Maintenance & Reliability
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We recently had occasion to review supposedly new, but nevertheless seriously outdated, information on the subject of oil mist lubrication.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..
Case 12: A compressor rod failure
Sometimes a troubleshooter has to be a detective
Achieve world-class maintenance turnarounds Table 1
  Table 1. Turnaround management process phases ..
Achieve world-class maintenance turnarounds
Incorporate these work processes and key elements
HP Reliability: Grease lubrication controversies resolved
An electric power producer was understandably puzzled when, about a year ago, it received a memorandum from one of the premier manufacturers of rolling element bearings stating, in effe..
Integrated approach to materials management: a case study
Business process re-engineering provided a substantial improvement to this function
Integrated approach to materials management: a case study Table 3
  Table 3. Total improvement   ..
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