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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 there is a lot of value in doing PdM to improve maintenance practices, saved money and gained credibility. The demise of a good program is usually due
A walk in the machine park or quality inspections?
Detailed inspections require the right type of person with the right mind-set, attitude and training. Most mills/mines/plants have some type of inspection program but, unfortunately, the inspections are often ineffective. There may be many reasons why inspections often aren’t effective. But, one
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 that you have finished your lists, the work begins. You have outlined the equipment you want to check, using Excel or some other program where
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 maintenance forums - you have a real sounding board for developing your PdM program. In my experience, though, the only way you are going to develop
