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1 Minute Maintenance Tip - Effective Work Procedures

1 Minute Maintenance Tip

Effective Work Procedures

16 Question Survey

The Manufacturing Game has developed a short 16-question survey based on Joseph Campbell's concept of a Hero's Journey.The survey is designed to facilitate the story writing process, and it guides the writer through the writing process. They provide this survey to maintenance and reliability professionals for their own use. Clients may opt to use the written story internally or share their success with others by approving it for publication in external publications such as the our quarterly TMG newsletter or a monthly magazine like Uptime Magazine.

See the list below for the 16 questions in the survey, as it relates to writing about Action Team successes.

2 Minute Audio Tip - Mean Time to Restore

Take 2 minutes to hear what Ricky Smith, CMRP of GPAllied has to say about Mean Time to Restore as a preformance metric.

2009 PdM Program of the Year Award Winners

Primetime Programs receive award from Uptime Magazine

3 Steps and 3 Tools that Organize and Improve Your Problem Solving Capability

Basic Elements of a Comprehensive Investigation
By Mark Galley, ThinkReliability

The terms failure analysis, incident investigation, and root cause analysis are used by organizations when referring to their problem solving approach. Regardless of what it’s called there are three basic questions to every investigation: 1 - What’s the problem(s)? 2 - Why did it happen (the causes)? and 3 - What specifically should be done to prevent it.

5 Minute Audio Tip - Maintenance Function Tip

Click the play arrow below tp hear Ricky Smith CMRP discuss the maintenance function.

 

 

5 Minute Audio Tip - Rules of Thumb for Maintenance and Reliability Engineers

Ricky Smith, CMRP explains Rules of Thumb for Maintenance and Reliability Engineers

A Better Understanding of Rotor Dynamics and Support Stiffness

More Data Provides More Answers

by Ron Brook

A Business-Based Approach to Developing an Effective Program

by Krzysztof (Kris) Goly

Over the last decade, there has been a general consensus throughout the industry that modern maintenance and plant asset management require the implementation of predictive maintenance techniques. In most instances, predictive technologies are implemented in the form of a Predictive Maintenance (PdM) Program.  PdM programs are designed and implemented through various approaches.  This article presents a business-based approach that has been utilized successfully by Siemens throughout the world and across various industries.

A Closer Look at Air Gap Eccentricity

by Douglas E. Swinskey & Peter M. Bechard

The first step in evaluating test data is understanding the relationship to the circuit's Fault Zones and how abnormalities in a specific Fault Zone affect the performance of the motor. The six Fault Zones (Power Quality, Power Circuit, Stator, Insulation, Rotor, and Air Gap) are derived from the most common electrically related motor failures in industrial environments. The Air Gap Fault Zone describes the measurable distance between the rotor and stator within the motor. Air gap eccentricity is a condition that occurs when a non-uniformity in the air gap between the rotor and stator exists.

 

A Cradle to Grave Approach - Motor Management at Its Best

by Noah Bethel, CMRP

Ask a motor manufacturer how long one of its motors is expected to live, and the response will be something like, "20-plus years in the right environment." Ask the same question in a facility that uses such a motor and the answer is more likely to be, "If we get five years out of it, we'll be happy!" Why does this discrepancy exist? Why do motors die of an infant mortality instead of living to the ripe old age for which they are designed and built? The answer has to do with the failure to optimize motor management and maintenance.

 

A New Activity Matrix - Why Being Proactive is No Longer Enough

by Phillip Slater

It was about ten minutes before anyone noticed the smoke. The wiring had been heating up since the most recent planned maintenance activity. Apparently, the electrician didn't quite tighten up the joint and hadn't properly cleaned away the built up dust. The result was a hot joint and this heat quickly spread into the cable. The casing began to smoke and by the time the smoke was noticed the cabinet was actually on fire.

A Proven Electric Motor Regreasing Program

By Jerry S. Honeycutt, Tennessee Valley Authority

One of the most asked questions of grease lubricated motors is, what is the correct interval to regrease the bearings? This is usually followed by two questions, 1) how much grease should be added? and 2) what is the correct method for grease addition?

A Shortcut to Higher Efficiency

Adding Short Repairs to PM’s

by Joel Levitt

Have you ever thought about building in short repairs to your PM schedule?

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