Five Minute Facts
AI’s Role in Process Optimization
Many experts claim that the value is on the process optimization side. Don Doam explains process optimization and how AI fits in…
- Robert Kalwarowsky
- Rob's Reliability Project
Two Minute Tips
Facility and Maintenance Managers Replacing Spreadsheets With a CMMS
Managing your maintenance and facilities operations using spreadsheets can be costing you more money than you think! Spreadsheets are part of a standard computer software package and are easily available..
- Jeff Roscher
- eWorkOrders
Two Minute Tips
What Is A Reliable Asset?
Ensuring assets are reliable means leaning heavily on condition-based maintenance strategies.......
- Frederic Baudart
- Accruent
Two Minute Tips
Ultrasound-Assisted Lubrication: What Does “Enough” Sound Like?
The concept is based on friction. If a bearing needs grease, there is an increase in friction and, therefore, an increase in noise. What we want to see happening is…
- Robert Kalwarowsky
- Rob's Reliability Project
Two Minute Tips
Can Ultrasound Be Used in a Noisy Plant?
Some people wait until a holiday or a plant shutdown to use ultrasound to look for air leaks. When the plant is quiet, they can hear the leaks with their own ears, but with ultrasound…
- Robert Kalwarowsky
- Rob's Reliability Project
Interviews
SAP Predictive Engineering and the Digital Twin
Annabelle spoke to Vatsan Govindarajan and Arnulf Hagen, both extensively engaged in SAP’s push towards integrating the Digital Twin technology into SAP PEI. The first blog of the two-part series covers the following...
- Annabelle Roux
- Gentackle
Two Minute Tips
Introduction to the Poor Man’s ODS
The Poor Man’s ODS will be a five-part series; today's tip is Part One: the introduction to the Poor Man’s ODS. ODS stands for operation deflection shape analysis; this is a study of how a machine is moving in relation to a fixed reference point…
- Dennis Swanepoel
- WearCheck
Two Minute Tips
Electric Motor Reliability Trifecta: Quality Control (Part 1)
Trifecta refers to picking the top three finishers in a horse race, and it can be worth a lot of money. Applying that to motor reliability, what are the top three applications of test technology to ensure you win big in reliability? In this tip we will be exploring quality control...
- Noah Bethel
- PdMA Corporation
Two Minute Tips
Detecting Pump Faults Using Motion Amplification
I’ve used motion amplification in industry intensively over the last two years. We’ve had some great successes with it, and it’s changed the way I do my work. We used this technology on cooling water pumps that are…
- Stuart Walker
- Reliability Maintenance Solutions Ltd
