February 14, 2008
Infrared (IR) Tip
Standardize Your Emissivity for Quicker, More Accurate IR Inspections
During the installation of IR windows, while the electrical equipment is shut down, it is important to take the opportunity to standardize the emissivity of the components within the switchgear or other electrical equipment that you wish to inspect through the infrared window / viewing pane. This can be done using Glyptol Paint, electrical tape or IRISS IR-iD high Emissivity Target Labels.
Standardizing emissivity will provide you with targets that you can trust, which can reduce future inspection time while increasing the accuracy of your T and Delta T data, which will in turn help you make “better calls” with greater confidence. Utilizing emissivity stickers in a variety of different shapes will also aid with identification of trouble spots when communicating with the electrician.
Tip provided by at IRISS
Tel: +1 (941) 907-9128
February 14, 2008
Request Your Copy of the New Oil Analysis Book
Insight Services has put together a practical reference handbook on lubrication, oil analysis and sampling procedures. This easy to understand guide is a must read for any maintenance professional.
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February 14, 2008
Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) Tip
RCM Benefits
One of the major benefits of RCM projects is a deeper understanding of how to operate equipment properly. An RCM project may be the first instance in the life of the equipment where the operators, maintainers, and technical resources in the facility have actually sat down together to discuss how operating and maintaining practices impact the reliability of the equipment.
Tip provided by Allied Reliability
Tel: 843-414-5760
February 14, 2008
Leadership Tip
The Responsibility of Being Our Leader
Even though we work for an organization, you are our leader. We don’t follow the company’s mission statement, senior management memos, annual reports, or what the stock market watchers say about us as much as we follow you. And, like it or not, you’re not only our leader but also a large part of our career success. Our job happiness depends on our relationship with you.
Please don’t take this lightly. Sometimes we lie awake nights worrying about you and how you feel about things. We wonder why you pass us in the hall without even acknowledging our presence. We wonder why you take some of us behind closed doors while leaving others outside. As our leader, you influence all of us!
Believe it or not, we DO understand that leadership isn’t easy. We watch every day and see you assume incredible responsibilities. You’re accountable for your actions and for our actions, plus all the fiscal requirements, employee problems, feedback, training, technology changes, hiring, de-hiring, communicating, staff development, prioritizing, eliminating unnecessary bureaucracy, and much more. Your job is tough. But it is the job you chose.
What we ask of you is to accept responsibility for being the very best at your job so we can be the best at our jobs.
When you became a manager, supervisor, or team leader, the game changed. You’re now held to a higher level of accountability than before. In fact, everything you do is exaggerated; you are under a magnifying glass. And when you’re down, we’re down. When you’re up, we’re up. You set the tone…you shape the environment in which we can be successful.
Because of this, we expect more from you than from anyone else in our organization. And we need you to lead us without excuses.
The leadership you display and the decisions that you make contribute more to our success than all other factors combined.
Everything you do counts.
Make it count!
Tip excerpted from Listen Up, Leader
by David Cottrell
February 07, 2008
Optimize Maintenance
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February 07, 2008
Top 10 Common Sense Fallacies in Maintenance
#9: Emergency maintenance is continuing to rise for no known reason
Problems seem to increase everyday and as you get a handle in one area another area problems begin spinning out of control. When you have so many problems and you can’t get a handle on them. You must step back and develop a good plan of attack. The first step would be to track all failures by using a metric called Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF). This metric allows you to focus on the assets that are failing the most. This metric is measured by dividing the number of emergency work orders into time. An example would 3 emergency work orders divided into 24 hours would be 24 divided by 3 equals a MTBF of 8.
Tip by Ricky Smith, Asset Reliability Advocate
Co-author Rules of Thumb for Maintenance and Reliability Engineers
Find our more about Ricky Smith’s new book Rules of Thumb for Maintenance and Reliability Engineers
February 07, 2008
Root Cause Analysis Training: Cause Mapping Workshops
Cause Mapping is an extremely effective 3 step “systems thinking” approach to root cause analysis that significantly improves communication in group problem solving.
Workshop coming soon:
• Anaheim, CA
• San Antonio, TX
• San Francisco, CA
• Mt. Olive, NJ
• Houston, TX
February 07, 2008
Computerized Maintenance Management Software (CMMS) Tip
Overwhelmed with a CMMS Implementation?
You have just implemented a new CMMS, got finally got your equipment hierarchy in place, and have put the equipment criticality rating against the equipment in the database. Feeling overwhelmed about collecting all of the equipment nameplate data, and developing maintenance plans such as PM/ PdM/ Lubrication procedures for all of the site equipment?
Don’t fret. Simply break down the tasks into a more manageable process by using the criticality rating to focus your efforts on the most critical equipment first. If you need to break it down further, select a pilot area to validate and refine your efforts. Methodically work down your various criticality ratings from highest to lowest until you complete the effort. If you would like to know some of the next steps to implementing a CMMS, send me an email at
Tip provided by Jeff Shiver, CMRP, CPMM
People and Processes
http://www.peopleandprocesses.com
February 07, 2008
Call for Participation Now Open for PdM-2008 and LubricationWorld-2008
PdM-2008 - The Predictive Maintenance Technology Conference
LubricationWorld-2008
September 15-18
Qwest Center - Omaha Nebraska
http://www.maintenanceconference.com
Call for Participation Now Open for PdM-2008 and LubricationWorld-2008 - Proposals due March 3, 2008
Leading companies are driving increased reliability, availability and uptime through condition based predictive maintenance and fundamental lubrication excellence. When it comes to insights into new developments it’s clear the one place to be is the Predictive Maintenance Conference and LubricationWorld.
In its 4th year, you will find these collocated conferences featuring high profile keynotes, exciting case studies, panel discussions, eye-opening demos and plenty of time for networking.
The call for participation is now open and early abstracts have the advantage!
Find out more about the Call for Participation Now Open for PdM-2008 and LubricationWorld-2008
February 07, 2008
Best-of-breed EAM with Ease of Integration
Lawson Enterprise Asset Management is a best-of-breed software solution specifically designed to help improve the reliability and availability of your critical assets. It can help you to maximize your profitability and return on your asset investment during every stage of the asset lifecycle. It can also be easily integrated with your other business operations and systems.
