Curated technical articles, practical case studies and engineering insights for the professionals who keep critical assets performing.
Weak work order management can turn temporary repairs into permanent problems. Stronger maintenance processes help plants avoid missed follow-up work or ignored failure reports.
A team has the potential to achieve an objective that is far beyond the capabilities of a lone person. Dr. Suzanne Bell — NASA team-science researcher For many years, one of the hot topics in the international FMEA community has been how much of an FMEA can be automated versus how much needs to be […] The post FMEA and AI – FMEA Teams appeared first on Accendo Reliability.
AI Assistant helps customers search maintenance records, assess equipment risks and compare service needs across assets and locations. Artikkeli Konecranes Launches AI Assistant for Maintenance and Lifecycle Planning julkaistiin ensimmäisen kerran Maintworld.
Effective shutdown planning starts early. Joe Kuhn explains how to scope maintenance jobs, verify parts, anticipate delays and coordinate resources.
In reliability engineering, the duty cycle is a concise description of how long and how hard a component is expected to work, and under which environmental and operational conditions it must survive for the life of the product. A well-constructed duty cycle captures the time history of all relevant stresses—thermal, mechanical, electrical, chemical—and translates that […] The post Duty Cycle Engineering appeared firs
Linkedin groups are a continual source of interesting questions. We learn and share with each other to grapple with some of the common and not so common issues we face at work. For example, recently, in the Plant Reliability & Maintenance Professionals – PRMP LinkedIn group, the following question appeared. Is there a practical and/or […] The post Value Of Reliability Engineering appeared first on Accendo Reliability
A throughput-based digital twin helps grain facilities identify conveyor bottlenecks, reduce unnecessary equipment operation and strengthen combustible dust safety.
Transitioning from spreadsheets to a CMMS provides a structured approach to managing maintenance operations. This guide explains when to make the move, how to prepare for the transition, and the practical steps maintenance teams should follow to implement CMMS software successfully. The post From Spreadsheets to CMMS: A Practical Guide for Maintenance Teams appeared first on Maintenance World.
Sample Size Outweighs Estimator Choice — n = 3–6 Abstract This study examines why Weibull parameter estimates from very small samples are so uncertain, and how that uncertainty compares with the choice of estimator. Two Monte Carlo designs span five true shape parameters (β = 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 5; η = 1000) and four […] The post Why Three to Six Weibull Failures Tell You Less Than You Think appeared first on Accendo Relia
High reliability does not result from doing maintenance. Rather, it is the result of using quality management processes when doing the maintenance. Organisations with high equipment reliability are designed with business processes built to create reliability. Reliable equipment is a ‘product’ that they produce. Most industrial businesses make their equipment fail. Their business processes are […] The post Most Indust
Effective job plan naming conventions help maintenance planners find reusable plans and improve maintenance execution across industrial assets.
From hunting down phantom failures to fighting haunted production, find out which maintenance personality you become when things go bump in the plant.
Preventive maintenance boils down to a single question: When should we act before a failure acts on us? Two dominant schools of thought answer differently. A time-based replacement program schedules service after a fixed number of hours, cycles, or calendar days, betting that history is a good proxy for future risk. A condition-based detection program […] The post Preventive maintenance: Replacement vs. Detection app
Compressed air controls coordinate pressure, compressor sequencing and schedules, while continuous monitoring helps maintenance teams catch problems early.
Deloitte’s Tim Gaus discusses best practices for successful AI implementation and how it intersects with maintenance and reliability.