October 02, 2008 Reliability Masters Track at IMC-2008 23rd International Maintenance Conference
December 8-11, 2008
Hyatt Resorts Coconut Point
Bonita Springs Florida
Just a few of 48 Learning Zone presentations available only at IMC-2008:
• Implementing a Multi-Site Engineered Maintenance Plan by Mark Gilbertson, Director of Asset Management, Rio Tinto Energy Americas Tom Moriarty, PE, CMRP, Alidade MER
• Current Best Reliability and Maintenance Practices by Christer Idhammar, IDCON
• If People Are Our Greatest Asset, Why Are We Still Allowing Them to Get Hurt? by Bart Jones, Director, Facilities O&M, Arnold Engineering Development Center/ATA
• Standards for Condition Monitoring and Diagnostics of Machines by Kenneth J. Culverson, Senior Reliability Engineer, Shaw Industries, Inc.
• “Root Camp” How an airline trains technicians in Root Cause Analysis techniques by Bill Brinkley, US Air
• The Building Blocks to a Successful Lubrication Analysis Program by Brian Thorp, Seminole Electric
• A New Asset Management System (AMS) Standard by Sridhar Ramakrishnan, Lead Maintenance Planner, Growth, Planning & Development (Firebag), Suncor Energy Inc.
• Reliability Excellence and Leadership by Brendon Russ, Southern Gardens Citrus and Gary Thomas, PCA
• A Focus on the I-P Interval A Case Study About Understanding the Complete P-F Curve by
• Phil Pinkston, Cargill Memphis and Doug Plucknette, Allied Reliability
• Don’t Let the Economy Be an Excuse for Poor Performance by Clay Lewis, Rayonier Wood Products and Dave Bertolini, People and Processes, Inc.
• Level of Planning Detail by Robert J Doherty, CMRP, US Sugar Corporation
• How did we get to where we are by Joe Lynch, CPMM, Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District
• Reliability Centered Maintenance or Root Cause Analysis - Chicken or the egg? by Bob Di Francesco, ARMS Reliability Engineers
• Building Effective PM Tasks by Steve Turner OMCS
• Lubrication for Managers by Ray Thibault, CLS
IMC-2008 also includes additional case studies, Reliability Masters Track, 10 Certificate workshops, 2 keynotes, 70 leading solution providers, 4 technology learning labs including the new Arc Flash lab, power coaching sessions, 2 plant tours, C-Level Asset Reliability Forum and yes – the obligatory IMC Golf Tournament at Raptor Bay.
Transform yourself and your reliability journey at IMC-2008 by speaking with one of our conference specialists’ toll free (888) 575-1245 or find out more online…
October 02, 2008 Reliability Reporting Tip
Many production tracking systems are not integrated with the maintenance recording system.
For reliability reporting it is critical to link production downtime events with the corrective maintenance events which are typically in the form of work orders. Only when the maintenance records are linked to production downtime events can the full power of downtime analysis reporting can be realized.
Tip provided by Jerry Peterson
Director, eMESA Services
Dimension Technology Solutions (DTS)
Gillette WY
October 02, 2008 Maintenance & Reliability Optimization Workshop
Reliability Systems, Inc.
November 10-11, Nashville, TN
With backlogs exceeding available labor hours and sites looking for greater reliability, many maintenance teams are seeking out additional resources. In most cases, this capacity can be found within our existing process by identifying loss that is consuming our valuable labor hours.
Workshop Agenda
• 3-Dimensional PMOptimization
• Planning & Scheduling Optimization
• OME: Beyond Wrench-Time
Find out more about Maintenance & Reliability Optimization Workshops
October 02, 2008 Oil Analysis Tip
This is a very simple tip to supplement wear particle analysis programs.
If your oil system uses filters or fine screens, record the date / hour meter reading on the filter (if you can or on your data collection system otherwise) when installed and capture the new date / hours when removed.
Use a can cutter if it is a spin on type (available through aviation tool supply houses) or omit this step and just cut the pleated elements out with a knife if it is a cartridge element. Do not use a saw to separate the pleated elements as it will contaminate the sample with metal particles.
Open the pleats and using CLEAN solvent and containers flush larger wear particles out of the filter. if it is a simple fine mesh oil screen, just flush the screen carefully. I have found that a coffee filter works great for concentrating the particles out of the solvent after flushing.
You now have a sample of large wear particles that can be dried and weighed and this data trended (if you so desire), or at a minimum visually and physically analyzed. You can send it off with your oil samples or examine it yourself.
Carbon (from engines) is friable and can be crushed with a probe tip. A magnet will separate ferrous particles for a better look. Aluminum will dissolve in simple lye solution after you have looked at it. If their normal color and sheen is not discernible, copper and brass turn the liquid green with the addition of a little muriatic acid (available in the masonry section of the local building supply). Stainless won’t attract to a magnet and won’t dissolve or turn green.
I know that this sounds crude, and it is. But for at least 50 years and still counting examining the particles trapped in filters and screens has been a valuable adjunct to oil analysis and wear particle analysis in aviation. It is simple, fast, and cheap.
A can cutter and kit is under $100 and you can do this anywhere in the world-regardless of infrastructure. We still cut filters today because some failures modes produce particles too big to circulate, or at least not until they have been ground up enough to make it through the filter. As you well know, the nature of the particle material and shape can tell a technician who is familiar with the equipment internals a lot about what is happening.
Tip provided by Sam McNair
Life Cycle Engineering
Charleston SC
October 02, 2008 Balancing Tip
The best balancing tip is using a Strobe Light Vibration Analyzer / Balancer. With a Strobe Light you never need to use reflective tape, clean, scrap, or sand the shaft, carry cleaning supplies (or stop by a fast food restaurant to “borrow” cleaning towels), fight to get the photo-tach or laser-tach sensor mounted and properly adjusted, and you don’t need to worry about the expensive laser or photo tach falling into the moving shaft.
With a Strobe Light Vibration Analyzer you can walk right up to the machinery and start making measurement without first shutting the machine down, it saves time, it is safer, and typical balance results are superior to the processed answers from a software-based analyzer.
Tip provided by Mark Slebodnik
President
Balmac Inc.
Plain City OH
October 02, 2008 Spectrum Visual Lubrication Management System
Colored identifiers can be assigned to lubricants allowing for a tagging system to be deployed throughout the lubricant chain.
From the point of storage to the point of application, the operator will know which designated lubricant is used at each specific lubrication point.
Find out more about Spectrum Visual Lubrication Management System
October 02, 2008 Motor Testing Tip
Effects of Voltage Unbalance on Motor Performance
Unbalanced voltages applied to a three-phase AC Induction motor will result in unbalanced circulating currents flowing in the stator windings. A general rule of thumb is that for every 1% voltage imbalance, a 7% current imbalance is expected. Circulating, or negative sequence current, can significantly increase the current demand for the same load, overheating the insulation system. The HP rating of the motor should be reduced per NEMA MG-1 to prevent overheating.
Tip provided by PdMA MCE Division
Tel: 813-621-6463
http://www.pdma.com
Discuss this tip on the Motor Testing Discussion Board at MaintenanceForums.com
October 02, 2008 Infrared Tip Feedback
As a 13 year level III I am not sure I agree with the September 18 Infrared tip at all.
Original Tip:
http://maintenancetalk.com/blog.php/tipsblog/infrared_inspection_tip5/
Emissivity and delta T is absolutely essential. Field settings are important but there are only two that cannot be adjusted in the software, focus and perspective. Depending on the type of instrument used (long wave/short wave) determines the other parameter adjustments.
Most units I have been used have paint somewhere around .85-.9 and depending on the temperature of the surface, the emissivity also changes. Shiny copper connections can be under .3 – a situation where the temperature could read from 100 at .1 to nearly 400 at .3. I trust you see my point.
Field testing of E is essential to reliable infrared thermography.
Thanks for the good work you do.
Regards.
Randy Springer
Pepper Maintenance Systems
Discuss this tip on the Infrared Discussion Board at MaintenanceForums.com
