Reliable Media
Reliable Media is the editorial team behind Reliable, an independent publication covering maintenance, reliability, lubrication, and condition monitoring for manufacturing professionals. The team publishes practical guidance from veteran practitioners across the industry and reaches more than 31,000 subscribers through the Reliable Insights newsletter, plus 63,000+ followers on LinkedIn.
Posts by Reliable Media
API 510, 570, and 653 Inspection Intervals: Vessels, Piping, and Tanks
Maintenance Staffing Ratios: Planner, Supervisor, and Technician Benchmarks
CMMS Adoption Statistics: What Plant Surveys Actually Show
Lockout/Tagout Reference: 29 CFR 1910.147 and Its Most-Cited Provisions
Maintenance and Reliability KPI Reference: Formulas, Benchmarks, Standards
NFPA 70B Compliance: What Changed and When It Actually Applies
Equipment Breakdown Insurance Loss Statistics: Causes and Cost Shares
The Aging Transformer Fleet: What the 40-Year Claim Really Says
Turnaround Cost Overrun Statistics: Tracing the 80% Claim
Does 80% of Downtime Come From 20% of Assets? Tracing the Claim
MRO and Spare Parts Inventory Statistics: Stockouts, Accuracy, Costs
Arc Flash Statistics: Incident Frequency, Injury Data, and Costs
Heat Exchanger Fouling: Energy Penalty and Cost Statistics
Preventive Maintenance for Electric Motors: What Actually Works
Compressed Air Leak and Energy Waste Statistics: What the DOE Data Says
Electric Motor Failure Statistics: Causes, Failure Rates, and Survey Data
Pump Reliability and MTBF Statistics: Benchmarks, Failure Data, and Costs
OSHA’s Most-Cited Maintenance-Related Violations
Prescriptive Maintenance: What’s Real and What’s Marketing
Reliability Engineer Salary: Which Number Should You Trust
The Cost of Corrosion: Industrial Statistics, Global and U.S. Figures
Steam Trap Failure Rate Statistics: Benchmarks, Costs, and What the Data Shows
The Manufacturing Jobs Multiplier: Sorting Real From Hype
Root Cause Analysis Mistakes: Why Blaming Operators Fails