Get the Parts Part Right
By Drew D. Troyer, CRE, Contributing Editor Early-life failures plague industries that depend upon...
Enough With the Check-Valve Chatter
According to experts at Circle Valve Technologies Inc., Harleysville, PA (circlevalve.com), check...
Equipment Health Monitoring for Complex Business Models
What’s Up With Machine-Safety Risk Assessments?
Answer: Strategies to minimize hazards start with this type of process.
ON THE FLOOR
Each month we talk with maintenance and technology professionals about their views and pressing problems on the factory floor.
FMEA or RCM: Is There a Difference?Q: Should I do a FMEA or RCM to resolve a machine issue? A:The short answer is that it depends on several things, primarily frequency of occurrence and severity of the failure mode. I frequently am asked, what’s the difference between doing an FMEA (failure mode and effects analysis) and an RCM (reliability-centered maintenance) evaluation?
Data Security Practices for Predictive Maintenance, Digital...
Properly Select Pressure Relief Valves
Pressure-relief valves protect vessel-piping systems and other plant equipment from dangerous...
Why Compressor Size Matters
Unlike the oversizing of air compressors, going ‘bigger’ really can be better for associated...
Equipment-Rental Considerations
Rather than abandon a crucial test or fail to do necessary maintenance for lack of required...
Field or Workshop Calibration?
Is it better to calibrate process instruments in the field or in a workshop, i.e, on a bench...
Determine A Vertical Pump’s Natural Frequency
What’s the best way to determine the natural frequency of your vertical pumps?
Vibration Points to Piston Pump Failure
Research project uses vibration analysis to accurately predict failure of new and rebuilt variable...
