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Maintenance & Reliability

HP Reliability: Ask manufacturers to upgrade component life

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Bloch, Heinz P.

Chances are you are working with some equipment and component suppliers that see no reason to offer you upgraded components. As an example, your seal vendor may be among those that are ..

Case 15: The thermally bowed shaft

Consulting Engineer: Sofronas, A.

Just a slight rub can self-generate more heat

A quick guide to compressor suction knockout drum sizing

Jacobs Engineering: Yu, F.

Mist eliminator and gravity settling methods are reviewed

HP Reliability: Attend user symposia for continuous improvement

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Bloch, Heinz P.

For well over 30 years, Texas A&M University's Turbomachinery Symposium has guided the most profitable user companies toward achieving equipment reliability optimization. Similarly, Tex..

Learning how to troubleshoot: the overlooked operating competency

Simulation Solutions, Inc.: Balmert, P.  |  Glaser, D.

Here are the skills and training needed to help workers diagnose problems

HP Reliability: ODR and DSS initiatives for reliability-focused plants

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Bloch, Heinz P.

Yes, more acronyms. But let's explain why you may hear more about these two important topics in the future. Two types of companies. We believe that process plants worldwide can be divid..

Proven turnaround practices

ReliMaint Engineering: Motylenski, R. J.

Follow these guidelines to reduce costs and shorten downtime

Audit your lubrication practices

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Bloch, Heinz P.

Payback can usually be measured in days by finding areas that need improvement

Consider multi-jackbolt tensioners

Superbolt, Inc.: Steinbock, A.

Benefits include improved safety and reduced cost and installation time

Use PdM to optimize pump overhauls

Monash University Gippsland School of Engineering: Beebe, R.

These condition monitoring methods estimate increased power consumption due to wear