Analytics Cut Maintenance Costs
Cloud-based predictive-analytics software provides enterprise-wide access to asset-performance data...
Effectively Measure PM
Uptime improvement and cost reductions are only two of the benefits of a predictive-maintenance...
Move from Reactive to Proactive
By Dr. Klaus M. Blache, Univ. of Tennessee Reliability and Maintainability Center (RMC) More than...
AI Eases Access to Predictive Insights
Embedded analytics do the job of a data scientist to help reliability professionals proactively...
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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TBM Can’t Stand AloneQ: What’s wrong with time-based maintenance? A: Time-based maintenance (TBM) is running out of time. Maintenance thinking has gone through many changes since the 1978 Nolan and Heap report for United Airlines. The report compiled information on the conditional probability of failure versus operating age for numerous electrical and mechanical airline-industry components. Its findings challenged […]
Weibull Makes Data Useful
What does Weibull mean? It refers to one of numerous probability distributions that are used to...
Does 4.0-Based PdM Match The Hype?
Industry 4.0 technology provides a path to effective predictive and prescriptive maintenance...
Predict The Future To Improve Operations
Digital-twin technology allows natural-gas provider to react to problems before they begin.
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...
Six Ways To Empower Maintenance
A large part of any successful reliability and maintenance program is implementing effective...
