Whether it's your car or an asset in your production facility, running it to failure can be costly, unsafe and inconvenient. In terms of maintenance reliability, the U.S. National Response center noted that "…it costs 50% more to repair a broken component than one...
Whether driving down the road in your car or operating your manufacturing facility, the safest times are when operating at steady-state conditions. It's the times in transient states, such as startups, shutdowns, turning at intersections, etc. where the probability of...
Compressors are important assets for most process manufacturers and producers. Common threats to their health include high vibration, fluctuations in gas flow, surge conditions, suction or discharge restrictions, temperature spikes, seal failures and inadequate...
If you look through the annual reports of major process manufacturers and producers you don't have to look very hard to find the word "reliability". For example, on page 3 of the 2014 ExxonMobil annual report, Chairman and CEO Rex W. Tillerson wrote: Operational...
Equipment failure is the leading cause of unplanned loss of production for most process manufacturers and producers. Critical equipment is typically continuously monitored but often other equipment has been too difficult or cost prohibitive to monitor. Here is short...
Author: Robert Ferris, Ph.D. Nanotechnology-enabled products are offering real value in equipment reliability Reliability is the hot-topic in the automation world right now. Nearly every major company, ranging from BHP Billiton, BP, or BASF, has identified process...
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