Preventive Maintenance for Spare Parts
Torbjörn Idhammar
Let IDCON President and CEO Tor Idhammar walk you through why it is important to have good PMs for Spare Parts.
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Preventive Maintenance
Preventive Maintenance: Start with the Basics
Owe Forsberg
IDCON VP and Preventive Maintenance expert, Owe Forsberg, lays out the basics of Preventive Maintenance and explains (with examples from the field) why it is
Short Story: The Truth about Kimberly the Hydraulic Unit’s health
Torbjörn Idhammar
By: Kim Hydraulic a.k.a. Torbjörn Idhammar, IDCON – a Reliability and Maintenance Management Consulting firm Hello, My name is Kimberly, but you can call me
Know Why to Inspect – Evaluating Your Preventive Maintenance Inspections
Christer Idhammar
When your team knows why they are doing even the simplest task, this can instantly improve your Preventive Maintenance program. Knowing the reason behind what
Could your Preventive Maintenance (PM) program use a tune-up?
Terry Taylor
We commonly work with clients with a high amount of “Reactive” maintenance. In the worst-case scenarios, this translates into unscheduled downtime and lost production. The
Pre-Operational Checklists Reinvented: Data Driven Reliability in Mining
Dale R. Ekmark
Pre-operational checklists are not “new”, “sexy” or exciting. What they are is the leading foundation of a safe, highly efficient, reliable and cost effective mining
How to preserve the life of bearings
Owe Forsberg
A bearing has a random life due to a complex set of factors that determine the life of a bearing. SKF confirms that bearing life
Detect problems early by training your operator in basic inspection techniques
Torbjörn Idhammar & Michael Lippig
An obvious resource is to use for early detection of problems is training your operator in basic inspection techniques. Who can better detect subtle equipment
See you in September (Why Your Preventive Maintenance Program Should be Executed Year-round)
Owe Forsberg
Is your Preventive Maintenance Program on a summer break or does your team perform the critical essential care tasks year-round? An effective Preventive Maintenance program must
Comprehensive Preventive Maintenance is Your Most Fundamental Proactive System for Your Equipment
Terry Taylor
Recently, I saw a sign in a plant that read – “MAINTENANCE – TO MAINTAIN, KEEP, PRESERVE, PROTECT”
A Cost Effective Preventive Maintenance Program
Torbjörn Idhammar
Most Preventive Maintenance programs (PM) were set up many years ago. Each department in a plant set up their own program in isolation from each
Good Machine Inspections vs Ticking off a Checklist?
Torbjörn Idhammar
Picture yourself standing in front of a 2011 Chevy Silverado 1500, trying to decide if you’re going to buy it or not. You’ve been thinking
13 Tasks to Develop Your Preventive Maintenance Program
Owe Forsberg
You are the new Reliability Engineer in a plant that currently lacks documented procedures to maintain the plant. You have been asked to develop
Is a Condition Monitoring (CM) Technician Worth $2,610.11?
Michael Lippig
I’ve met more than my fair share of “handicapped” CM Techs; “handicapped” with the lack of tools, training and poorly designed systems. As Deming noted
Specific Tactics of Electrical Preventive Maintenance Inspection
Torbjörn Idhammar
The fundamentals of an effective electrical preventive maintenance program is to reduce the potential for a serious electrical interruption.
Do You Listen to Your Equipment When it Speaks to You?
Torbjörn Idhammar & Michael Lippig
Do you listen to your equipment? Do you hear motors complaining about overload? Do you see your pump packings crying a flood? Do you hear
Guidelines for Frequency of Preventive Maintenance Inspections
Torbjörn Idhammar
Example Let’s look at some typical problems with an AC Motor. This example does not include all failure modes, for example, if you look at
How Contamination and Dirt Cause Equipment Failures
Greg Gustafson
When conducting Root Cause Problem Elimination reviews at plants, IDCON has found that one of the most frequent causes of equipment failures (and unplanned downtime)
Integrating a Smart RCM Approach to Optimizing your PM Program
Owe Forsberg
Every plant or facility desires to have a documented PM program in place- one that is followed with discipline. Doing so provides the lowest overall
Carbon Brushes for DC Motors and Generators
Terry Taylor
Carbon brush grades are usually classified according to the manufacturing processes and the types of carbons, graphites, and other ingredients used. The 4 main brush
