Speed Up Machine Failure Diagnosis
By Bryan Christiansen, Limble CMMS The ability to quickly identify causes of machine failure often...
Establish Motor-VFD PM
By Howard Penrose All types of electric motors remain the prime movers of industrial and commercial...
Use Predictive To Get to Prescriptive
Preventive asset-management is a stepping stone to prescriptive practices.
Handhelds Enhance Field Functions
Today’s handheld devices improve data collection and put decision-making power in technicians’...
ON THE FLOOR
Each month we talk with maintenance and technology professionals about their views and pressing problems on the factory floor.
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Outsource? Internalize? It Depends.By Dr. Klaus M. Blache and Dr. F. H. (Skipper) Yocum Univ. of Tennessee Reliability and Maintainability Center (RMC) Q: Is it better to outsource or internalize maintenance functions? A: Why outsource? The plants of the first company are located in industrial regions where many skilled workers are available. The company’s maintenance structure is a maintenance […]
Is Your Sky Falling?
Q: Is your maintenance process beyond the tipping point? A : To answer this, it’s important to...
Twenty Reasons To Stop Firefighting
One of the most effective steps you can take to have a positive impact on all areas of your...
Bearing PdM Increases Uptime
Predictive-maintenance strategies will move your operation out of fire-fighting mode, improving...
Protect Facilities from Corrosion
Chemically bonded phosphate ceramic (CBPC) coatings provide durable protection from atmospheric and...
Teach Your Organization To Fish
If reliability is to be sustained, a successful reliability engineer will teach others in the plant...
Comparing Two Motor-Testing Approaches
Would in-house or third-party testing make more economic sense for an enormous motor fleet? A large...
Doing The Right Work Right
By Drew D. Troyer, CRE, Contributing Editor Many debate what’s more important: knowledge or skills;...
Innovative Maintenance: A Concept
By Howard W Penrose, Ph.D., CMRP, MotorDoc LLC There’s been a constant buzz in the reliability...
