Entry Deadline - June 1, 2006

Nominate your program for Uptime Magazine’s PdM Program of the Year Award.

There is no cost to enter and winners will be selected for Vibration Analysis, Ultrasonics, Infrared, Motor Testing and Oil Analysis.

Winners get a handsome trophy, a Team photo and brief program description in Uptime Magazine, acknowledgement from co-workers, management and the rest of the Predictive Maintenance world.

Last but not least - winners get free passes for PdM-2006 - The Predictive Maintenance Technology Conference and Expo (Sept 12-15, 2006) in Chattanooga Tennessee.

You have to be in it - to win it - enter today

Most of us know that misalignment is expensive from the tires on your car to the machinery which is your responsibility to keep running smoothly.

Except for the tires, Mr. Shims Dial Indicator Sets helps you with this.

Each system can set up in the Rim and Face Method or the Reverse Dial Method.

In the reverse dial method, indicators are set up on the shaft brackets to lessen the sag on the rods.

Reaching the tolerances you need for the successful installation of your equipment will be assisted immensely by our shaft to shaft sets. Aluminum hardware lessens the weight, while still having repeatability.

So the next time someone tells you it is documented that 50% of premature failure can be directly attributed to misalignment. You can say, “Not in my plant, we align within the specified tolerances or better!”

For Sets that do only the Indicator Reverse Method or sets that do only Rim and Face Method, call for pricing.

For your shaft alignment needs call Mr. Shims at 1-800-727-4467, fax 630-832-5744.
Email .

Visit our web site for these or other products

A Conference Proceedings CD is now available from the Reliability Centered Maintenance Managers’ Forum and the Enterprise Asset Management Summit held in Las Vegas.

Highlights included presentations and networking with RCM Experts and Authors Jack Nicholas Jr., Mac Smith, Neil Bloom, Alan Pride, Howard Penrose, Glenn Hinchcliffe and Vee Narayan among others.

The EAM-2006 and RCM-2006 Proceedings CD includes all Papers and Slide presentations and is now available for purchase online.

Special Bonus - When you order the proceedings CD we will supply the 467 page EAM-2006 and RCM-2006 Printed Proceedings Book at no cost while supplies last!

Order the EAM-2006 and RCM-2006 Proceedings CD

Making SAP-PM work for your business

Efficient plant maintenance is vital to a company’s ability to optimize and harmonize its production processes. For companies using SAP’s R/3 system, the effective implementation and use of the Plant Maintenance (PM) component represents a strategy with considerable practical benefits.

SAP R/3 Plant Maintenance offers a clear introduction to this small but sophisticated component and provides a highly practical guide to implementing PM. Beginning with a examination of the key business processes underlying PM functionality, the book goes on to cover all the crucial aspects of maintenance planning and execution in R/3. Particular attention is given to integrating plant maintenance with a company’s natural process flow.

SAPBK-PM...$39.95

Click here to order

This comprehensive self guided course emphasizes proven techniques for building high performance maintenance programs. The course is based on the Society for Maintenance & Reliability Professionals (SMRP) 5 Pillars of required knowledge for maintenance & reliability professionals, and is backed by extensive benchmarking and real-world application. SMRP does not endorse any commercial activities including this training course. Completing this course does not ensure that you will pass the CMRP exam.

Students will gain valuable know-how for constructing and working in an exceptional maintenance organization.

The “Five Pillars” model is discussed in detail, with useful examples included in each subject area:
• Business & Management
• Manufacturing Process Reliability
• Equipment Reliability
• People Skills
• Work Management
The Maintenance & Reliability Professional Review Course will provide the critical tools needed to transform your maintenance organization into a cost cutting, failure eliminating partner in any operation.

Learn more about 5 Pillars

The skills-accelerator is an online application that simplifies the employee assessment process so that a supervisor can easily assess his/her employee’s technical knowledge and skills and create an individual development plan to close any gap the employee may have. Not only does the skills-accelerator identify the needs of the individual, it provides solutions.

• Generates Assessments: Through a simple job definition selection process a supervisor can generate any number of specialized assessments that are directly tied to the tasks his/her personnel perform.
-- Knowledge Assessment: These assessments are randomly generated from a bank of questions that have been associated with each task via the process called job task analysis.
--Skills Assessment: In addition to creating a knowledge based assessment, the system also provides hands-on practical assessment tools that can be used to observe the employees skill at task performance.

• Individual Development Plan (IDP): The system defines areas of opportunities and then provides links to training options for each task that is assessed. Local and preferred training options can be added into the system. The supervisor is then able to evaluate and select curriculums that will be most effective for his/her personnel to close the gaps in their technical knowledge and skills in their job definition.

The skills-accelerator is suggested for:

Plant Managers, Supervisors, Operation Personnel, Mechanical Technicians, PdM Technicians, Planners, Engineers and Mechanical Maintenance Personnel.

Current tracks or work groups of the skills-accelerator include:

• Mechanical Maintenance Tasks
• Electrical Maintenance Tasks
• Instrumentation and Control Tasks
• PdM Tasks
• Operation Tasks
• Management and Reliability Engineering Tasks

Please call Universal Technologies Interactive for more details 704-875-0249 or…

Learn more about the skills-accelerator online