Connected Reliability Webinars
The Accelix Community’s monthly Best Practices Webinars are a great resource for maintenance and reliability professionals looking to expand their industry knowledge and gain insight into best practices from thought leaders across the globe. The webinars provide you with the opportunity to get their questions answered by industry experts.
Upcoming Webinars
Give Soft Foot the Boot – Discover the Hard Facts
Wednesday, April 16, 2025 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT
Join us for an insightful webinar on the critical yet often-overlooked issue of soft foot in industrial equipment. Misalignment caused by soft foot can lead to excessive wear, operational inefficiencies, and costly failures. In this session, you’ll gain a deep understanding of what soft foot is, how to detect it, and the serious risks it poses to equipment health.
Our experts will walk you through proven strategies to prevent and correct soft foot, using the right tools and techniques to enhance machine stability and extend asset lifespan. Whether you’re a seasoned technician or just starting in the field, this webinar will equip you with actionable insights to improve maintenance practices and minimize downtime.
Speaker:
Brandon Zuppardo, President, AZTECH RELIABILITY, LLC
Brandon Zuppardo, President, AZTECH RELIABILITY, LLC is a subject matter expert in alignment, level 2 vibration, and level 1 ultrasound with over 13 years experience in maintenance and reliability.
AZTECH RELIABILITY, LLC is based out of Louisiana, offering only the highest quality products for Laser Shaft Alignment, Condition Monitoring and Ultrasound. as well as providing high level training and support to maintenance and reliability professionals.
TRAINING. Is It Worth the Investment?
Wednesday, January 22, 2025 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT
How do you decide what training is worthwhile? How do you tell if it is effective training? How much internal vs external training is planned? What are some methods to weigh personal development vs business needs? Can training be tied to department performance? Learn how one maintenance veteran optimized training needs.
Speaker:
Lee McClish – Director, Maintenance and Reliability for NTT GDC Americas
Lee is currently the Director, Maintenance and Reliability for NTT GDC Americas, a global telecommunications and data center company. His previous positions were held with BASF, Graphic Packaging and Packaging Corporation of America as a Reliability Engineer, Maintenance Engineer, RCM Manager and Production Manager. He also served in the US Navy as a Submarine Officer. He holds a BSME, MBA, CMRP, CRL, CPMM. He is the author of a recent book “Maintenance Leadership 101” published through Reliability Web and available on Amazon.
10 Years After—A Snapshot of How Reliability and Maintenance Have Changed Over the Last Decade
Wednesday, February 19, 2025 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT
Industrial maintenance and reliability professionals have a much wider set of tools to choose from to monitor machine health than they did 10 years ago, with AI software poised to change the toolkit even further. However, at some point, all of the motors, pumps, and steam traps still need to be checked and tested, the same as they have been for decades. This presentation will take a look at the technologies that have changed asset management the most over the last decade, along with some of the maintenance best practices that guide their application.
Speaker:
Thomas Wilk is the award-winning chief editor of Plant Services, an Endeavor Business Media publication that focuses on smart solutions for reliable operations. Tom joined Plant Services in 2014, where he leads content creation and is responsible for developing editorial, social media and video strategies, and is a frequent presenter at leading maintenance & reliability events. Previously, Tom was Content Strategist / Mobile Media Manager at Panduit, and Lead Technical Editor with Battelle Memorial Institute’s Environmental Restoration group. Tom holds a BA from the University of Illinois and an MA from Ohio State University, and can be reached at [email protected].
