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
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
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 are not “new”, “sexy” or exciting. What they are is the leading foundation of a safe, highly efficient, reliable and cost effective mining
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
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
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
Recently, I saw a sign in a plant that read – “MAINTENANCE – TO MAINTAIN, KEEP, PRESERVE, PROTECT”
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
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
You are the new Reliability Engineer in a plant that currently lacks documented procedures to maintain the plant. You have been asked to develop your
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
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? Do you hear motors complaining about overload? Do you see your pump packings crying a flood? Do you hear
This is a question I often get so I like to offer some guidelines from the real world. The short answer to this question
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)
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
Brush grades are usually classified according to the manufacturing processes and the types of carbons, graphites and other ingredients used. The 4 main brush grade
As a result of this column I am risking to receive critique, but also to be given feed back expressing relief from readers who believe
The Smurfit-Stone paperboard mill at Fernandina Beach, Florida, finds opportunities to increase mill productivity and reduce costs by improving their preventive maintenance program.
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