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“Leave a Legacy”
Respect and Humility are attributes the Best Maintenance and Reliability Managers in the world all have in common. This has been my observation of hundreds of maintenance and reliability organizations around the world. I am not saying these maintenance or reliability organizations are the best in the world. All I [...]
Continue Reading →“PM Procedures are not Built to Stand Alone – Without Effective Replacement / Restoration Procedures Failures will Continue”
In the field of maintenance the traditional approach has been to rely upon the intuitive knowledge and skill of the crafts-persons who conduct it. There is a great deal of pride of workmanship [...]
Continue Reading →“Tired of Fighting Hydraulic System Failures?”
Lack of maintenance of hydraulic systems is the leading cause of component and system failure yet most maintenance personnel don’t understand proper maintenance techniques of a hydraulic system. The basic foundation to perform proper maintenance on a hydraulic system [...]
Continue Reading →Proactive Maintenance Foundational Requirement # 1 - “Striking the Right Balance Between PM and PdM”
Having the right balance between PM and PdM is key to successful identification of proactive work. Identify how the PF Curve works with Proactive Maintenance vs Reactive Maintenance . The early detection of a defect on the [...]
Continue Reading →By John Day, PE – Engineering and Maintenance Manager for Alumax Mt Holly 1979-1998
INTRODUCTION
Alumax of South Carolina is an aluminum smelter that produces in excess of 180,000 MT of primary aluminum each year. It began operation in 1980 after a 2-year construction phase. The plant is the last greenfield aluminum [...]
Continue Reading →MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT PHILOSOPHY -1979
Alumax Mt Holly
by John Day PE, Maintenance and Engineering Manager
(1 of 3 plants worldwide ever to be certified as ”World Class Maintenance”)
Alumax of SC began development of the maintenance management concept with the [...]
Continue Reading →Failure Reporting Process Map for MTBF – Just my thoughts
How good is your organization at identifying failures? Of course you see failures when they occur, but can you identify when recurring failures are creating serious equipment reliability issues? Most companies begin applying RCA or RCFA to “high value [...]
Continue Reading →You’ve gotten buy-in from the boss by showing him how much money the organization can make from a good Failure Reporting Plan (FRACAS). He said, “Great idea! Now go make it happen.” How many new ideas have you seen come and go in your organization? I have [...]
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The first step is always the hardest in any journey. When it comes to change however it is a requirement, not an option. I would like to open this blog by requesting your comments and ideas.
“if change were easy everyone would be doing it”
What have you demonstrated which works [...]
Continue Reading →I am sure many of you are having problems with your Lubrication Program however it may not be apparent to you. Take a tour of your facility and look for these signs of a problem.
- Open Oil Containers which are used to fill gearboxes, hydraulic systems, etc
- Grease around bearing seals
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