Reliability Articles
Fluke Reliability and Industrial Talk Podcast discuss starting a reliability program
Fluke Reliability expert John Bernet appeared on the Industrial Talk Podcast with Scott MacKenzie. Bernet, an application specialist and Certified Maintenance Reliability Professional with decades of experience, provided insights into the long-term financial…
Adopting a digital strategy
Christian Silbernagel of Fluke Reliability is featured on the Industrial Talk Podcast with Scott MacKenzie. In this episode, Christian talks about three key digital topics: – IIoT challenges and solutions – Smart data…
Early results from Plant Services survey: Teams have fewer resources, corporate culture looms larger
Maintenance operations have evolved significantly over the past decade and are at a crossroads of sorts today, according to preliminary results from the fifth industry survey by Plant Services magazine. Preventive maintenance is…
Combining Reliability-Centered Maintenance and Root Cause Analysis into one winning strategy
Are you approaching Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM) as separate practices? If yes, consider uniting them. Both methodologies strongly support uptime and safety goals and are excellent ways to preserve…
How to start a reliability program when you are already 100% busy
Reliability maintenance is experiencing more management-level awareness than ever before. But even with increased support, starting a reliability program can be daunting. Experts John Bernet and Dries Van Loon of Fluke Reliability have…
How Reliability-Centered Maintenance and Root Cause Analysis work together to solve problems
Plants worldwide turn to reliability tools such as RCM and RCA to reduce maintenance costs and prevent disruptions. They help identify where losses are, develop procedures to mitigate the losses and, ideally, improve…
Manufacturing’s transformative path to the IIoT
Download the white paper Examining key drivers to help us forecast what’s ahead Manufacturing operations are predicted to be one of the biggest winners of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) transformation. Using…
Your plant is more prepared for machine learning than you realize
f your plant or facility already operates with some level of reliability maintenance, you are probably ready to apply a machine learning algorithm to the asset condition data you’re collecting. That’s the main…