Availability in a Supply Constrained Environment is the #1 Issue for Refinery Executives

Keys for Effective Troubleshooting Warren Rhude Equipment can malfunction for a variety of reasons. Mechanical contacts and parts can wear out; wires can overheat and burn open or short out; parts can be damaged by impact or abrasion; etc. Equipment may operate in a manner far different than it was designed to, or not at all. Troubleshooting can be key...

Corrective Maintenance Task Generation Robert Apelgren, Senior Reliability Engineer Maintenance cost or maintenance loss? Maintenance in today’s plant is a dynamic function of the ability to adapt to quick changes and to new policies and management techniques. An inherent problem common to many maintenance programs is that manpower is one of the first things considered when cost reduction is sought....

Weibull Point Process Applied to Repairable Subsystems: An Application to the Cuban Sugar Industry Ing. Segismundo Mojicar Caballero In spite of any proactive kind of maintenance, we must face failures that happen in our production assets. These failures have to be treated by a minimal repair, that is, an action that just restore the operability of the failed item to...

Energy Savings Through Pump Refurbishment and Coatings Karen Verosky, Paul Maier, Randy White, Steve Connell and Kurt Knoll from Pumps & Systems, www.pump-zone.com  Responsible for supplying an average of 60 million gallons of drinking water each day, the Monroe County Water Authority (MCWA) in Rochester, N.Y., depends on more than 100 centrifugal pumps with a total installed capacity of more...

Causes of Overheating in Cartridge Mechanical Seals The Mcnally Institute Too much heat can cause multiple problems with cartridge mechanical seals: The elastomer (rubber part) can be damaged. Some seal faces can be damaged. Carbon-graphite faces can pit as trapped air expands within the carbon, or the product carbonizes and pulls out pieces of the seal face. Plated faces can...

Centrifugal Pump Troubleshooting www.mcnallyinstitute.com You have four opportunities to trouble shoot centrifugal pumps and each opportunity can offer you a clue as to what is wrong with the pump. Let's take a look at each of these conditions and learn tips for centrifugal pump troubleshooting. The pump is hooked up to the piping and it is running : You can...