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  • Asset Strategy

7 Steps to Kickstarting lloT-Based Asset Reliability

At Petasense, we talk to a lot of companies that are interested in IIoT or wireless Predictive Maintenance (PdM), but aren’t sure where to start. The range of options available and perceived complexity can be daunting. Asset reliability is a journey, and wireless technologies can enable it...

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Corporate Counter-Dependency
  • Leadership

Corporate Counter-Dependency: Why This Is a Problem

In psychology there’s a phenomenon known as “counter-dependency”. People with this tendency will refuse help when it is offered and won’t even seek it when confronted with a problem. Organizations that are poorer performers often exhibit this same tendency.,,

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  • Implementation Strategy

10 Myths about RCM

Despite its well-documented successes, Reliability Centered Maintenance has always drawn a lot of discussion and controversy.  Much of it is because of a lack of understanding and ‘myths’ generated to discredit RCM as a viable business solution.  Here I will fill in some of those gaps...

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  • Implementation Strategy

Ten Key Elements to a Sustainable Reliability Improvement Program

Too many reliability improvement programs fail. In this brief presentation, 10 key elements to a successful and sustainable reliability improvement program will be proposed and described. If you have addressed each of these elements you will have success.

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  • Defect Elimination

Defect Elimination of Dust Contamination and Lubrication Cleanliness in Ore Operation

Were refilling the remote crusher that’s the lube tank with about 5000 liters of lubricant in there and that’s the stuff (dust) sitting on top. That with just my finger just trying to figure out how much dust is sitting on top. And that’s the seal; the rubber seal that actually stops the dust from getting in.

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  • Asset Strategy

The 15 Things Your Smart Machine Won’t Tell You

Smart machines, the Industrial Internet of Things, and machine learning are without a doubt the future. However, it is important that we realize the limitations of technology...

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  • Implementation Strategy

Making Reliability Resonate within Manufacturing Plants

Reliability impacts all levels in many different ways and how to make the message resonate?

  • Andrew Keene
  • Inghams Group
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  • Asset Strategy

Dollars and Sense people really are our most valuable assets

Dollars and Sense people really are our most valuable assets... In theory, there is no difference between theory & practice. But in practice, there is"

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  • Continuous Improvement

Merge Improvement Programs and Expand Your Network for Maximum Value Creation

All improvement methodologies match with the reliability principles. If you can take the best tool sets from each and merge them into an overarching improvement methodology, you will create value for your plant…

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