About the Author
Name: Geoff Generalovic
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Bio: Geoff Generalovic has been a maintenance electrician for 35 years at ArcelorMittal Dofasco. He started in the electrical department as an apprentice, moved through various shift positions, then moved into the powerhouse as an operator. He became a planner/scheduler and then moved to the first process maintenance team in the Hot Mill. He later worked with the Hot Mill predictive maintenance group. For 13 years, he has been building an extensive preventive maintenance program. He has now moved to the Central Predictive Technical Services Group, expanding the use of his motor testing and infrared capabilities.
Articles written by Geoff Generalovic
Is there life after the death of predictive maintenance?
It is sad how quickly a good predictive maintenance program dies, even though the program has gotten a manager promoted, convinced you and others that
How do you justify the investment made in PdM?
“How do I quantify my PdM finds? Where do I go to establish my credibility?” Grow a thick skin, fast. You have to develop some way of bringing
How to build trust and obtain plant-floor buy-in
“I finally have a predictive maintenance program off the ground. What do I need to do to keep it running? How do I build ‘trust’???” Now
PdM program success starts with hard work, effort
When you have developed a network of people - either through conference attendance or training classrooms, or more informal avenues like blogs and predictive
When speaking at conferences, you learn as much as you teach
My career in predictive maintenance (PdM) has evolved since my formative years in 1995 and my first exposure to it via simple Excel charts tracking resistance
Do you want to be involved in predictive maintenance?
My career in predictive maintenance (PdM) at Dofasco’s Hot Mill started late in 1995 - September to be exact. It started with a question: “Do
