Preventive Maintenance

At Fletcher Challenge Canada’s Crofton, B.C., Pulp Mill, A Preventive Maintenance Program Stressing Teamwork Helps Avoid Breakdowns Don Armstrong and Howard Turner, IDCON INC 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, a shrinking fiber supply, and unceasing […]

by Bankim Shikari Click here to view the full pdf: Automation in Condition Based Maintenance Using Vibration Analysis

Collecting Good Vibration Data 2 – Sensor Mounting Pads and Frequency Response DLIengineering.com Besides assuring one is always collecting data in the same location, sensor pads also provide higher quality data, especially at higher frequencies. One problem with using a sensor with a magnet mount is that one can never be sure that data is

Collecting Good Vibration Data 1 – Test Locations DLIengineering.com One of the most important aspects of data collection in a vibration or virtually any program is data quality and repeatability. If one cannot be certain that the data is good, one cannot be certain that the results based on that data are good either; garbage

My Maintenance – Why Settle for RCM Alone? Dave Porrill  Perhaps the most celebrated analytical technique is RCM which has been around since the pioneering days of Nowlan and Heap (1978) and which in later years was presented to land-based industries by Moubray as RCM2. Then there are a multitude of variations to this central

by Alan Friedman – DLI Engineering Click here to view the full pdf: Bearing Wear Example #1 – Bearing Inner Race Fault

Diagnosing a Low-Speed Gearbox Problem Glenn White, DLI Engineering Click here to view the full pdf. 

Early Bearing Failure Detection reliableplant.com Bearing failure is one of the foremost causes of breakdowns in rotating machinery and such failure can be catastrophic, resulting in costly downtime. One of the key issues in bearing prognostics is to detect the defect at its incipient stage and alert the operator before it develops into a catastrophic