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RRP 061 Why You Shouldn’t Rely on MTBF with Fred Schenkelberg

RRP 061 Why You Shouldn’t Rely on MTBF with Fred Schenkelberg

RRP 061 Why You Shouldn’t Rely on MTBF with Fred Schenkelberg

This week, I welcome Fred Schenkelberg back to the show to talk about mean time between failures and the basics of reliability math.  Long story short, I hope you’re not using MTBF as a proxy for reliability!

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167-Greatest Manufacturing Challenges with Calvin Williams

167-Greatest Manufacturing Challenges with Calvin Williams

Greatest Manufacturing Challenges with Calvin Williams

Every organization’s end goal is to have continuous improvement. There are tools out there that can help you with it. One of such tools is the Impruver. It helps you keep your performance up-to-date and notifies you when you miss something and gets you on your way towards what need to be done. Another tool that helps you make continuous improvement is digital action board. It places an accountability process in place where you can see the results for yourself, improve the area that needs it, and keep tracking individual and overall performance. Having those checks brings a sense of responsibility in everyone that directly impacts manufacturing of your facility.

In this episode, we covered:

  • How can you achieve continuous improvement?
  • Find out which organizational tool is right for you!
  • Why is it getting more difficult for big companies to stay current with market trends?
  • And much more!

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RRP 060 Electrical Signature Analysis with Howard Penrose

RRP 060 Electrical Signature Analysis with Howard Penrose

RRP 060 Electrical Signature Analysis with Howard Penrose

Welcome to Rob’s Reliability Project, I’m Rob Kalwarowsky.  On this week’s episode I welcome on Howard Penrose to talk about electrical signature analysis.  Howard is the president of MotorDoc and a past chair of the Society of Maintenance & Reliability Professionals.  We discuss electric motors, the similarities and differences between ESA and vibration analysis and Howard gives us his tips on passing the CMRP exam.

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166-2nd Habit with Peter Horsburgh

166-2nd Habit with Peter Horsburgh

2nd Habit with Peter Horsburgh

Whenever there’s a problem in the plant, it always comes to finding the root cause if you are looking to solve it and stop it from reappearing later on. To successfully do that, you need to have what’s going on with your plant. You should have the complete understanding of the processes and the events that might have led to that issue in the first place. It isn’t always a single root causes that results into a failure. It can be a number of small things that contribute to that problem and result in a failure. So, there can be multiple causes for a single problem.

In this episode, we covered:

  • What is Root Cause Analysis?
  • Learn about 5Y!
  • How can you apply RCA effectively?
  • And much more!

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