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2000/November
Author:Darrell Ferguson, Plumlee Associates
Significant cultural changes, cost savings, and increases in mechanical availability can be achieved by the implementation of this model.
As many asset-intensive companies have increasingly searched for a...
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2000/July
Author:David J. Wenszell, Johnson Polymer
Plant keeps tight rein on spare parts inventory with EAM/CMMS. Equipment history reports help keep reliability and maintenance operations efficient.
In enterprise asset management or computerized maintenance ...
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2000/October
Author:David Liptrot, Ivara Corp. and Gino Palarchio, Dofasco Inc.
Dofasco used innovative practices and technologies to completely change the way its maintenance departments operate. Here is an overview of the process that has helped increase equipment availability and product ...
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2000/January
Author:Dennis Westbrook and Robert Ladner, Boeing Commercial Airplane, and Anthony M. (Mac) Smith, AMS Associates
Reliability-centered maintenance moves from airplanes to the production machinery that builds and assembles them
This Ingersol 7-axis spar mill is one of 11 identical mills on the production line at the Frederickson facility
Boeing...
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2000/April
Author:Ed Hartmann, International TPM Institute
A proven 12-stage "Western" approach to successfully installing Total Productive Maintenance and setting the stage for world-class performance
At least every second attempted installation of Total Productive Maintenance ...
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2000/July
Author:Edwin K. Jones, P.E., Consultant
Common threads run through maintenance and reliability transformations at leading companies. They include peer networks, benchmarking, reliability focus, and performance measures.
During the turbulent years of...
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2000/September
Author:Edwin K. Jones, PE
The popular benchmarking metric of cost/ERV is a valuable tool for setting long-term goals when used correctly in conjunction with targets for plant reliability. Here is how it is calculated.
Measures of maintenance cost...
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2000/January
Author:Gary DeLange, Prager, Inc.
Gear teeth contain evidence of failure mechanisms that include wear, surface fatigue, plastic flow, and breakage
As with any failure analysis, finding the root cause of damage to gearing often requires a lot of detective work. You may need...
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2000/October
Author:Howard W. Penrose, Ph.D, BJM Corp.
How DOE's MotorMaster+ computer program can be used to manage electric motors. Latest modifications accommodate reliability information.
Energy efficiency in electric motor systems presents significant opportunities...
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2000/December
Author:Joe Zancolich, Siemens Westinghouse Technical Services
Maintenance audits give top-level management a realistic understanding of maintenance along with essential recommendations to achieve business goals.
Audits in general are associated with investigation and reform,...
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