Condition Monitoring Foundations Create Informed Decision-Making
A recent post on Efficient Plant’s Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) channel delved into the topic of higher throughput for Absolute Energy — ethanol facility — and how the company invested...
View ArticleMachine Modeling Enables a Predictive Maintenance Transformation
One of the major themes for manufacturing in 2018 has been machine modeling and recognition by management that it can replace capital purchases by moving to data baselines of processes. Case in point,...
View ArticleChoose the Correct Accelerometer
Selecting accelerometers for specific applications need not be difficult. Meredith Christman of IMI Sensors, Depew, NY (pcb.com), says the process basically involves answering eight questions. What...
View ArticlePart 2 | Case Study Shows Data Management Challenges
>> Read part 1 of this column on how operators and maintenance personnel are pushing back on too much production data. Driving efficiency with automation technology is putting pressure on many...
View ArticleAugury and Grundfos Partner on Predictive Maintenance Solutions
Manufacturing partnerships have always had a place in the marketplace but once the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) movement picked up momentum, new alliances began to accelerate. Many...
View ArticlePredictive Pump Monitoring in these 3 Areas
Recent Efficient Plant posts on plant investment are showing some of the challenges in getting new equipment or predictive monitoring pilot projects off the ground. With so many new technologies and...
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Look To Data To Boost Reliability
Predicting your plant’s future depends on collecting and analyzing the correct type and amount of equipment and process data. Predictive maintenance (PdM), much like “IIoT,” “Industry 4.0,” and “Plug...
View ArticleInnovative Maintenance: A Concept
By Howard W Penrose, Ph.D., CMRP, MotorDoc LLC There’s been a constant buzz in the reliability, maintenance, and physical-asset-management community for years about how we connect with the C-suite....
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Doing The Right Work Right
By Drew D. Troyer, CRE, Contributing Editor Many debate what’s more important: knowledge or skills; theory or application; and learning inputs or outcome. These pairings, though, are often considered...
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Comparing Two Motor-Testing Approaches
Would in-house or third-party testing make more economic sense for an enormous motor fleet? A large automotive manufacturing facility in the Midwest scheduled a planned shutdown in July 2018. In...
View ArticleTeach Your Organization To Fish
If reliability is to be sustained, a successful reliability engineer will teach others in the plant “how to fish.” Throughout my many years in manufacturing, there have been several labels put on...
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Protect Facilities from Corrosion
Chemically bonded phosphate ceramic (CBPC) coatings provide durable protection from atmospheric and chemical corrosion. Corrosion is the biggest single cause of plant and equipment breakdown, including...
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Bearing PdM Increases Uptime
Predictive-maintenance strategies will move your operation out of fire-fighting mode, improving overall system performance. By Justin Lesley & Scott Moeller, Motion Industries Inc. When we visit...
View ArticleTwenty Reasons To Stop Firefighting
One of the most effective steps you can take to have a positive impact on all areas of your business and your ROI (return on investment), is to minimize reactive maintenance. Here are twenty reasons...
View ArticleIs Your Sky Falling?
Q: Is your maintenance process beyond the tipping point? A : To answer this, it’s important to understand the concept of “tipping point.” When the tipping point of a system is crossed, negative and...
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Handhelds Enhance Field Functions
Today’s handheld devices improve data collection and put decision-making power in technicians’ hands. By Alessea Lane & Jose Verdugo, Emerson Today’s handheld devices have advanced from simple...
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Use Predictive To Get to Prescriptive
Preventive asset-management is a stepping stone to prescriptive practices. By Paul Gogarty, ABB Asset Lifecycle Services As we live and work in the era of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), we...
View ArticleEstablish Motor-VFD PM
By Howard Penrose All types of electric motors remain the prime movers of industrial and commercial applications, efficiently converting more than 68% of electrical energy to mechanical energy. While...
View ArticleSpeed Up Machine Failure Diagnosis
By Bryan Christiansen, Limble CMMS The ability to quickly identify causes of machine failure often is the difference between a productive day with all targets met and a day of wasted raw materials,...
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Does 4.0-Based PdM Match The Hype?
Industry 4.0 technology provides a path to effective predictive and prescriptive maintenance practices. By Justin Lesley, Motion Industries and Chantel Massie, Rexnord Corp. Industrial maintenance and...
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