Jim and Richard explore the world of parts, what it takes to keep a proper storeroom, and why forecasting demand is crucial for it.
[Read more…]Parts, Stores, and Process Discipline
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
Vibration Analysis
George Williams, CEO of ReliabilityX, giving us a breakdown on Vibration Analysis and its best uses.
[Read more…]Lean Manufacturing
An Overview of how it can help a business
A presenation by Mike Sondalini
Food, Fibre & Timber Industry Lean Manufacturing Overview
Three universal problems in business…
- Wasted effort and wasted resources
- Using wrong business processes for the purpose
- Wide and out-of-control process variation
Lean Manufacturing provides tools and solutions to address them
Motion Amplification
George Williams, CEO of ReliabilityX, providing insight on using Motion Amplification technology and its benefits.
[Read more…]Beating Procrastination
Have you ever procrastinated? The struggle is real. I found myself in the web of fear and overwhelm…until I did this
How to Build Data & Influence People
The gang talks about how to start building proper data, and the trials and tribulations in convincing other departments of your causes.
[Read more…]Chance-of-Success Mapping Analysis
“Chance-of Success-Mapping” is probably the most revolutionary concept used in Industrial and Manufacturing Wellness. It is certainly one that will help managers most when they want the best choices for their organization
[Read more…]Reliability Techniques For Analyzing And Improving Fault Tolerance
When designing equipment and processes, engineers leave a safety margin that ensures equipment remains functional when a fault or defect is affecting it partially or wholly. Minor defects affecting production assets should not cause immediate breakdowns. A fault-tolerant system remains operational for predetermined intervals before undertaking corrective measures. Faults affecting the operation of different systems emanate from more than a single source. [Read more…]
Types of Training
The Steps in Developing a ISO 9001 Quality System
Responsibility
- Management Commitment (5.1)
- Organisational Purpose and Policy (5.3)
- Customer Requirements (5.2)
- Organisational Objectives (5.4.1)Planning
Why do Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM)?
Equipment performance degrades unless it is maintained properly. Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) can help you figure out what preventive maintenance and Condition-Based Maintenance (CBM) you should be doing to get the Reliability you need from your equipment.
[Read more…]Locomotive Failure Reports
Sir George Findlay was a prominent British railroad manager. He was the general manager of the London & Northwestern Railway, a major company that underwent nearly 20 years of expansion under his leadership.
His 1895 book, The Working and Management of an English Railway, described an organization for railway track maintenance. The basic gang had four people responsible for 4 miles of track. Supervision and management included inspectors, a chief inspector, and a divisional civil engineer. Each division also had draftsmen, masons, and other special crafts at their disposal.
[Read more…]Pressure Flange Seal For Liquid Filter Pressure Vessel
Pressure Flange Seal For Liquid Filter Pressure Vessel. When a leak occurs between pressure flanges and the arrangement cannot be successfully sealed, it is necessary to change the sealing design. This article explains a successful modification done to the lid and body flanges of a vertical pressure leaf filter used to remove particulate from a liquid stream. It incorporates a ‘tongue and groove’ sealing arrangement, with the ‘tongue’ in the lid flange and the recess in the filter body flange.
[Read more…]Post Covid Perfect Storm
Richard Beer and James Reyes-Picknell – long-time friends and colleagues like to talk about issues of interest to the asset maintenance management community. Between the two of them, there is nearly a century of experience in the field. Both have seen and lived the mistakes and lessons learned that we call experience.
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