How to Use ROI to Win Approval for Maintenance Initiatives
Today, maintenance and engineering managers try to do more with less but are still expected to...
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Maintenance and Reliability
Chain Drive Best Practices for Plant Maintenance Teams
Chain drives are a crucial component of a conveyor system. They transmit needed power from the...
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Reliable Capacity: Why Maintenance Must Evolve to Deliver More
I had the fantastic opportunity to work in a gold mine in South Africa. Their mining operations...
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How Predictive Maintenance Protected a Critical Dryer Cylinder
Predictive maintenance plays a crucial role in industrial reliability, preventing costly downtime...
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Why Certification Matters in Modern Reliability and Asset Management Roles
In our current work environments marked by rapid adoption of new technologies and increasingly...
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Overall Equipment Effectiveness: Optimize for Profit, Not Perfection
“Don’t chase 100% OEE—optimize OEE to maximize profit.” That’s a mantra I’ve repeated...
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Supra Harmonics in VFD Systems: A New Frontier in Reliability Risk
As part of a larger research and development project involving multiple industries and distributed...
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The Reliability Risks Hiding Inside Everyday Maintenance Tasks
I was providing field service for a computerized fuel controller that I had installed a few years...
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Why So Many Electric Motors Are Quietly Running Beyond Safe Limits
Over the past four years, we have seen an increase in field troubleshooting calls related to...
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CMRP Exam Advice Backed by Experts and the SMRP Framework
The CMRP is the only certification program of its kind accredited by the American National...
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How Prospect Theory Warps Your Maintenance Decision-Making Logic
In asset management and maintenance, we like to think we make data-driven, rational decisions—but...
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How Audits and Assessments Power Asset Reliability Strategy
In today’s competitive and fast-paced industrial landscape, organizations are increasingly...
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