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Preventative Maintenance
Optimizing reliability centered maintenance
Reliability Centered Maintenance methods compliant with the SAE standard JA-1011 (“Evaluation Criteria for RCM Processes”) all have common features – they must, or they won’t comply with the standard. Those requirements are “minimum” requirements, as they are with any standard. RCM-R complies. But what makes it different and why?
IIoT and RCM3: Digital Transformation spawns new approach to Reliability Centered Maintenance
Reliability centered maintenance (RCM) is a rigorous optimization process for asset-intensive organizations. Typically, assets covered by an RCM initiative are mission critical because of the requirements for health, safety and the environment (HSE), but also because of the financial impacts of downtime.
Test & Rewind – Electric motor maintenance
Regular inspections, maintenance and finding the right shop to repair critical motors will reduce costly, unplanned shutdowns.
Roll-In replacement circuit breakers provide refurbishment options that minimize downtime
Aging electrical power distribution systems often contain legacy switchgear…
Book Review – Physical Asset Management
Reading Dharmen Dhaliah’s book, Physical Asset Management: An Organizational…
Road Safety at Work Week March 6-10
Richmond, BC – Employers are responsible for the safety of…
Society for Maintenance & Reliability Professionals (SMRP) sports a new identity
Atlanta, GA – The Society for Maintenance & Reliability…
The power of predictive maintenance
The benefits of predictive maintenance shouldn’t be underestimated, as…
Anticipate failure through condition monitoring
“In most cases we won’t be monitoring our equipment continuously. We’ll do it periodically on a fixed frequency – say once per shift, daily, weekly or monthly. How do we choose the frequency? This is where condition monitoring involves a bit of informed guesswork.” —James Reyes-Picknell
SKF destroys 15 tons of fake bearings
Counterfeit bearings with a market value of approximately EUR 1 000 000 were destroyed in Greece, following the successful completion of legal proceedings commenced in 2009.
Master the basics of cleaning and degreasing
Throughout my career I often found that the lack…
Webinar – Order Measurements in Condition Monitoring
Join UE Systems for their first webinar of 2017…
Vibration diagnostics to analyze radial vibration at the bearings ensures best balance
Since September 1996, the at-speed balancing bunker in Sulzer’s…
White paper reveals how to detect bearing damage at the earliest stage
Hansford Sensors, a leading manufacturer of vibration monitoring equipment,…
How to select the proper industrial shaft seal for an application
For all rotating machinery in plants across industries, shaft…
Valve plant gains understanding of Industry 4.0 by becoming a reference factory for customers
Festo is applying new technologies and systems in a…
What is more important: a focus on reliability or focus on maintenance practices?
MRO’s Counterpoint columnists took to the stage at this…
Debunking four condition-based maintenance misconceptions
Condition-based maintenance, applied to mission critical and non-critical assets,…
Three technology driven developments poised to disrupt field service
The field service industry has always been one of the earliest adopters of new technologies, from the original PDAs to IoT-enabled devices. Now, a new generation of technology is uniquely positioned to transform the field service industry, promising to reduce costs and dramatically improve the quality of service organizations can offer. Tom DeVroy, Senior Product Evangelist for Enterprise Service Management at IFS, identifies three technology-led developments set to disrupt field service and discusses how flexible and modular resource planning infrastructure will help organizations reap substantial rewards.
FLIR Systems acquires Prox Dynamics for $134 Million
Wilsonville, OR – FLIR Systems, Inc. announced has acquired…
Webinar: The right lubricants drive energy efficiency, savings and productivity
Machinery and Equipment MRO is now accepting registrations for the 2016 Oil & Lube webinar series.
Date: September 8, 2016 2 P.M. EST.
Webinar: Safe Performance – Minimize lubrication risk in operations
Some of the greatest risks to an operation typically occur during equipment servicing and maintenance. One way to ensure a safe environment is to reduce human-machine-interaction (HMI). This effort should be supported by best practices that enhance safety in a lubrication program.
Webinar: What is the lubricant’s role in energy efficiency?
This complimentary webinar considers the various ways energy savings…
Industrial equipment maker boosts digital factory with $4.5 billion acquisition
Frankfurt – German industrial equipment maker Siemens AG says…
Danfoss awarded for innovation in asset performance
Danfoss, a leading manufacturer of high-efficiency components and controls…
Who laid off the asset management data quality people?
The petroleum-triggered economic global downturn has impacted all aspects…
Engineered products company merges with operational reliability solutions provider
Houston – Texas-based T.F. Hudgins Inc. announced a merger…
Maintenance test tools company grows with CMMS solutions acquisition
Everett, Wash. – Fluke Corporation, the world leader in…
Avoid health scares with regular hygiene assessments
The list of prosecution bulletins and food recalls posted…
NEB to require companies to publish emergency management programs
Calgary – The National Energy Board says it plans…
