Maintenance and production speak different languages and may not always see eye-to-eye. By breaking down this language ...

In this whitepaper, we explore the role of AI and ML in predictive maintenance, detailing how sensor technology combined with ...

34th President of the United States and U.S. Army General Dwight D. Eisenhower is famous for making the paradoxical statement, "In preparing for battle, I have always found that plans are useless, but ...

While technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, and the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), are ...

What is a Fishbone Diagram? A fishbone diagram is a cause-and-effect discovery tool that helps figure out the reason(s) for defects, variations or failures within a process. In other words, it helps ...

Below we'll discuss how reliability-centered maintenance works, how you should implement it and see how reliability-centered maintenance can benefit you. What Is Reliability-Centered Maintenance?

Criticality analysis is defined as the process of assigning assets a criticality rating based on their potential risk of failure. Criticality analysis is defined as the process of assigning assets a ...

Infrared thermography is the process of using a thermal imager to detect radiation (heat) coming from an object, converting it to temperature and displaying an image of the temperature distribution.

It is essential to understand that individual leadership styles suit situations differently, and some are more effective in ...

Whirlpool Corporation on January 31 announced changes in several of its North American manufacturing facilities. The company says the changes are part of an ongoing, worldwide effort to optimize the ...

The Proactive Asset Reliability Process is shown in Figure 1. It is an integral part of a larger manufacturing business process. The Proactive Asset Reliability Process focuses on the maintenance of ...

There are a variety of failure analysis and problem-solving methods used to analyze equipment and process failures. The different methods are described and compared so maintenance and reliability ...