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Electrical Reliability on the Grid Part 3: Wind Site Internal Distribution
In Part 2 of this series we discussed the reliability of the wind turbines themselves. However, the individual wind tower, whether it is on-shore or off-shore, is actually a cell in a large battery in a utility scale wind site which will have tens or hundreds of wind towers for each generation location..
- Howard Penrose
- MotorDoc LLC
Automatic Fault Diagnosis
Automatic fault diagnosis can provide an answer to the time, cost and skills issues that hinder efforts to detect and deal with vibration problems before they become critical.
- Lee McFarlane
- AVT Reliability
Setting Standards for Better Work Orders
The purpose of setting and enforcing standards is to create a shared understanding of the operations that are carried out within an asset-intensive business, including who these operations are carried out by, where they’re carried out, and what resources are used to complete certain tasks..
- Maria McLoughlin
- HubHead
Uptime Logistics Completes Your Reliability Strategy
Whether you’re currently in a down situation or proactively looking to improve your asset reliability & maintenance plans, CAP Logistics is a natural fit to include on your team. While many companies in the transportation sector are looking to optimize everyday supply chain shipping rates by reducing availability on times and routes, we understand the critical importance of operational reliability 24/7/365..
- CAP Logistics
Tips for Getting More from Your Team During Meetings
Senior people need to strike a balance between providing enough structure to ensure there is control and stability of day-to-day activities, while giving their team members room to make improvement suggestions, grow and expand their capabilities. One place where a leader can send a strong message of regarding this balance is during meetings with their team..
- Tom Moriarty
- Alidade MER, Inc.
The Hardest Defects To See
When we speak about defects, we always start by thinking about Winston Ledet’s top 5. Behind these big five are the business systems that feed information, procurement, materials, permissions, custody, and storage. For example, if a wrong but similar part is pulled for a repair, then the defect would be a bad spare.
- Joel Levitt
- Springfield
Do Your Planners Have the Training They Need to Be Effective?
Are you considering the implementation of Planning and Scheduling in your Maintenance group? Maybe you have already started the process and chosen the Planners to take you forward in your Continuous Improvement Process..
- Mark Jolley
- Marshall Institute
RIP Predictive Maintenance. Long Live Predictive Maintenance
Companies have been using Predictive Maintenance for 30 years using technologies like vibration, ultrasonic, thermography, oil analysis, and motor current analysis. It is only within the last five years that advances in technology have radically changed what is possible. The future of Predictive Maintenance is...
- Ken Madsen
- Petasense
How Do You Trigger Change in Your Plant
Implementing a CMMS involves making changes. How can we convince people to buy into these changes…
- Robert Kalwarowsky
- Rob's Reliability Project