| Maintenance
Management |
70/30
Phenomenon
by Christer Idhammar |
90%
of all Training is Wasted!
by
Christer Idhammar (7-4-05) |
A Framework
for Achieving Best Practice in Maintenance
by
Sandy Dunn |
A
maintenance post-mortem
www.mpactlearning.com
(12-05-05) |
A plan for breaking out of budget jail
IDCON – Maintenance Management Consulting (11-30-07) |
All Win - A
Maintenance Partnership in Three Pulp Mills: Reasons,
Results and Lessons
by
John S. Mitchell |
An
Introduction to the Maintenance Scorecard (PDF: 329KB)
Daryl Mather (4-18-05) |
Are all maintenance organizations overstaffed?
by Christer Idhammar (4-17-06) |
Are happy employees more productive?
from RP news wires (1-23-07) |
Availability in a Supply Constrained Environment
is the #1 Issue for Refinery Executives
www.smartsignal.com (1-28-08) (PDF: 692KB) |
Best
Performers
by Christer
Idhammar |
BP fiasco provides reliability lessons
Drew D. Troyer, CRE, CMRP (9-11-06) |
Can
Operations Manage Maintenance?
by
Christer Idhammar |
Can you really justify RCM?
Christer idhammar
(01-09-06) |
Can you really justify RCM II?
Christer idhammar (01-16-06) |
Can
Your Mill Produce the Right Results?
Christer
Idhammar (12-08-03) |
Centralized vs. decentralized maintenance
www.reliableplant.com (1-26-09) |
Community
Colleges Offer High-Tech Training
By
Mollie Romano (10-10-05) |
Contract
Maintenance or not? (part 1)
Christer Idhammar (10-12-03) |
Contract
Maintenance or not? (part 2)
Christer
Idhammar (10-26-03) |
Corrective
Maintenance Task Generation
Robert
Apelgren, Senior Reliability Engineer (9-27-04) |
Creating
Reliable Equipment Information
Brian
Moore (10-03-05) |
Defining "Maintenance costs"
IDCON – Maintenance Management Consulting (9-3-07) |
Design
Out For Reliability & Long Term Profitability
(PDF:241 KB)
by Dibyendu
De (11-10-03) |
Direction
Is Not Supervision
Robert
Apelgren, Senior Reliability Engineer (9-27-04) |
Do
You Listen When Your Equipment Speaks to You?
by Torbjörn Idhammar & Michael
Lippig (9-29-03) |
Enhancing
Overall Equipment Effectiveness Through TPM (pdf:
295 KB)
P Sharmaa,*,Vishwas
Bhaveb,Dr. H.B. Khurasiac,B Shikaria (4-4-05) |
Evolution
of the "Grease Monkey"
by
Joel A. Leonard |
Focus
on Reliability (part 1)
Maintenance Management Consultant - IDCON
(4-26-04) |
Focus
on Reliability (part 2)
Maintenance Management Consultant - IDCON
(5-10-04) |
Foundation First – The Building Blocks to Creating an Effective Plant ...(pdf file:2.45MB)
By Paul Dufresne (1-8-09) |
Front
Line Leadership and Performance Indicators
Christer Idhammar, (1-19-03) |
Global indicators for maintenance, availability performance
from RP news wires (1-23-07 ) |
Headcount
Reduction
by Christer
Idhammar (12-08-03) |
Hiring
of Maintenance Management Personnel – Top 10 Mistakes
Lori Davila and Louise Kursmark
(11-22-04) |
How
much is ignorance costing your organization?
www.mpactlearning.com
(10-04-04) |
How To Begin A Training Program
By Raymond L. Atkins, www.mt-online.com (10-16-08) |
How to Build an effective business relationship
(Video) High
Speed connection (Video) Low
speed Connection
David Maister (11-22-04) |
How to Cut Your Maintenance Budget (Without Cutting Your Throat)
by Ray Atkins (3-23-09) |
Improved
Storage Leads to Improved MRO
By
John Alfieri, Lista International Corporation (10-03-05) |
Internships:
An Under-Utilized Maintenance Resource
by
Joel A. Leonard |
Is maintenance a supplier or partner?
by Tor Idhammar, Idcon (6-16-08) |
Is Maintenance Included in Your Strategic Plan?
from powertransmission.com (9-15-08) |
Is
people your most valuable resource?
By
Christer Idhammar, Idcon (09-06-04) |
“Know
Why” Training
by
Christer Idhammar (6-21-04) |
Leaders in Maintenance, part 3
Torbjorn Idhammar (5-6-06) |
Leaders in Maintenance, part 4
Torbjorn Idhammar (7-3-06) |
Lean Manufacturing Can Save American Manufacturing
by Jack Rink(2-20-06) |
'Lies, damned lies and statistics'
www.reliableplant.com (6-16-08) |
Maintenance
- A Business Centre Approach (PDF: 130 KB)
by
Chris Thomas |
Maintenance
Crisis Song
www.mpactlearning.com
(1-24-05) |
Maintenance Key Performance Indicators (KPI's)
IDCON – Maintenance Management Consulting (11-30-07) |
Maintenance Management - Defining, Clarifying 'Reliability'
Torbjorn Idhammar (01-23-06) |
Maintenance
management legends part 1
by
Torbjorn Idhammar (11-01-04) |
Maintenance
management legends part 2
by
Torbjorn Idhammar (11-08-04) |
Maintenance
management legends part 3
by
Torbjorn Idhammar (11-15-04) |
Maintenance
management legends part 4
by
Torbjorn Idhammar (12-13-04) |
Maintenance
management legends part 5
by
Torbjorn Idhammar (12-27-04) |
Maintenance
management legends part 6
by Torbjorn Idhammar (1-3-05) |
Maintenance
management legends part 7
by
Torbjorn Idhammar (1-10-05) |
Maintenance
Planning
by Torbjorn
Idhammar (4-25-05) |
Maintenance
Standards at Weyerhaeuser Company
by
Pat DiGiuseppe |
Maintenance
Training and Maintenance Seminars
by
Torbjorn Idhammar (7-4-05) |
Management:
Missing in Action
David H. Maister (6-7-04) |
Managing
Maintenance As A Business
by
C. Paul Oberg |
Massive shortage of electricians predicted for U.S.
from RP news wires (1-23-07 ) |
Mechanical Quality Assurance: The Next Progression of Reliability
by Joseph F. "Joe" Dolniak (3-30-09) |
Need of Motivation for Maintenance Staff
Sanjay B. Chari (5-14-07) |
News from SMRP Indiana (PDF:13KB )
from
Reliability Engineer
Global Knowledge Management, Inc (11-6-06) |
Novozymes
wins North American Maintenance Exellence Award
Maintenance Management
Consultant - IDCON (4-19-04) |
OEE: Overall
Equipment Effectiveness
Feed Forwards Publications ( 12-1-03) |
People
Management - Workforce Shortage: Acceptance is the First
Step
John Ha (12-26-05) |
Plan a Clear Path to Reliability Improvements
by Torbjorn Idhammar (1-30-06) |
Production
Loss Reporting - Asset Utilization Improvement at Hercules
Incorporated
by
David E. Brown |
Professional
Development: Driving the Economic Engine
Tom
Byerley (10-10-05) |
Properly
aligning projects to corporate strategy
Michael
Stanleigh (12-19-05) |
Reducing
Stores Cost and Lead Times Through a Joint Supplier Venture
by Wayne Bru |
Reliability
and Maintenance Current Best Practices
Ian Farrell (3-22-04) |
Reliability
and Maintenance Implementation Model – Step I.
by Christer Idhammar
(12-29-03) |
Reliability
and Maintenance Implementation Model – Step II.
by Christer Idhammar
(12-29-03) |
Reliability
and Maintenance Implementation Model – Step III.
by Christer Idhammar
(12-29-03) |
Reliability
and Maintenance Management Current Best Practices I
Christer Idhammar (3-29-04)
|
Reliability
and Maintenance Management Current Best Practices II
Christer Idhammar (4-12-04) |
Reliability
Centered 'Workforce' Maintenance
John
Ha (11-14-05) |
Reliability
Improvements Drive Down Maintenance Costs
by
Christer Idhammar |
Spare
Parts Management Indicators
Idcon
Inc (10-25-04) |
Strategic
Advantages (PDF: 25 KB)
Daryl
Mather ( 11-24-03) |
Switch In Contract
- Maintenance Proves Costly
by
Ron Moore (07-22-03) |
Talent management: What's it mean?
www.reliabilitycareers.com (6-12-06) |
There's a
Better Way!
David
H. Maister (6-7-04) |
The
Cost of Doing Nothing
Management
Consulting (7-18-05) |
The emperor's new clothes
IDCON (10-1-07) |
The face of effective reliability management
from reliableplant.com (9-22-08) |
The Japanese
Path to Maintenance Excellence
by
Mike Sondalini (08-15-03) |
The
RCM Trap
by Christer
Idhammar |
The real value of the plant you're buying
Drew D. Troyer, CRE, CMRP (10-1-07) |
The
Reliability Paradox
Bob
Taylor, SAPPI Paper (12-21-03) |
The
totally responsible individual: Dealing with chaos
Jim Dawson (12-19-05) |
TPM and Tecate: The new translation
from reliableplant.com (6-22-09)
|
Use P-F intervals to map, avert failures
www.reliableplant.com (6-16-08) |
Uptime: Fill Out Work Orders? Who's Got Time For Paperwork?
from mt-online.com (6-8-09) |
Visible
and Invisible Maintenance Cost Savings
Maintenance Management Consultants - IDCON
(8-23-04) |
What
comes first?
Christer
Idhammar, Idcon Inc (4-11-05) |
Where
do maintenance professionals come from?
www.machineryreliability.com
(7-18-05) |
Whirled
Class
by Paul V.
Arnold (9-16-03) |
Why
many maintenance improvement initiatives fail to deliver
expected results I.
Maintenance
Management Consultant - IDCON (5-24-04) |
Zen and the Art
of Managing Maintenance
by
Paul V. Arnold (9-18-03) |
| Operations
& Maintenance |
A
driving lesson for operations and maintenance
Torbjorn Idhammar
(1-12-04) |
Contractor Management Controls
from reliabilityweb.com (3-9-09) |
E-Mail:
the Most Used and Least Effective Communications Tool
by Robert M. Williamson |
Energy Optimization
By Cassie Quaintance (1-26-09) |
Family-oriented reliability
by Tor Idhammar (1-19-09) |
Focus On
Results and Change the Culture Along the Way
by Robert M. Williamson |
Get Where You Want To Go: Operator-Driven Reliability
from mt-online (5-14-08) |
How to Make TPM Everyone's Priority
by John Auskamp (10-30-07) |
Job Quality Over Quantity
By Mike Collins, www.impomag.com (11-10-08) |
Kinda, Sorta Lean… So What Comes Next?
By David R. Dixon of Technical Change Associates. (11-3-08) |
Manufacturing Operations Management
By Mark Sutcliffe, www.impomag.com (11-23-08) |
MRC Bearings'
TPM Journey: From Totally Painted Machines to Taking Pride
in Our Machines
from
the Marshall Institute |
Operations
+ Maintenance = Production (part 1)
Christer Idhammar, (1-26-04) |
Operations
+ Maintenance = Production (part 2)
Christer Idhammar, (2-2-04) |
Operations
+ Maintenance = Production (part 3)
Christer Idhammar, ( 2-9-04) |
Operations
+ Maintenance = Production (part 4)
Christer Idhammar, ( 2-23-04) |
Operations
+ Maintenance = Production (part 5)
Christer Idhammar, ( 3-8-04) |
Operation’s
Inspections Drive Reliability
Monty
Brown Smurfit-Stone Container Corp
(6-21-04) |
Operator
Driven Reliability- Who owns your mill’s equipment?
by Chris Hykin, International
Paper |
Process Improvements: Cutting Costs With OEM Parts
from mt-online.com (6-29-09) |
Reliability Business Case: Conversion Costs
by Mike Shekhtman (12-29-08) |
Resistance to change: Meet the ´Tators´
By Tim Goshert, Reliable Plant Magazine, (-12-09) |
The Fuzzy
Side of Equipment Reliability
by
Robert M. Williamson |
The Perfect Storm Intensifies
By Bob Williamson, www.mt-online.com (10-27-08) |
The Power of Single Minute Exchange of Dies (SMED)
by Malcolm Jones, Productivity Europe (10-30-07) |
TPM Concept and Implementation Approach (pdf: 113 KB)
By Sorabh Gupta a, P.C. Tewari b, Avadhesh Kumar Sharma (8-21-06) |
TPM
- I bet an operator can do this
by
Torbjorn Idhammar and Michael Lippig
(12-01-03) |
Writing
a set of seal specifications
www.mcnallyinstitute.com
(5-9-05) |
| Preventive
Maintenance |
14-Camera Infrared System Monitors Critical Vessels
By Gary Strahan, Texas Infrared (6-29-07) |
A
Discussion About Proactive Maintenance with Gerry Trodd,
Millar Western
www.noria.com (5-16-05) |
A Team Approach to World-Class Lubrication at Eli Lilly
by Wayne Ferguson and Tom Hiatt (3-16-09) |
Adjusting packed centrifugal pumps with open impellers
IDCON – Management Consulting in Reliability (9-10-07) |
Aerial
Infrared Roof Moisture Surveys
Stockton
Infrared Thermographic Services (2-21-05) |
A
novel approach in process monitoring and proactive maintenance:
MCM and its applications.
from www.doktas.com.tr and www.artesis.com
(8-30-04) |
Alignment
Pitfalls - How to identyfy and eliminate them
Robert D. Skeirik
(1-19-04) |
A
New Preventive Maintenance Implementation and Training
Concept
by Torbjörn
Idhammar |
A Picture is Worth
a Thousand Words - J.R. Simplot Applies Straightforward...
from Noria (11-10-03) |
Achieving
"Near Zero" Refrigerant Emissions in HVAC Systems
by Robert Johnson |
Acid
contamination of Lubricant causes breaking Piston Rods
on a Reciprocating (PDF: 169 KB)
Stephen H Shakeshaft (8-2-04) |
Airborne Leak Detection
from www.petersonpredict.com (3-17-08) |
Analyzing Mechanical Systems Using Infrared Thermography
from www.petersonpredict.com (3-17-08) |
Applications for Infrared Thermography at Computer
Centers (pdf: 632 KB)
By Eric Stockton (4-10-06) |
Applying
Acoustic Vibration Monitoring to Predictive Maintenance
(PDF: 101 KB)
By Allan
Rienstra, & James Hall SDT North America Audible Ultrasound
(1-5-04) |
At
Fletcher Challenge Canada's Crofton, B.C., Pulp Mill,
a Preventive Maintenance Program....
by
Howard Turner & Don Armstrong |
Automated
Bearing Wear Detection (PDF: 226 KB)
from
DLI Engineering (8-2-04) |
Automation
In Condition Based Maintenance Using Vibration Analysis
(PDF: 401 KB)
Bankim
Shikari (8-2-04) |
Ball
bearing lubrication in centrifugal pumps
McNally Institute (8-9-04) |
Bearing
Failures Dry Up at Weyerhaeuser
by
Joel White |
Better Mixer
Maintenance Ensures Cleaner Effluent at Smurfit-Stone
by Patrick Grella (10-20-03) |
Beyond
the Usual Applications for Infrared Thermography
Stockton Infrared Thermographic
Services, Inc. (01-02-06) |
Breakthrough
Strategy for Changing Behaviors
by
Robert M. Williamson |
Business processes to improve reliability
Idcon Inc (9-18-06) |
Captured by Data
Part 1
by Mr. Mather
(8-1-06) |
Captured by Data
Part 2
by Mr. Mather (8-1-06) |
Captured by Data
Part 3
by Mr. Mather (8-1-06) |
Captured by Data
Part 4
by Mr. Mather (8-1-06) |
Captured by Data
Part 5
by Mr. Mather (8-1-06) |
Certification
of Vibration Analysts in a Dynamic Job Market
Nelson L. Baxter, Contributing
Editor (5-23-05) |
Checking
Best Practices for Preventive Maintenance
by
Torbjörn Idhammar (8-27-03) |
Change
Your Lubrication Culture, Not Your Oil
Drew Troyer, Noria Corporation (6-21-04) |
Clean
Oil Reduces Engine Fuel Consumption
Jim
Fitch, Noria Corporation (12-13-04) |
CMMS
and Preventive Maintenance (part 1)
by
Christer Idhammar (8-2-04) |
CMMS
and Preventive Maintenance (part 2)
by
Christer Idhammar (8-9-04) |
CMMS
and Preventive Maintenance (part 3)
by
Christer Idhammar (8-16-04) |
Collecting
Good Vibration Data 2 – Sensor Mounting Pads and
Frequency Response
www.DLIengineering.com
(5-9-05) |
Collecting
Good Vibration Data 1 – Test Locations
www.DLIengineering.com (5-2-05) |
Condition
Based Maintenance System Technology– Where is Development
Heading? (PDF)
Marcus
Bengtsson, Mälardalen University, Sweden (6-21-04) |
Condition Monitoring
Sanjay B. Chari.
(6-5-06) |
Condition
Monitoring at Norske Skog (PDF: 1,04 MB)
Halfdan
Jonsson, Skogn Mill (11-14-05) |
Condition
monitoring of steam turbines by performance analysis
(PDF: 116 KB)
Ray Beebe
(10-20-03) |
Condition
Monitoring (VA) - Bearing inner Race Fault (PDF:218
KB)
Alan Friedman –
DLI Engineering (2-2-04)
|
Corona
& Testing - Who, What, When, Where & Why
by
Dan Ninedorf (07-25-03) |
Data
Analysis Tip 1 – Consider the Machine First and
Then the Graphs
www.dliengineering.com (3-7-05) |
Data
Analysis Tip 2 – Create a Vibration Test and Analysis
Guide
www.dliengineering.com
(3-7-05) |
Data
Analysis Tip 3 – Compare Identical Machines
www.dliengineering.com
(3-14-05) |
Detect soft foot with vibration analysis
Irene Hamernick (5-8-06) |
Detecting
Broken Rotor Bars Prevents Catastrophic Damage
www.irispower.com (8-29-05) |
Determining
Accurate Alignment Targets
from
VibrAlign (9-5-03) |
Developing
and Implementing an Infrared Predictive Maintenance Program
www.mt-online.com
(4-11-05) |
Diagnosing
a Low-Speed Gearbox Problem (PDF: 382 KB)
Glenn
White ( 11-04-03) |
Documentation
Tip 1 – Document “As Found” Condition
www.dliengineering.com
(3-14-05) |
Dynamic
Movement White Paper (PDF: 511 KB)
Vibralign |
Early bearing failure detection
from reliableplant.com (4-6-09) |
Everyone
Needs a Playbook of Lube Procedures
Drew Troyer, Noria Corporation (11-01-04)
|
Fast, Reliable
Measurements Give Us An Effective Way of Planning Preventive
Maintenance..
from
SPM Instrument |
“Five Nines” and Infrared (IR) Testing at Data Centers (pdf: 660 KB)
By Gregory R. Stockton (4-10-06) |
Greasing
Bearings: It's a Whole New Ball Game
Noria
Corporation (10-04-04) |
Handling, Storing and Dispensing Lubricants
from Noria (1-28-08) |
Heeding
the Screams of Sick Machines
John Holusha (5-10-04) |
Hey,
Aren't Machines Supposed to Wear Out?
Jim
Fitch, Noria Corporation (12-26-05) |
How Effective is Your Lubrication Program?
Jarrod Potteiger (1-12-09) |
How
The Eyes (and IR camera) Can Be Misled
By
Joe Gierlach, Manager - TEGG Corporation (11-15-04) |
How to Read
an Oil Can
Ray Thibault,
Machinery Lubrication Magazine (10-12-03) |
How
Unbalance Affects Bearing Life
By Ahmed M. Al-Abdan, Maintenance Engr, GED/MD,
(1-12-04) |
Implementing an IR Thermograpy Maintenance Program
By John Snell, (11-16-08) |
Infrared
Thermography
Stockton
Infrared Thermographic Services, Inc. (1-31-05)
|
Infrared
Thermography and Distribution System Maintenance (PDF:
32 KB)
by Jeff Lebold
(9-27-03) |
In-Process
motor testing results using model based fault detection
approach (PDF: 168 KB)
E.
Albas, T. Arikan, C. Kuzkaya (12-08-03) |
Inspecting
Seals with IR Thermography
by
James Gambrell (11-01-04) |
Inspection
Report (PDF: 1256 KB)
www.infraredsolutions.com
(5-9-05) |
Integrating
Vibration and Oil Analysis for Machine Condition Monitoring
Nicole J. Kessissoglou
and Zhongxiao Peng (12-01-03) |
Is Air a Contaminant?
Jarrod Potteiger, (11-16-08) |
Is Preventive
Maintenance Necessary?
by
William C. Worsham |
Keeping things moving… Capture Problems Faster With High-Speed Video Technology
www.mt-online.com (1-21-08) |
Leaders in Maintenance
Torbjorn Idhammar (1-5-06) |
Longer Lasting
Lubricants for The Aluminum Industry
from
www.noria.com |
LubeRight
– A New Tracking System for Manual Greasing
ASSALUB (8-1-05) |
Lubrication Best Practice #1 (pdf: 1141KB)
Mike Johnson (6-1-09) |
Machinery
and Equipment MRO, Focus on Alignment: Alignment secrets.
By John Lambert (
1-26-04) |
Magnetic
Plug Inspection Enhances Condition-Based Maintenance
from Practicing oil analysis
(3-22-04) |
Maintaining
a Strong Performance in the Mill
by
Torbjörn Idhammar |
Maintaining
Process Control Field Devices
Maintenance Technology (5-10-04) |
Management
Aspects on Condition Based Maintenance - A New Opportunity
.... (PDF: 716 KB)
by Anders Sundberg |
Measure to improve bearing lubrication
from pem-mag.com (6-15-09) |
Monitoring
Preventive Maintenance Effectiveness
By
John P. Cook, Entergy Nuclear Northeast www.indianpointenergy.net
(09-13-04) |
Optimizing
Lube PMs
Drew
Troyer, Noria Corporation (10-25-04) |
Optimize
your Preventive Maintenance
by
Christer Idhammar (6-21-04) |
Outsourced
Condition-Monitoring Services Help Boost Maintenance Efficiency
Tom Bennett & Mike
Kmetz |
Power
company foresees failures
www.calpine.com
(11-28-05) |
Power
Transmission - Select proper lubrication to extend bearing
life
Greg Hewitt
Plant Engineering and Maintenance (09-13-04) |
Practical Condition Monitoring
IDCON – Management Consulting in Reliability (12-4-06) |
Preventing failures and extending life
Idcon Inc (9-18-06) |
Protection
of Equipment During Storage, Standby and Decommissioning
www.machinerylubrication.com
(7-11-05) |
Proactive
maintenance for hydraulic cylinders
Insider Secrets To Hydraulics
(3-29-04) |
Reducing Motor Bearing Failures - Modified Lubrication Procedures Improve Reliability at TVA
Jerry Honeycutt, Tennessee Valley Authority (5-21-07) |
Refrigerated Air Dryers can be the solution to getting the water and moisture out of your..
by Tommy McGuire (1-3-08) |
Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM)
Tor Idhammar (10-2-06) |
Reliability
Of Critical Turbo/Compressor Equipment (PDF: 69
KB)
H. Paul Barringer, Michael
Kotlyar, (3-8-04) |
Selecting the Proper Offshore Lubricant
By Jon Pearce, www.pump-zone.com (11-23-08) |
Shock
Pulse goes Spectrum (PDF 254 KB)
SPM
Instrument AB |
Should Jack Screws be tight or backed off?
John Piotrowski (1-29-07) |
Silent
Assumptions of Bearing Reliability
Jim
Fitch, Noria Corporation (11-08-04) |
Single
Axis Vs Triaxial Data
www.DLIengineering.com
(6-6-05) |
Six Easy Steps to Maintain Your Hydraulic Equipment
from reliabilityweb.com (6-29-09) |
Smart
Methods (part 1)
by
Christer Idhammar (07-08-03) |
Smart
Methods (part 2)
by
Christer Idhammar (07-23-03) |
Smart
Methods (part 3)
by
Christer Idhammar (08-04-03) |
Smurfit-Stone
Pursues Profitable Path with Fernandina Maintenance Program
from IDCON and Smurfit-Stone |
Solving Electrical Problems with Thermal Imaging
Mike Shekhtman (12-29-08) |
Standard practices vs. right practices
Mike Johnson, Noria Corporation (5-8-06) |
Standardization
of Absolute Vibration Level and Damage Factors for Machinery
.. (PDF: 71 KB)
by
S. Kumaraswamy, J. Rakesh, & Amol Kumar Nalavade (9-1-03) |
Technical
Design of Condition Based Maintenance System - Sound Analysis
and Case-.. (PDF)
Marcus
Bengtsson, Erik Olsson, Peter Funk, Mats Jackson,
(6-21-04) |
Test
Frequency
www.DLIengineering.com
(13-6-05) |
The Case of Successful
Filtration and Oil Analysis Implementation
Brett
Winberg, Schmid Oilfield Services (12-21-03) |
The
Difference Between Good Lubrication and Good Lubricants
Jim Fitch, Noria Corporation
(6-21-04) |
The
Effectiveness Equation for IR Thermography Programs
By Fred Colbert, Colbert
Infrared Services (11-08-04) |
The Hidden
Cost of Oil Changes
from
Noria (9-27-03) |
Thermography
in the Paper Mill - Detecting Moisture Irregularities.
Stockton Infrared Thermographic
Services Inc. (1-31-05) |
The
Truth Behind Misalignment Vibration Spectra of Rotating
Machinery (PDF: 283 KB)
by
S. Ganeriwala, S. Patel, & H.A. Hartung (08-22-03) |
Three
Important Words for Success in Lubrication and Oil Analysis
Jim Fitch, Noria
Corporation (1-17-05) |
Think
Like A Number Cruncher! (PDF: 270 KB)
from
IM, January 2003 |
Tips For Blower
Maintenance
by Ashish
Bhartia |
Top
Ten Ways Not to be World Class at Machinery Lubrication
Jim Fitch, Noria Corporation
(1-3-05) |
Ultrasound
for Better Lubrication
Practicing
Oil Analysis (12-27-04) |
Understanding
Shaft Alignment: Thermal Growth
from
VibrAlign (9-3-03) |
Understanding
The Basics Of Balancing & Measuring Techniques
by Gary K. Grim & Bruce
J. Mitchell |
Using corrective maintenance work plans to improve plant reliability
IDCON – Reliability Consulting & Training( 9-3-07) |
Vibration
Analysis Reveals Poor Motor Mounting Structure
www.reliabilityworld.com
(5-2-05) |
Vibration
Analysis Tech Tip: Scale Your Graphs!
www.DLIengineering.com
(11-22-04) |
Vibration
Pen, Shock Pulse Measurement (SPM), & Vibration Analysis
- What's the difference?
by
Joe Cox |
Vibration & Ultrasound Technologies: A Possible Integrated Inspection Tool?
by Stuart Courtney
(01-16-06) |
Water - The
Forgotten Contaminant
by
Mark Barnes |
Web
Based Vibration Analysis Programs (PDF: 27 KB)
Alan Friedman (10-26-03) |
What You Should Know Before you Buy – A Guide to Bying an Infrared Camera
By Paula Bowie. (1-12-09) |
What is
Vibration?(part 1)
DLI
Engineering (10-20-03) |
What is
Vibration?(part 2)
DLI
Engineering (11-03-03) |
What is
Vibration?(part 3)
DLI
Engineering (11-17-03) |
Who should decide the right frequency for preventive maintenance tasks?
from Reliabilityplant.com (9-22-08) |
Why Record?
Infrared Video
Stockton
Infrared Thermographic Services, Inc. (1-31-05) |
| Equipment
Knowledge |
A Little Bit
More About Cavitation 9-10
from
The McNally Institute |
Adhesives assure fastener reliability
by Andy Bardon (2-26-07) |
A.P.I. (American
Petroleum Institute) and C.P.I. (Chemical Process Industry)
merger 12-06
from
the McNally Institute (12-15-03) |
API plans
that I use. 15-05
from
The McNally Institute |
Bearings for High Temperatures
from powertransmissions.com (9-22-08) |
Benefits
of Electric Power Monitoring
from
maintenance Technology (11-17-03) |
Bearing
repair: An alternative to replacement
timken.com/industrialservices (4-26-04) |
Calculate
Bearing Life
from
Timken (9-13-03) |
Cavitation
1-3
from The McNally
Institute |
Creating
Reliable Electrical Connections
by
Norman Shackman (08-25-03) |
DC Motor Brush Holders and the Performance of Carbon Brushes
Jeff D. Koenitzer (12-18-06) |
DC Motor Carbon Brushes for Elevators: Composition, Function, Solutions
Jeff D. Koenitzer (12-18-06) |
Dry Start-ups
and Their Consequences
from
Inside Hydraulics Newsletter |
Drying Your
Compressed Air System Will Save Real Money
from
Fluid Power Web |
Effects of Aeration on Industrial Lubrication Equipment
By Dan Freeland, from Machinery Lubrication magazine (10-27-08) |
Effective Predictive and Pro-Active Maintenance for Pumps
By: John Piotrowski (1-29-07) |
Energy and Life Cycle Cost Savings in Pumping Systems (pdf file: 377 KB)
ITT Goulds Residential & Commercial Group (4-9-07 ) |
Eliminate
Belt problems
Machinery and Equipment
MRO (5-24-04) |
Examining an Oil Purification System
by Paul Jarvis and Don Thompson (12-29-08) |
Extending
Pump Motor Life In Liquid Level Applications
from
Maintenance Technology (1-5-04)
|
Fasteners,
Part 1
by Douglas
Wright |
Gear Pump
Operation and Maintenance
By Mike Sondalini (1-19-04) |
Growing Reliability Down on the Wind Farm
from mt-online.com (6-15-09) |
How can I extend the performance range of standard cartridge mechanical seals?
by Fluid Sealing Association (1-26-09) |
| How the
Carbon/ Graphite seal face is manufactured and where carbon/graphite
cannot be ... McNally
Institute Posted 10-04-04 |
How to Get the
Best from Expansion Joints
from
Chemical Engineering |
How Water Causes Bearing Failure
By Jim Fitch, from Machinery Lubrication magazine (10-16-08) |
Huge Cost Avoidance
at LTV Steel Using Oil Analysis
by
Darrin Clark |
HVAC
Attack - How to select the right HVAC filter for the job
Stephanie Earley Plant
Engineering and Maintenance (09-06-04) |
Hydraulic
cylinders - checking rod straightness
by
Insider Secrets To Hydraulics (11-17-03) |
Hydraulic filters that do more harm than good - Part 1
from www.insidersecretstohydraulics.com (5-21-07) |
Hydraulic filters that do more harm than good - Part 2
from www.insidersecretstohydraulics.com (5-28-07) |
Hydraulic filters that do more harm than good - Part 3
from www.insidersecretstohydraulics.com (5-28-07) |
Hydraulic
pump life cut short by particle contamination
by Insider Secrets To Hydraulics
(9-27-03) |
Hydraulic
valves - preventing cavitation damage
Insider Secrets To Hydraulics (12-15-03) |
Impact of Electric Motor System Maintenance and Management… Electrical Motor Diagnostics
by Howard W Penrose
(1-30-06) |
Increasing Pump Reliability and Life (part 1)
by Michael Mancini, (1-8-09) |
Increasing Pump Reliability and Life (part 2)
by Michael Mancini, (1-19-09) |
Inspect
Steam Traps for Efficient System
by
Alan Bandes & Bruce Gorelick |
Installation Errors Shorten Bearing Life
from imtinfo.com (9-15-08) |
Is
a repaired motor less reliable?
Nailen,
Richard (7-11-05) |
Keeping
Compressed Air Dry
by
Ted Grove |
Leaky Shaft
Seals
by Dan Wise |
Magnifying
Mini
by Vadym Buyalsky
(12-27-04) |
Maintain Pumping Systems Effectively (pdf file: 135 KB)
Hydraulic Institute Knowledge Series (4-16-07) |
Maintenance
and Troubleshooting of Electric Motors
Reliance
Electric (1-10-05) |
Maintenance
equipment basics - centrifugal pumps
from cheresourses.com
( 2-23-04) (PDF: 881 KB) |
Maintenance
Management of your company's PLC (Programmable Logic Controller).
Don Fitchett (7-25-05) |
Maintenance
of Bearing seals
from
The McNally Institute (2-9-04) |
Maintenance
Theory - How do Motors Work
from www.reliance.com (3-1-04) |
Non-Destructive
Exposing of Buried Energized Lines
by
Mike McGarry |
Pitfalls
of Pump Piping (PDF: 24 KB)
by
Ross Mackay |
PLC: Programming in
List on a Mitsubishi PLC – Part I
by
Jim Rowell (12-29-03) |
Practical
automation: Understanding pneumatic power circuits
Machinery and Equipment
MRO (5-17-04) |
Pump and Driver
Alignment 14-3
from
The McNally Institute (07-10-03) |
Pumping Prescriptions
Dr. Lev Nelik, P.E., APICS
(2-19-07) |
Pump Selection Considerations (pdf file: 400 KB)
Hydraulic Institute Knowledge Series (4-9-07) |
Refurbishing
Aged MCCs Proves Beneficial
www.usps.com
(8-29-05) |
Reliability
- Barrier or buffer fluid. The liquid we circulate between
dual seals
McNally Institute
(2-2-04) |
Revitalizing
An Aging Grounding System
by
Joseph C. Pearson & Dilip A. Pandya (8-29-03) |
Saving Energy with Bearing Isolators
from David C. Orlowski, Inpro/Seal Company (2-19-07) |
Skills
Development of Craftspeople
by
Martin Green |
Smart Method
For Eliminating Water In Oil For High Humidity Applications
by Joe Cox |
Solving
hydraulic system overheating problems
Insider Secrets To Hydraulics (11-03-03)
|
Some
Dangers of Batch Processes (PDF: 62 KB)
by
Ross Mackay (11-03-03) |
Some
of the basics you need to understand centrifugal pumps
McNally Institute (1-10-05) |
Subject : A.P.I.
(American Petroleum Institute) and C.P.I. (Chemical Process
Industry) ..
from
The McNally Institute |
Strive to improve your gearbox performance
Written by Todd R. Bobak (6-8-09) |
SUBJECT : Let's
clear up the confusion about flushing seals 3-6
from The McNally Institute (1-5-04) |
The Affinity
Laws For Rotary, Positive Displacement Pumps 13-6
from The McNally Institute |
The ANSI Pump
Standard 14-5
from
The McNally Institute (08-01-03) |
The API Gland
from the McNally
Institute |
Temperature shock of hydraulic components and how to avoid it
www.insidersecretstohydraulics.comp (10-9-06) |
Test for Pumping
System Efficiency (pdf file: 164 KB)
Hydraulic Institute Knowledge Serie (4-16-07) |
The Control Valve’s
Hidden Impact on the Bottom Line (PDF: 2270 KB)
www.wma.org (11-24-03) |
The
dual seal arrangement
www.mcnallyinstitute.com
(5-16-05) |
The non
seal pump
McNally
Institute (8-23-04) |
The Pump Affinity
Laws 2-1
from The
McNally Institute |
The seven
secrets of pump reliability (PDF: 16.5 KB)
Ross Mackay Associates Ltd. (5-24-04)
|
The Trouble
with Torque in Electrical Connections
by
Norman Shackman (08-20-03) |
The
True Threat Of A High Corrosion Problem To A Fire Sprinkler
Line
CorrView International
(PDF: 128 KB) (12-08-03) |
Understanding
the "Diesel Dffect" and How It Damages Hydraulic Cylinders
from Insider Secrets To
Hydraulics |
Who should recondition my seals?
By The Fluid Sealing Association (1-8-09) |
What Is A Valve?
from Valve Magazine |
Why Should I Upgrade
To A Program Logic Controller (PLC)?
from
the Business Industrial Network (08-14-03) |
World
Standard Maintenance Skills through Assessment and Multi-Skilling
by Howard A. Mayer
& Ivan G. Somlai |
You Get What You Pay For... Or Do You?
from mt-online.com (3-9-09) |
| Root
Cause Failure Analys |
Analysing
Semiconductor Failure
By Perry L. Martin (posted
1-26-04) |
Anatomy of a hydraulic pump failure
Insider
Secrets To Hydraulics
(11-21-05) |
Are
We Willing to Hear What “Failure” Has To Say?
(PDF: 59 KB)
C.
Robert Nelms (1-12-04) |
Causes
of overheating in cartridge mechanical seals
mcnallyinstitute (11-15-04) |
Centrifugal
Pump Troubleshooting
www.mcnallyinstitute.com
(8-22-05) |
Chronic
Events: Panning For Gold
by
Robert J. Latino |
Corrosion Failures
www.materialsengineer.com
(10-9-06 ) |
Definition
of Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
www.downtimecentral.com
(1-17-05) |
Detective Maintenance
by V. Narayan, (3-16-09) |
Developing a Root Cause Analysis Work Process
part 1, part 2 and part 3
by Rick Kalinauskas (9-5-06) |
Electrical
Troubleshooting
From Plant Maintenance Resource Center
(8-23-04) |
Electrical
Troubleshooting in Seven Steps
www.pdma.com (8-16-04) |
Even/uneven
wear track
from
Chesterton (10-26-03) |
Failure
Analysis of Mechanical Components
Neville Sachs, www.sachssalvaterra.com
(4-12-04) |
Fatigue Failures
www.materialsengineer.com (10-2-06) |
Gearbox
Diagnostics Fault Detection
By Walter Bartelmus (5-17-04) |
Getting
Root Cause Analysis to Work for You
www.plant-maintenance.com
(8-16-04) |
How to Conduct Effective Root Cause Analysis
Quality Magazine, www.qualitymag.com (11-3-08) |
How
to Select the "RIGHT" Root Cause Failure Analysis
(RCFA) Methodology & Vendor
Robert
J. Latino, Reliability Center, Inc. (1-24-05) |
Hydraulic cylinder failure caused
by the 'diesel effect'
Insider
Secrets To Hydraulics
(11-28-05) |
Hydraulic
system troubleshooting - check the easy things first
Insider Secrets To Hydraulics
(3-15-04) |
Hydraulic
ram leak caused by operator error
www.insidersecretstohydraulics.com (12-05-05) |
Identifying
Motor Defects Through Fault Zone Analysis
from www.pdma.com (8-30-04) |
Implement a Cost Effective Root Cause Problem Elimination (RCPE)Process
by Tor Idhammar (4-17-06) |
Keeping
Up To Date
By Scott
Alan Jones (9-19-05) |
Problem
analysis to manage and enhance customer-supplier relationships
Dan Kowalski (10-17-05) |
Productivity
Improvement Through Operational Reliability and Knowledge
Workers
by Dibyendu
De |
RCFA:
Bearing Failures
By
Joe Conyers (3-8-04) |
RCM For Medium Sized and Lean Organizations
by Aitor Goti, Miguel Egaña & Alfredo Iturritxa, (12-29-08) |
Root
Cause Analysis
www.systems-thinking.org
(1-17-05) |
Root
Cause Analysis Guidance Document (PDF: 718 KB)
from the US Department of
Energy (07-17-03) |
Root
Cause Analysis - NOT What You Might Think (PDF: 60
KB)
by C. Robert Nelms
(07-28-03) |
Root Cause
Analysis: Will It Find the Weak Link?
by
Robert J. Latino |
Root Cause on Seal Failure in Refinery (PDF: 271
KB)
By
Sourav Kumar Chatterjee, HPCL Mumbai Refinery (9-3-07) |
Seven
Points to Successful Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
Kim Jinsso (6-20-05)
|
The
Latent Causes of Industrial Failure...How to Identify
Them, and What To ... (PDF: 55 KB)
by
C. Robert Nelms (07-16-03) |
Troubleshoot
AC Motors (part 1)
from reliance.com (3-1-04) |
Troubleshoot
AC Motors (part 2)
from reliance.com (3-15-04) |
Troubleshoot
AC Motors (part 3)
from reliance.com (3-22-04) |
Troubleshoot
AC Motors (part 4)
from reliance.com (3-29-04) |
Troubleshooting
hydraulics
myweb.tiscali.co.uk
(5-31-04) |
Troubleshooting Paper Machine Problems Through Thermal Imaging
Robin J. Thon (2-6-06) |
Troubleshooting
Valves
sweethaven
(5-31-04) |
Troubleshoot
Sprocket & Gears (PDF: 506 KB)
from
www.martinsprockets.com (3-1-04) |
Troubleshooting
Process (part 1)
from Chesterton
(3-15-04) |
Troubleshooting
mechanical seals - Wide Wear track (part 2)
from
Chesterton (9-27-03) |
Troubleshooting
mechanical seals - Centered/ Miscentered (part 3)
from Chesterton (10-12-03) |
Troubleshooting
mechanical seals - even/ uneven wear track (part 4)
from Chesterton (10-26-03) |
Troubleshooting
mechanical seals - scoring (part 5)
from
Chesterton (11-10-03) |
Troubleshooting
Mechanical Seals - Chipping (part 6)
from Chesterton (2-23-04) |
Troubleshooting
Mechanical Seals - Coking (part 7)
from Chesterton
(2-23-04) |
Troubleshooting
Mechanical Seals - Heat cracking (part 8)
from Chesterton (3-22-04) |
Troubleshooting
Mechanical Seals - blistering (part 9)
from Chesterton (3-29-04) |
Troubleshooting
premature bearing failure
from
McNally Institute (4-12-04) |
What's a "Root cause"?
IDCON
(1-3-08) |
Why Root-Cause Analysis Sucks in the United States – The Top 10 Reasons
By Mike Micklewright, www.quality-digest.com (11-3-08) |
Why do
pump bearings fail?
from McNally Institute (4-12-04)
|
Why Some Root-Cause Investigations Don't Prevent Recurrence
www.mt-online.com (1-21-08) |
