Precision and Proactive Skills
Five Minute Facts
Why Do Most Predictive Maintenance Programs Fail?
Christian Benk, director of product management at B&K Vibro, draws from an industry study and his own experience to describe why most companies experience failure in their predictive maintenance programs…
- Christian Benk
- BK Vibro
Case Studies and Stories
Crackdown on Piping Issues: A Geometric Survey of Pump Support Structure
The piping of this very large pump was about 10 feet in diameter, and structural cracks were forming. We measured the flatness of each individual bearing foot, and then measured that flatness against a best-fit plane of all four feet to check for soft foot. We also measured…
- Tony Planamento
- Advanced Mechanical Enterprises/AME
Case Studies and Stories
How a 3D Geometric Survey Diagnosed Faults in a Grounded Tugboat
We received a call regarding a tugboat that had run aground. Our survey included measurements of the hull mating flanges, Z-Drive cones, gearbox mounting flanges, bell housings, stems, and starboard lower gearbox housing for parallelism…
- Tony Planamento
- Advanced Mechanical Enterprises/AME
Case Studies and Stories
Ensuring Precision Pumping: A 3D Geometric Survey
We conducted a thorough 3D geometric survey of a submersible pump, leaving no bolt hole unmeasured and no intake distance unspecified. Utilizing the CAM2 software, we constructed a coordinate system, level plane, and exact angles to ensure precision flatness and distances…
- Tony Planamento
- Advanced Mechanical Enterprises/AME
Two Minute Tips
Rosemary’s Car: How NOT to Treat Your Machines
Sometimes routine maintenance gets overlooked, as in the case with my friend’s car…
- Roy Giorgio
- AssetWatch
Veterans CONNECTED
Episode 24: Butler Fuqua
Welcome to Veterans Connected! In this episode, Eric interviews Veterans Connected first Marine Corps Veteran, Butler Fuqua. Growing up in a military family, Butler describes his journey coming from small-town Alabama to coincidentally winding up in the Marine Corps enrollment office to eventually guarding President Obama on Marine One. Listen to Butler's adventures in the service and his eye opening life changes that have led him to his current endeavor in Hawaii...
- Eric Bevevino
- Veterans Connected
Veterans CONNECTED
Episode 23: Carl Sullivan
Welcome to VETERANS CONNECTED Season Two! Maintenance and reliability expert and military Veteran Eric Bevevino interviews E5 Sergeant, Carl Sullivan. Born and raised in Kentucky, Carl takes us through his unusual enlistment in the Kentucky Army National Guard that sparked the beginning of his military career. Eric and Carl discuss Carl's personal inspiration for joining the National Guard, his connection to the Honor Flight Network, and his efforts to establish the innate value in veterans at Lexmark...
- Eric Bevevino
- Veterans Connected
Two Minute Tips
Sensor Fusion: The Path to Proactive Plant Maintenance and Operational Excellence
A powerful approach for improving plant maintenance programs is the integration of multiple sensing technologies to improve coverage of machines and different failure modes. This can be further complemented by effective analysis of the data from all the different sources. When using multiple sensors like this, it is called Sensor Fusion...
- Alan McCall
- Sensoteq
Articles
The Benefits of Quantifiable Measures in Reliability Strategy Execution
Being able to take the next step in executing a reliability strategy often entails quantifying the value of taking on the effort. Often, there are subjective measures assigned, such as internal or external audit criteria, and some score that comes because of these audits. Where the rubber really hits the road is when we can connect the dots between what we are trying to accomplish and some clear and measurable source of value...
- Mike Gehloff
- Allied Reliability