November 01, 2005
Reliability Scorecard Short Courses by John Mitchell
The 20th International Maintenance Conference™
“Mastering The Maintenance Process”
December 6-9, 2005 - Tampa Florida
The 20th International Maintenance Conference is an event where maintenance and reliability professionals learn from each other through a series of informative learning sessions, short courses, benchmark sessions, networking opportunities and a wide selection of full day workshops.
This year - Asset Management expert John Mitchell leads a four part - dynamic short course on the new Reliability Scorecard - a definitive set of metrics designed to demonstrate where your physical asset management program is strong as well as where it needs improvement.
Join John and 50 other maintenance experts as they share knowledge and experience to speed your reliability journey.
Discount Tampa Marriott Waterside Hotel rooms are still available on a first come first serve basis - so please register today!
Please call toll free in the USA (888) 575-1245 or (305) 305-735-3746 (Intl).
November 01, 2005
Monitoring & Diagnosing of Variable Frequency Drives (VFD) in Field Environments
An iPresentation Tutorial by Bob Moline, Baker Instrument Company
Accurately monitoring VFD’s is a challenge for Maintenance professionals. Typical RMS equipment (current & voltage meters) are insufficient in diagnosing VFD’s varying operation with the motor-load system. Equipment emerging into today’s market focuses on many of these aspects and will be a wealth of information to the maintenance staff. This 7 minute iPresentation Tutorial is in the form of a case study that will break apart the root cause of problems involved in a log cutting operation and provide an example of how powerful this new equipment is becoming.
November 01, 2005
What is an Integrated Reliability Program?
If you want to move your company out of reactive mode, you will benefit by learning about Integrated Reliability Programs. DMSI has prepared a short article that explains what is involved, the benefits and breaks down the elements of an integrated reliability program. Learn about integrated reliability to ensure you make the correct choices.
Click here if you would like more information or to download the presentation
November 01, 2005
Developing an Asset Risk Prioritization Listing
An iPresentation Tutorial by Ricky Smith, CMRP, Ivara Corporation
Reliability 101: Everything you wanted to know about reliability but were afraid to ask… By Ricky Smith, CMRP, Ivara Corporation Tip 2: Developing an Asset Risk Prioritization Listing In this second iPresentation of the Reliability 101 series you will learn what an Asset Risk Prioritization List is; understand the reason for and value of developing the listing; and walk through a detailed example calculating asset risk and ranking assets according to relative risk. Follow along in this 15 minute iPresentation to test your understanding of risk and determine which of your bad actors should be addressed first.
November 01, 2005
The Importance of Standard Deviation in Laser Shaft Alignment
An iPresentation Tutorial by Alan Luedeking, Ludeca
Standard Deviation is essential in determining and improving the quality of laser shaft alignment readings. This iPresentation tutorial explains the concept of Standard Deviation and how to utilize and take advantage of this extremely powerful tool when performing alignments on critical machines with a laser system equipped with this functionality. A current media player is required for narration playback
November 01, 2005
Lubrication Best Practices Workshop at LubricationWorld
December 6, 2005
Tampa Florida
by Ray Thibault, CLS, OMA
This one day comprehensive lubrication workshop is designed for people who need an overall understanding of lubrication best practices for all major equipment types and their components but don’t have the time for weeks of training. This class will give you the knowledge to ask the right questions to optimize your lubrication program. A wide variety of subjects will be covered where you will be given the essential elements to broaden your lubrication knowledge in the correct selection and application of lubricants. The following is an outline of the workshop:
• Lubrication Fundamentals
*Wear Mechanisms
*Lubricant Formulations (Base Stocks/Additives)
*Important Lubricant Properties
*Synthetic Lubricants
*Grease Properties and Applications
• Lubrication of Bearings
• Lubrication of Gear Boxes
• Lubrication of Pumps and Electric Motors
• Turbine Lubrication
• Hydraulics
• Compressor Lubrication
• Contamination Control
• Oil Analysis
Space is limited so register today toll free (888) 575-1245 or…
November 01, 2005
Too Much and Too Little (MRO Inventory)
An iPresentation Tutorial by Ron Schroder, The Prudent Advantage Group
More and more companies are losing long-term very knowledgeable employees. Retirements, layoffs, and reorganizations are forcing maintenance and MRO storeroom managers to determine how to compensate for this loss of ‘hands-on’ knowledge. This 10 minute iPresentation Tutorial discusses the help that is available with the right risk management support tools. Maintenance can make better stocking decisions regardless of experience.
November 01, 2005
New Reliability Roadmap e-Book Provides Strategies for Enterprise Asset Management
Reliabilityweb.com, a web portal focused on industrial plant and facility maintenance and reliability announced the release of the first Reliability Roadmap e-Book titled “A Strategic View of Enterprise Asset Information Management”.
Terrence O’Hanlon, CMRP, Publisher states “There are major shifts taking place both in the increased corporate awareness of the need for effective and efficient asset management and in the capabilities of enterprise asset management systems that are part of an integrated suite of enterprise resource planning (ERP) that enterprises use to manage all company activities including finance, human resource and supply chain.
Previously, most enterprises found that specialized “best of breed” applications were a more logical choice to manage asset information because features, functionality and usability were generally superior. Most recently – the gap between integrated suite applications and best of breed is shrinking.
The intersections of these factors were the drivers that caused us to compile a report from several industry experts to examine these issues more carefully.”
Companies deploy investment capital in physical assets in order to generate a positive return for shareholders. Managing physical assets to ensure the best return for the entire life cycle requires instant and accurate information in format that can be valuable to maintenance, operations, accounting and management among others. To be competitive, companies will have to choose a strategy for managing this information.
Contributors included representatives of Oracle, Indus, SPL Worldwide and Ivara in addition to commentary and best practices benchmarking study written by Mr. O’Hanlon.
