December 28, 2005
Reliabilityweb.com Top 100 Maintenance & Reliability Web Sites
Reliabilityweb.com announces the Top 100 list each year as a way of delivering value to our members and as a way of acknowledging the extra work that these companies put into creating a web site that contributes to the overall maintenance and reliability community.
We hope to encourage others to follow these fine example as well as asking Top 100 sites to continue to add even more value to their web site on a consistent basis.
The following criteria are evaluated before a site is selected for the Reliabilityweb.com Top 100 list:
* Web site nomination by a Reliabilityweb.com member
* Web site includes valuable maintenance and/or reliability information
* Accessing this information is fee free
Judges include Joe Petersen, Editor of Reliability Magazine, Jeff Shuler, Editor in Chief Uptime Magazine and Terrence O’Hanlon, Publisher of Reliabilityweb.com, Uptime Magazine and Reliability Magazine
The Reliabilityweb.com Top 100 web sites are ranked by link popularity as value exists only in the mind of the visitor. The list is generally assembled in the order we received the nominations and are included on our list after being reviewed.
December 28, 2005
Reliability Reading Room™
We are pleased to bring your the Reliabilityweb.com Reading Room in cooperation with Industrial Press.
This special area features Industrial Press Maintenance and Reliability Book, including a full chapter excerpt for your reading pleasure.
Titles include:
• Maintenance Management Auditing By Anthony Kelly
• Improving Proving Maintenance & Reliability Through Cultural Change By Stephen J. Thomas
• The Maintenance Scorecard - Creating Strategic Advantage By Daryl Mather
• Developing Performance Indicators for Managing Maintenance (2nd Edition) By Terry Wireman
• Effective Maintenance Management - Risk & Reliability Strategies for Optimizing Performance By Vee Narayan
• RELIABILITY-CENTERED MAINTENANCE, Second Edition by John Moubray
• Managing Factory Maintenance by Joel Levitt
• Complete Guide To Predictive And Preventive Maintenance By Joel Levitt
More…
December 28, 2005
Implementing or Re-Implementing an Ultrasound Program
An iPresentation tutorial by Jim Hall, Ultra-Sound Technologies
A predictive maintenance program that includes airborne ultrasound integrated with these other technologies is an all hands effort. Many plants that have a PdM program may only recognize vibration, oil analysis and infrared while leaving airborne ultrasound out of the equation. View this 10 minute iPresentation tutorial for a comprehensive look at Implementing or Re-Implementing an Airborne Ultrasound Program.
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December 28, 2005
World Class Maintenance at Anheuser-Busch
Special Reliability Magazine Online Preview
Issue 10 Volume 6
By Mike Harding, Vice President, Operations
With initiatives and support from top management and scheduled execution by technical process support, Anheuser-Busch (A-B) has achieved world class maintenance. Keeping maintenance at this level requires 24/7 vigilance and dedication at both Corporate and Plant levels. This article examines some of the processes A-B uses to sustain the high quality of its maintenance. More…
December 28, 2005
Who Says Reliability Can’t Be Fun?
An iPresentation by Dennis Belanger, CMRP, Management Resources Group, Inc.
This 30 minute iPresentation introduces the “Reliability Game,” a comprehensive demonstration tool designed to tackle an issue critical to improving reliability at all levels of an organization – Culture Change.
It answers all of your basic questions, such as: “What is The Reliability Game?”, “Who should play?”, “How is the game played?”, “What roles does the game include?”, and “How is the game used?”. By using data from an actual game simulation, the iPresentation demonstrates how a plant betting on reactive maintenance will waste time, money and resources. So grab an eggnog and log on today! You’ll find there’s nothing like a proactive environment to put everyone in the holiday spirit!
December 21, 2005
Recent Topics at MaintenanceForums.com
• Very reliable motors and drives
• Was RCM at fault?
• The new concept, termed “Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM)”
• Vacuum In Leakage in Petrochem plants
• How to condition monitor Sundyne Kontro Magdrive Pumps?
• Torsion & Speed Variation
• Synthetic oil vs. mineral
• Gear damage or just load?
• Hydrogen Centrifugal Compressor - 1x increase
• Infrared Inspection On Hydrogen Reformer Tubes
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December 21, 2005
Considerations when measuring low speed machines
An iPresentation Tutorial by James Lundy
Ludeca
This 15 minute iPresentation will discuss some of the factors that affect slow speed data collection and the settings needed to collect meaningful data. How to set meaningful alarms based on speed is discussed as well. Media player is required for narration playback.
December 21, 2005
FlowGuard™ hand carts offer complete customization.
Filter carts are not a new item to industrial lubricant users. They have been around for a number of years, offering end users a number of options. As with most things, improvements come to occur over time. This is no different for filter carts, or the filter cart industry.
Typically when end users look to purchase a filter cart for their applications, it is necessary to either call in experts in filter cart operation, or to do large amounts of homework to insure a filter cart is properly sized. Once this is done, the question still remains of how to compare one filter cart to another. After feature comparisons are made, the question of “How much will this cost?” still remains.
To assist end users in answering these ever plaguing questions, Des-Case Corporation has introduced a new line filter carts and a new approach to sizing and purchasing them. It is through the use of the World Wide Web that the concept of mass customization has been brought to the filter cart industry. The unique offering with Des-Case Corporation is that the filter carts are able to be fully customized at a very affordable price.
December 21, 2005
Make Your Plans to Attend EAM-2006 and RCM-2006 in Las Vegas
March 8-10
Orleans Hotel
Las Vegas Nevada
Please join us for EAM-2006 the Enterprise Asset Management Summit, March 8-10, 2006 in exciting Las Vegas Nevada. This year, EAM-2006 is co-located with RCM-2006 - The Reliability Centered Maintenance Managers’ Forum providing twice the value and learning opportunities.
Register before January 31 to get:
• 4 Star Hotel & Casino just $60 per night!
• $200 Early Bird Savings
EAM/RCM-2006 event attendance is limited to 500 – Please Register Today!
December 21, 2005
Quality Planning and Scheduling is the Foundation for Lean Maintenance
An iPresentation Tutorial by Kevin Lewton
MET DEMAND LLC
Join Maintenance Expert Kevin Lewton in an iPresentation Tutorial that defines planning terms and planner roles. Learn how planners affect the plant performance gap and discover the impacts of effective planning and scheduling. Please click the download tab to download a spreadsheet to test your organization on their ability to Plan and Schedule.
