By Kristina Gordon, Illumiti In previous articles, we’ve focused on some SAP reports that help with plant reliability. This month, we look at some industry-standard metrics and how they are measured to transform your facility to a best-in-class organization. These KPIs (key performance indicators) can be set up in SAP using standard reporting functionality. Kristina Gordon […]

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By Drew D. Troyer, CRE, Contributing Editor As a reliability engineer, I’ve frequently debated the merits of FMEA and FRACAS in managing plant- and equipment-reliability risks. While many people consider them to be competing tools, that couldn’t be further from the truth. In fact, as I’ll try to explain here, they’re opposite sides of the same […]

Since there’s no one-size-fits-all answer, you’ll need to run the numbers.

Your application, operating conditions, and lubricant quality determine which seal design will best keep contaminants from damaging rotating equipment.

Grabbing the nearest empty container to hold your used-oil sample will produce unreliable test results.