It is common to see why-why analysis, logic-trees, fishbone diagrams, cause and effect diagrams, and barrier analysis diagrams put in the forefront when explaining root
It’s not fun, it’s borderline boring…it’s the checklist.
Digital cameras, with the addition of simple notes, are a very powerful planning tool and can save hours of work. Here are a couple of
About 25% of a Planner’s time should be spent in the field, assessing and “scoping” maintenance work. To make this time as useful as possible,
Should problem elimination be executed by an elite group or by the frontline (supervisors and hourly)? In IDCON’s opinion, 80% of all problems can be
Mahatma Gandhi was once asked what he thought of western civilization. He replied that he thought it would be a good idea. The same though
One of the steps in root cause analysis is to define a problem. Defining a problem can be a simple process or it can be
The work process we call maintenance planning can almost always be improved in any given mill or plant. In fact in most plants we visit
Improving an industrial preventive maintenance process can be a daunting task. Existing PM processes have often developed continuously over many years. The current preventive maintenance
You may have been through a Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) training at some point in your career. If not, you probably are aware of
There is a saying: “What you can’t measure, you can’t improve”. The saying are not necessarily always true, but it is interesting, because I think
If you are a reliability professional or reliability management, you may sometimes wonder why it is so hard to improve equipment reliability. At first glance
Have you ever been in a situation where someone says: “we don’t have time to inspect this equipment; there are just not enough people in
We often get the following two questions: 1. With what condition monitoring technique are failures usually found? 2. What is the cost saving associated with
The Hydraulic motor is a radial-piston type motor. The motor has a rotating cylinder shaft and stationary housing. The cylinder block is mounted in fixed roller
There is a strong correlation between maintenance work carried out as an emergency job versus carried out as a planned and scheduled job.
What are work order priorities? If we ask any given plant with a Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS), if they have a well defined priority
When we work in plants and get involved in discussions of what the right inspection interval (condition monitoring) is for different equipment, we run into
When discussing improvement opportunities in your plant, does preventive maintenance ever come up? I’m sure it does. We are often in plants when these discussions
Water in oil is a common, but often overlooked reliability problem. Water will not only destroy the oil film strength, but may also cause flash-vaporization
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