Condition Monitoring Barriers Dropping
Advances in data acquisition and analysis mean maintenance and operations teams can spend more time...
Does 4.0-Based PdM Match The Hype?
Industry 4.0 technology provides a path to effective predictive and prescriptive maintenance...
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...
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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Develop Continuous Improvement Muscle MemoryQ : Is a Kaizen event or coaching kata best for continuous improvement? A : There are many tools available to perform continuous improvement, but the one that will make your facility most successful requires a process that enables the entire workforce to become problem solvers. To discuss this requires a few definitions/explanations.
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’...
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...
