Why Fresh Oil Turned Black in Weeks on a Critical Process Compressor
Equipment Overview and Its Role in the Process Unit The equipment under review is a recycle...
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Root Cause Analysis
5 Whys Root Cause Analysis: When to Stop Asking Why in Maintenance
The 5 Whys technique is among the most widely taught root cause analysis methods in manufacturing...
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The Missing Ingredient in RCA: Willingness to Accept Our Own Faults
No matter where we work, we will experience failures or ‘undesirable outcomes’ of some kind. As...
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How Root Cause Analysis Fits Into a Proactive Reliability Strategy
Introduction to the 4 Quadrants I recently had a discussion with one of my colleagues in which I...
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How Plant Culture Sabotages Root Cause Analysis and Reliability Success
When Culture Kills Reliability Before It Starts The cartoon paints a familiar and painful picture:...
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Solving Lubrication Degradation Starts with Asking the Right Why
Can Oil Fail? Within the industry, there has always been a great debate: it is not the oil that...
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The RCA Interview Method That Builds Trust and Gets Honest Answers
The role of a trusted advisor is similar, whether you serve as the lead for a Root Cause Analysis...
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How Weibull Analysis Helps You Identify Early and Late Failures
Weibull analysis is a handy statistical tool for figuring out why things break, when they’ll...
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How Forensic RCFA Unlocks True Root Causes of Machine Failures
A tremendous amount of time, productivity, and production can be lost using improper...
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Why Components Break: A Logical Look at Common Fatigue Failures
Recently, I have explored the basics of Erosion, Corrosion, Fatigue, and Overload. We emphasize...
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Why Your RCA Effort Is Doomed (Unless You Fix These Issues)
Most of us have all worked at places with some degree of a Root Cause Analysis (RCA) effort. They...
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How to Prevent Root Cause Analysis from Becoming a Money Pit
Properly conducted RCAs are time-consuming and resource-consuming, so when we are not getting the...
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