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CONNECT Conversations
Success Factors for a World Class Operation
What are the key success factors for becoming a world class operation? Lots of people, especially executives, espouse becoming a world class operation. But what does that mean? How do we know if we are? More importantly, what are the key success factors for achieving world class performance?
- Ron Moore
- RELIABILITY CONNECT
Articles
Best Practices for Electrical Resistance Heat Trace Systems in Process Plants
These days, you will find heat trace systems in almost all process plants where consistent temperature is critical to the manufactured product. Mark Thomas explains what exactly heat trace is and its best practices...
- Mark Thomas
- Allied Reliability
Interviews
Facility Operation Project that Helped Gain Expertise in Predictive Maintenance
In this interview Can Uslu discusses how facility operating projects helped him gain expertise in Predictive Maintenance.
- Can Uslu
- PdMechanics
Articles
3 Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Wait for Warning Signs to Maintain Your Assets
As we talk to others in the reliability industry, we’re occasionally confronted with the viewpoint that asset health and condition monitoring is a cure-all when it comes to preventing asset failure. Understandably, people like the idea that they can continuously monitor their assets and only intervene or perform maintenance when there’s degradation. However, what seems ideal is not always practical, and there are limitations to what can be achieved through monitoring.
- ARMS
- ARMS Reliability
Case Studies and Stories
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Wireless technology is often perceived as being more expensive and less secure than traditional wired methods, but the opposite is true. Wiring can be at risk of damage in harsh environments, both during operation and maintenance so going wireless reduces the cost of installation, minimizes risk and is an affordable way to retrofit machines needing monitoring.
- Christian Sahlin
- LumenRadio
