Continuous Improvement
Research Report
The Keys to Reliability Improvement Success Research Report: First Edition
The results are in! 1,000+ industry professionals participated in the global survey earlier this year, in efforts to clearly identify the key factors to having a successful reliability improvement program. This benchmarking tool will help you to...
- Jason Tranter
- Mobius Institute
Five Minute Facts
Working from Home (WFH), the lesson we need to learn from 2020!
Despite the pains we suffered in 2020 due to the COVID-19 and its consequences, it taught us a lot of lessons. I am focusing here on one great lesson which we wouldn’t ever learn without this pandemic.
- Ahmed Kotb
- TRANSCO
Five Minute Facts
Pseudo Tach – A Powerful Gearbox Analysis Tool
The main purpose and benefit of Pseudo tach are to amplify the signal from the intermediate shaft while decreasing the noise from the application, thus obtaining clear and stable readings from the shaft. For reliable results, combining TSA with order tracking based on the Pseudo tach signal is strongly recommended
- Michel Tommasin
- SPM Instrument AB
Two Minute Tips
Uptime Logistics Completes Your Reliability Strategy
Whether you’re currently in a down situation or proactively looking to improve your asset reliability & maintenance plans, CAP Logistics is a natural fit to include on your team. While many companies in the transportation sector are looking to optimize everyday supply chain shipping rates by reducing availability on times and routes, we understand the critical importance of operational reliability 24/7/365..
- CAP Logistics
Five Minute Facts
Machine Health Basics For The OEM Design Engineer
Analyzing machine vibration as a means of monitoring healthy operation and diagnosis of emerging problems is a relatively mature specialization, long practiced on turbines and motor-pump trains. Condition Monitoring for the factory today is generally implemented by a skilled practitioner equipped with a handheld data-logger, collecting and processing signals from a tethered vibration sensor during a periodically scheduled, route-based maintenance program.
- Ed Spence
- The Machine Instrumentation Group
Five Minute Facts
Embrace Industry 4.0 to Improve Reliability
Step changes in condition based monitoring technology mean unlocking the benefits of Industry 4.0 to achieve operator driven reliability are now a reality. Oliver Pogmore, of plant reliability specialists AVT Reliability®, explains how digital technology can overcome barriers such as cost and staffing levels to deliver a truly proactive maintenance programme.2
- Oliver Pogmore
- AVT Reliability®
Interviews
Information Everywhere Use REST API to Get Out, and In The Information to Your CM System
In this interview SPM Instrument's Christer Larsson breaks down REST API. In detail Christer explains what REST API is and how it works, what type of data you can get and what are the benefits to REST API..
- Christer Larsson
- SPM Instrument
Two Minute Tips
RIP Predictive Maintenance. Long Live Predictive Maintenance
Companies have been using Predictive Maintenance for 30 years using technologies like vibration, ultrasonic, thermography, oil analysis, and motor current analysis. It is only within the last five years that advances in technology have radically changed what is possible. The future of Predictive Maintenance is...
- Ken Madsen
- Petasense
Five Minute Facts
Glossary of Industrial Maintenance Technology
It can be challenging to understand what all the terms for industrial maintenance technologies mean. IIoT, Industry 4.0, AI, PdM 4.0. We try to distill it down to a simple glossary...
- Ken Madsen
- Petasense