December 13, 2007
PdMA Drawing - Items to Create a World Class Lube Room
Our friends at PdMA offer in-stock inventory for the Reliability Brands products including Oil Safe as well as the NEW Grease Safe and Labels Safe products at great prices.
Now they are offering one lucky Reliabilityweb.com member or web site visitor a complete set of 5 Oil Safe drums and accessories for storing, dispensing and transporting lubricants. Also with this giveaway they are including your chance to get some of the new Label Safe and Grease Safe products. Label Safe products provide labeling solutions for bulk storage to point of use. The Grease Safe products allow for organized storing and handling of grease cartridges. Be one of the first to try out the new products and to build your world class lube room at no cost if your name is randomly drawn at the end of the month.
You must enter by December 31 to have a chance to win!
December 13, 2007
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December 13, 2007
Alignment Tip
Rise over run, the foundation of alignment.
In any alignment situation, one of the most basic principles is rise over run. Think of it as a change in offset over a distance. It is also a way to quantify angles without using degrees.
When the laser system measures “angularity”, it expresses it as rise over run, or a change in offset over a distance.
This information, along with the dimensions that the user
enters are what the system uses to calculate corrections at the feet.
That is why it is very important that laser measurements are repeatable and that all dimensions should be accurate to within 1/8 inch. The sensor to coupling dimension is the most critical of these.
If the laser measurements are good but the dimensions for the feet are not, any corrections the computer calculates will not work due to the fact that they are “applied” to a different location, not at the actual foot location. If you are making the corrections that the computer says to and your alignment is still off, double check your dimensions.
Tip provided by LUDECA, INC.
ALIGNMENT * VIBRATION * BALANCING
http://www.ludeca.com
Tel: 305-591-8935
December 13, 2007
World Class Maintenance Tip
Avoid intrusive maintenance.
In a separate but related issue, our comprehensive review of current preventive maintenance practices employed by our clients reveals that the majority of current PM tasks involve some form of intrusive action on the part of the craft technicians. These intrusive actions tend to generate return service calls up to 50% of the time due to errors created by the intrusion.
We believe that a world-class maintenance program will employ every possible method and/or technology to reduce intrusive actions to a minimum until it is absolutely necessary to cross the boundary of an equipment item for servicing. This means that maximum use will be made of condition-directed tasks, including the application of the ever-expanding field of predictive maintenance technology.
Tip provided by Anthony “Mac” Smith, Author, RCM - Gateway to World Class Maintenance, Butterworth-Heinemann, ISBN-10: 075067461X
December 13, 2007
e-Book Request: Beginner’s Guide to Machine Vibration
Commtest knows that vibration monitoring can be an easy and painless task – not a mysterious art. They have written Beginner’s Guide to Machine Vibration to give you the key information you need to be successful with your vibration monitoring program.
Engineers, technicians, machine operators, and accountants will be able to quickly grasp the concepts presented in this free e-Book. Commtest has avoided complicated mathematics and physics formulae, focusing on just the principle concepts necessary for performing basic vibration monitoring. The text is interspersed with simple diagrams, and care has been taken to use everyday language wherever possible.
December 13, 2007
Oil Analysis Tip
3. Zinc (Zn) is another element that has a ‘chameleon-like’ presence because it can have several forms:
a. Oil Additive: as roughly half of zinc dithiophosphate, a very common additive
b. Galvanizing [passive parts erosion, e.g., plumbing or plating]
c. Wear [brass alloying agent]
d. Contaminant {when required to be <10ppm, e.g., EMD diesel engine]
Phosphorus in proportionate quantities will suggest an additive source, the most common occurrence. When phosphorus is missing one must then be alert to ‘b’ and ‘c’ above. When Zn is a contaminant (d), it is usually in the form of zinc dithiophosphate, representing addition of incorrect lube or a contaminated source.
Tip provided by Jack Poley, CMI
Tel: 305.669.5181
http://www.cmiglobal.biz
December 13, 2007
Maintenance Tip
I would like to add to Carl Collins’ tip for helping to assist aging memory.
Using a laser pointer while taking voice notations helps focus on the exact item you are talking about. It removes the outside ‘fuzz’ and pinpoints the item, not the area.
There is also another benefit. Because of its visual nature, other staff members become very curious as to what it is you are looking at.
This is not limited to operations staff, but almost everyone present. The questions (and by default, Awareness) start to come thick and fast. whether you are doing the explaining, or being explained to, the simple el cheapo laser pointer grabs the attention of the audience, and makes no mistake as to what item you are identifying.
Where I work we have banks of valves that look like ranks of soldiers, I can identify one without having without having to compromise safety or misinterpretation.
Reader tip provided by Tone Nathan
Maintenance Technician
Fonterra
Tauhara Taupo
New Zealand
Thank you Tone - your diamond plated, stainless steel, Reliabilityweb.com coffee mug is on the way!
December 06, 2007
Rapid PM Development
PM Builder is an entry-level maintenance and failure analysis package designed for creating comprehensive maintenance strategies from scratch or building on existing plant maintenance plans.
This highly functional software targets organizations that feel they have more breakdowns than they should, and consider that proper preventive and predictive maintenance is one of the keys to break that cycle.
December 06, 2007
Vibration Analysis Case Study
Routine vibration checks on critical machinery in a large gas processing plant revealed excessive vibration on a centrifugal air compressor.
A follow-up analysis of the machine’s vibration disclosed misalignment between the compressor and speed increaser. In addition, a high frequency vibration on the gear box indicated that the bull gear of the speed increaser was damaged. Later, visual inspection revealed a fine crack in the gear.
Because a replacement gear was not available at the time, containing holes were drilled at both ends of the crack to keep it from extending farther. After a realignment of the unit, the equipment was put back into full service until a new bull gear could be fabricated.
When the replacement gear was ready, the unit was shut down just long enough to replace the gear. Although this took four days, a total stress failure could have caused a six-month shutdown.
Case study provided by Dennis Shreve
Commtest
Tel: 865-588-2946
December 06, 2007
How to Prevent Equipment Failure with Maximo and Ivara EXP
View this 20 minute webinar broadcast from IBM Maximo and Ivara. Eric Wegscheider outlines an integrated and cohesive approach to asset performance and reliability optimization using Ivara EXP with Maximo. Hear how Maximo customers are taking their equipment reliability programs to the next level in their journey to operational excellence – preventing equipment failure, increasing production, reducing costs – one asset at a time. Ivara EXP can be used with an EAM/CMMS. It is certified Ready for IBM Tivoli and certified Powered by Netweaver for SAP PM/EAM.
View this 20 minute webinar broadcast from IBM Maximo and Ivara
