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Home » Articles » on Maintenance Reliability » Page 10

on Maintenance Reliability

A listing in reverse chronological order of these article series:



  • Usman Mustafa Syed — Aasan Asset Management series

  • Arun Gowtham — AI & Predictive Maintenance series

  • Miguel Pengel — Asset Management in the Mining Industry series

  • Bryan Christiansen — CMMS and Reliability series

  • James Reyes-Picknell — Conscious Asset series

  • Alex Williams — EAM & CMMS series

  • Nancy Regan — Everday RCM series

  • Karl Burnett — History of Maintenance Management series

  • Mike Sondalini — Life Cycle Asset Management series

  • James Kovacevic — Maintenance and Reliability series

  • Mike Sondalini — Maintenance Management series

  • Mike Sondalini — Plant Maintenance series

  • Andrew Kelleher — Process Plant Reliability Engineering series

  • George Williams and Joe Anderson — The ReliabilityXperience series

  • Doug Plucknette — RCM Blitz series

  • Robert Kalwarowsky — Rob's Reliability Project series

  • Gina Tabasso — The Intelligent Transformer Blog series

  • Tor Idhammar — The People Side of Maintenance series

  • André-Michel Ferrari — The Reliability Mindset series

by Mike Sondalini Leave a Comment

Equipment Failure Prevention Needs Defect Elimination Strategy

Equipment Failure Prevention Needs Defect Elimination Strategy

To reduce maintenance costs and production downtime it is necessary to reduce the causes of the maintenance and downtime.  Both maintenance and downtime are an effect and not a cause.  The causes can be traced back to defects and errors from a variety of sources.  Knowing that defects eventually lead to future equipment failures, production downtime and lost profits, it is necessary put strategies into place to purposely prevent them occurring in the first place and to eliminate them if they are present.

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by Joe Anderson Leave a Comment

A Guide to Developing a Supervisory Skill Set in Maintenance

A Guide to Developing a Supervisory Skill Set in Maintenance

Supervisors in maintenance play a crucial role in ensuring the efficient operation of equipment and facilities. To be effective in this role, they need a combination of technical knowledge and management skills. Some key management skills necessary for a supervisor in maintenance include:

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Filed Under: Articles, on Maintenance Reliability, ReliabilityXperience

by Nancy Regan Leave a Comment

Doing RCM Right: The Peril of Not Understanding the Process

Doing RCM Right: The Peril of Not Understanding the Process

I’m Nancy Regan, joining you from the beautiful Key Largo, Florida. Today, we’re delving into a significant pitfall in Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) — not fully understanding the process. Just like a boat captain needs to know the waters, successful RCM implementation requires a deep understanding of its principles.

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Filed Under: Articles, Everyday RCM, on Maintenance Reliability

by André-Michel Ferrari Leave a Comment

Using Crow-AMSAA Plots in Disaster Predictions

Using Crow-AMSAA Plots in Disaster Predictions

Crow-AMSAA Analysis Overview

Crow-AMSAA Plots have a variety of names, such as Reliability Growth Plots or Duane Plots. The term “Crow” comes from Dr Larry H. Crow, who enhanced James T. Duane’s pioneering launch of this methodology, which was developed in the early 1960s (1). Crow successfully applied the method in the US Army Materials System Analysis Activity (AMSAA). The technique has blossomed into large amounts of new applications in industry such as but not limited to:

  • Making reliability more visible and manageable hence contributing to Reliability Improvement Programs,
  • Monitoring Design Optimization and Quality Performance,
  • Catastrophic or adverse event occurrence predictions and trends which in essence are the objective of this article.

In practical terms, The Crow-AMSAA technique involves plotting, most commonly, cumulative failures vs cumulative time on a log-log scale resulting in straight line plots (2). The line slope value (or Beta value) indicates improving, deteriorating, or constant failure occurrences. Due to the straight-line nature of the plots, future failure forecasts can be estimated. In plain words, based on the current trend, when is the next failure expected to occur? This method handles mixed failure modes, so it is, therefore, suitable for the complex nature of the generating units. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Articles, on Maintenance Reliability, The Reliability Mindset

by Nancy Regan Leave a Comment

Examining Redundant Systems: Is RCM Necessary?

Examining Redundant Systems: Is RCM Necessary?

Welcome to another insightful video where we dive into the world of Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM). I’m Nancy Regan, and today we’re tackling an important question: Do redundant systems require RCM?

Redundant systems, or protective devices, are vital because often they are our last line of defense when primary systems fail. But does this mean they need the same level of scrutiny as other systems?

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Filed Under: Articles, Everyday RCM, on Maintenance Reliability

by Mike Sondalini Leave a Comment

Overview of the Plant Wellness Way (PWW) Methodology

Overview of the Plant Wellness Way (PWW) Methodology

 Overview the Plant Wellness Way EAM Methodology for a simple and successful Enterprise Asset Management System. Learn how to apply the Plant and Equipment Wellness enterprise asset management methodology. Follow the steps to get the best performance from your plant and equipment. Learn what systems and processes produce the optimal plant and equipment reliability results. From creating low stress component environment for lasting equipment health through to establishing the simplest and most effective business system and processes for world class asset management performance, this overview guide to the Plant Wellness Way takes you step by step in creating the outstanding asset performance needed for world class operational excellence. As with human wellness, the Plant Wellness Way requires you to build a healthy life for your machines. Learn to control your plant’s reliability by managing the stresses put on equipment parts and reducing the risk of failure so plant and equipment remains fit and healthy to produce its best performance. The Plant Wellness Way EAM methodology lets you find the ideal health conditions for your equipment and machines and makes you establish business processes and systems to achieve and maintain outstanding reliability performance. 

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Filed Under: Articles, Life Cycle Asset Management, on Maintenance Reliability

by Miguel Pengel Leave a Comment

Spares Management Guide & Case Study (Practical)

Spares Management Guide & Case Study (Practical)

The management of spare parts and inventories is all about balance between the cost of stocking the parts and the costs and risks of not having them when they are required.

As a consultancy owner, one of the most overlooked issues I see in Industrial operations is the management of spare parts. I don’t have enough fingers, toes and limbs to count how many times I’ve heard the phrase ” The machine is down because we’re waiting on spare parts”.

I see this phrase normalised so often that people don’t bat an eye and have accepted it as the norm- a lot of maintenance professionals don’t focus on the effective management of this area . I think this is overlooked because it requires MATH to calculate- and just like poetry, most people hate math. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Articles, Asset Management in the Mining Industry, Maintainability and Availability, on Maintenance Reliability Tagged With: Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM), spares, spares management

by Mike Sondalini Leave a Comment

The Science of Teams and Teamwork

The Science of Teams and Teamwork

There is something very powerful about working in teams. That power becomes evident when you look at teams as human structures built to deliver reliable outcomes. Managers who want higher reliability, top quality production and fewer problems need to understand why teams are so powerful and how to gain that power for themselves.

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by James Reyes-Picknell Leave a Comment

Proactive vs Reactive: which is better for your business?

Proactive vs Reactive: which is better for your business?

Businesses often attempt to maximize profits for owners or shareholders by taking measures to reduce costs. A reactive approach to plant and equipment breakdowns is very costly, and it reduces outputs. By failing to do what it takes to become proactive, they take risks against the odds of frequent failure, high repair and downtime costs. A proactive approach is more productive, predictable and less expensive, as it relies on strategic maintenance.to increase equipment life and running times, reduce failure risk, and lower operating costs.

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Filed Under: Articles, Conscious Asset, on Maintenance Reliability

by Nancy Regan Leave a Comment

RCM Analysis Success Starts w/Proper Scope Definition: 4 Key Factors

RCM Analysis Success Starts w/Proper Scope Definition: 4 Key Factors

Hi everyone, I’m Nancy Regan, and in today’s video, we’re diving into the crucial role that scope definition plays in the success of Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) analysis. Proper planning is essential, and in this video, I’ll walk you through four key factors that demonstrate how the scope of your RCM analysis drives the entire planning process.

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Filed Under: Articles, Everyday RCM, on Maintenance Reliability

by Ramesh Gulati Leave a Comment

Are You A Hero or A Reliability Leader?

Are You A Hero or A Reliability Leader?

With Ramesh Gulati

The management and organization can create heroes and reliability leaders by their behavior. When an asset breaks down, some people in the workforce fix it quickly. We may celebrate their work as heroic, but another group of people fix things rapidly while finding and eliminating root causes. These proactive individuals are the real heroes, also known as Reliability Leaders. This webinar discusses the attributes of reliability leaders: the real heroes.

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Filed Under: Articles, on Maintenance Reliability, ReliabilityXperience

by Mike Sondalini Leave a Comment

How to Use SOPs to Achieve Zero Failure Operations

How to Use SOPs to Achieve Zero Failure Operations

To get world class operation and profits your Asset Lifecycle Management System must prevent every opportunity for defect-creation in all life cycle phases, for all your operating equipment

Every physical asset has a lifecycle starting at conception through to its eventual disposal and site remediation. In each phase of the lifecycle errors can occur that cause defects within the asset. In operations with hundreds of assets there easily can be tens-of-thousands of defects. Each defect is a risk that eventually contributes to breakdowns, losses, wastes, safety incidents during operation, and shortens the asset’s service lifetime. Eliminating thousands of defects and risks forever is what Plant Wellness Way EAM does for its users.

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Filed Under: Articles, Life Cycle Asset Management, on Maintenance Reliability

by Nancy Regan Leave a Comment

Defining Your RCM Analysis Scope to Achieve the Results You Need

Defining Your RCM Analysis Scope to Achieve the Results You Need

Join me, Nancy Regan, as I guide you through the process of effectively defining the scope of your Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) analysis to ensure you achieve your desired analysis goals. In this video, I’ll illustrate the importance of tailoring the RCM analysis scope using a practical example of a Plant Air system. Key Takeaways: • Understanding Scope: Learn how to avoid common pitfalls by appropriately narrowing down your analysis to a manageable size. • Adapting to Environments: Gain insights into how identical equipment can behave differently in varied operational environments and why specifying your analysis scope is crucial for clarity and effectiveness. • Goal-Oriented Analysis: Understand how the goals of your RCM analysis, such as developing a proactive maintenance plan, dictate the scope and focus of your analysis. What’s Next?: Stay tuned for tomorrow’s video where I delve deeper into why accurately identifying the scope of analysis is foundational to successful RCM analysis planning. Subscribe and hit the bell icon to follow along with the “100 Days of Reliability” series and enhance your Maintenance and Reliability knowledge with expert insights. Thank you for watching! Remember, the success of your RCM efforts starts with the right scope!

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Filed Under: Articles, Everyday RCM, on Maintenance Reliability

by James Reyes-Picknell Leave a Comment

Save 20 % of your Maintenance Costs

Save 20 % of your Maintenance Costs

Saving 20% of your maintenance costs is achievable in many operations. Are you running your production equipment to failure? Is your maintenance spending consistently higher than you budget allows? Are you frustrated that breakdowns cause delays in delivery schedules? If you answer “yes” to any of those questions, then savings and production gains are possible. The 20% figure is arbitrary but truly indicative of what is possible. Reliable production equipment is far cheaper to maintain simply because it is reliable, but it must be maintained. It requires the right maintenance being done the right way, and at the right times. Get that right and you save operating costs, AND you gain productive uptime with its attendant revenue.

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Filed Under: Articles, Conscious Asset, on Maintenance Reliability

by Mike Sondalini Leave a Comment

Discoveries on the Path to World-Class Maintenance and Reliability Excellence

Discoveries on the Path to World-Class Maintenance and Reliability Excellence

Learn what you need to know and do to quickly have world class maintenance and reliability excellence in your operation

In 2002 I wrote a small book after visiting Sumitomo Chemicals in Japan called the Japanese Path to Maintenance and Reliability Excellence. It explained the maintenance and reliability philosophy and attitudes that got Sumitomo Chemicals amazingly high chemical process plant uptime.

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