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The Reliability Approach: From Reactive Fixes to Proactive Excellence

First, what is The Reliability Approach? The Reliability Approach is a systematic approach to...

The failure occurred in a turbine-driven boiler feedwater pump (TDBFP) at a fossil fuel power...

For maintenance and reliability, the definition of proactive is: To act before the cost of doing...

Maintenance is war. Your enemies are the triumvirate of breakdown, deterioration, and unplanned...

In 1986, a facility with over 3,200 process pumps analyzed its failure data from five years. The...

Overall Scheduling Effectiveness (OSE) is a leading indicator that drives proactive behaviors,...

Overall Planning Effectiveness (OPE) is a leading indicator that drives proactive behaviors, which...

Any planning and scheduling system should eliminate delays in the maintenance process and...

The preface to one of my books (Pump User’s Handbook) alluded to the area of pump-failure...

First, what is The Reliability Approach? The Reliability Approach is a systematic approach to...

By Howard Penrose and Matt Knuth Vibration analysis is a powerful diagnostic tool for identifying...