Precision and Proactive Skills
Reliability Program Bad Actors
Without resolving bad actor issues, endless man-hours and revenue are at risk of being expended.
- Jeff Hay
- RDI Technologies
Maintenance & Reliability in Practice Virtual Case Studies Event
Erin Erickson, the Executive Director of SMRP, answers questions about upcoming case studies event and other exciting news from SMRP.
- Erin Erickson
- Kellen
Preview the 2021 SMRP Annual Conference!
The Society for Maintenance and Reliability Professionals (SMRP) is preparing to welcome attendees for its 29th Annual Conference. Hear from SMRP Executive Director Erin Erickson about what's in store for attendees at this year's event.
- SMRP
Root Cause Analysis of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Rig Disaster and the Texas City Refinery Explosion
The Deepwater Horizon Oil Rig Disaster and the Texas City Refinery Explosion had many things in common. Both companies had been recently recognized for high safety standards, but reliability failures caused environmental and safety disasters…
- Alan Ross
- Electric Power Reliability Alliance EPRA
Tips on How to Overcome the Challenge to Get Started on the Road to 4.0
You may be already walking on the path to an Industry 4.0 transition. The road to follow will not always be easy. You might have to overcome more than one occasion in which you can’t see the forest for the trees. I-care is here to help you overcome the challenges you face, so your digital transformation will be as smooth as possible.
- Pieter Van Camp
- I-care
Playing it Safe — How to Avoid Arc Flash Explosions
Working around electrical equipment, it’s imperative to understand the potential hazard of arc flashes, what causes them, and how to prevent serious damage to people and assets. When electrical current passes through the air from one point to another, the resulting arc flash can reach temperatures up to 35,000° F. An arc flash is the light, concussive energy, and heat produced as part of an arc fault, a type of electrical discharge that results from a connection from phase to phase, or phase to ground.
- Mike Levitt
- Allied Reliability
How to Maintain an Efficient Workforce During the Pandemic and Beyond
Workforce efficiency is key to success in a market facing labor shortages and skills gap issues. Factor in a global pandemic, and most companies have had to reimagine how they meet staffing requirements, asking questions like: What are the current recruiting and staffing challenges? Should we partner with an outside firm to help support recruiting needs? How is COVID-19 impacting the way business is done?
- Caroline Campbell Burgreen
- Allied Reliability
Lubrication – It’s About Far More Than Keeping The Cogs Turning
Lubrication is the ‘poor relation’ of many maintenance programmes, often insufficiently understood, badly stored and haphazardly applied. But, when planned and implemented correctly, a lubrication plan will not only improve efficiency and save money, but also make significant improvements in terms of energy conservation, waste management and staff safety.
- Mark Needam
- AVT Reliability
Extending the Proactive Domain on the Potential Failure (P-F) Curve
Have you thought about your condition monitoring/predictive maintenance program and how is it helping your organization to extend the mean time between failures of your assets or is it helping you perform better planning scheduling of work and preventing catastrophic failures?
- Tod Baer
- Minnkota Power Cooperative Inc.