Category: Condition Monitoring
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Implementing 5s Methods To Improve Your Production
The 5S methodology is a systematic approach to workplace organization and visual management, originating from Japanese manufacturing practices. Comprising five core principles, each beginning with the letter ‘S,’ 5S stands for Seiri (整理), Seiton (整頓), Seiso (清掃), Seiketsu (清潔), Shitsuke (躾). In English, these translate to Sort, Set in Order, Shine, Standardize, and Sustain. The…
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Fault Tree Analysis Explained: Paving the Way for Reliability Mastery
A fault tree analysis, or FTA, provides a method of breaking down these chains of failures, with a key addition for identifying combinations of faults that cause other faults. This type of analysis provides maintenance team members a visual representation of how a problem occurred and the potential pathways that led to the main failure…
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How to Leverage Predictive Maintenance to Reach Sustainability Goals
As sustainability and environmental stewardship become more prevalent in our day-to-day, industries worldwide are striving to achieve net-zero emissions. Central to this effort is the adoption of innovative technologies and practices that reduce energy consumption and minimize environmental impact through decarbonization. In recent years, technology has progressed enough to develop tools and strategies that optimize…
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Why You Should Know Your Planned Maintenance Percentage
Planned maintenance percentage is effectively the amount of time used towards planned maintenance task (as opposed to unplanned). It is a key metric that allows maintenance managers to get a better overview of where their time is going, and how reliable and effective their maintenance processes are.
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Unlocking Total Reliability: How the Internet of Things is Revolutionizing Industries
What is the Internet of Things? The Internet of Things (IoT) represents a transformative force in the digital landscape, heralding a new era of interconnectedness and automation. At its core, IoT is a network of physical devices, vehicles, buildings, and even everyday objects, all equipped with sensors, software, and connectivity capabilities. These components work in…
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The Cost of Downtime: What’s the Impact on Your Bottom Line
How much is downtime costing you? Every second an asset isn’t running costs thousands of dollars, and can have significant indirect impacts. Read more to see how predictive maintenance tools can reduce the cost of downtime.
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Understanding Six Failure Patterns for Increased Reliability
Age reliability patterns, also known as failure patterns, refer to the trends and behaviors of a system’s reliability and probability of failing as it ages over time. These patterns are crucial in reliability engineering for assessing the performance and lifespan of products, components, or systems. In the 1970s, F. Stanley Nowlan and Howard F. Heap…
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How Lean Manufacturing Can Optimize Your Maintenance
Some of the most successful companies in the world, including Toyota, Nike, and General Electric, use lean manufacturing principles. By implementing lean manufacturing principles into your maintenance and reliability operations, you can develop a more streamlined and efficient process.
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Why Investing in an EAM is the Best Method for Improving Reliability
Companies in every industry from manufacturing to food and beverage (and everything in between) face unique challenges based on the machinery and assets they use and the products they produce. Regardless of industry, optimal machine health and functionality are crucial factors in achieving high reliability and availability rates, which in turn ensures successful operations. Whether…
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AI-Assisted Maintenance: A Tech-driven Solution to Enhance Asset Reliability
Industries at large have significantly benefited from the development of new technologies, one such technology being artificial intelligence, or AI. AI is used to automate tasks, improve efficiency, and make better decisions, and is already present in our lives in many ways, from the self-driving cars we see on the road to the virtual assistants…
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The Complete Guide to Condition Monitoring
In the maintenance industry, all of production depends on assets being able to operate. That being said, many workers are still running into the same common problem: having no way to tell when assets are going to fail, or when they need replacement. What we do know is that asset failures don’t just happen –…