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How to Use the P-F Curve to Plan Maintenance
There are three core tools in the Reliability Professional’s belt: Root cause analysis (RCA), Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA), and the P-F curve. In a September 2020 webinar, three Fluke Reliability experts with years of plant floor experience outlined how to use the P-F curve and FMEA together. For example, use both to detect…
How machine alignment impacts maintenance strategies
Much of the work tied to machine alignment is standardized. But what happens after the alignment? There aren’t formal standards for what comes next, yet the strategies you adopt after alignment can help extend equipment lifespan. The presenters for Fluke Reliability’s Sept. 18 webinar titled “What happens after the alignment” are experts in asset maintenance…
How to Use Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA)
An in-depth guide to using Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) practices, with real world examples for Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM).
How business intelligence (BI) software and CMMS from eMaint boost data insights
A computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) provides more than a place to maintain and manage assets and workflows. It’s also a place packed with usable data that, when analyzed in detail, enable deeper opportunities for directing and improving maintenance repair and operations (MRO) decisions. In an Accelix best practices webinar (BPW), Nicole Rochelle, business intelligence…
The Daily Benefits of a Continuous Improvement Plan
It’s one thing to say you’re going to do something to improve continuously every day, like exercising, is one thing. Following through is another. It takes discipline. In an Accelix best practices webinar called The Exponential Power of Daily Continuous Improvement, Calvin Williams, founder and CEO of Impruver, explores the power of daily improvement and…
How to Apply Ultrasound Technology to Extend Bearing Life
Under lubricating or overlubricating a bearing can destroy it and bring production to a halt. Although there’s always going to be a certain amount of friction, maintaining just the right quantity of lubrication will keep it at an acceptable level. In his July 2021 Accelix best practices webinar, Blair Fraser, global director of IIoT Solutions…
Strategies for addressing the manufacturing skills shortage
The skills shortage in America may put $1 trillion in manufacturing GDP at risk over the next decade. Forty percent of Canadian manufacturers face labor shortages, with that gap expected to become 60% within five years, and most industrial employers search for more than 6 months before filling vacancies. Add to this the surge of…
The existential question every business must ask: Why do we exist, and what is our shared purpose?
By:Ankush MalhotraPresident at Fluke Reliability It should come as no surprise that at Fluke, gathering data—measurement—is in our DNA. But perhaps the most critical data we collect is about ourselves. What do we stand for? Why do we do what we do? I am privileged to lead the Fluke Reliability organization within Fluke Corporation. Our…
What cybersecurity risks do maintenance and reliability teams face—and what can they do about it?
Know thy enemy. This has never been truer than in the field of cybersecurity, right now. With ransomware attacks escalating by the day, maintenance and reliability teams at critical facilities, government organizations, and manufacturers all need to assess their level of cyber risk and improve their cyber preventive maintenance actions. To help frame that task,…