September 03, 2008
System Selection & Living Root Cause Analysis Methods
Join us for Advancing Reliability and Maintenance Web Workshop #8 on September 5
Jack Nicholas Jr., Author of Advancing Reliability & Maintenance will lead a 90 minute web workshop to learn reliability centered methods actually used by St Johns River Power Park in Florida. Topics include:
• Production Smart System Selection
• Living Root Cause Analysis Process
• Developing a default RCM Process
• Production Smart PM and PdM Conversion Process
Reserve your Web Workshop seat now
September 03, 2008
Bently Replacements
From a recent post at MaintenanceForums.com
Has anyone replaced their Bently Nevada rack mounted vibration modules with another vendors equipment?
Our existing rack modules are BN 3500 series with the older software that is no longer supported by GE/BN. I was thinking about replacing these modules with compatible modules from another manufacturer with new software and still use the prox probes from the existing system.
Has anyone gone in this direction?
Read replies and post your comments at MaintenanceForums.com
September 03, 2008
Doubling Maintenance Capacity
A Video Tutorial by Ed Stanek, LAI Reliability Systems, Inc.
By applying proven “production” processes to maintenance such as Constraint Management, OEE for Maintenance, 5S for PM’s, and market demand analysis (backlog), you could double the flow of effective labor hours through your maintenance system.
In this 18 minute video Mr. Stanek provides an educational overview of effective improvement methods.
September 03, 2008
Operator Asset Care and SAP Plant Maintenance
Please join us for a Webinar on September 11
by Steve Reilly, DMSI
Operator Asset Care involves using operations personnel to inspect production equipment, detect any existing or potential issues, and communicate them so that they can be corrected - before any loss of production or major equipment repair is required. Operator Asset Care is a part of an overall Asset Basic Care program, which also includes mechanical and lubrication inspection and correction procedures.
Return on investment for these programs can be quick and significant. Operator Asset Care programs can be carried out using clipboards and spreadsheets, but rugged handheld computers have made the automation of these procedures faster, less expensive and more accurate than ever before.
The use of automation tools such as industrial handheld computers can help Operator Asset Care programs succeed in an SAP R/3 or ECC environment - the inspection and data recording procedures can mesh seamlessly with your existing SAP PM module:
1. Build inspection rounds automatically from your current equipment or functional location structure.
2. Collect all information on the handheld needed to automatically generate maintenance notifications, without having operators need to enter data into the PM module at all.
3. Interfaces to SAP that meet IT specifications - either using BAPIs or XI.
4. Automatic feed back to the operators on their handhelds when a notification has been generated based on the inspection.
This presentation is summarized by SURE (Simplicity, Understanding, Reliability, Effectiveness), the four main keys to a successful Operator Asset Care / Asset Basic Care program.
The presented material will last 45-50 minutes minutes with extra time set aside for questions and answers. Please allow extra time to attend if you are interested in participating in the question and answer sessions.
SAP and other SAP products and services mentioned herein as well as their respective logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of SAP AG in Germany and in several other countries.
September 03, 2008
ALL-TEST PRO 31 Drawing
This month the folks at ALL TEST Pro are giving one lucky winner - drawn at random, an ALL TEST PRO 31 motor testing system.
The hand-held ALL-TEST PRO 31 incorporates tests for faults to ground, internal faults such as turn-to-turn and coil-to-coil and phase balance. Electric interference from residual or stray currents from test-object or surrounding power sources is measured by an included EMI test.
Find out more about the ALL-TEST PRO 31 Drawing
September 03, 2008
SKF Client Needs Analysis – Energy and Sustainability
The SKF Client Needs Analysis - Energy and Sustainability is an extensive, web-enabled, plant wide assessment tool.
Using the CNA-ES, we will examine your operations and highlight areas where SKF can help you achieve energy savings and make environmental improvements – helping ensure your operations remain sustainable, now and in the future.
Find out more about the SKF Client Needs Analysis – Energy and Sustainability
September 03, 2008
6 Simple Steps to Improving Reliability in 3 Slides
An iPresentation Tutorial by Ricky Smith, CMRP, Allied Reliability
Let’s make this short and sweet. Someone told me the other day they do not want to waste an hour watching and listening to an internet presentation on “how to improve reliability”. They were right, If you are in reactive maintenance you do not have time and I have some bad news, you will never have the time. After listening to the crying I decided to design a simple 3 slide presentation which takes 12 minutes which defines the 6 Simple Steps to Improving Reliability.
WARNING: No one said this journey will be easy and good luck.
Start your iPresentation Tutorial now
September 03, 2008
Road to Gold: Hamilton Sunstrand quest to achieve UTC's Ace Gold Status
by Steven Piazza, Hamilton Sunstrand (Winner Uptime Magazine PdM Program of Year Award Best Ultrasound Program for 2007)
This paper will be presented at PdM-2008 - Predictive Maintenance Technology Conference and Expo
The maintenance aspect of our jobs would be easy if we could have the advanced knowledge of machinery and equipment failures. By closely predicting the life cycle of parts and equipment it would be simple to schedule the repairs and the replacement of equipment and manufacturing systems. As we all know, accurate and timely scheduling team up to drive the effectiveness and efficiency of our maintenance resources. More…
August 27, 2008
Learn how to make the move to Proactive Maintenance at PdM-2008
Predictive Maintenance Technology Conference
September 15-18, 2008
Qwest Center
Omaha, Nebraska
In just 4 days you and your maintenance team will discover a roadmap that will guide you to a more proactive maintenance program.
Best Practice maintenance programs (the top 20%) have increased uptime and reduced cost by using advanced technologies like:
• Vibration
• Infrared
• Ultrasound
• Motor Testing
• Oil Analysis
To register for or learn more about PdM-2008 please call one of our friendly conference specialists toll free at (888) 575 1245 or…
August 27, 2008
Application Note: Bridge Crane Testing
Since October 2004, IVC has been performing vibration analysis for NUCOR, a producer of hot-rolled carbon steel products. NUCOR’s Steel Bar Mill Group in Jewett, Texas has three major production cranes in service, the charge, ladle, and billet bay cranes. These cranes are crucial for production. NUCOR had suffered a history of problems with wheel and shaft fits on these cranes. Inadequate tolerances between the wheel and shaft assemblies had led to premature wheel and keyway failures.
IVC Technologies was asked by NUCOR to determine if vibration analysis could aid them in determining which wheels were in jeopardy of failing unexpectedly, and to help them plan future wheel replacements based on their mechanical condition.
Read Application Note: Bridge Crane Testing
