Maintenance & Reliability
HP Reliability: Plans needed to train proficient engineers
More than once, this column has dealt with the importance of training the reliability professional. Thirty-five years ago, my section supervisor at New Jersey-based Exxon Research and Engineering disc..
Use equipment failure statistics properly
These data can help in deciding which reliability improvement efforts are feasible and reasonable
Economics of ‘world-class’ turnarounds
Understand the principles and substantially reduce costs
Use equipment failure statistics properly - Fig 1
Fig. 1. Life spans of machinery commponents and ..
Use equipment failure statistics properly - Table 1
 Table 1. Machinery availability / reliability.Industry covered: HPI Basis:8,760 hr/yrYear: 1996 DowntimeForced outage     IMR&O,Forced DT,Proactive Mtc.,MTBF,I..
Keep your partner supplier alert, cooperative
Relax, I'm only kidding. Call off the inquisition task force. This is only a hypothetical story and would never happen to you or your company, certainly not in America! But suppose, for the sake of ..
HP Reliability: Machinery reliability starts with clean lubricants
In their quest for improved machinery reliability, many companies have rightly turned their attention to such opportunities as synthetic hydrocarbon lubricants, dry sump oil-mist lubrication and autom..
Prevent overpressure failures on heat exchangers
Dynamic modeling predicts pressure wave effects and consequences during a tube rupture
HP Reliability: Use impact-echo techniques to determine foundation soundness
Major machinery foundations suffer from occasional cracks and other defects that detract from achieving industry's reliability goals. In a recent case, a petrochemical company in the Midwestern U.S. o..
HP Reliability: Just not getting the point
Earlier this year, I was teaching a course in "Reciprocating Compressor Reliability Optimization and Improvement" to a group of engineers and senior technicians at a U.S. oil production location. Reco..
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