October 26, 2005
MDMH – Motor Diagnostics and Motor Health News October 26, 2005
MDMH – Motor Diagnostics and Motor Health News October 26, 2005
- From the Editor
- November Motor Management and Diagnostics Workshop (Australia)
- February 2006 Motor Management and Diagnostics Workshop (Chicago)
- IMC-2005 Classes
- FEMP Operations and Maintenance Manual (free download)
- Impact of Condition-Based Maintenance in Your Facility
- SUCCESS by DESIGN 2006
- Infrared Inspection Standard, Electrical (free download)
From the Editor
It has been a very busy year, so far. But there is more excitement to come.
The November Motor Management and Diagnostics Workshop will be in Melbourne, Australia, from November 14 to 16, 2005. I will be returning to the Chicago area classes at Dreisilker Electric with the first class being February 21 to 24, 2006. All classes are technology-neutral.
At the IMC 2005 show in Tampa, Florida, I will be presenting a 90 minute class entitled “Motor Bearing Lubrication,” on Wednesday, December 7, 2005, from 1-2:30pm. Upon popular request, I will also be performing 30-minuted classes in the ALL-TEST Pro learning lab each day of the show.
The pursuit of maintenance excellence continues with a free download (The FEMP Operations and Maintenance Manual) and a discussion of the impact of Condition-Based Maintenance in your facility.
At the end of this year, I have made the decision to expand SUCCESS by DESIGN Publishing into SUCCESS by DESIGN Reliability Services. The discussion of this endeavor can be found at the end of this newsletter. I will continue working closely with T-Solutions, Inc. for military and some industrial projects.
Also, I received the results of the Society for Maintenance and Reliability Professionals (SMRP) Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional (CMRP) exam that was taken at the PdM 2005 conference. I passed (with high marks in all areas, I might add) and now join the ranks of well over a thousand CMRP professionals in industry. If you are interested in taking the CMRP exam, it is normally given at the SMRP show, IMC, RCM, PdM, CMMS and MARTs shows. You can obtain additional information at the http://www.smrp.org website.
Sincerely,
Howard W. Penrose, Ph.D., CMRP
The Editor
November Motor Management and Diagnostics Workshop (Australia)
Dr Penrose will be providing Motor Management and Classical RCM/Backfit RCM training in Australia from November 14-16, 2005. Space is limited.
The venue will be the Murray Bouburn Integrated Logistics Centre, Laverton North Melbourne, Victoria. The program is to be hosted by Reads Systems Pty, Ltd. Contact Clyde Volpe at
Information can be downloaded from http://www.motordiagnostics.com/presentations.htm
February 2006 Motor Management and Diagnostics Workshop (Chicago)
Dr Penrose will be providing a four-day Motor Management and Motor Diagnostics training at Dreisilker Electric from February 21 to 24, 2006. Space is limited.
The venue is one of the largest and most modern family-owned electric motor repair facilities in North America. The class will include classical motor maintenance, Classical RCM and Backfit RCM, Time to Failure Estimation™, advanced MCA and MCSA/ESA, and other technologies. The program will be technology neutral and attendees are encouraged to bring their MCA/MCSA/ESA technologies and data for review.
Contact SUCCESS by DESIGN via with any questions. Information on the workshop can be downloaded from http://www.motordiagnostics.com/presentations.htm.
IMC 2005 Classes
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm Preventive & Predictive Maintenance Track 90 Minute Short Course
Motor Bearing Lubrication by Howard Penrose Ph.D. T-Solutions
Bearing Greasing Basics
The bearing greasing basics course will cover the principles of greasing anti-friction bearings including: greasing procedure, frequency, amounts and types of grease. The course is designed to cover any level of maintenance lubrication experience and dispels many of the lubrication ‘old wives tales’ that have developed over the years.
Application of the techniques covered in this course will have a direct impact on machinery life and effective maintenance.
Additionally, Dr Penrose will be performing motor diagnostics classes in the ALL-TEST Pro learning lab all week.
For more information on IMC 2005, go to http://www.maintenanceconference.com/imc/index.htm.
FEMP Operations and Maintenance Manual
The “FEMP Operations and Maintenance Best Practices” manual is produced by the US Department of Energy’s Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy office. This manual provides simple information on the different maintenance types (reactive, preventive, predictive, proactive, RCM, etc.), the benefits of each, how to sell a program to management, and much more.
This guide is free to distribute and can be downloaded from http://www.motordiagnostics.com/presentations.htm.
The Impact of Condition-Based Maintenance On Your Facility
The impact of Condition-Based Maintenance on a facility, regardless of type, is significant. The average development process includes:
- Understanding your assets: Knowing what you have;
- Determining Criticality: Knowing what equipment will impact safety, environment (regulations), production and would incur great expense shoult it fail to function properly;
- Determining Condition: Having a baseline of critical equipment;
- Gap Analysis: Determining time to implement a program;
- PM Optimization: Start by reducing the obviously redundant or unnecessary PM’s;
- CBM/RCM: Utilizing the seven basic principles of RCM, the program is developed:
o What function(s) does the system provide;
o What defines a failure of those functions;
o What causes the failure modes;
o What are the failure effects;
o What are the failure consequences;
o What proactive tasks and intervals can detect or prevent;
o What can be done should a task not be identified.
- Backfit RCM: Continuous improvement of the program using generated history.
Of course, such items as servicing, lubrication, scheduling, root-cause-analysis, etc. all play a part in the program, as do inspections and testing.
With the program in place, the average facility can expect an industry average improvement of:
- Maintenance costs of 24-30%
- Elimination of breakdowns by 70-75%
- Downtime by 35-40%
- Throughput by 20-25%
- Reduction in PM’s by 33-66%
- Man-hour utilization improvements of 40-50%
These are significant improvements in any program, which usually result in immediate returns on investment following the implementation and gap.
For more information on implementing a program at your facility, contact us at .
SUCCESS by DESIGN 2006
SUCCESS by DESIGN (SBD) was established in 2001 as a reliability and maintenance book publisher by Dr. Penrose. As of January 1, 2006, SBD will become SBD Reliability Services providing the following to assist you:
- Motor Management Training, on-site and off-site
- Electrical Motor Diagnostics Training, on-site and off-site
- Industrial reliability, waste-stream, process and energy assessments
- Development of motor management programs
- Industrial systems technical support
- Expert witness services
- RCM training and facilitation
- Root-Cause-Analysis training and investigation
- Energy conservation and alternative energy projects
- Technical maintenance training
- Best Practices development, surveys and evaluation
Dr. Penrose will continue to work closely with T-Solutions, Inc. particularly in specific military and industrial projects.
SUCCESS by DESIGN and its partners have a tremendous range of experience, services, materials and resources to serve you.
Contact us to inquire how we and our partners may assist you in your maintenance, reliability and energy programs: . Or go to http://www.motordoc.net.
Infraspection Institute Electrical Infrared Standard
In keeping with sharing information, I have scanned in the first edition of the Infraspection Institute’s Infrared Standard. The standard may be downloaded from http://www.motordiagnostics.com/presentations.htm. It is a good guide and provides some pass/fail/alarm values for different components of the electrical system.
Enjoy!
