Statistics indicate that more fires start from electrical system failure than from any other cause. Electrical equipment is usually well designed and properly installed. However,
Infrared thermography (IR) has become an essential tool in many Predictive Maintenance (PdM) Programs. Infrared cameras have become user-friendly and plentiful in the marketplace, but
Kitting and staging parts sounds good but… It is a good idea to check the aging of these staged kits on a regular basis. It
Did you know that there is a simple trick to selecting the correct drill for metric threads?
One of the most common complaints we hear in plants that are using a computerized maintenance management system is that it is hard to use
The Nord-Lock Bolt Securing system (washers) has proven to hold tightness in a vibrating environment much better than other typical bolt securing systems such as
Improving equipment reliability often comes down to improving basic work systems such as planning and scheduling, preventive maintenance, root cause analysis, technical database, and stores.
IDCON often gets the question, “What kind of Preventive maintenance should be in place for instrumentation?” from maintenance managers with mechanical background. The exact answer
The answer is that maintenance planners usually do very little maintenance planning and scheduling. A maintenance manager for a large steel mill contacted IDCON a
Do you know what reliability is worth in your plant? If not, it is a good idea to figure out how much a 1% increase
It is possible to change out splices in power lines while the line is energized. The procedure also improves the reliability of the splice. A
I recently visited a couple of plants where I asked the same question to all people I met. The question was “What are the most
Sustainable improvements to the maintenance function can be achieved the same way as any other successful change in an organization. For change to be successful,
Perhaps you, or one of your management team, feel that a better way of setting maintenance work priorities is needed. This usually happens because it
It is often said that “what gets measured gets done”. And getting things done, through people, is what management is all about. Measuring things that
Open impellers are frequently used in centrifugal pumps which pump liquids that contain suspended solid materials (slurries, paper stock, etc). They do not plug as
One universal measurement of maintenance performance, and perhaps the measure that matters most in the end, is the cost of maintenance. Unfortunately maintenance costs are
Preventive maintenance is generally considered to include both condition-monitoring and life-extending tasks which are scheduled at regular intervals. Some tasks, such as temperature and vibration
All maintenance management processes you implement in your plant come down to a change at the frontline (hourly and first line of management) at some
Reliability Centered maintenance is a step-by-step instructional tool for how to analyze a system’s all failure modes and define how to prevent or find those
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