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Understand Your Goals with New Maintenance Technology

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Why are you buying that new maintenance technology? What are you hoping to achieve? How will you measure success (or failure) both in technical terms and in terms of a return on investment? Although these questions are straightforward and obvious, my experience in the field suggests that many people cannot answer them adequately. They have some vague idea that a tool or technology will somehow solve their problems but they are not clear on what these problems are.

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Boiler Water Chemistry Control: Preventive vs. Reactive Maintenance  

Preventive 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 /

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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5 rules to build a partnership

5 Rules to Build a Partnership

Maintenance Management /

5 Rules to Build a Partnership Torbjörn Idhammar, President & CEO IDCON INC. Plant professionals (and consultants) often talk about the importance of a maintenance, operations, and engineering partnership. In my experience, the discussions commonly center on very general terms such as better communication and understanding. Those issues are important…but what you need are precise

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The Power of Single Minute Exchange of Dies (SMED)

Maintenance Management /

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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Torbjorn Idhammar is the blog manager for MaintenanceWorld.com.

A maintenance and reliability management consultant, Torbjorn has spent 25+ years in the profession and provides advice to clients around the world.

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