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  • Work & Spares

Maintenance Planning and Scheduling

Ahmed Kotb has spent more than 22 years in maintenance planning and scheduling, in this interview he highlights the most important functions in the industries today..

Case Studies and Stories
  • Condition Monitoring

Continuous Condition Monitoring Pays off at a Large Power Utility

A large power utility in Hawaii was looking for more frequent condition monitoring on their Balance of Plant (BOP) generation assets. They had experienced significant equipment failures that occurred between their scheduled quarterly walkaround condition monitoring routes. They decided to trial Petasense technology on 8-10 assets...

Two Minute Tips
  • Condition Monitoring

Rotor Bar Analysis Using Electrical Signature Analysis

Broken or fractured rotor bars are found as elevated Pole Pass Frequency (PPF) sidebands of line fre- quency (LF). PPF is calculated using the synchronous speed minus the running speed times the number of poles..

Interviews
  • Condition Monitoring

Remote Condition Monitoring

In this Interview Josiah share's his passion about using new methods to address persistent problems and many plants are unaware of the benefits that they could be reaping from such technology..

Five Minute Facts
  • Implementation Strategy

Silver Bullets Can Backfire

We want silver bullets and quick results. Indeed, if we know what we are looking for, some quick wins are usually possible, yet they will usually only scratch the surface when it comes to overall payback potential. What we see happening...

Five Minute Facts
  • Continuous Improvement

Glossary of Industrial Maintenance Technology

It can be challenging to understand what all the terms for industrial maintenance technologies mean. IIoT, Industry 4.0, AI, PdM 4.0. We try to distill it down to a simple glossary...

Five Minute Facts
  • Data Analytics & IIoT

The Cost and Cost Benefits of TPM Implementation

We are often asked about the typical cost of TPM implementation.One of the ways to calculate this is the impact of taking critical equipment (could be 25-30% of the process) to 85-90% Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE)--The Availability Rate X The Performance Rate X The Quality Rate..

Interviews
  • Defect Elimination

ODS (Operational Deflection Shape) Analysis, When and Why?

In this Interview Mohamed Wahba explains Operational Deflection Shape is a magical tool can be used to solve the most complicated resonance problems, however not much analyst use it due to lack of knowledge or is not supported by their companies with software and measuring module. Motion amplification camera becomes more trendy, nevertheless, its cost and some technical limitations make ODS in competition.

Two Minute Tips
  • Asset Strategy

Protecting Your Lubricated Assets

Unplugging your computer without going through the proper shutdown steps can be a recipe for disaster. In the same way you need to ensure your lubricated equipment is idled and stored properly, allowing it to be protected against corrosion and oxidation..

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