Following up on last year’s Reliability and Maintenance Book list, we have a new list for 2025 which includes more classic reads as well as the ones you requested in the comments! Please enjoy and let us know what you would like to see highlighted in 2026.
10 Reliability and Maintenance Books to Read in 2025 Read More »
Rotary dryers, kilns, mills and reactors turn on tires and trunnions. Each tire is mounted to the rotating shell and revolves on two roller trunnions. If the alignment between the tire and trunnions is lost due to wear, poor repair, installation error or impact, the equipment will need to be tracked.
How to Track Large Rotating Equipment Read More »
“How dare you mix the modern word predictive with the ancient concept of running equipment to failure! Those are on opposite ends of the maintenance maturity spectrum! See the graphic below… what is wrong with you!”
What is Predictive Run to Failure? Read More »
This article will briefly examine this evolution and highlight modern developments in protecting cooling water systems. Environmental issues related to industrial wastewater discharge are also influencing this evolution.
Part 5: Modern Developments in Protecting Cooling Water Systems Read More »
If you decide to implement RCM in your plant, be sure that your organization is ready for it. If you are not ready for it, you will divert your attention from more important and cost-effective improvement initiatives you can do. If you are not prepared, an RCM implementation would be a waste of time and money.
RCM or not? Are you shooting mosquitos with a big cannon? Read More »
A corrective maintenance work order is a structured document that details the specific repair or maintenance task needed to restore equipment to working condition. This article will walk you through the key aspects of a corrective maintenance work order, highlighting the essential information required, the process of assigning tasks, and how to ensure repairs are carried out efficiently.
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Now with the advent and update of the Reliability Strategies in MAS 9.0, a fair amount of the initial structure and definition of the typical RCM study can occur in MAS, greatly reducing the distance from the RCM study to changes to the EAM. Reducing the distance and increasing the velocity of the value-add changes to the EAM are good goals to always have in mind, enabling the ability to go from idea to implementation quickly.
Reliability Strategies Function for MAS 9.0 (MAS RS) Read More »
This installment of the cooling water systems series highlights the most common, but by no means all-inclusive, corrosion mechanisms in cooling systems.
Corrosion Fundamentals: Protecting Cooling Water Systems – Part 4 Read More »
It’s a highly active hurricane season, and the manufacturing industry is feeling the effects. Adverse weather can cause issues in plants, mills, and mines related to everything from worker safety to electrical problems to flooding – all potentially causing production loss and interruption of the supply chain. Manufacturing plant hurricane preparation needs to be a top priority.
Guide to Manufacturing Plant Hurricane Preparation Read More »
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