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
The Importance of Precision Shaft Alignment
Wednesday, August 7, 2024 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT
Discussing the real return on investment of properly aligning rotating equipment. As there is a renewed focus on reliability and vibration monitoring, I focus on a root cause. An often-quoted comment is “…why align a machine when it is fitted with a flexible coupling designed to accommodate misalignment?” I will talk about why this one often overlooked step in machinery maintenance is so important. The real payoff is often larger than you can imagine. Todays Laser alignment systems offer precision that is easy to learn and use giving the younger workforce the ability to replace old methods that are lost with an aging workforce.
Speaker:
David Metz – Sales Application Manager, Alignment Solutions
Dave is the Sales Application Manager at Fluke for Prüftechnik alignment products. He has been with Prüftechnik for 7 years and before that he spent 31 years as a machinist at Exelon working exclusively in power generation. Early years were in Fossil and Hydro units then six years in their mobile turbine gang working on all size and types of steam turbines. For the last half he was stationed at Limerick Nuclear power station and traveled to other stations for outage work, Peach Bottom, Oyster Creek, Three Mile Island and even Hope Creek. Dave spent most of his time working as a millwright in the plant working on equipment and has a lot of experience performing alignments on all types of machines. His alignment expertise began by mastering dial indicator methods then using Prüftechnik laser tools beginning with the original Optalign then all of the newer models up to todays Rotalign.
How to Leverage AI to Help Define Spare Parts Criticality Methodology
Wednesday, Jun 26, 2024 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT
Reliability and Operations teams have always struggled with a repeatable process for defining criticality for maintenance spare parts. It is often too easy to make everything critical and often entails a binary method of “yes/no” or “true/false.” Most criticality review processes are static (one and done) and are not revisited nor adjusted with changing business climates. Untrusted, outdated criticality reviews, if any, lead to treating everything as critical which leads to surplus which ultimately becomes obsolete… aka wasted capital.
Speaker:
Jeremiah Woodford, CRO IFS Assets
Jeremiah is a native Texan whose first job out of high school was as a roughneck on the oldest drillship for Diamond offshore. After finishing his computer science degree, he focused his career on asset and maintenance technologies for the asset-intensive industries. For the last 15 years, he has supported clients such as ExxonMobil, DOW Chemical, BP, BHP, PETRONAS, ADNOC, PDO, Total Energies, TC Energy, and many other clients in asset-intensive industries to transform their MRO and drive significant improvements in the spare parts planning processes.
Diagnostic Engine: Empowering Data Analytics
Wednesday, July 10, 2024 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT
Ensuring the success of your connected reliability program is essential for the management team. Many companies today are facing vibration data overload, where the excessive amount of vibration data exceeds analytic capacity in today’s wireless sensor world Azima DLI manages over 500,000 machine tests per year and uses algorithms, metrics, and processes to sustain those programs. The webinar will discuss changes in vibration AI/machine learning, workflow, and culture necessary to help drive your success.
Speaker:
Steven Hudson, Director, Professional Services
- Remote Analysis Services
- Reciprocating Analysis Services
- Field Services
Background:
- 35 years in PdM
- ISO Cat IV Vibration Analyst
- Naval Nuclear Power Engineering (Submarines)
- SME Marine, Steel, Food, Combustion Engine
