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Boiler Water Chemistry Control: Preventive vs. Reactive Maintenance

Any number of impurities can cause scaling and corrosion in boilers unless properly controlled. But even with properly-treated makeup, boilers require internal treatment to minimize corrosion and other problems. The high-temperatures and pressures in boilers magnify chemical reactions and corrosion mechanisms. This installment examines important boiler water treatment concepts.

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Back to Basics: Understanding Reliability Block Diagrams (RBD)

Preventive Maintenance / Brawley

Reliability Block Diagrams have been around for a very long time, helping system engineers understand how the various elements, and their relationships, could impact the overall reliability and operation of the system. Taking the effort to diagram a system logically can provide great insight into where the weak links are. In some cases, an RBD can expose that your assumed redundancies are not actually as effective as you think they are.

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Mobile vs. Desktop: Differences in CMMS Features

CMMS / Tech Database / Brawley

This article explores the differences between desktop and mobile CMMS, emphasizing their distinct features and when each should be used. It also explores some of the concerns maintenance teams may have about adopting CMMS mobile apps.

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How to Protect Your Business from Cybercrime

Safety / Brawley

Whether you operate a small business or are part of a large industry such as pulp and paper, mining, or food and beverage manufacturing, cyber threats can cause severe damage to your digital infrastructure and have severe consequences. In this article, we’ll explore how you can protect your organization from cybercrime.

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Maintenance Apps for Smartphones

Equipment Knowledge, Maintenance Management, Preventive Maintenance / idconadmin

Nowadays most everyone has a powerful computer in their pocket, their phone. Many of us are using them in maintaining our plants. Whether you are neutral or a devotee of the iPhone or Android devices, I think it’s safe to say we have only just scratched the surface of possibilities for using our smartphones to maintain our plants. Just think about how good it is to always have a great camera in your pocket with pictures viewable instantly. Does anybody remember the hassle of film? Waiting days to find out if an image was captured and how well it looked.

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Hydraulic Filter Condition Monitoring

Condition Monitoring / idconadmin

Continuous monitoring of the filter elements in a hydraulic system can provide valuable clues to the performance of the filter and the condition of the system. Before I discuss this, let’s consider some of the advantages and disadvantages of common filter locations in a hydraulic system.

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Suction Bell Upgrades for Vertical Turbine Pumps

Equipment Knowledge / idconadmin

How long should a vertical pump’s suction bell last? That was a question a plant manager asked me during a recent consulting assignment for a power plant. A pump manufacturer’s typical response to such a question is, “it depends.” So what does it depend on?

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The Power of Single Minute Exchange of Dies (SMED)

Maintenance Management / maintenancewld

There is an ongoing debate on the Superfactory web forum concerning SMED (Single Minute Exchange of Dies) as developed by Shigeo Shingo, and in particular about Shingo’s influence on Toyota. As someone who had the privilege of meeting Shingo a few times before his death in 1991 and who has taught Single Minute Exchange of Dies for 15 years, I would like to give my view on the importance of the SMED process.

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Boiler Water Chemistry Control: Preventive vs. Reactive Maintenance

Back to Basics: Understanding Reliability Block Diagrams (RBD)

Mobile vs. Desktop: Differences in CMMS Features

How to Protect Your Business from Cybercrime

Maintenance Apps for Smartphones

Hydraulic Filter Condition Monitoring

Suction Bell Upgrades for Vertical Turbine Pumps

The Power of Single Minute Exchange of Dies (SMED)

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