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1. Predictive Maintenance Strategy from Rockwell Automation Helps Energy Supplier Maximize Output and Meet Growing Demand

2006/October

Author: Ali Finer Padilla, Speer Beardsley Inc.

Predictive Maintenance Strategy from Rockwell Automation Helps Energy Supplier Maximize Output and Meet Growing Demand Genesis Energy's predictive maintenance strategy targets most critical equipment to ensure optimal availability With...

2. Turning To Active Balancing To Enhance Fan Reliability

2008/December

Author: Andrew J. Winzenz, LORD Corporation

Continuous monitoring for and correction of centrifugal-fan imbalances during operation is an especially cost-effective way of eliminating vibration problems. From the time centrifugal fans first entered the marketplace, they have been subject to...

3. Improving Procedures In Supply and Purchase

2008/November

Author: Dirk Frame and Larry Olson, T.A. Cook Consultants

Chemical companies spend enormous sums on the serving and maintenance of their assets, as well as on new investments. In daily business, however, staff often lacks the time and experience to optimize the procurement process. Achieving optimal...

4. Ready, Set, Go To Successful CMMS Implementation

1999/April

Author: Ernie Autin, Reliability Management Group

Implementing a computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) requires a large commitment from an organization in time, money, and resources. The success of such a project not only is determined by an on-time, within-budget, and...

5. Increasing Plant Uptime

2006/October

Author: George Meek, Evergreen Engineering, Inc.

Are you actually measuring your downtime? Even if you are, you might be missing opportunities that help beyond the correction of individual downtime events. It’s 2 o'clock on a Saturday afternoon. You’re the shift production ...

6. Getting Back To Business At Opry Mills Mall

2011/July

Author: Jane Alexander, Editor, with Jason Bush, Schneider Electric

High-quality emergency repair of electrical and power systems is key to a fast recovery from catastrophic weather events.

7. 7 Steps To Ensure Equipment Purchases Will Deliver

2006/October

Author: Jerry Dover, P. Eng., Etobicoke Bakery

Better planning could help you get out of the “doing whatever it takes to make it work” mode. Wouldn’t that be nice? It’s an all-too-familiar scenario.A month ago, your head engineer purchased and installed a new widget press for...

8. Lessons From The Crime Scene

2006/October

Author: Kenneth Reed, System Improvements, Inc.

When an equipment malfunction occurs, you need to do much more than simply "sweep up the glass" and get back to work. Expert systems can vastly improve your troubleshooting efforts. Law enforcement organizations have this down to a science. Arrive...

9. Viewpoint: Taking Aim On Your Business

2006/October

Author: Maurice Wilkins, VP Consulting, ARC Advisory Group

I still find it truly amazing that aircraft high above the ground or racecars hurtling around a racetrack can have their engines monitored, diagnosed, tuned and possibly repaired from a remote location-often many thousands of miles away. ...

10. Solving Electrical Problems with Thermal Imaging

2008/December

Author: Michael Stuart, Fluke Corporation

Today's thermal imagers, which produce live images of the heat emitted from equipment, are rugged, easy to use and much more affordable than just a few years ago. This makes them highly practical and cost-effective solutions for everyday electrical...

11. Viewpoint: World-Class Maintenance - Serious Aspiration Or Joke?

2006/September

Author: Paul D. Tomlingson, Principal Consultant, Paul D. Tomlingson Associates, Inc.

Paul D. Tomlingson, Principal Consultant, Paul D. Tomlingson Associates, Inc. World-class maintenance is the pinnacle of achievement for most maintenance organizations whether they maintain plant equipment, tend to mobile equipment or...

12. Viewpoint: Root-Cause Your Successes

2010/May

Author: Randall K. Noon, P.E., Cooper Nuclear Station

Most plant personnel understand the value of root-cause analysis (RCA). Properly conducted, an evidence-driven RCA can be a strong performance-improvement tool. It fixes problems that waste time and resources, and it mitigates risk.

13. Environmental Influences on IR Thermography Surveys

1999/December

Author: Robert Madding and Bernard R. Lyon, Jr., Infrared Training Center

Do environmental influences such as the sun and wind have an effect when performing an infrared (IR) thermography survey? The answer can be as complex as the environment. Factors such as survey severity criteria...

14. Preventive Maintenance Programs Are Valuable

2006/April

Author: Timothy H. Trout, C.P.M.M., MRO Software, Inc.

Whether it’s performed on you in a doctor’s office, or on the assets in your plant or facility, the appropriate type of preventive maintenance can offer tremendous payback, not to mention real peace of mind. Preventive maintenance is the...

15. Information Management Strategies To Achieve Collaborative Asset Life Cycle Management

2005/November

Author:'Sunny' Hemant Gosain, Oracle Corporation

Raising the levels of "asset intimacy" among service providers is crucial where maintenance is concerned. Companies typically will embrace a business trend in an effort to move ahead of the competition, achieve long-term savings and, in some...

16. Human Centered Design Supports Improved Job Performance

2010/February

Author:Adam Lund, Emerson Process Management

Putting it as simply as possible, application of new design principles in capacity-assurance technologies is boosting usability and productivity.

17. Qualifying Motor Repair On Line

1997/November

Author:Administrator

Motor repair shops, whether in the plant or commercial facilities outside the plant, should be able to furnish vibration data on repaired motors for use in condition monitoring or predictive maintenance programs. A requirement for such data is being...

18. Extending Pump Motor Life In Liquid Level Applications

2003/December

Author:Administrator

Many process systems operate by the storage, transfer, metering, and disposal of liquid materials. The pumps that move the liquid materials represent a point where maintenance failure can halt all other processes. Extending the service life of...