Maintenance Planning and Scheduling: An Overview - Reliable Plant
WEBMaintenance planning and scheduling are two different functions that, when used together, form a maintenance program. Maintenance planning can be defined as an end-to-end process that identifies and addresses any possible issues ahead of time. This involves identifying the parts and tools necessary for jobs and making sure they're available and ...
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WEBUnboxing: ARGO-HYTOS UMPC2 045 Filter Cart. maintenance and reliability. Proper Maintenance Structure | Gear Talk: Episode 17. Reliable Plant offers industrial plant professionals information on reliability, maintenance, lean manufacturing, energy management and workplace safety.
Heijunka: An In-depth Look - Reliable Plant
WEBHeijunka (pronounced hi-JUNE-kuh) is defined as a technique for reducing unevenness in a production cycle, which in turn reduces waste. It's a Japanese term that means "leveling" and is a key lean manufacturing method first used by the Toyota Production System (TPS) to develop production efficiency. Toyota realized that batching isn't ...
Reliability Engineering Principles for the Plant Engineer
WEBSo, for a simple system with three subsystems, or sub-functions, each having an estimated reliability of 0.90 (90%) at time (t), the system reliability is calculated as 0.90 X 0.90 X 0.90 = 0.729, or about 73%. Figure 9. Simple Serial System. Often, design engineers will incorporate redundancy into critical machines.
Threadlockers: A Guide to Threadlocking Adhesives - Reliable Plant
WEBApplying threadlockers. In applying threadlocking adhesives, the adhesive must wet the total length of the thread engagement area. Proper wetting is dependent on the size of the thread, the viscosity of the adhesive and the geometry of the parts. If the parts are large, then wetting both faces provides the necessary reliability for adequate ...
Pactiv agrees to be acquired by Reynolds Group Holdings
WEBPactiv Corporation, a leader in the consumer and foodservice packaging markets, on August 17 announced it has entered into a definitive merger agreement to be acquired by Reynolds Group Holdings Limited, a leading global manufacturer and supplier of consumer food and beverage packaging and storage products headquartered in Chicago, in a transaction valued at approximately $6 billion.
Fishbone Diagram Explained - Reliable Plant
WEBA 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 break down, in successive layers, root causes that potentially contribute to an effect. Sometimes called an Ishikawa diagram or cause-and-effect analysis, a fishbone diagram ...
Inside Dell: The secrets of its supply chain success - Reliable Plant
WEBInside Dell: The secrets of its supply chain success. What does it take for a US$60 billion high-tech giant like Dell Inc. to compete in today's margin-hungry personal computer market? "We are always looking for ways to take out waste, to take out time and take out costs, and then passing those savings along to our customer," says Dave ...
Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE): An Overview - Reliable Plant
WEBThe quality part of the equation is calculated as: (12,000 - 3,000 defects) / 12,000 = 75 percent Quality. Another way to look at it is 3,000 bottles / 60 bottles per minute = 50 minutes lost quality. So, to calculate the overall equipment effectiveness (Availability x Performance x Quality = OEE), we'd take 62.5 percent x 66.7 percent x 75 ...
50 Ideas for an Effective Maintenance Program - Reliable Plant
WEBHere are 50 ideas to get you started: Learn the 12 elements of effective reliability management. Be sure your organization understands these important elements and the impact they have on performance – starting at the very top. Without this leadership focus for your maintenance program, nothing else matters.