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
What guidelines would you give for the frequency of preventive maintenance inspections? This is a question I often get so I like to offer some
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
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
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
Paper mill preventive maintenance achievements. The Smurfit-Stone paperboard mill at Fernandina Beach, Florida, finds opportunities to increase mill productivity and reduce costs by improving its
High investment costs mean that it is the interests of paper makers to look after their equipment. After all, prevention is better than cure.
The pulp and paper industry in Western Canada is in a period of unprecedented change. Against a background of poor markets, rising costs, aging plants,
In the previous two articles, I discussed methods for developing a good preventive maintenance (PM) and condition monitoring program. In this column, I further comment
In the first part of this series of columns on Preventive Maintenance (PM) I talked about the necessity of having a good route based function
A very important part of a cost-effective preventive maintenance program is what I call the route-based activity. These are activities that are easiest to do,
Here are preventive maintenance examples of best practices and the questions you need to ask to determine if your plant is using them. Visiting plants
Making money, not tons, has become the mantra of the pulp and paper industry in recent years. Consolidation moves in the sector have resulted in
Preventive Maintenance Essential Care and Condition Monitoring (PM/ECCM) Definitions Preventive Maintenance is essential care and fixed time maintenance together. Both essential care and fixed time maintenance
For decades, many “experts” have used the graph in Figure 1 to discuss the optimum level of maintenance. This Figure is based on an old-fashioned,
To truly optimize preventive maintenance, you will benefit greatly from professional training in smart look-, listen-, smell-, and touch-type inspections; inspection frequencies; and methodology to decide whether a PM task is valid or not.
Question: How do you decide the inspection frequency for condition monitoring?Maintenance Supervisor, International Paper Answer: The inspection frequency is based on the Failure Developing Period
Question: “OK, so how do you decide the Failure Developing Period?” (FDP)– Maintenance Supervisor, International Paper Answer: It comes down to an educated guess unless
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