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RELIABILITY
WIRE by www.reliabilitydirect.com
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Volume
3, Issue # 8 - August, 2002
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Vibration,
Balancing, Alignment, Ultrasound, Oil Analysis & more...
www.reliabilitydirect.com
is proud to be the winner
of the 2002-2003 Golden Web award for excellence in e-commerce!
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In
This Issue:
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New
Products: New Additions to the RDI On-Line e-commerce catalog
Ask
The Expert: What
is Asset Management? -
John Mitchell, Vice
President Maintenance Engineering and Consulting for ABB Service, Inc
What's
Hot: Best Selling Items form the RDI On-Line Catalog (Over 600+
products)
Recommended
Book: The
Thinking Manager's Toolbox: Effective Processes for Problem Solving and
Decision Making by
William J. Altier
Contest
Winner: Lyn Farias
- Arizona Electric Power Cooperative
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New
Products:
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Palm
Strobe's unique one-touch joystick-type button allows
single hand operation for fractional RPM tuning. Select mode of
operation for internal tuning, external TTL input, tachometer
display and x2 ÷2 and memory recall functions. Includes
NIST traceable Certificate of Calibration.
PowerSight
provides extensive capabilities as a demand analyzer, harmonic
analyzer, power quality analyzer, power meter, and data logger.
PowerSight is the smallest, most cost effective instrument for
the measurement and analysis of three phase electric power.
The
Model
4000 Portable Vibration Calibrator is designed to test
and calibrate vibration transducers and monitoring systems.
Because the Model 4000 is portable, it is ideal for testing
field mounted vibration transducers, cabling and related
accessories. The Model 4000 provides both variable
frequency and amplitude. |
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Ask
The Expert: What is Asset Management -
John Mitchell,
Vice
President Maintenance Engineering and Consulting for ABB
Service, Inc
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Earlier
this year a senior executive stated that "No CEO in the
world will receive a person who wants to talk about maintenance
– but most are eager to talk about Asset Management." The
reason is simple: Owning and operating assets is one of the
biggest costs in a production enterprise. Increasing asset
effectiveness is potentially one of the largest sources of
profit. Just what is Asset Management? More important, how do
the concepts of Asset Management impact the maintenance process?
Asset Management is a strategic,
knowledge-based process directed to achieving greatest lifetime
effectiveness and financial return from production equipment.
Asset Management is profit centered and value oriented. It is a
combination of reduced maintenance costs and improved OEE. Both
are optimized for specific business and operating conditions.
Ultimately, Asset Management is a company's future.
Asset Management is much more
than maintenance. Asset Management demands continuous,
prioritized improvement through design and procedural change. It
includes operating efficiency. Instead of cost reduction, the
focus elevates to increased lifetime effectiveness and return.
Success is measured in one way only – contribution to the
company’s results and shareholder value.
Asset Management begins with a
simple concept: Reducing the need for maintenance is the only
way to improve effectiveness and achieve the greatest reduction
in maintenance costs. Optimizing reliability is the cornerstone.
Every problem is viewed as an opportunity for improvement.
Most cost reduction measures fail
to address the equipment itself and its maintenance
requirements. Failures are inevitable when equipment,
components, or materials are inadequate for the service or
subject to operating conditions outside their design envelope.
The only way to eliminate failures is to identify and eliminate
the causes (defects) right at the source. Systematically
identifying and eliminating defects reduces costs. It also
provides the best business results and achieves greatest return.
Increased reliability, optimum availability, and least cost are
inseparable. Least cost is not a command but rather a result!
Asset Management depends upon
data and produces vital information. Operating and condition
measurements and detailed failure histories are examples of data
that are required to accomplish Asset Management. Information
produced by Asset Management includes operating effectiveness,
improvement opportunities and projected lifetime. Projected
lifetime leads to predicted capacity – an essential measure to
assure success in today’s production industries.
Thus, Asset Management includes
but is larger than maintenance. Success is measured by increased
effectiveness and value – not only reduced cost. |
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What's
HOT!
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iLearnInteractive
is a series of six products designed to teach you about
condition monitoring and vibration analysis. We believe that
interaction and continued stimulation are the keys to success
when learning a new or difficult subject. And our range of
products will continually motivate and entertain you.
ST60
ProPlus is an enhanced IR Thermometer with 8 point
circular laser, high/low alarm, MAX, MIN, DIF, and AVG
temperature settings, and a temperature range of -32
to 600°C (-25 to 1100°F).
It also has adjustable emissivity, and a D : S ratio of 30
: 1.
The
CMCP310
junction boxes are multiple channel connecting centers for
terminating the outputs of accelerometers or other transducer
field wiring. The CMCP310FG-12-01 provides an internally mounted
common BNC connector with a channel selector switch accepting
from 6 to 48 transducer terminations. |
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Recommended
Book: This
month's 5 star recommendation
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The
Thinking Manager's Toolbox: Effective Processes for Problem
Solving and Decision Making
by
William J. Altier The
book is a manual for developing a set of "thinking
tools" for making choices, defining steps, timing
decisions, preventing errors, and finding the root causes of
unexpected change. Altier shows ways to uncover potential
problems and nip them before they develop. He loads the book
with written exercises, advice for teams, and step-by-step
examples for planning. |
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This
month's Contest Winner!
Lyn Farias - Arizona
Electric Power Cooperative
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July
Question # 23: The SDT
170's use of flash EEPROM technology allows us to
transmit by Internet constant upgrades, updates, and
improvements to our dealers and users worldwide.
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This
month's prize: Raytek MT4
MiniTemp, Pocket Infrared Thermometer. Value $99.00
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August
Question # 24: The Palm Strobe Holster fits on your
utility belt with a ____ _______ _____.
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