by Drew Troyer, CRE, CMRP, T.A. Cook/Accenture, Editor | Dec 7, 2019 | Cut the FLAB, Maintenance Management
In many plants, the maintenance instructions provided with work orders can be terribly vague. Details on the proper tightening of threaded fasteners, however, is essential in avoiding looseness-related vibration in rotating equipment and leakage in piping flanges....
by Drew Troyer, CRE, CMRP, T.A. Cook/Accenture, Editor | Dec 2, 2019 | Newsletter Column, The Sustainable Plant
Here’s some late-breaking good news: The 2019 Atlantic Hurricane Season officially ended on Saturday, Nov. 30. The bad news: The 2020 Atlantic Hurricane Season kicks off in just a few months (on June 1). With regard to production plants located in coastal...
by Drew Troyer, CRE, CMRP, T.A. Cook/Accenture, Editor | Nov 15, 2019 | Asset Management, Plant Operations, RAM Tools & Methods
We see them prominently displayed on the walls of all types of businesses: safety policies, environmental policies, quality/customer-satisfaction policies. Often signed by a top corporate officer, such policies proclaim an organization’s commitment to safety, the...
by Drew Troyer, CRE, CMRP, T.A. Cook/Accenture, Editor | Nov 9, 2019 | Maintenance Management, Plant Reliability in Dollars and $ense
Ensuring that your maintenance teams have the right parts, at the right time, in the right condition to execute precise and effective maintenance is crucial. After all, the best technicians working with the best tools, procedures, and instructions can’t execute...
by Drew Troyer, CRE, CMRP, T.A. Cook/Accenture, Editor | Nov 4, 2019 | Cut the FLAB, Newsletter Column
Have you and/or your team included threaded-fastener management in your proactive maintenance and plant-reliability goals? You should. And sooner than later. The reasons for doing so are clear. In the most basic of terms, poor threaded-fastener connections create...
by Drew Troyer, CRE, CMRP, T.A. Cook/Accenture, Editor | Oct 25, 2019 | Plant Reliability in Dollars and $ense, RAM Tools & Methods
Despite various negative opinions swirling through the plant-engineering community, Weibull analysis can, in fact, improve decision-making at a site. The value of this tool in terms of RAM (reliability, availability, maintenance) can’t be overstated. In short, Weibull...
by Drew Troyer, CRE, CMRP, T.A. Cook/Accenture, Editor | Oct 18, 2019 | Plant Reliability in Dollars and $ense, RAM Tools & Methods
Inspections are essential to any physical-asset-reliability-management initiative. Thus, the importance of monitoring Overall Inspection Effectiveness (OIE) within your operations can’t be overstated. As depicted in the following chart, OIE is the leading metric for...
by Drew Troyer, CRE, CMRP, T.A. Cook/Accenture, Editor | Oct 12, 2019 | Plant Reliability in Dollars and $ense, RAM's Human Factor
About 10 years ago, as Technical Editor for ReliablePlant and Machinery Lubrication magazines, I conducted a reader survey around the question “What goes wrong in your plant?” That question and insight gained from the responses continue to be relevant...
by Drew Troyer, CRE, CMRP, T.A. Cook/Accenture, Editor | Oct 7, 2019 | Newsletter Column
Welcome to The RAM Review. We’re glad you’re here. We’re also proud to be rolling out this new website and the first installment in our series of Monday-morning newsletters, “Dispatches From The Plant,” during the 27th Annual SMRP Conference, Oct. 7 – Oct. 11, 2019,...
