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  • Continuous Improvement

Complicated Versus Complexity in Maintenance

I’ve always thought that knowing when something was going to fail was unknowable. Of course, predictive maintenance vendors shout from the rooftops about the effectiveness of their technology. Even the onboard computers tell you to replace components, somehow knowing when the failure will occur.
But really, most failures are not related to wear or aging, so how can we know what is going to happen and when? This discussion leads me into the sales pitches for AI (Artificial Intelligence). Can we ever get to the point where there is so much data that we can really predict the future?

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  • Implementation Strategy

The Relation Between Reactive, Run to Failure (RTF), and Corrective Maintenance (CM)

Failure-based Maintenance (FBM) is unscheduled maintenance or repair to return the asset to a defined state. There are no interventions until a failure has occurred. This includes the Reactive Maintenance and the Run to Failure (RTF) Maintenance. Many are not differentiating between the above-mentioned types of Maintenance and use the two terms as alternatives.

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  • Condition Monitoring

Electrical Frequencies Calculation and AC Motor Faults Patterns. Part 2

In the Part 2 the practical example will be analyzed.

Let’s look the background and calculate the most common frequencies produced by motor that potentially will be required for further analysis.

  • Pawel Lecinski
  • CMRP
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  • Continuous Improvement

How Motion Amplification® Fits into a Reliability Program

If you want the equipment and assets in your industrial facility to stay up and running, you’ll need a good reliability program. Reliability programs are designed to increase and maintain the performance of a plant’s equipment by identifying potential failures and eliminating their causes and reducing the possibility of production failures and stalls while enhancing safety.

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  • Leadership

Asset Management Enabling Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG) Principles

At a high level, corporate social responsibility refers to practices and policies undertaken by corporations that are intended to have a positive influence on the world. Along these same lines, there is a growing desire in many organizations to practice environment, social, and governance (ESG) principles in their everyday business operations.

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  • Leadership

Succession

I spoke to a group of maintenance professionals last week in the Caribbean (virtually), and the topic of succession came up. The group consisted of men and women at various points in their careers, but there was a strong contingent of senior leaders and a few newbies.

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  • Condition Monitoring

Electrical Frequencies Calculation and AC Motor Faults Patterns. Part 1

The fault diagnosis of induction motors, being probably the most common drivers used for industrial machinery plays an important role to reduce the catastrophic failures and production lost tonnage.

  • Pawel Lecinski
  • CMRP
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  • Asset Strategy

Which is Right for You? OEE vs. MTBF

You may already be familiar with some of the metrics used to measure the performance of your assets. If you have had some exposure to the common thinking on this topic, then you are likely familiar with the terms OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness) and MTBF (Mean Time Between Failure). Both of these metrics can be very informative and drive specific behaviors when applied correctly.

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  • Leadership

Transforming Training in a Pandemic World

While normal business has been interrupted due to precautions taken to address the global pandemic, the need to continue to drive improvement and provide development opportunities for our employees continues.

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