Category: Reliability
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Predictive Maintenance: The Game Changer in Food Industry Operations
What if the key to revolutionizing food industry operations lies in predicting the future of equipment health? That’s where predictive maintenance in the food industry comes in handy. This is a strategy increasingly vital in the food sector, bridging maintenance with food safety, efficiency, and sustainability. The approach marks a significant shift from the reactive…
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Implementing Takt Time to Improve Your Process
Takt time, sometimes referred to as Takt, is a key principle of lean manufacturing. It refers to the rate at which you need to complete a product or service to satisfy customer demand. The Takt time formula in Lean can be represented as below: Available Production Time refers to the total amount of time available…
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Why You Need To Improve Your Production Reliability
When it comes to manufacturing and production, ensuring consistent production and minimal downtime is crucial. In order to guarantee this, maintenance managers need to ensure their plants, assets, and overall production operations are reliable.
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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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Navigating the Fine Line Between Maintenance and Repairs
In the world of manufacturing, understanding the nuanced difference between maintenance and repairs is important for seamless operations. Knowing the difference between the two seemingly similar terms can make all the difference in effective asset management, cost control, and operational efficiency in any industry. It enables organizations to adopt a proactive approach to maintenance, which…
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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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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…