RE: Condition monitoring

Old thread.

However the initial cost would pay for 50 yrs of labor. The justifibility must be there.

But many will spend 5mm to eliminate one job. If you do not evaluate for machine conditon; i.e. bearings, componenst, alignment, balance, etc..... - how can you justify the ocassional success for such a high price?

Maybe no one likes the idea of routes but it is cost justifible and economic and has a huge payback. And, in probability is 85% effective as full-time monitoring. 

RE: Problems Most Maintenance Experience on Preventive Maintenance

INTEGRITY! Sad but ture. I have seen far too many give lip service to PM's.

PM is spit out automatically and given to foreman and issued to employee. They go visit around and sit somewhere and/or do 30% and check them off as complete and the failures go on. All too true........

Don't insult the employee: make sure your PM are necessary and make sense. This gives a better buy-in. Have a checks system. Lube tracking; how much was used, recovered and bought. Filters; have a disposal system that tracks spent items. And so on.

Eliminate the PM with PdM at every opportunity. It is more effectivel, will save many manhours and reduce cost.

Develop a tier batch of KPI's to feed to the top of the pryamid.

RE: PM or PdM

Surely periodic monitoring is 'time based' or do you do it when you feel like?

 If you have the data ( similar to that used to develop P-F) such as when we apply the go-no go , if the no go fits we have approx 3 weeks before it wears to unacceptable - it's the same

 The whole purpose of Predictive maintenance is to allow Maintenance Managers to make more informed decisions - the go-no go does the same.

P-Fs are good indicators but to think them to be empirical is folly. The change from functional to functional failure can be caused by many different stresses- poor maintenance, no lube, impact, age , overload - each of which will increase or decrease the slope.

RE: Measuring Effectiveness of the Planning Function

Guys,

Sorry, this is a little off topic but..............

We have a serious difference in the maintenance planning in our plant. Different areas are doing different things, all good but some better than others.  Do you have any reccomendations for planning and scheduling training courses?

 Thanks,

RE: Reverse dial alignment software

I am not running a sale on my Machinery Alignment-Back to basics textbook. It is ~333 pages and comes with programs of Indicator Reverse, Long Spacer Coupling and Rim & Face (a $120 value).

Total cost to your USA door is $55.00. Yes, I have PayPal or will accept a money order. International orders add $10.00 USD.

The book is based on my 42 years of doing alignments and covers foundations, piping, indicator reverse, longer spacer coupling, laser, rim & face plus vertical alignment. Covers the math and plotting. Don't wait on the movie; buy the book. 

RE: RCM Standards Compliance

Bottom line is the order of the day. KPI's normally don't include RCM as an indicator for ROI.

All fat must be trimmed. Setting up programs and running down rabbit trails to hunt holes for reporting is mostlly added cost. Field proven tried and true technologies will reduce cost and will provide planned and scheduled maintenance.

Product compliance is of importance. Having one's own internal programs must be compliant to management. Machines should be compiant but not for an outside body to dictate.

RE: What is the one Metric used by Management to measure maintenance performance in your operation?

From a management point of view, I think total asset management is more relevant than a single maintenance metric. There are organizations that have great maintenance programs but replace machinery at the wrong time, carry excess parts for non-critical machines and are stocked out of critical parts for production machines. The biggest costs savings come from a total asset managment system that is combined with a good maintenance program.

RE: LED Floodlighting

Go for it but check your camera people and such. What degree are they demanding?

3800 degrees or 6000 or/and know exact type of light.