by Bob Williamson, CMRP, CPMM, MIAM, Editor | May 29, 2020 | Asset Management, Plant Operations
Taking care of your machinery, equipment systems, and facilities is more than good maintenance. It’s basically good medicine for better health and freedom from injury or illness. The physical assets in our businesses must be healthy to perform as intended. That’s what...
by T.A. Cook, Part of Accenture | May 29, 2020 | SPONSORED INFORMATION
From Joy Singh, Manager T.A. Cook (tacook.com) Maintenance constitutes a notable portion of operating costs for asset-intensive industries. Management in these industries need dynamic maintenance strategies that provide measurable, qualitative results to justify the...
by Howard Penrose, Ph.D., CMRP | May 29, 2020 | Electrical Reliability, Motors & Drives
In this installment of an ongoing series, we’ll discuss what was learned during a five-year period at a site containing 46 4160V through 13,800Volt electric motors, and compare these findings to data from large-motor studies conducted by EPRI (Electric Power...
by Jane Alexander, Managing Editor | May 24, 2020 | Solution of the Week, Solution Showcase
FLIR Systems, Arlington, VA, has launched the C5 Compact Thermal Camera with built-in cloud connectivity and Wi-Fi capabilities. According to the company, the pocket-portable C5 has been designed to provide easy sharing tools and reduced diagnostic time in commercial...
by Drew Troyer, CRE, CMRP, T.A. Cook/Accenture, Editor | May 24, 2020 | Newsletter Column, The Sustainable Plant
Manufacturing plants, process plants, and other industrial facilities are natural economic drivers for the communities in which they operate. These businesses offer good jobs that, in turn, fuel economic activity. People move into the area, and homes, apartments,...
by Heinz Bloch, P.E., Editor | May 23, 2020 | RAM Tools & Methods, The Bloch Files
Many decades ago, my grandmother would leverage the old adage in this title to remind me about the importance of taking precautionary measures. Neither she nor I, though, ever could have imagined how that saying would apply to reciprocating compressors some 77 years...
by Ken Bannister, MEch (UK), CMRP, MLE, Editor | May 22, 2020 | Asset Management, Lubrication Corner
Throughout their working life, lubricants are subjected to a variety of negative influences that can include load induced shear stress, thermal degradation, water contamination, aeration, wear metal catalyzing, and contamination from dirt, chemicals, and mixing with...
by T.A. Cook, Part of Accenture | May 22, 2020 | SPONSORED INFORMATION
From John Lane, Senior Consultant T.A. Cook (tacook.com) It’s not uncommon for plant turnarounds to go over budget in terms of costs and scheduling. T.A. Cook’s John Lane offers some practical insight on how to make these events proceed smoothly, efficiently, and...
by Bob Williamson, CMRP, CPMM, MIAM, Editor | May 22, 2020 | Plant Operations, Safety Matters
As manufacturing ramps up amid the COVID-19 pandemic, as manufacturers return from China, as we look toward the road ahead with new technologies, there are bound to be challenges along the way. Responding to the need for epic-proportion health and safety...
by Jane Alexander, Managing Editor | May 17, 2020 | Solution of the Week, Solution Showcase
Emerson, St. Louis, MO, has introduced the Rosemount Thermowell Design Accelerator, an online tool that eliminates manual iterations facing process-design engineers when sizing thermowells. According to the company, this easy-to-use application intuitively guides...
