[PRINCETON, N.J. (PRWEB) JUNE 04, 2019] Kepner-Tregoe, Inc. (http://www.kepner-tregoe.com) and Sologic, LLC (http://www.sologic.com) have formed a partnership to offer Kepner-Tregoe (KT) problem solving techniques supported by Sologic’s Causelink® software.
Pumps are fluid machines that move liquids over short and/or long distances. They were invented well before the industrial revolution and even Archimedes tinkered with pumps, on or about 250 B.C., somewhere near the historic city of Siracusa in Sicily. Without pumps, modern process plants would not exist. But not all pumps are well constructed, well maintained, correctly installed, or properly operated. And while some pumps have stayed on-line without interruption for six years, others continue to experience random failures several times in the course of a year. Pump improvement can be both a career enhancer and a value-adding proposition, as this two-part article will show.
Fatigue is a failure mode that every manufacturing plant will experience at some point and can become chronic if not solved. While understanding fatigue has advanced since its inception in the early 1800s, there are still some misunderstandings in manufacturing in solving these failures. A characteristic of fatigue failures is stress, which is typically below the yield strength of the material. This is what makes fatigue a silent killer.
The use of acronyms though helpful at times also creates confusion. This discussion will clarify the differences and the similarities in the terms RCM, PMO, and FMEA. Additionally, we will discuss the appropriate use of these methods.
In early 2015 Root Cause Analysis was practiced in few of Weyerhaeuser's 33 Wood Products facilities, and lacked for consistent application and standards. The opportunity for change began at the annual leadership meeting after several plant managers and corporate leaders got a glimpse of the process that the Grande Prairie Mill was using and the discussion that ensued revealed an uneasiness with the current state.
Examples will be given on both ends of the spectrum ranging from the most basic to more advanced tools so individuals attending the presentation can create an assessment which best suits their site's maturity level.
We will show that in many cases, this insight can be provided by an analysis of relatively little bits of data, much of which, we are already collecting. How we invest our capital and how we make decisions needs to be driven by our understanding of this data.
This presentation shall detail how Central Arizona Project plans for the inspection of pipelines, and our modern tools and methods of evaluation. Noteworthy in this presentation will be details on CAP's use of mobile tablets to capture condition data in a Geographic Information System database.
It’s horrific to read about fires in refineries. Granted, process safety management (PSM) principles, with a greater emphasis on mechanical integrity (MI), have been embraced across the globe, greatly reducing the number of incidents. However, citations remain high, with the U.S. having the highest number of them. What’s the problem? A consistent implementation and application of MI. This article attempts to simplify the MI program, with the hope that organizations can achieve 100 percent mastery in avoiding incidents.
In this presentation, the speakers will make recommendations for various strategic design improvement areas which can increase the lifespan of the equipment from maintenance component failure and system breakdown view point.
The NFPA 70E provides the requirements for protecting employees when exposed to electrical hazards suck as shock and arc flash. However, is your company's maintenance practice actually elevating the severity of a potential arc flash event?
Asset management has introduced a few key concepts which require a shift from focusing on initial investment to optimizing total cost of ownership (TCO). This is rooted in a risk-based and science-based approach to understanding the requirements of the assets throughout their useful life.
Denver Water's ten-year capital plan encompasses the replacement and refurbishment of numerous assets within our vast infrastructure with expenditures forecasted to exceed 1.8 billion dollars.
This presentation will introduce how including Reliability elements into the traditional gated project process enables,"Vertical Launch"‚ the concept producing prime, salable product or functionality at startup.
Programs, techniques, methods and technologies that are used to integrate electrical equipment into a reliability program will be shared during this presentation, as well as to review and demonstrate success stories, culture change and failures.
Goldcorp fosters the spirit of innovation, and its main goal is to reach sustainable growth. The improvement in our processing cycle is an important part of our strategy, as a result, Goldcorp is building The Pyrite Leach Project at Minera Penasquito.
Reliabilityweb.com® and Uptime® Magazine, trusted names in asset management, have planned a noteworthy schedule for The RELIABILITY Conference™, co-located with the Maintenance 4.0 Digitalization Forum, scheduled for May 6-10 at the Hyatt Regency Bellevue on Seattle’s Eastside. The RELIABILITY Conference is the foremost conference for reliability and asset management professionals worldwide.