July 26, 2006
PdM-2006 Session Leaders Wanted
We are seeking people to assist us in announcing technical presentations, introducing speakers and to facilitate question and answer sessions at PdM-2006 - The Predictive Maintenance Technology Conference.
Session leaders are offered a free 2 day PdM-2006 Conference pass for September 13-14.
Please call Terrence O’Hanlon toll free (888) 575 1245 ext 111 or email if you would like to be considered.
July 26, 2006
Design Out Maintenance
From a recent post at MaintenanceForums.com
Post: Design Out Maintenance is an option resulting from RCM.This should eliminate the need for maintenance.
Could someone please give me a few examples of such an approach, to understand it better? Thank you. - Rennie
First reply: Here are a few I can think of.
1. If you have a hidden failure you can modify something to make that failure evident so no failure finding maintenance is required (you will still need to fix it when “it is broke") One example is a standby generator that was modified to run continuously. The company made front page news when power was lost and the standby generator failed to start or started but stopped soon after. The modification cost money but saved the red faces.
2. In structures, beef up the structure to the point that it will outlast the life of the asset so no inspections for corrosion or fatigue etc will be necessary. This analogy can be used for all items that have a safe life. Make the safe life past the life of the asset.
3. If you have random and unpredictable failures for which there is no feasible preventive or predictive maintenance you can design modifications to stop the failure from occurring. To avoid the cost of punctures to tyres, change to rubber tyres (note that punctures will stop but other failure modes like wear will require maintenance).
Hope these help - Steve
July 26, 2006
Introduction to Vibration Analysis Workshop by Dan Ambre
PdM-2006 Pre-Conference Workshop
September 12, 2006
Chattanooga TN
This Introductory level workshop is designed for the new PdM Analyst, a maintenance manager, or supervisor responsible for machinery monitoring with limited time to spend. As an Analyst, this vibration training provides a solid grounding in the techniques required to enhance your ability to make accurate rotating equipment maintenance decisions. As a Manager or Supervisor, a basic understanding of vibration analysis allows you to accurately assess and/or approve recommendations from your internal vibration analysis group or an outside contractor supporting your facility.
Course Objectives
• Provide Essential Basic Vibration Concepts to the New Analyst
• Introduction to and Guidelines for Interpreting the Vibration Spectrum
• Introduce the Analyst to a Rotating Machinery & Machine Components
• Acquaint the student with Vibration Transducers used by the Analyst
• Recognition of various Vibration Problems from Time Waveform and Spectrum data
• Introduction of Basic Vibration Phase Techniques
• Provide a Comparison of several Severity Criteria used for Vibration Trending
Course Prerequisite:
This course is designed for the New Analyst, Maintenance Technician, or Management Supervisor with Little or No Formal Training. The Class is Presented in an Unbiased Format, Generic to Industry Hardware and Software Products.
Space is limited and filling up fast so please call toll free (888) 575 1245 or…
July 26, 2006
Adventures in Alignment
Uptime Magazine May 2006
Cooling Tower Assignment Tests Laser Alignment System - by Alan Luedeking
When an HVAC technician is called out to perform a shaft alignment on a cooling tower fan, it is always an adventure, and seldom a pleasant one. Numerous difficulties await, not the least of which include the long distance to be spanned, vibration from surrounding fans, hazardous wet conditions, and obstructions. Using dial indicators in the “face-face-distance” method, the job may take many hours, and very much longer if soft foot is found and must be corrected. The following application in a large hospital provides an illustration of a number of oft-encountered problems which must be overcome, and how they were handled with a laser alignment system. More…
July 26, 2006
Maintenance and Reliability in the Year 2016
Editors Note: We have invited some of the best minds in maintenance and reliability to write a series of brief essays on trends they see developing 10 years forward. Each week we will publish a new essay.
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Projected by Howard W Penrose, Ph.D., CMRP, President, SUCCESS by DESIGN
The US Census Bureau’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has cited that there will be a workforce available to replace the existing workforce, in numbers, and that the skilled and experienced workforce will grow dramatically in the 55 and older category through 2014. However, there is also an expected decrease in skilled worker demand across all industry and manufacturing sectors during the same period. Sixty percent of new job growth will be split into high paying, high education positions, such as engineering, medical services and computer science, and low paying, low education service industries. In effect, there will be a change to the USA middle class that had emerged at the beginning of the 20th Century, with a greater definition of upper and lower classes. The concept goes along with the increase of students entering higher education and the decrease of those same young adults, ages 16 through 24, entering industry. More…
July 26, 2006
Save The Date - IMC-2006 - December 5-8
The 21st International Maintenance Conference
Co-Located with CMMS-2006
December 5-8
Daytona Beach Florida
The Maintenance and Reliability Conference of the Year!
Please join us for IMC-2006, the 21st International Maintenance Conference December 5-8, 2006 in beautiful Daytona Beach Florida.
The team at the Reliabilityweb.com network has worked hard all year searching for the best case studies, workshops, short courses, simulations and subject matter expert presentations to create IMC-2006 – The 21st International Maintenance Conference.
We are confident that we have assembled the maintenance and reliability focused conference program of the year.
July 26, 2006
How to Perform Successful RCM Analysis
An iPresentation Tutorial by Doug Plucknette
Reliability Solutions, Inc.
Part Two of a Six Part Series Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) is one the best ways to ensure the right maintenance work is done at the right time to sustain system functions. Whether you are new to RCM or have an established program - you are invited to join Doug Plucknette in a 7 minute iPresentation tutorial as he outlines several key tips to ensuring that your RCM analysis is effective and successful.
July 26, 2006
When Inventory Optimization Doesn’t Optimize
How Double Loop Learning and Systems Thinking Can Help You to Achieve
By Phillip Slater, Initiate Action
Reliability Magazine July/August 2006
So, you have finally got that software you have been needing. The boss has been on your back about inventory and wants your assurance on availability while also reducing the cash investment. You researched the market and decided on a program of inventory optimization. Optimization, surely that is what you need, after all optimization is the ultimate outcome, is it not? Optimization means that everything is working at maximum efficiency, right? Wrong.
