
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Smart Tools for Failure Analysis

Some plants buy a high-powered microscope in order to do failure analysis. While this sometimes is necessary, it could be good to consider other options to get started. Why not start with a $13

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The Truth about Current Measurements

The relationship between electrical current and heat in a circuit is an important concept for thermographers. The more current present in an electrical circuit or apparatus, the higher the level

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Definition: Enterprise Integration (EI)

A broad implementation of information technology to link various functional units within a business enterprise. On a wider scale, it may also integrate strategic partners in an enterprise

Why You Should Have an Electrical Motor Testing Program
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Why You Should Have an Electrical Motor Testing Program

This presentation will address why you should have a motor testing program. We will illustrate many common motor failures, both electrical and mechanical. We will show how many common motor failure modes can be detected at an early enough stage where corrective action can be taken prior to process interruption. And finally, that an Electrical Motor Testing program will pay for itself by showing how electrical motor and motor system testing will improve machine reliability and lower operating costs when properly applied.

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How Efficient Communications are Damaging Projects

By Russell Harley

This may sound difficult to believe, but it can be true. In the definition of efficient we find the following: "achieving maximum productivity with minimum wasted effort or expense." While this is great for busy executives and companies, it is terrible for projects, especially when it comes to communicating about the project with others.

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