Maintenance & Reliability
HP Reliability: Compare your reliability management practices to best-of-class
Periodic auditing of the state of your reliability management practices is needed if your plant wants to be assured of not being overtaken by the competition. One effective way to condu..
HP Reliability: Update your bearing knowledge
Material and dimensional differences and lubricant properties can have significant effects on bearing suitability for particular services. Proper material selection, dimensional integri..
Understand root causes of gearbox failure
Case histories illustrate the importance of preventive maintenance
Consider a risk-based inspection program to improve safety and availability
Within the framework of a process safety management program, this method helps to minimize maintenance costs and reduce plant risk level
Case 13: Large internal thread strip-out
Analysis helps when making the tough decisions
Dynamic analysis of pipe stress
Proper mathematical modeling requires a good understanding of the fundamentals
HP Reliability: Update your oil mist lubrication knowledge
We recently had occasion to review supposedly new, but nevertheless seriously outdated, information on the subject of oil mist lubrication. The flawed material appeared in a write-up ba..
Reduce underside corrosion in aboveground storage tanks
Follow these guidelines to avoid leaks
HP Reliability: Consider axial thrust monitoring
Centrifugal pumps and most other dynamic fluid machines incorporate impellers and similar rotating elements that generate axial thrust. This thrust must be taken up by a suitably dimens..
HP Reliability: Purposeful specifications will save you money . . .
. . . As if you needed to be reminded, you might say. Nevertheless, industry continues to experience equipment and component failures that could have been avoided by simple root-cause a..
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