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Contents
July 2011 Issue
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38
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Maintenance Planning Is
Too Hard In My Workplace
Hey stop the excuses. The
reasons why you should be
motivated to move towards world class maintenance
planning. Where are you now and moving forward.
46
48
22
Lubrication Reliability
Human Memory is no match for computerisation when
it comes to managing, performing and monitoring
lubrication. But is even a CMMS good enough to manage
the huge number of lubrication points in your plant?
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COVER
SHOT
This issues cover
shot is courtesy of
Generation Systems
and LUBE-It.
See the article on
Lubrication Reliability
at Page 12.
david@wmc.on.ca
(Canada)
2. Material
2.1 Quality Problems due to
Poor Maintenance
a) scrap (can be sold)
b) waste (no resale value)
c) re-feed (item put back through
process)
d) re-work (item repaired off-line)
e) give-away (revenue leakage)
f) yield (% finished product
that can be sold for premium
pounds)
g) shrinkage (eg. product sold
by weight dries out during
process)
h) gain (eg. product sold by
weight absorbs water during
process)
i) losses (eg. fraud, pilferage)
j) returns (customer brings
product back for refund)
3. Capital
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
asset availability
utilisation
performance
reliability
quality of output
(see #2 above)
total cost of ownership
4. Facilities
a) maintenance cost/sq m
b) capacity utilisation
5. Energy
a)
b)
c)
d)
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Introduction
Integrating wireless instrumentation with SCADA systems can drive operational efficiency and reduce deployment
costs. The use of wireless instruments in pipelines and gas production operations has been gaining momentum
over the past few years. Driven by cost cutting measures and the need to gain more operational visibility to meet
regulatory requirements, wireless instruments eliminate expensive trenching and cabling while providing access to
hard-to-reach areas using self-contained, battery-powered instruments.
However, SCADA engineers and operators are facing the challenge of integrating wireless instrumentation networks
with other communication infrastructure available in the field. Managing and debugging dispersed wireless networks
presents a new level of complexity to field operators that could deter them from adopting wireless instrumentation
despite the exceptional savings.
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Figure 1:
Remote wastewater pump stations must have
reliable controls & communications. South East Water Company
in Melbourne uses SCADAPack controllers and wireless
communications.
2. Adaptability
Wireless instrumentation networks are required to adapt to the existing environment. It is not practical to move a
well head, a compressor, tank or a separator just to create a reliable wireless link. In long range SCADA networks,
it would be much easier to locate a 30 foot tower in the field to allow for line-of-sight consideration. It might also
be easier to increase the height of the tower to extend the range and avoid obstruction. Wireless instrumentation
networks do not have that luxury. It is sometimes difficult to find a location for an access point or base radio
that provides reliable communication with the wireless instruments. Relocating the access point or base radio to
improve the RF link with one sensor could result in degrading the links with other sensors in the same network.
Adaptability can be addressed by using lower frequency bands, such as the license-free 900 MHz, which tend
to provide better coverage, longer range and better propagation characteristics allowing the signal to penetrate
obstacles. Also, high gain external antennas that can be mounted as high as possible on a structure allow access
to hard-to-reach sensors which could be located at the bottom of a tank. Improved receive sensitivity of radio
modules also plays a crucial role in ensuring network adaptability to various industrial environments.
For example, the Beypazari water system in Turkey is spread out over 270 square miles of mountainous terrain.
They had problems with the distant locations of their alarm systems, so maintenance staff had to visit each pumping
station three times a day to check on system operation. Because of the high cliffs, a wireless system appeared to
be impractical.
Beypazari installed Control Microsystems SCADAPack controllers at each of the nine remote sites. Wireless radios
at each site and two wireless data concentratorsone on a hill overlooking the towntransmit critical data to the
central SCADA/HIM system. The communication network is a mixture of 2.4 GHz radio modems and conventional
UHF radio and line modems that are ideally suited to the mountainous locale in which they operate.
Also, GSM (a digital mobile telephone standard) was implemented at the central location to provide Short Message
Service (SMS) that sends alarms to operator cell phones.
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3. Integration:
Managing
and
debugging
dispersed wireless networks
presents a new level of
complexity to field operators that
could deter them from adopting
wireless instrumentation despite
the exceptional savings. The
wireless network integration
dilemma is more apparent in
SCADA systems. Since wireless
instrumentation networks are
supposed to tie into the same
SCADA infrastructure available
at site to relay valuable operating
data to the SCADA host, having
the ability to manage the
complete infrastructure as one
network becomes essential.
Despite the abundance of tools
to capture, process and analyze
data in the process control
market, ensuring data integration
is still a major problem. Some
SCADA systems even have a
separate historian module that
must be purchased as an addFigure 2:
Coal Seam Gas extraction in Queensland requires local control and
on to handle the flood of data
monitoring
at
700
wells scattered across the state. The local SCADAPack controllers and
as a result of adding wireless
RTUs communicate via radio to centralized SCADA systems.
instrumentation networks.
A Coal Seam Gas (CSG) operation in Queensland, Australia, had that problem. CSG, abundant in Queensland,
is the same as natural gas and is collected from more than 700 well sites scattered across the state. Parasyn
Controls, based in Tingalpa, Queensland, is installing Control Microsystems SCADAPack controllers at each site
(Figure 2) to collect data, provide local and remote control, report events, and communicate with central SCADA
systems via radio links. Standardizing SCADA and wireless hardware from a single vendor made it simple to
connect the remote sites to the central SCADA systems.
Conclusion
As the adoption of wireless instrumentation networks increase, users will be faced with a number of challenges
to ensure the reliability, adaptability and tight integration with their existing infrastructure. New RF and antenna
designs help to address reliability and adaptability challenges. This leaves wireless and data integration with the
existing SCADA infrastructure as one of the critical challenges to be resolved. Luckily, hybrid gateways, where
sensor network base radio and long range radio are integrated, allow users to view, manage and diagnose their
dispersed wireless systems from a single point. Similarly, advanced SCADA host software, with an integrated
historian and rapid development environment using templates, can facilitate the integration of new data points
generated by a growing network of wireless sensors.
About the Author
Hany Fouda is the VP of Marketing at Control Microsystems and is responsible for developing and executing global
marketing strategies across the brand portfolio to further drive growth.
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Lubrication Reliability
Human Memory vs
Computerization
Eric Rasmusson
www.GenerationSystems.com
USA
Lubrication reliability is an extremely important and complex operation not being adequately addressed by corporations
world-wide. They give their focus to important operations such as accounts receivable, accounts payable, inventory
control, CRM, and a host of other functions. In fact, no corporation would dream of running these complex activities
without the advantages of software designed for the specific purpose. Yet these same organizations remain unaware
of industrial lubrication being another complex activity requiring specialized software.
Think about it for a moment. Most industrial plants consist of varied equipment numbering from the hundreds to the
thousands. Each one of these equipment pieces typically includes multiple component parts requiring lubrication,
such as a motor, drive-shaft and coupling. Multiple lube points per equipment result in thousands upon thousands
of individual points to be serviced. Yet lubrication is even more detailed.
Do The Maths
Each individual lubrication point often requires multiple and differing activities to be performed, each at its own
frequency. For example, proper care of just one lubrication point will require topping-off a reservoir each week,
drawing a lab-sample every quarter, and draining and refilling with fresh fluid once a year.
Several thousand lube-points, each with multiple tasks at varying frequencies - it easily works out to be hundreds
of thousands of activities needing to be performed annually. This means, to ensure ongoing performance and
reliability, many plants should be performing over 250,000 lubrication activities each year. In fact, a proactive and
successful paper plant reports performing over 700,000 lubrication activities annually.
Now consider the problem of so many lubrication points spread across several acres, numerous buildings, or multiple
stories. This is even further complicated by an array of required lubricants, and the fact that distinct procedures are
often required for each of the activities performed at a lubrication point.
How is this daunting task being handled? Unfortunately, its often left, in full or part, to human memory.
Common Wisdom
Relying on human memory
In some cases, lubrication maintenance personnel have been tending the equipment for years resulting in detailed
understanding of the needs. Hopefully, these experienced personnel are never sick or on leave. Or worse yet, what
are the consequences when just one resigns or retires? A missioncritical information asset is lost as they walk out
the door. This starts a long and costly program of reassembling details and knowledge lost. Meanwhile, lacking
experience, how does the new person on the block possibly lubricate without significant omission?
Relying on spreadsheets
Another widely used method is the computer spreadsheet. Typically this comprises a list of equipment along with
numerous columns for lubrication specific data fields such as lubrication points and type, required lubricant, lubricant
capacity and the frequencies at which to perform tasks. While able to convey the basics of what needs to be done
and how often, such spreadsheets fail in knowing or communicating what specifically needs to be done and when.
Most often lacking is the tracking of dates last completedaccurately entering this information for thousands of rows
is an impossibly arduous task. Yet while updating spreadsheets proves difficult, accidental changes and deletions
come all too easy. Knowledge of last-done is the key prerequisite to determining when individual tasks are next
due without which the all-important questions remain unanswered.
Which tasks are to be done this week?
Which were missed last week?
Also consider the hundreds of activities of longer duration, such as those performed every quarter, six-months, or
once every year. Its simply not possible to correctly remember when each activity was last completed. Once again
the burden for proper lubrication is consigned to human memory.
Relying on standard CMMS/EAM systems
A third common approach is attempting to properly execute lubrication using the PM system of a CMMS or EAM
product. Focused on CM & PM work-order management, these systems perform the role well, and most maintenance
professionals are comfortable in their use.
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Alas, comfort in a systems intended function is far from the best reason to apply it to other uses. Outside the
CMMS are hundreds of products supporting additional reliability disciplines such as vibration, IR and others. Why?
The work-order-centric design of a CMMS is incapable of supporting the unique data and activity requirements of
these disciplines. Understanding lubrication reliability to be a unique discipline is the first step toward gaining its
considerable benefits.
As mentioned above, CM & PM work-orders typically number
less than a few thousand annually, while annual lubrication
activities can range up over 700,000. While the typical CMMS
adeptly catalogs equipment at the nameplate level, these
systems lack a clear approach for cataloging the multiple
related lubrication points, let alone the multiple activities for
each of these points. Also missing are the many data elements
regularly found in the previously explained spreadsheets. The
fact that these discipline-specific details are missing from the
typical CMMS is the main reason such spreadsheets find
common use.
This lack of requisite details leads many into a minimalist,
work-order level approach to lubrication. Simple monthly PMs
are created for each equipment section or area, producing
work orders with generic instructions such as Lubricate
stations 1 thru 8, or Check Levels in Bldg 12.
Striving for more detail, one plant of an integrated forest products company was required by corporate to use one
of the large Enterprise Asset Management systems (EAM) to manage its lubrication program. The plants reliability
engineer invested months of effort on repetitive keyboard entry of lubrication details into long-text fields. Shortly
thereafter, and much to his dismay, it was decided to switch more than 200 reservoirs to synthetic lubricants, leaving
him to edit each individually. Furthermore, with his hands tied by data locked into non-actionable text-fields, he was
forced to answer with a definitive NO, when the plant manager asked him if his time and effort had resulted in an
accurate and consistent lubrication program.
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Many CMMS products allow for inclusion of a list or block of items with a PM, which can be used to list the lubrication
points for an equipment area. Sounds simple doesnt it? Unfortunately, the actual complexities of lubrication cannot
be overlooked.
Lubrication points within any equipment area are not identical. One key differentiator is the variation of frequency.
Examples of such variation include some points being done weekly or biweekly, others monthly, bimonthly, quarterly
or annually. A single PM cant address this fact, this results in multiple PMs being created, one per frequency,
for each equipment area. Equally important variations include the lubricant required, number of lube fittings, and
activity type (top-off, change-out, sample, etc.). Further variation comes when activities require specific step-bystep procedural instructions. With the CMMS offering no native support for lubrication, how is such information
conveyed using a single PM? How many PMs are needed to convey a bare minimum of these compulsory details?
Remember, give a CMMS more PMs and it will return the favor with increased work-orders and paperwork. More
importantly, within these numerous work orders and pieces of paper, there is no opportunity to bring optimization
and efficiency to lubrication.
Whats done is done. Or is it? Mark a work order as completed and the entire block of lubrication points share
the same status. A PM system unable to function below the work-order level cant remember the relevant all
outstanding lubrication points that must somehow be remembered over subsequent weeks until completed. Its not
hard to see this problem compounding week after week.
Yes, having a multitude of detail deficient lubrication PMs might look and feel good on the surface, but it veils reality
with a false sense of security. Once again, details required for success are left to the imagination and memory of
lubrication personal. With such reliance upon manual effort, paperwork and human memory, its no surprise a recent
search across popular CMMS/EAM websites for the term lubrication returned zero pertinent results.
Customizing CMMS/EAM systems
The fourth and by far the most costly approach is customization of the CMMS / EAM product for lubrication. Gaining
rudimentary lubrication capability consumes hundreds of man hours, with one organization reporting having spent
nearly $1,000,000 USD to modify a large EAM system so that it was capable of lubrication-point level of functionality.
Even if successful, such customizations prove difficult and expensive to update. Personnel doing the original work are
often otherwise assigned or no longer part of the organization. With corporations working to eliminate maintenance
of in-house legacy systems, why should lubrication be any different?
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A good system will include an automatic lube-point / lube-task based work release. Tasks are released individually,
and only as needed, not as blocks of work. These lubrication work assignments are automatically pushed to those
responsible via footstep efficient routes. This frees maintenance planners from the detail of lubrication so they
can focus on PMs and corrective work. Such a lubrication reliability system will also provide automatic backlog
management. Individual lube-tasks, if not complete, are automatically marked past-due and brought forward each
week until they are done, with no user intervention required.
Mobile computing for accuracy
The best systems also provide for rugged handheld computers using Windows Mobile operating system. This
brings a great deal of efficiency to the system, with information literally at the finger tips of the lubrication specialist.
No paperwork and no clipboards. Fingertip data collection includes work accomplished, consumption volume, and
equipment problems and issues, all with no keyboard data entry. Mobile routes will also include provisions for
positive verification of tasks performed via Bar-Code or RFID, as desired.
Safety, energy savings and oversight
Its the detailed management of lubrication which enables a system to provide a wide array of lubrication reliability
benefits. Benefits such as safety requirements accurately and clearly presented, right at the lube-point. Gains
in efficiency and elimination of backtracking by simple use of drag & drop to re-sequence tasks within a route.
Significant simplification of lubrication consolidation thanks to the systems exact knowledge of lube product
usage. These lube-point details allow for the straightforward implementation of lubrication ODR (Operator Driven
Reliability). In addition, there will be a procedure library which provides task specific work-steps and eliminates
repetitive data-entry.
Equally important is detailed history for each lube-point as well as lubrication specific reporting. This detailed history
is required for KPI oversight as well as for process improvement and failure analysis. It also enables international
standards and audit accountability. Lubrication specific reporting brings forth information at both detailed and
management overview levels. Providing instant understanding of program status, reports will be in both tabular and
graphical formats.
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An added bonus is energy management - experts having found improper lubrication to be a major contributor to
industrial energy consumption. Applying the right lubricant in the right amount consistently reduces friction with the
net result of using less energy. With proper lubrication practices they now report a 20% gain in energy efficiency.
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Maintenance planning is too hard in my workplace. I have heard this stated hundreds of times, and
in some ways I agree with it. If maintenance planning was easy, everyone would be World Class and
wrench time would be above 55% in all organizations. However, less than 2% of companies can honestly
say they are World Class thats a small club, wouldnt you say?
5. Are the parts kitted or staged before the work can be moved to Ready to Schedule status?
6. Is the backlog estimated in labor hours?
7. Is the backlog broken down into categories by labor hours, such as waiting on parts, waiting
on approval, and Ready to Schedule? There are other possible categories, but these examples
should be enough to help you understand the concept.
Note: 4-6 weeks calculated in labor hours is a typical backlog of a World Class Organization.
Example: 10 maintenance technicians x 40 hours/week = 400 labor hours. This is one week of backlog.
8. Do you know the actual wrench time of your maintenance crew? If so, is it above 55%?
9. Are your emergency/urgent labor hours under 2%?
Moving Forward
How did you score on the questions above? The answers to these questions will help an organization identify the
start of the path towards World Class Planning.
Why should you be motivated to move to World Class Planning:
There is no rushing around to help everyone and save the day almost every day. Wow, what a relaxing job and
it is when accomplished correctly.
The most serious issue one will face when developing a maintenance planning strategy is changing the culture of
maintenance technicians, maintenance supervisors, maintenance management, production, engineering, etc. If you
try to improve planning, you must address the culture first or you will never succeed. This is done through education
of what true planning really is.
Lets take a look at what Albert Einstein had to say about change:
The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking
we were at when we created them.
The bottom line is that everyone must understand the value of maintenance planning and agree with the process.
Like a wise maintenance manager at a World Class facility told me,
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Listed below are some leading indicators for verifying maintenance planning effectiveness:
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Note: Vendor Efficiency is calculated as the percent of time parts are delivered on time x the percent of time parts are
ordered the same day x the percent of the time the right part and correct amount of parts are delivered.
Note: A Potential Failure is an identifiable physical condition that indicates a functional failure is imminent and is
usually identified by a maintenance technician using Predictive or quantitative Preventive Maintenance.
Reliability Engineering focusing on the reduction of failures through analysis and making recommendations
for changes in the maintenance strategy for specific equipment;
Maintenance Supervisors handling emergency parts, etc. for emergency work;
Leading and Lagging Indicators being posted for all to see.
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The Proactive Work Flow Strategy illustration demonstrates how all areas must work in harmony or maintenance
planning will not be effective.
If you want to know if your maintenance
planning is effective, check out these
two key points:
1. Call your maintenance planner
and tell him or her that you have a
breakdown and need a part. If you
hear the dial tone, then you have a true
proactive maintenance planner.
2. If you have Self-Induced Failures
or Human-Induced Failures (which
account for 70-80% of equipment
failures) you surely do not have
effective maintenance planning & it
makes good maintenance planning
impossible. You need to remove or
reduce variation in your maintenance
work.
WORK
PERFORMANCE
WEEKLY
DAILY
SCHEDULE
PRODUCTION
CO-ORDINATION
MEETING
WORK ORDER
CORRECTIVE
PREVENTIVE
MODIFICATION
EMERGENCY
WORK
ORDER
HISTORY
RESULTS
1. PERFORMANCE TO SPECIFICATION
2. MAINTAIN CAPACITY
3. CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT
TIME
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As an example of Proactive Planning and Scheduling the diagrams below show Ultrasound identifying a problem
early on the P-F Curve, which then provides plenty of time to plan the job effectively and schedule the repair or
replacement with little or no interruption to operations or production.
Ricky Smith will be joining Len Bradshaw in Australia for the 2011 Maintenance Seminars:
Go to the following URL for more information: http://www.maintenancejournal.com/MaintenanceBrochure2011.pdf
Contact Ricky if you are struggling with maintenance planning:
rsmith@gpallied.com
Design lives of bearings have always been quite conservative: the older L10 life requirements assured that
there was never a more than 10% chance of a bearing failing during its design life - and the average bearing
should last 5 times longer. Bearing life has been extended greatly over the last several decades. SKF reinvests
about 2% of its operating budget back into R&D each year to continually push the envelope of whats possible
with bearing life. We still fail bearings regularly in the lab to verify that our theories match reality.
Lets get back to design life: some machines dont need so much. A table saw might see
occasional use at home - an hour a week or so. Thats only 100 hours a year, so even
a bearing with a 1,000 hour life would satisfy a 10 year warranty. What happens when
I decide to use that saw industrially, say, in a shop running 24 hours a day, seven days
a week? The life requirement changes - dramatically. That same saw now needs the
bearing to last 24x7x365 or almost 9,000 hours a year. For most industrial customers,
you probably want that saw to last at least 5 years, meaning the design life is now
9,000 x 5 or 45,000 hours. Youre going to need a larger bearing in that saw to meet the
design life requirement.
Some machines have even longer life
needs. A machine making newsprint paper
for example, has over 400 bearings from
beginning to end - and almost every one can potentially shut
down production. The bearings are oversized, to give a 100,000 to
200,000 hour life with only a 10% chance of failure.
What bearing life does your machine need? Contact your local SKF
Bearing Application Engineering Service - theyll be glad to help.
Content and pictures coutesy of SKF @ptitude Exchange
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needs of our customers.
When dealing with Alstom MSc, you can be assured we have the
product range, technical know-how and resources to deliver and support
a condition monitoring package that works for you.
Our product range includes:
PORTABLE VIBRATION MONITORING - The Emerson CSI range has
a reputation second to none in portable vibration monitoring. Our range
includes CSI 2130 data collectors and analysers and AMS Machinery
Manager software, plus the training and customer support to ensure
the best program performance. For smaller plants and smaller CM
programs, we offer the VMI range of hand held vibration meters and
analysers.
ONLINE VIBRATION MONITORING - For critical plant applications,
online monitoring provides the best protection against machinery failure.
However, quality engineering and project execution is important for
success. Alstom MSc has a very well equipped team of online system
engineers, with comprehensive experience in mechanical applications
and instrumentation. Our product range includes full turbine supervisory
systems through to simple online devices for smaller machines.
SENSORS - Our extensive range of CTC accelerometers, cables
and mounting hardware for monitoring online or inaccessible plant
includes the PRO line of 4-20mA sensors for simple online monitoring
and proximity probes for turbo machinery. CTC offers an outstanding
UNCONDITIONAL LIFETIME WARRANTY on all products.
WIRELESS VIBRATION MONITORING - For many applications,
such as remote machinery monitoring, the costs of wired monitoring
systems can be prohibitive. Our latest wireless solutions from Emerson
dramatically reduce these costs, while providing reliability, security and
integration with control systems.
IR THERMOGRAPHY - We provide low cost thermal imagers through
to advanced portable and online cameras .
LUBRICATION ANALYSIS PRODUCTS - We offer Emerson CSI
oil analysers and laboratory data management software and UVLM
greasing monitoring devices.
MEASUREMENT AND TEST PRODUCTS - Our range includes shaft,
pulley and roll laser alignment systems, ultrasonic thickness meters,
strobes, tachometers and stainless steel shims.
CM SERVICES
Alstom MSc has a 20 strong technical team, with experienced condition
monitoring technicians and engineers in every mainland state providing
a variety of technical services.
TRAINING - We partner with the globally recognized Vibration Institute
to offer their certification program, as well as a range of courses on CM
other technologies.
CUSTOMER SUPPORT - Our entire range of products is backed up by
our dedicated direct support team. All of our support team members are
qualified and experienced CM practitioners.
ROTOR DYNAMICS - Multichannel monitoring, troubleshooting and
balancing on gas, steam, hydro and wind turbines.
VIBRATION MONITORING - Routine vibration surveys, advanced
troubleshooting and diagnostics.
ALIGNMENT AND BALANCING - In-situ balancing, shaft alignment and
pulley alignment.
IR THERMOGRAPHY - Electrical, refractory and mechanical routine
scanning and investigations.
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Mechanical Discipline
Machinery Diagnostics; Vibration Analysis; Modeling; Alignment;
Balancing; NDT; Oil Analysis.
Electrical Discipline (LV & HV)
Motor Management/Diagnostics, Thermal Imaging, Switchboard
Inspections, Power Factor Correction/Condition Analysis.
Substations, Transformers, Circuit Breakers, Busbars, DC Systems,
Power Cable Testing & Diagnostics.
Support Services
Plant Surveys, Database Establishment/Management, Data Analysis,
Training/Seminar Programs.
On-site and remote data analysis/management services are available
around the clock.
The apt Group of companies, promote Precision Engineering /
Maintenance practices. Both in-house personnel and world-renowned
advisors are available to undertake site audits, review in-house
processes and assist with change as needed.
Aquip Systems
sales@aquip.com.au
www.aquip.com.au
CM PRODUCTS
PRFTECHNIKs Condition Monitoring products include both online
and offline formats. The OMNITREND PC platform is common to all
systems, allowing you to create comprehensive databases and archives
along with flexibility and reliability
OFFLINE SYSTEMS: Data collectors and Analysers:
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condition. Full VGA colour screen for immediate analysis. Optional
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VIBSCANNER: Expandable mid-range data collector for vibration data,
temperature, speed and process parameters. Add-on modules available
for Full Spectrum, Time Waveform, Balancing & Laser Alignment.
VIBCODE: The breakthrough vibration transducer with automatic
measurement point identification for all systems, guaranteeing accuracy,
repeatability and measurement integrity.
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VIBNODE, VIBROWEB XP, VIBROWEB, VIBRONET SIGNAL
MASTER : Intelligent machine monitoring systems that can perform
measurements, evaluation, archiving & alarm warning. Very-fastmultiplexer systems are available with up to 120 measurement channels.
The internal web server & email server within these systems provides
convenient remote access from any PC.
Prftechnik Laser Alignment 25 years of excellence from the
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the Rotalign Ultra is now capable of performing Vibration Acceptance
checks with the new VIBTOOL functionality. Measuring vibration levels
to ISO 10816-3 standards, the VIBTOOL sends data to Rotalign Ultra via
Bluetooth for storage along with Alignment data and report generation.
Many new features are now available including ; flatness, positional
displacement measurement, parallelism, and bore alignment.
New Modular Systems: Because one size does not fit all!
OPTALIGNsmart and SHAFTALIGN incorporate a range of Prftechniks
patented features as standard along with the latest technology in
graphics and human interface. Systems are tailored to suit your needs
by selecting only the features you require. If your needs change in the
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CM SERVICES
Fluke Australia
sales@fluke.com.au
www.fluke.com.au
CM PRODUCTS
FLIR Systems
Australia
info@flir.com.au
www.flir.com/thg
CM PRODUCTS
FLIR Systems is the world leader in infrared cameras, having the widest
range and offering the highest standard of any supplier for predictive
and preventative maintenance. The FLIR range includes:
The low cost, powerful little revolutionary FLIR i3, producing
snapshots of temperature differences equal to 3,600 readouts from a
single spotmeter with the i5 and i7 producing even more.
The ground-breaking FLIR E-Series extends performance and
affordability with features like Bluetooth and industry-first Wi-Fi
connectivity, 3.5 touchscreen and iPhone/iPad App. Add to this
MeterLink, the pioneering wireless connection from FLIR, that connects
your infrared camera with your ClampMeter.
The FLIR T-Series also has MeterLink and offers an optimum mix of
ergonomics and flexibility. The new T600-Series takes quality of image
to a whole new level and has a long list of impressive features, including
Wi-Fi connectivity, 4.3 touchscreen and iPhone/iPad App.
The brilliant FLIR P660, featuring a 640 x 480 uncooled
microbolometer array with measurement and also possesses GPS.
The A-Series, which can be installed almost anywhere to monitor
critical equipment and automation systems.
FLIRs GF-Series optical gas detection cameras letting you find
hydrocarbon, natural gas and SF6 leaks quickly, accurately and safely
without shutting systems down for inspection.
A variety of software packages turning tools into solutions. All users
of FLIRs thermal imaging camera systems can work more efficiently
and productively by utilising the most professional camera-software
combinations.
Quality tested infrared windows
CM SERVICES
FLIR offers unsurpassed support in before and after sales service.
This includes demonstrations and advice on the right camera for the
application, training options, as well as rental systems and a dedicated
service department.
When you buy or rent an infrared camera from FLIR, it comes fully
guaranteed, and now many FLIR cameras are eligible for coverage
under FLIRs industry-leading 2-year product and 10-year detector
warranties*. ( * Terms and conditions apply )
At FLIR we understand that turnaround times are critical, so we have
an in-house, dedicated service department offering full service, repairs
and re-calibration.
FLIR Systems certified service centre is headed by its factory trained
and experienced service manager.
FLIR also provides various levels of infrared training, from half day
introduction courses, onsite training through to FLIRs ITC course.
The Infrared Training Center (ITC) offers the worlds leading infrared
training and thermographer certification programs.
Flukes high performance thermal imagers have never been this rugged,
this reliable, and this easy to use until now! Fluke Thermal Imagers are
the ultimate tool for troubleshooting and maintenance.
Fluke, are never satisfied leaving the best tools in the hands of the elite.
The introduction of their P3 Series handily delivers on the promise to
offer the most tools for your money.
Joining the prestigious Ti32 Industrial and TiR32 Building Thermal
Imagers, the P3 range introduces the Ti27, TiR27, Ti29 and TiR29 to the
family. Each of these imagers boasts Flukes renowned qualities for:
Superior image quality
Industry-leading thermal sensitivity and spatial resolution combined with
a high definition display, creates the sharpest images in the industry.
Torture tested
Before a Fluke goes into your hands, we drop it from ours. Only Fluke
thermal imagers are designed from the inside out to withstand a 2 metre
drop.
Patented Fluke IR-Fusion
(Picture-in-picture and auto blending) Precision visible and IR image
alignment allows Fluke to offer the only on-camera blended infrared and
visible image to better diagnose issues.
Optional Wide-Angle Infrared and Telephoto lenses are available with
Fluke thermal imagers. Not to mention all cameras include SmartView
software with FREE software upgrades for LIFE!
Fluke redefines mechanical troubleshooting with a revolutionary product:
The Fluke 810 Vibration Tester, the most advanced troubleshooting tool
for mechanical maintenance teams who need an answer NOW! Control
unplanned downtime, prevent recurring problems, set repair priorities
and manage your resources with an entirely new approach to vibration
testing.
The Fluke 810 is designed specifically for maintenance professionals
who need to troubleshoot mechanical problems and quickly understand
the root cause of equipment condition.
You take pride in your facility, your team, and your work. You do what it
takes to keep things up and running, but sometimes there is not enough
time or resources to keep up with the workload, let alone be proactive
about mechanical maintenance. The Fluke 810 Vibration Tester puts
you one step ahead by using a simple step-by-step process to report
on machine faults the first time measurements are taken, without prior
measurement history. The combination of diagnoses, severity and repair
recommendations help you make informed maintenance decisions and
address critical problems first.
CM SERVICES
Thermal Imaging and Vibration training courses run throughout the year
by Fluke Australia.
Infratherm
info@infratherm.com.au
CM PRODUCTS
Infratherm is a premium supplier of Thermal Imaging Cameras and
attendant Report and Analysis Software for Preventative Maintenance
and Condition Monitoring applications.
With over 22 years experience & continuous service in the Thermal
Imaging Market, Infratherm can provide a range of services and
applications support that has become the bench mark in the industry.
Full maintenance and calibration services are provided along with
accredited training programs in infrared technology.
Infratherm offer equipment from the worlds leading manufacturers of
thermal imaging equipment, primarily NEC-Avio and have been their
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expert along
SETUP
The 810 asks for basic machine information you already know. Its onboard Info
feature gives you field tips for setting up and taking measurements like a pro.
MEASURE
DIAGNOSE
With the press of a button, the Fluke 810 identifies the root cause, its
location, and how severe it is. Fix it right the first time.
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NVMS Measurement
Systems
info@nvms.com.au
www.nvms.com.au
CM PRODUCTS
Noise & Vibration Measurement Systems PTY Ltd (NVMS) represents
only the worlds leading manufactures - Brel & Kjr S&V, Brel & Kjr
Vibro, Hottinger Baldwin Messtechnik (HBM), Sensear, FLIR Systems
and our own world-class project engineering.
Compact Vibration Monitor - VIBROCONTROL 1500 (VC-500)
Ideal for monitoring on pumps, fans, motors, blowers, it fills the gap
between high end vibration monitoring and ordinary vibration switches.
VC 1500 captures also trends casing vibrations, rolling-element bearing
and temperature condition and even provides frequency information in
one device.
Machine protection & CM VIBROCONTROL 6000 (VC-6000);
Offers the highest flexibility for machine protection and online condition
monitoring. The latest hardware platform ensures highest channel
density for hundreds of channels with the world fastest reaction time of
10ms in online machine condition monitoring.
Online Machine CM User interface - COMPASS 6000;
Is a modern windows based user platform for comprehensive conditionbased machine monitoring and diagnostic on critical machines like
Turbines, Compressors, Generators,tools like Envelope, FFT, CPB
spectra, Orbit, Waterfall plots describe only a few of the capabilities
to detect machine failures in a very early stage.
Portable Vibration Analyser - VIBROTEST 60 (VT-60);
Is a combination of vibration Analyser, data collector and balancing
device.
Online CM in harsh environment - VDAU-6000:
This 16 channel powerful system comes in an IP65 enclosure and
provides Zone II ATEX Certification. Fits perfect in hazard areas as
required as on mine sides and offshore platforms. The installation
can be carryout close to the rotating equipment. Machine data can be
transfers wireless / hardwired into a server.Alarming and diagnostic
capabilities helps to plan maintenance ahead.
SENSORS and Accessories: for the various diagnostic & monitoring
tasks we have over 1000 products available including a large range
of transducers, accelerometers, velocity/displacement sensors and
probes.
Equipment for structural durability, stress analysis and testing:
HBMs product range covers strain gauges, torque, pressure, load cells
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peter.todd@sirfrt.com.au
Web Page: www.sirfrt.com.au
CM Services
NVMS has developed its service and project support reputation through
a close partnerships with our valued clients and suppliers.
Each customer has unique requirements, so the one size fits all
product/service concept simply doesnt apply to plant-wide monitoring
applications.
We provide extensive full circle service and support packages that
closely match the specific requirements of a wide range of industries
and machines, and these can be easily fine-tuned to the customers
specific application.
Instrumentation for machine protection and condition based
monitoring
Support and implementation of predictive maintenance
strategies
Engineering and Design
Project management
Performance monitoring
Installation and commissioning
Test and Measurements solutions for structure Analysis and
durability
Service and products in all industries Power/Oil & Gas
/Mining/Wind/Solar power
Industry recognised training courses tailored to your
requirements in our own training facility in Perth.
NATA accredited calibration lab
CM SERVICES
SIRF Roundtables facilitates regional shared learning networks across
Australia and New Zealand for organisations seeking best business
performance.
Membership groups include the Industrial Maintenance Roundtable
(IMRt), Manufacturing Excellence Roundtable (MERt), Knowledge
Management Roundtable (KMRt) and Sustainability Roundtable (SARt).
Services related to condition monitoring include:
Facilitates the sharing of Condition Monitoring best practice
between IMRt/ MERt members
Coordinates the annual Condition Monitoring & Lubrication
Forum eg. October 17 & 18 2011 in Sydney
Training on Management and Operation of CM & Inspection systems
for non-specialists
noCrops
& Affordability
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SKF Australia
3. Work identification.
R.S.Senthil.Vel@SKF.COM
www.skfcm.com/reliability
1.
2.
3.
4.
CM PRODUCTS
SKF is the leading supplier of condition monitoring and maintenance
diagnostic systems, hardware and software that enables us to monitor
operations and identify problems both mechanical and electrical faults.
1. Basic Condition Monitoring
SKF Basic condition monitoring kits combine instruments to enable a
multi-parameter approach to monitoring that includes vibration, oil
condition, temperature, speed, and more to help ensure the accurate
and reliable assessment of machine condition.
2. Portable data-collectors/Analyzers for Condition Monitoring
SKF offers a wide variety of portable data collectors/analyzers including
data collection, machinery vibration analysis and monitoring, early
detection of bearing defects or gear tooth wear, electric motor monitoring
and field machinery balancing. Easy menu selection and control enable
the user to quickly and efficiently perform a wide variety of operations.
3. Online Surveillance condition monitoring systems
SKFs On-line surveillance systems complement the use of periodic
data collection instruments, facilitating a round-the-clock monitoring of
machinery that collects data 24 hours per day, 7 days per week from
permanently installed sensors.
4. Work Execution.
SKF can assist by providing project management, supervision, and
inspection, mechanical installation skills where customers do not have
either the tools or specialized knowledge in these tasks.
1. Application knowledge: SKF has extensive application knowledge
through branch offices around Australia, as well as the industrial
specialists to draw on to solve customer problems with regards to
rotating equipments.
2. Reliability Training: SKF engineers are on hand to provide specialist
knowledge and training for our customers. We have offices both globally
and locally, as one of largest global suppliers of condition monitoring/
reliability services.
Vitech Reliability
info@vitechreliability.com
www.vitechreliability.com
2. Maintenance Strategy.
SKF can assist in developing and implementing maintenance strategies
using the following commonly applied techniques:
1. RCM: Reliability Centered Maintenance:
2. SRCM: Streamlined Reliability Centered Maintenance:
3. RBM: Risk Based Maintenance
Vibro-Meter CM Systems
Vibro-Meter provides advanced and highly reliable sensing, protection
and condition monitoring systems for thousands of high capital rotating
machines worldwide. Superior quality sensors for harsh environments
as well as high performance condition monitoring systems and software.
Vibro-Meters VM600 platform integrates all protection, condition and
performance monitoring functions in a single system.
Wilcoxon Research
For over 40-years manufacturers of accelerometers, vibration sensors,
and accessories for industrial condition
based monitoring (CBM) applications.
Industrial accelerometers, cables and terminations solutions
4-20mA loop powered Transducers
Signal Conditioners
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PDMA
Electric motor and generator testing systems / asset management.
MCE Offline motor testing
Emax Online motor testing
MCEmax Combined tester
Artesis
Beran Instruments
Baseline Series
Vibration tools and termination products.
BLS-UVLA vibration listening amplifier for data collectors or
stand alone stethoscope use.
BLS-TB series accelerometer termination boxes
Assorted accelerometer mounting hardware.
CM SERVICES
Adver.indd 3
Michelle Todd
Bankstown Sports
Conference Centre Sydney
michelle.todd@sirfrt.com.au
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Abstract - Does condition monitoring deliver the results you expect. Can we sharpen the saw and make a more
informed reliability decision? This project investigated the use of a Maintenance Decision Support tool and how it
may be used to improve reliability decisions based upon failure prediction. Data collection and manipulation proved
to be the single most challenging issue. The accuracy with which failures are reported in the CMMS and the need to
understand which failure modes actually occurred and whether they really failed or were suspended was shown to be
of prime importance if reliability analysis was to succeed. The effort needed by the Reliability Engineer in performing
reliability analysis pales in comparison to that required for the cleansing of the data and for its transformation into
analyzable form. Once good data emerges from the anarchy of styles used within the CMMS, software makes light
of the task of detailed reliability analysis that will enable good maintenance decisions.
INTRODUCTION
This paper provides an insight into the challenges faced by the Reliability Engineer before he can exploit Maintenance
Decision Support software. The intent of this study is to apply such a tool (EXAKT CBM Decision Optimization www.
omdec.com/wiki) to critical magnetic pumps at the Orica Laverton North Chloralkali Plant in Australia. Conditioning
Monitoring (CM) already existed. Nevertheless unexpected failures have occurred and the need to validate and
improve on the CM process was paramount. Reliability based decisions may be assisted with specific types of data
relating to equipment operation and maintenance. However, it is important to recognize that large volumes of CM data
are no guarantee of good condition based maintenance decision models unless that data reflects the deterioration of
failure modes that actually occur. How do we know what condition monitoring variables are significant? This project
will attempt to use a software tool that analyses CMMS failure data in conjunction with condition monitoring data in
order to identify those monitored variables that influence the probability of occurrence of the targeted failure modes.
The methodology applies a Proportional Hazard Model (PHM)(see Ref 8) to determine not only which monitored
variables are significant but also the precise probabilistic relationship between those variables and equipment failure.
The main objective of this study is to understand the nature
of the data required for this. The paper will discuss a data
Tag
Pump Description
acquisition, cleansing and transformation philosophy for
P12111A
Catholyte Pump A
condition monitoring programs that supports practical
P12111B
Catholyte Pump A
decision making in maintenance.
SCOPE
The study was limited to four pump sets over two years,
an admittedly small sample. These pumps are all Iwaki
magnetic pumps with Toshiba induction motors on caustic
service as detailed in Table 1 opposite.
P13005
P13006
P12111AM
P12111BM
P13005M
P13006M
Table 1
Weibull also showed that the shape parameter in his equation (above) relating reliability to age provides an indication
of likely failure behavior. For a shape parameter of E <1, the Weibull model predicts infant mortality due to poor
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material quality, incorrect installation, or faulty start up procedures. If E =1 the failure behavior is random, meaning
that the failure rate (or conditional probability of failure) is constant and does not change with age or usage. Finally,
for E >1, the Weibull model predicts that the failure rate will increase with age due to wear out. Based on the
Weibull model having determined that E =< 1 it may be concluded that age based replacement programs, rather
than improve performance, could, on the contrary, lead to unnecessary costs, downtime, and poor reliability. If a
maintenance strategy called for a randomly failing component (with E = 1) to be replaced preventively at an interval
equal to its MTBF = K , then 63% of the time that component would fail prior to PM.
To develop a Weibull model we need only determine (estimate from historical data) values for the parameters E
and K . The model will yield a variety of data points revealing of the relationship between age and reliability. These
relationships when represented graphically help us understand the age based failure behaviour of items and, more
usefully, their failure modes.
The problem with age
based analysis
With basic Weibull (age
based) analysis practical
decision making will
often be problematic if
populations are mixed
or varying conditions
influence individual units
in the sample. In those
cases basic Weibull
analysis will tend to
underestimate the shape
parameter
leading to
underestimation of the
equipment life. Figure 1
and Figure 2 illustrate a
general problem when
maintenance engineers
use
an
age-based
analysis for proactive
decision making.
The analysis can often
lead to higher than
necessary
preventive
replacement frequencies
and costs. Apart from
the problem of mixed
populations,
making
individual unit repair-now
or
continue-to-operate
decisions armed only
with an items age is of
little value in day-to-day
operations. Age in the
age-reliability plot is, in
essence, a mixture that
averages out the effects
of other influential yet
unspecified
variables.
Age alone, therefore,
obscures the influence
of a units individual
operating
conditions
and its current state as
reflected by its condition
monitored data.
This
reality has lead to a
maintenance
strategic
approach known as
Condition
Based
Maintenance (CBM).
Figure 1
Figure 2
Early life probability graphs of individual and mixed populations 3 sets of data
each yielding a Weibull shape factor of 4.51. The Weibull analysis of the mixed population,
however, yields a lower shape factor of 2.46, with significant impact on predicted life. (Ref 7).
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Figure 3 B
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The most basic data requirement, therefore, of reliability analysis (Weibull, PHM, and most others) is to distinguish
between failure and suspension when reporting the as-found condition of each significant failure mode encountered
during the execution of a work order.
In any reliability study the working age of the equipment is important. Working age is a reference line measuring the
accumulated usage of, or stress on, a component. The engineering units selected for working age should reflect the
accumulated normal wear and tear on the component. Calendar age is appropriate when the equipment operates
more or less uniformly. Energy consumed or production units delivered often provide a better indication of true
working age. Pump operating hours were not easily available and had to be estimated based on the date of the work
order and known operating practices for the pumps. For example, the two catholyte pumps shared the same duty
and swapped from online to standby every two weeks. Knowing this, the working age could be estimated based on
calendar dates, average plant uptime, and 50% run time. The other two pumps ran continuously and the working life
was based directly on the work orders date.
Vibration data
Condition monitoring (CM) on site has been used for over 9 years. This includes vibration analysis (VA) of all pump
sets, fans and compressors. The CM is conducted by a specialist external contractor. Critical drives that have standby
redundancy are changed over regularly to ensure that they still run. Standby units are started up to perform VA. The
VA data is compiled by the Contractor and an executive summary forwarded to Laverton each fortnight.
The VA report attributes to each of the rotating machines a performance rating of 1 to 5. When machines reach
level 3 we begin to monitor closely, at level 4 we plan to replace at next opportunity and if level 5 we would replace
immediately. No scoreboard is kept to tally hits, misses, and false alarms by this condition monitoring program.
(Doing so, in a Living RCMN4 project, is an important conclusion of this study.)
If the VA reported equipment condition is so severe and a decision to replace is made, it will have significant production
impact. An example is a magnetic drive pump motor on the Catholyte system that was exhibiting excessive noise. A
decision was made to replace the motor rather than risk an unplanned trip (potentially occurring only hours later).
When faced with a decision to shutdown and replace an item the level of confidence in making that decision is, for the
aforementioned reasons, not known. Some pumps have been known to run for extended periods at high vibration
levels without the need for replacement. This implies that factors, others than those reported by VA, influence failure
probability. It is incumbent then, upon the organization and its reliability engineers, to identify, through observation
and analysis, those internal and external factors likely to influence production and profitability.
Operational History
Another source of information was obtained from the plant Distributed Control System (DCS) alarm history logs. This
source of data assisted with confirming pump working ages by flagging stop and start events.
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motors and this was used to identify the significant failure modes of interest. One of the surprising outcomes from the
pump analysis was that pump failures were largely related to operational factors rather than to intrinsic mechanical
defects.
The next step was to link the CMMS data associated with failures with the different failure modes from the FMEA.
Refer Table 2. One important step is to assign the work order history with beginning and end dates for pump or motor
events, paying particular attention to failures or suspensions. Refer Table 4. This step including preparation of the
Events table should be automated through a living RCM process and supporting software. Ref. 6
Table 2
RCM REF
ITEM
EFFECTS
CONSEQ
W.ORDER
LRR
Pump A
28618
FMM1
Motor A
24115
FMM1
Motor A
Possible problem was found with the magnetic coupling lose on the
motor shaft. The coupling and pump case was found with scuff marks
showing that the coupling was or had been touching the casing.12/3
Isolated and disconnected motor. Bolted and bagged tails. Motor sent
to Bob White Electrics for bearing change ane inspection. 13/3
Reconnected motor and Meggered motor, cable and checked earth
return ..all ok ...R Bennett
12772
NRRM
Motor A
35076
FMP1
Pump B
17885
FMP6 or S
Pump B
Removed pump & found that the PTFE had worn off behind the
impellor & coursed a leak path past the split plate, Replace split plate,
impellor & bearings, Reassemble & reinstalled back to service.
Pump body gasket leaking Gasket looked to be OK with no obvious
leak path
23271
FMP2
Pump B
Leak Caustic was leaking out of the drain hole in the pump housing.
repaired Including electrical disconnection of pump motor. - pumps
impellors front face had sheared off completely and the PTFE had got
into the mag drive and seized the pump up causing a h
31096
Table 3
Table 4
Vibration data
Some work order records with RCM reference and Event type indicated
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RESULTS
The study did not identify any vibration variables that had strong association with the failures reported. In fact the
results indicate that most failures were due to operational techniques, rather than to mechanical deterioration. This is
considered a valuable finding of the study as it does indicate the area on which to focus asset management training
as well as the CBM program itself. For the former, a lesson is to spend more time in training operators on correct
pump operation. For the latter, we may examine the returned value of the VA program. It is recommended to track
(through a living RCM process) VAs good and bad calls in order to have an evaluation of the programs predictive
performance. Such an evaluation, consistent with continuous improvement, will result in more a more effective CBM
program. The objectives of improvement are
1) Discrimination of failure and suspension leading to more dependable decision models, and
2) determination of vibration or other condition monitoring extracted features that reflect actually occurring
failure modes.
CONCLUSIONS
This was a preliminary study based on a small sample of pumps operating over only a two year period. The authors
intend to expand the sample and to apply the lessons learned relative to the management of failure and suspension
data, particularly the following:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Improve the management of the work order to RCM relationship by identifying both the failure mode and
the Event type (either PF, FF, or S) on the work order.
Report the failure mode as a reference to a FMEA record where it is defined in the context of the
Function, Functional failure, and Effects.
Include in the free text field of the work order both what was found as well as what was done.
Update the FMEA dynamically, based on day-to-day observations surrounding the execution of a work
order. The work order free text should, to the extent justified, support updates to the Effects text field of
a FMEA/RCM record in a continuous process of knowledge refinement. The work order free text should
be examined by the reliability engineer in order to expand the Effects text of the RCM knowledge base
to cover all reasonably likely situations that may arise in the course of the enterprises operations.
Feedback and exchange of these concepts with the technicians should occur regularly.
Understand the requirements for an unbiased sample before attempting Reliability Analysis. The
characteristics of a sample for reliability analysis are illustrated in Figure 5.
Perform Reliability Analysis. This is, relatively speaking, the easiest part of the entire process as long as
the considerations discussed thus far have been understood and respected by the reliability engineer
and maintenance personnel involved in the work order process.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
This paper acknowledges the following people:
For support and encouragement provided by co-authors M Wiseman and Dr D Lin (OMDEC),
For assistance from C Hill (CMA) and S Mustadanagic (Iwaki)
For suggestions from Dr. Naaman Gurvitz (Clockwork Solutions)
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[4]
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http://www.plant-maintenance.com/
http://www.isograph-software.com/
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J. Appl. Mech.-Trans.ASME 18 (3): 293297 .
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Motors Condition Monitoring Program: Use of Proportional Hazards Modelling,
http://www.omdec.com/moxie/About/cases/
Living RCM and EXAKT forums, http://www.omdec.com/wiki/tiki-forums.php
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http://www.clockwork-solutions.com
http://www.omdec.com/wiki/tiki-index.php?page=The+elusive+PF+interval
NOTES
N1. More conservative in the sense that because CBM (assuming that the CBM detection confidence is high enough) detects potential
failures, which, by definition, have few or minor consequences. Hence fewer functional failures, having severe consequences, will slip through.
N2. A suspension is a renewal of a part or component (failure mode) for any reason other than failure. Without making the distinction between
failure and suspension on the completed work order, no data based reliability analysis will be possible.
N3 From the historical records of condition monitoring data, the past transitions from each state to all other states can be compiled in a matrix
and the probabilities of each transition can be thus determined. These probabilities when combined with the Proportional Hazard Model will yield
a failure prediction. For a detailed explanation and more information see Ref 8.
N4 Living RCM (LRCM) is a dynamic process whereby work orders are linked to RCM/FMEA knowledge records, each link constituting a data
point in a sample for reliability analysis. Secondly, the RCM/FMEA records should be updated as each work order reveals new knowledge about
a failure and its effects. Ref 6.
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Many steel bridge infrastructures of the world are getting old and hence subjected to age-related
deterioration such as corrosion wastage, fatigue cracking, or mechanical damage during their
service life. These forms of damage can give rise to significant issues in terms of safety, health,
environment, and life cycle costs. Since it is not possible to retrofit or rebuild those aged bridges
at the same time, it is necessary to develop advanced technologies which can be used to assist
proper maintenance of highway and railway infrastructures and evaluate the remaining strength
capacities of those bridges, in order to keep them in-service until they required necessary retrofit
or rebuild in appropriate time.
This paper describes a simple method to estimate the remaining yield and tensile strength of
corroded steel members by using a concept of representative effective thickness (teff) with the
correlation of initial thickness (t0) and the maximum corroded depth (tc,max), based on the results
of many tensile coupon tests of corroded plates obtained from a steel plate girder used for about
100 years with severe corrosion.
1.0 Introduction
Corrosion is a time-based process of deterioration of a material as a result of a reaction with its environment. In this
electrochemical process, initial attack occurs at anodic areas on the surface, where ferrous ions go into solution.
Electrons are released from the anode and move through the metallic structure to the adjacent cathodic sites on the
surface, where they combine with oxygen and water to form hydroxyl ions. These react with the ferrous ions from
the anode to produce ferrous hydroxide, which itself is further oxidized in air to produce hydrated ferric oxide (i.e.
red rust). The sum of these reactions can be represented by the following equation:
4Fe + 302 + 2H20 = 2Fe203.H20
(1)
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tensile tests.
B y
Thus, it is very clear that, many researchers usually use representative thickness based on several statistical
parameters to estimate the remaining strength. The all above described representative thickness concepts were
derived with relation to the average thickness of the corroded plate (tavg) which eventually depends on the accuracy
of the thickness measurements. But, it is not easy to conduct bridge inspections with detailed investigations for each
and every structure in regular basis as the number of steel bridge infrastructures in the world is steadily increasing
as a result of building new steel structures and extending the life of older structures. Therefore, it is important to
establish a simple and accurate procedure to predict the remaining strength capacities of a corroded steel member
by measuring lesser number of points with an acceptable accuracy level. So, the objective of this paper is to present
a remaining strength estimation method by using a representative effective thickness which is related with an easily
measurable dimension like initial thickness (t0), minimum thickness (tmin), etc.
Figure 1
()
te _ y
Py
B y
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Table 1:
Material properties
Table
Table 1: Material properties
Specimen
Elastic
Poissons
modulus
ratio
/(GPa)
Yield
stress
/(MPa)
Tensile Elongation at
maximum
strength
load /(%)
/(MPa)
Elongation
after
breaking
/(%)
198.9
0.272
308.7
418.7
19.28
40.12
192.7
0.284
291.1
415.4
20.82
39.65
SS400 JIS
200.0
0.300
245~
400~510
21.00
0.6
0.4
0.2
Severe
Minor
The Figure 4 shows the relationship
Moderate
between the nominal ultimate stress
Py
Pb
te _ y 0
(ynratio
/y) (bn/b) &
yntheyminimum
teff = t0 thickness
+ (1-) tmin ()
te _ b
Pb
1 Pb
Py0.75
Py0.25
B b 0.5
t
e+
_ y (1-)
(yn/y) (
/
)
t
=
t
+
(1-)
t
()
e
_
b
t
te _ y Py te _ b Pb
(
/
)
(
/
)
t
=
t
t
()
ratio ( ), where
is
the
nominal
bn
b
yn
y
eff
0
min
yn
y
bn
b
yn
y
eff
0
min
bn
B b/te )_ y B y
B y
, (t
b is
(the
ultimate stress and
te _ b B b
yn/ultimate
y) (bn/b) yn y teff = t0 + (1-) tmin P()
min
0
y
B b
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Moderate Corrosion
Effective ThicknessSevere
of Corroded
Steel Plates
Corrosion
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tmin
t0
y teff = t0 + (1-)
(yn/y) (
bn/b) yn
Here, the minimum thickness ratio ( ) is defined
as:
(2) tmin
; > 0.75
; 0.75 0.5
; < 0.5
te _ y
()
41
Py
B y
te _ b
Pb
B b
In this study, three different types of corrosion levels were introduced according to their severity of corrosion, and
(bnof
/bactual
)
which can be used for reliable remaining strength estimation
corroded steel structures. They are;
Py
te _ y
(
/
)
(
/
)
yn y teff = t0 + (1-) tmin ()
te _ b
yn
y
bn
b
Minor Corrosion
;
> 0.75
bn
B y Py
te _ y
(yn/y) (bn/b) yn y teff = t0 + (1-) tmin ()
Moderate Corrosion
; 0.75 0.5
Py B y
t
e
_
y
(
/
)
(
/
)
t
=
t
+
(1-)
t
()
e_b
t
yn
y
bn
b
yn
y
eff
0
min
Severe Corrosion
;
< 0.5
B y
Further, the following Figure 5 shows the thickness histograms of three members which are classified in to the above
mentioned corrosion categories. There, the significance of these three corrosion categories can be recognized from
the features of those thickness histograms as well.
Usually in minor corrosion members, many tiny corrosion pits (less than 3mm depth) can be seen through out the
specimen. Figure 5(a) shows that the peak of thickness histogram is almost the same as its average thickness for
the minor corrosion type members. Further, it can be seen that the distribution width of the thickness histogram is
very narrow.
In moderate corrosion type members, though there are few considerable corroded pits (depth of 3-5 mm) exist
in some places, many non-corroded portions also remain widely. Further, as it can be seen from Figure 5(b), the
thickness distribution is larger than that of the minor corrosion members and the peak of thickness histogram is not
the same as the average thickness of the member.
50
40
30
50
Frequency, (%)
Frequency, (%)
Frequency, (%)
50
60
60
60
40
30
40
30
20
20
20
10
10
10
(b)
(a)
0
10
Thickness [mm]
Figure 5
(c)
4
10
10
Thickness [mm]
Thickness [mm]
Thickness histigrams of (a) Minor corrosion type FT-22, (b) Moderate corrosion type (FT-18)
and (c) Sever corrosion type (FT-15)
When the corrosion is more progressed, severe corrosion type can be seen with several extensive corroded regions
(maximum corrosion depth over 5mm and the diameter of the corroded pits are exceeding 25mm) on the member.
Usually in severe corroded members, few peaks of the thickness histogram can be seen as shown in Figure 5(c),
and the highest peak is widely different from the average thickness as well.
So, it is clear that the average thickness could not be able to use for the strength estimations of members with
moderate or severe corrosion conditions.
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3.4 Experimental Results
Load (kN)
y) (
bn/b) respectively)
0 + (1-)
thickness ratio ( =0.827
0.632
thetmin ()
Py
y
B b
60
te _ y
()
te
specimen FT-15 has comparatively lesser value of it ( = (yn/y) (bn/b) yn y teff = t0 + (1-) tmin
B y
0.469). Further it can be seen that the steel plate FT-5,
in which the corrosion progression was more severe, the
Py
Pb
te _ y
231).
(yn/y) (bn/b) yn
te _ b
10
15
Elongation, (%)
Figure 6
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Member
FT-1
FT-2
FT-5
FT-6
FT-8
FT-9
FT-10
FT-11
FT-12
FT-13
FT-14
FT-15
FT-18
FT-22
WT-1
WT-2
WT-3
WT-4
WT-5
WT-6
WT-7
WT-8
WT-9
WT-11
WT-12
WT-13
WT-15
WT-16
WT-17
WT-18
WT-19
WT-21
tavg
tmin
tsa
st
/(mm)
/(mm)
/(mm)
/(mm)
9.25
9.86
7.54
9.25
9.16
9.39
9.03
8.97
8.73
8.76
8.82
7.77
9.01
9.40
9.26
9.41
9.46
9.26
9.16
9.48
9.32
9.27
9.09
9.31
9.31
8.82
9.22
9.02
9.13
9.17
8.86
9.16
7.90
9.04
2.43
6.90
8.47
8.34
8.29
7.50
8.00
7.93
7.97
4.92
6.64
8.68
8.42
8.31
8.07
8.35
7.88
8.55
7.86
7.92
8.11
8.13
8.47
7.61
8.14
8.14
8.18
8.20
7.70
8.03
9.03
9.73
4.10
8.69
9.02
9.16
8.88
8.41
8.51
8.50
8.53
6.50
7.72
9.25
8.89
8.96
9.24
9.00
8.71
9.22
9.04
8.89
8.87
8.90
9.00
8.33
9.01
8.79
8.94
8.94
8.49
8.89
0.21
0.21
2.01
0.56
0.20
0.26
0.21
0.47
0.18
0.27
0.23
0.97
0.60
0.11
0.22
0.37
0.27
0.20
0.31
0.22
0.43
0.25
0.29
0.25
0.18
0.29
0.24
0.24
0.24
0.16
0.38
0.19
Experimental
Results
Py /(kN) Pb /(kN)
60.89
92.20
67.82
96.08
26.78
35.82
59.57
87.19
64.10
91.39
62.32
91.04
65.75
91.24
61.88
87.42
64.83
91.29
61.40
89.92
62.50
89.52
47.09
63.64
59.85
83.64
67.75
93.96
63.91
89.54
65.45
90.53
65.41
91.38
64.46
92.00
62.87
91.21
64.75
91.68
64.23
87.19
64.78
91.19
61.30
87.00
63.24
90.96
64.15
92.72
63.74
90.78
61.86
88.71
62.78
89.36
62.16
90.03
65.23
92.03
63.46
87.41
69.64
91.03
Corrosion
(tmin/t0)
Type
0.752
0.861
0.231
0.657
0.807
0.794
0.790
0.714
0.762
0.755
0.759
0.469
0.632
0.827
0.842
0.831
0.807
0.835
0.788
0.855
0.786
0.792
0.811
0.813
0.847
0.761
0.814
0.814
0.818
0.820
0.770
0.803
Minor
Minor
Severe
Moderate
Minor
Minor
Minor
Moderate
Minor
Minor
Minor
Severe
Moderate
Minor
Minor
Minor
Minor
Minor
Minor
Minor
Minor
Minor
Minor
Minor
Minor
Minor
Minor
Minor
Minor
Minor
Minor
Minor
Py
4.1 Estimation of Yield and Tensile Strength
te _ y
The two basic definitions can be expressed for the experimentally predicted parameters
B y for the yield effective
thickness (te_y) and the tensile effective thickness (te_b) as follows:
Py
te _ y
B y
(3)
Pb
te _ b
B b
(4)
Where, Py: yield load, Pb: tensile load, B: width of the specimen for the corroded state and
yield
y and
(
yn/byare
)(yn
(
/
) and
/b) y ynt
bny/
b)(
bnyn
tensile stress of corrosion-free
Pb respectively.
plate
te _ b
y) examined
yn a
y
) b
study, a representative effective thickness (teff) based on the initial thickness (t0) and the
thickness(tBmin
Bminimum
was introduced as a new trial. So the aim is to use minimum thickness as the only variable parameter to represent
the condition of corrosion in the process of estimating remaining strength capacities.
Py
te _ y
(bn/shows
= t0 + (1-)
() normalized
te
teff
+b/
)ynFigure
tymin
/
yn
=teff
t0=+ t
(1-)
tbmin
()
( yn/(
) /(
/
)and
byn)tensile
teff
t
+bnt(
(1-)
tymin
e _btmin
t7(b)
_(1-)
0 +teand
bn/
bt)e _y yyn
y Figures
() t
yn
y)bn
y =
ystress
b b
shows a good linear relationship between the minimum thickness ratio in both yield and tensile
B B
B B
y conditions.
Also it is noted that an average unique relationship for both yield and tensile stress conditions can be obtained.
From this relationship, a formula for representative effective thickness (teff) can be obtained as described below.
(5)
(6)
teff==0.204t
0.204t00++0.795t
0.795tmin
min
teff
0.185t00++0.839t
0.839tmin
eff==0.185t
min
t trepresentative
So, a generalized equation for theeff
effective
thickness parameter, which satisfies the non corrosion
condition, where, tmin is equal to t0 and the value of teff should be equal to t0 as well, can be expressed as:
teff==t
t00++(1-)
(1-)tmin
tmin
(7)
teff
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teff
0.2t0t0++0.8
0.8tmin
tmin
==0.2
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0.8
0.6
0.6
(Vbn /Vb)
(V yn /V y)
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R2 = 0.911
0.4
0.2
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Y = 0.185 + 0.839 X
R2 = 0.943
0.4
0.2
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
0.2
0.4
P , (tmin / t0)
0.6
0.8
P , (tmin / t0)
Relationship of (a) yield stress ratio, (b) tensile stress ratio and minimum thickness ratio ( ) (yn/y) (bn/b)
Figure 7
Considering both yield and tensile stress conditions, it was found that the =0.2 gives the best agreement and
hence the representative effective thickness parameter can be defined as:
teff = 0.2 t0 + 0.8 tmin
(8)
Now, the maximum corroded depth (tc,max) can be expressed as:
tc,max = t0 - tmin
(9)
So, considering Eq. 8 and Eq. 9, the following relationship can be obtained for representative effective thickness
(teff), which can be used to estimate the remaining yield and tensile strengths of a corroded steel plate.
teff = t0 - 0.8 tc,max
(10)
A further detailed study comprises with experimental and numerical analysis of more specimens with moderate and
severe corrosion is deemed necessary to understand the significance of this value and verify this for different
corrosion levels and environmental conditions.
10
10
tMuranaka
tMatsumoto
2
2
te_b
10
(Proposed)
teff
tKariya
te_b
10
(d) Proposed
10
10
Figure 8
te_b
10
10
te_b
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5.0 Conclusions
The 42 specimens taken out of the scrapped plate girder which had been used for about 100 years with severe
corrosion, was used to perform the tensile tests to clarify the relationship between the representative effective
thickness (teff) to estimate the mechanical properties of corroded plates and their level of corrosion. A representative
effective thickness equation derived by using initial thickness and maximum corroded thickness (derived with
minimum thickness) to estimate their remaining yield and tensile strengths is discussed from those experimental
results.
The main conclusions are as follows:
(ynbe
/y)used
(bn/as
b)
1. The corrosion causes strength reduction of steel plates and minimum thickness ratio ( )can
ayn y teff =
measure of the level of corrosion and their strength degradation. Therefore, three basic
corrosion
categories
can
be
Py
Pb
teyn_ y y t
e _/
y b)
(yn/Moderate
yn y teff =
t0 +
(1-)
tmin
(yn()
/y) Severe
(tbn
_ <
0.5)
(ynaccording
/
tmin
()
b0 +
(1-)
y) (
y) (bn/b) Corrosion
yn y teff =
bn/b)
defined, Minor Corrosion ( >0.75),
(0.75
0.5)
and
Corrosion
(tet
B b
B y
B
to their severity of corrosion.
2. A representative effective thickness (teff), based on the initial thickness (t0) and maximum corroded thickness
(tc,max) can be used to estimate the remaining yield and tensile strength of corroded steel plates. In estimation of
both remaining yield strength and tensile strength, the proposed relationship revealed a good comparison with the
experimental results and the derived equation is as follows:
teff = t0 - 0.8 tc,max
As the proposed effective thickness equation has only a single variable, maximum corroded thickness (tc,max), which
is an easily measurable parameter and the value of initial thickness (t0) is a well known parameter, it will reduce the
contribution of errors occurring during the practical investigation of a corroded member. Also it is necessary to note
that the tmax should be applied for very old bridges in which t0 may not be known in very rare situations. Further this
method is simple and gives more reliable and closer results compared to the other available methods.
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(Australia)
One of the things that most maintenance and reliability groups struggle with is the issue of spare parts criticality.
It seems that criticality is often seen as a single dimension issue, that is, an item either is, or isnt, critical. But
I dont think that is right. I think spare parts criticality is a multi-dimensional issue.
What do I mean by multi-dimensional? Not that criticality exists in some science fiction space-time continuum
but rather that it has a number of characteristics that need to be considered before deciding what to hold in
inventory.
For example, is the item in question machine critical or operationally critical? By machine critical I mean, will
failure of the item stop the piece of equipment of which it is a part? By operationally critical, I mean, will failure
of the item stop production? These two characteristics are quiet different and have a different impact on what
to do next.
For example, the globe in a headlight on my car is machine critical to the light. Obviously, the light will not work
without the globe. But my car will still operate. In fact, in daylight hours there is no noticeable difference. If
the globe fails at night I would notice the difference but would still be able to operate the car until I can get the
globe replaced. Yes, safety will be slightly reduced but I think that this is, in this specific case, acceptable for
a short period.
Compare the globe failure with a fan belt failure. If you break a fan belt you wont be able to drive for more
than a few minutes before the vehicle starts to overheat and be un-drivable. The fan belt is not only machine
critical it is also operationally critical. Yet, how many people carry spare fan belts for their cars? Not many.
Why: because the failure is rare and the result may be inconvenient but in most cases tolerable (catch a taxi,
get the car towed, call the auto club etc.). If you live in a city you are unlikely to carry a fan belt. If you live in
or are driving through a remote area you probably would carry a fan belt. The decision (and quantity to hold)
is dependent upon the situation.
What about brakes. Everyone would agree that brakes are pretty important but who carries spare brake pads?
No-one. Why: because inspections will identify pad wear so that you replace the pads before they become
dangerous (plus the occasional grinding noise is a bit of a giveaway!) Everyone would argue that brake pads
are operationally critical, but no-one would carry brake pads.
Here we have three items. Each is machine critical, two are operationally critical, yet none are carried as spares,
except in specific (for most of us unusual) circumstance. Spare parts criticality is definitely multi-dimensional
and the inventory that we hold should be a function of the situation. For some critical spare parts we can still
operate until we get the spare, for some we can wait until the spare arrives, for some we can manage through
condition monitoring.
Of course there are some items that we just cant live without. Just dont think that all items identified as critical
will fall into that final category.
Phillip Slater is a leading authority on materials and spare parts management and is currently celebrating ten
years as an independent consultant, where he has assisted 297 companies, with more than 1,000 storerooms,
holding $3.5bn in inventory. He is also the author of four operations management books, including Smart
Inventory Solutions, now in its second edition and a recent finalist in the RGVA 2011 book awards. For more
information on spare parts management visit Phillips website www.PhillipSlater.com.
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UK
It is now a little over 20 years since TPM made its debut in the UK and this article takes the opportunity
to look back at the original introduction of TPM to the western world and in particular UK industry and
to try and assess how it has progressed, evolved, succeeded and failed during the period.
Background
Establish a system of PM
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Involve every single employee, from top management to workers on the floor
Promote TPM through motivation management: autonomous small group activities (1)
The original book suggested a 3 year programme for TPM implementation.
1990s
1980s
2000s
2010s
TPM development,
pilot applications
Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) is now used an important Key performance Indicator (KPI)
by many manufacturing businesses
The use of OEE (whether it is calculated correctly or not) has provided more focus on the major
losses encountered within manufacturing areas
Small group activity involving production operators and maintenance personnel has increased and
although they are not always referred to as autonomous TPM teams, in many cases, that is exactly
what they are
There is much more emphasis on workplace organisation and cleanliness in many companies
who run 5S or CAN DO (2) activities and carry out regular shop floor based audits and improvement
activities
The recording and analysis of downtime information (usually as a part of the OEE measurements)
has helped companies to identify the contribution to operational performance that good maintenance
practice can make.
Some Operator Asset Care programmes do encapsulate many of the good principles of Autonomous
Maintenance, especially when they are not just seen as a means of moving Technician jobs to
operators but also as a means of engaging Production Operators in continuous improvement
activities and developing ownership of their facilities
TPM is a familiar acronym these days, most people working within manufacturing have heard of
TPM, although I would question whether many really understand its core philosophy and principles.
Conclusion
Returning to the original 5 pillars of TPM it is true to say that the first two that are related to OEE and PM systems
have been the least difficult to implement and that is why many manufacturing businesses have embraced these
pillars.
The other three pillars relate to people issues including involvement, motivation, changing behaviour and overall
culture change are much more difficult and take longer to implement. That is why TPM programmes take many
years to bring about change and so it should not be surprising that these have not been either attempted or if
attempted, sustained in many companies as in general, Senior and Middle managers do not have the will, the longer
term vision or the determination to make TPM succeed.
References:
1. An Introduction to TPM, Total Productive Maintenance. Seiichi Nakajima Productivity Press
2. Productivity Improvements Through TPM. Roy Davis Prentice Hall
Roy Davis,
rdavis@mcpeurope.com
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