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Maintenance Software

Maintenance Software - Availability/Reliability/Life Cycle Cost Modelling

SIMFIA SIMFIA models the global behaviour of a system and automate RAMS analysis (FMECA, Fault trees, RBD, testability...). It can also be used for troubleshooting a system

Maintenance Software - CMMS

FM1i INNOVUS Aleier’s solutions enable companies and organizations of all sizes to manage and maintain a wide variety of assets across their entire life-cycles. Aleier’s cornerstone solution is the FM1 EAM Suite- a comprehensive EAM system that includes a full-featured CMMS with robust workorder management functionality.

FM1j interprise Aleier’s solutions enable companies and organizations of all sizes to manage and maintain a wide variety of assets across their entire life-cycles. Aleier’s cornerstone solution is the FM1 EAM Suite- a comprehensive EAM system that includes a full-featured CMMS with robust workorder management functionality.

Maintenance Software - Fleet Management

eTyre A tyre management system that tracks the location and longevity of truck and machinery tyres, eTyre automates the day-to-day tasks of ensuring that tyres are inspected, rotated, repaired and retreaded in a manner that maximises their life expectancy. eTyre also provides comprehensive analysis of tyre wear rates, life expectancy, forecast replacement and rotation.

Maintenance Software - Shutdown/Turnaround Management

Transporter Pipeline Software's Transporter solution provides a prepackaged integration solution that connects SAP R/3's Plant Maintenance (PM) module with third party management tools such as Primavera P3e, Microsoft Project, reporting databases and other shutdown/turnaround management applications.

Maintenance Software - Spare Parts Analysis/Optimization

SIMLOG SIMLOG can optimise spares, equipments, personnel and level of repair for systems which perform multi mission, multi sites. Also it can assess the Life Cycle Cost of the system

Conferences and Events

Conferences and Events - October , 2007

Effective Plant Shutdown and Turnaround Planning A well-planned and efficient plant shutdown and turnaround exercise will have a significant impact on your bottom line without a doubt. Ensure you are well equipped with the latest best practices to make your next schedule shutdown even more successful! Register for this 3-day comprehensive workshop. 30-Oct-07

Conferences and Events - November , 2007

Machinery Lubrication Level I with ICML Certification The Center for Reliability Excellence (CRE), Philippine partner of Noria USA, is conducting a 4-day WORLD-CLASS TRAINING course on Machinery Lubrication Level I with ICML Certification Series. The International Council for Machinery Lubrication (ICML) will also be offering the certification testing at the conclusion of the seminar. 13-Nov-07

Tyre Management Conference By attending, you'll be presented with effective tyre maintenance and management techniques that have been implemented and communicated from technical to operational staff at various mine sites. Focusing on improving operator training and awareness, this two-day conference held in November 2007, looks at the tyre management issue from a tyre fitter/manager perspective as well as the production and operations perspective. 14-Nov-07

Shutdowns & Turnarounds Conference 2007 During the two days, you will be given many opportunities to discuss the areas most important to you with members of our expert speaker panel. In addition to experts explaining new approaches and exciting advanced technologies you will hear best practice case studies from Bayer Material Science, British Nuclear Fuels, BP, Cognis Performance Chemicals, INEOS, px Ltd, SABIC Europe, Ticona and UPM-Kymmene. 28-Nov-07

Conferences and Events - December , 2007

Human Error Prevention Seminar This seminar is unique, particularly with regard to Marguglio's taxonomy of human error causal factors and human error models. Learning Objectives: . Classifications of human error, including the seven human error causal factors; . The three levels of human error; . The three levels of barriers to human error and to hazards activated by human error; . The four types of barriers at each barrier level; . Methods by which to make barriers effective; . Error-inducing conditions; . Behaviors to counteract error-inducing conditions; . Thought processes and behaviors leading to non-conservative decisions; . Thought processes and behaviors leading to conservative decisions; . Techniques to prevent recurrence of error - e.g., coaching; . Metrics; . Defense in depth; . Design and implementation of a human error prevention program. 04-Dec-07

Advanced Methods for Reliability Analysis 3-Day Course This course is intended to provide deeper levels of knowledge of reliability and risk analysis methods to those individuals who have already been exposed to introductory courses in the filed. The topics selected from cross section of advanced methods and techniques developed in recent years with immediate and significant practical application. The target audience is Reliability Engineers, Risk Analysts, and Systems Design Engineers. 04-Dec-07

Reliability 101 3-Day Course The course covers reliability program concepts, design and analysis methods, and test and evaluation approaches. The course is ideal for persons with newly assigned responsibilities in the reliability and maintainability area, as well as managers who want to increase their awareness of the payoffs of different approaches and techniques. 04-Dec-07

Weibull Analysis 3-Day Course The 3-day course gives a complete overview of Weibull analysis, starting with the basics of performing a Weibull analysis and interpretation of the results. The course progresses through more complex applications of Weibull as well as other distributions. Weibull software applications are utilized to give students hands-on examples of performing analyses and interpreting the results. Class problems round out the in-depth presentation. 04-Dec-07

Problem Reporting, Root Cause Analysis, & Corrective Action Seminar This seminar is unique. Marguglio's approach is that various root cause analysis techniques are: . Substantially similar in the way by which the data are collected to begin with; . Differ only in the ways by which the collected data are organized and formatted; . Substantially similar in the way by which the collected data are analyzed. Marguglio provides a standardized analytical thought process which makes for greater consistency in the application of each technique and for greater effectiveness in the analytical results. Marguglio's analytical templates are unique. Also, Marguglio focuses on human error causal factors. 06-Dec-07

Quality & Environmental Auditing - ISO 19011 This seminar introduces some unique principles and practices. Learning Objectives: . Quality and environmental audit terminology; . Audit objectives - as either "compliance-based" or "effectiveness-based"; . Audit scopes - either "system-based", "program-based" or "risk-based" or some combination of these; . Data collection techniques - either "performance-based" or "results-based" or both; . All phases of the audit system (in detail); . Performance of internal and supplier quality and environmental audit; . Design and implementation of an internal and supplier quality and environmental audit system. 10-Dec-07

Conferences and Events - January , 2008

4th Annual Maintenance Conference - Korea Key Topics Introducing the latest version of Toyota Production Systems (TPS) and integrating Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) and TPS into maximise operation results Optimised maintenance management through Risk Based Maintenance (RBM) at power boiler and other structures Achieving maintenance excellence through performance driven maintenance contracting strategy Effectively implementing and integrating Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) systems to enable managers to control and optimise maintenance operations and costs Creating pipeline of life-long-learning culture on specialised operation / maintenance / diagnostics expertise to ensure continued high availability and productivity in operation and maintenance of plants 24-Jan-08

Conferences and Events - March , 2008

5th Reliability Week 2008 5th annual reliability week training class. The event consist of 5 training classes over 5 days. The training include Operator Based Reliability and PM, Root Cause Problem Elimination, Planning & Scheduling, Materials Management, and Results Oriented Reliability & Maintenance. There will also be 4 industry speakers to tell their practical implementation stories. 31-Mar-08

Conferences and Events - April , 2008

Web Work Users Conference 2008 All Web Work users are encouraged to attend this informative two day event featuring: Web Work Mobile Application Seminars, User Presentations & Collaboration Sessions, Advanced Module Application Sessions, Implementation Best Practices Discussions, Open Technical Labs , Discuss Web Work Application Strategies with the Web Work Tech's Be there for the unveiling of Web Work version 7.0 - The Next Generation of Asset Management! Gather unique information you won’t get anywhere else. This event will have a unique mix of developers and end users who work with Web Work every day. 24-Apr-08

Conferences and Events - September , 2008

Building Maintenance & Asset Management Expo Asia 2008 Building Maintenance & Asset Management Expo Asia 2008 is the international trade exhibition and conference dedicated exclusively on building maintenance and asset management industry in Asia. Directed by an advisory committee of various key industry players and supported by 6 leading industry associations, Building Maintenance & Asset Management Expo Asia 2008 is set to be the largest annual gathering and dedicated market place for over 300 international exhibitors ranging from management service, product and technology providers covering maintenance management, predictive maintenance, CMMS, health & safety and property management to showcase their latest technology, equipment, products and services to a targeted visitor audience of over 2000 key engineering decision makers, maintenance professionals and building and facility owners from across Asia. 25-Sep-08

Other

Articles - CMMS

Captured by Data When maintenance policy designers begin to develop a management program they are almost always confronted with a lack of reliable data to base their judgments on. How do we make use of the data stored in our Enterprise Asset Management Systems?

Closing the GAP in Maintenance Systems Using AMPR A company called Strike in Johannesburg, South Africa has taken their protection and metering equipment into a new level by auto populating the event alarm codes directly into any CMMS or SCADA system

Articles - Electrical

Maintaining_Healthy_IT_Assets.pdf Control system vendors are using more Ethernet based communication networks and Microsoft operating systems - but predictive or condition based maintenance programs on these assets are often overlooked. This article discusses this issue.

Articles - Failure Analysis

A Re-Examination of Failure Analysis and Root Cause Determination Failure analysis is a complex process applied to all different types of materials. Each class of materials requires special skills and experience to effectively unravel the causes of failure. This is the first in a series of papers focusing on these various subsets of materials. The series will include failures in metallurgy, paints and coatings, plastics and electronics, as well as failure caused by corrosion. Each paper in the series will also include an examination the principles of root cause determination within that particular field. This first paper is primarily concerned with the overall approach to failure analysis and with the applications of that approach to metallurgical failures.

Failure Analysis of Paints and Coatings In this introductory survey failure analysis methodology will be applied to the principal mechanisms by which paints and coatings fail during service. How to conduct a failure analysis, stages of analysis, proper techniques for sample removal, destructive and non-destructive techniques, primary causes and modes of failure, and specific case studies will be discussed.

Gas Distribution Pipe Explosion An unprotected schedule 40 carbon steel pipe ruptured beneath the surface of an essential roadway. The pipe was visibly corroded on its exterior surface. When cut open, black colored deposits but no underlying corrosion was observed on the inside diameter surface of the pipe. Further mechanical damage and abrasion were exhibited on the pipe exterior, especially at a hole several feet away from the fracture. Noncompliance was suspected and an immediate failure investigation was deemed necessary to assign financial responsibility.

Some Failure Analysis Case Histories in Galvanized Steel Products The three case histories presented in this paper concern defects and causes of failure associated with galvanized steel sheet material. Optical metallography and microindentation hardness testing were the principal methods employed in determining the causes of failure but were supplemented as necessary by scanning electron microscopy and energy-dispersive X-ray spectrometry.

Articles - Miscellaneous Technical

Case Study - Matrix Technologies As process technology moves forward, high-capacity data infrastructure is moving from being the next big thing to being the expected norm. Systems that have been reliably running processes for years or decades are unable to support the data-intensive optimization programs that are driving plant competitiveness, and without reliable high-density data acquisition and storage, many plants can struggle or fail to meet strict environmental emissions reporting requirements

Rainey Generating Station (RGS) Automates Processes to Gain Step Change in Efficiency OPC technology provides ease of access to the wide variety of devices in our enterprise, eliminating costly custom or proprietary interfaces. Providing us with a flexible and scalable solution we can build on for years to come.

The Ultimate in Bearing Maintenance Programs Greasing bearings with Ultrasound Detection is becoming popular. This article explains why.

Articles - People Skills

Education in Engineering Asset Management - current trends and challenges Engineering Asset Management (EAM) is an emerging inter-disciplinary field that combines technical issues of asset reliability, safety and performance with financial and managerial requirements. This paper provides an overview of the dynamic processes shaping EAM in the last two years and identifies current trends

Articles - Planning Scheduling

Standardizing and Improving Best Practices in Estimating and Planning Powerpoint slideshow corresponding to a presentation given at NPRA 2007 Reliability and Maintenance Conference. Explore research on inconsistent planning quality, problems inherent in the manual or static template based approach to capturing and improving best practices, and solutions to some of the common problems.

Sustained Maintenance Planning Innovative maintenance planning and execution can extend the useful life of a system. Maintenance management’s functions are to cost effectively maintain the system to achieve mission objectives with minimal downtime, and to introduce upgrade and modification programs that improve operational capability as required. To accomplish this, maintenance managers must plan for and execute preventive and corrective maintenance that is based on an in-depth understanding of how the system is performing when compared to design limitations. When done correctly, the useful life of a system can be extended safely and operational readiness and system effectiveness are more affordable.

Articles - Pumps

Stable temperature probes for hydraulic efficiency measurements For the instrument designer, the main challenge of the thermodynamic method is the stable and accurate measurement of dT, the differential temperature, which will vary with total head and pump efficiency.

Articles - RCM

Identifying Failure Modes Retrospectively Using RCM Data Managers are constantly being told that the quality of data is insufficient for producing reliable results from business models. Reliability analysis is no exception. In this paper, the authors show that it is possible to retrospectively improve the quality of failure histories stored in computerised maintenance management systems (CMMS).

Mathematical Aspects of Reliability-Centered-Maintenance The original document prepared by HL Resnikoff, which outlines what has now been termed "the Resnikoff conundrum" - that using statistical data to determine the most appropriate failure management policy requires failure statistics - but the existence of failure statistics indicates that the current preventive maintenance program is ineffective. Which leads to the interesting observation that "in order to prevent failures (using statistical methods), we have to allow the equipment to fail". But there is much more also in this 90 page report. WARNING - this is a 4 MB download.

Articles - Thermography

Your Facility is Leaking-Get the Picture Aerial thermal mapping of your facility or complex every few years will reveal leaks in all types of systems, like steam and condensate return lines, hot water lines, chilled water lines, supply water mains, distribution pipes, storm water drains, building heat loss and moisture leaks into your roofs

Equipment Vendor

Artos Engineering Company H.F.Wilson Catalog offer the widest range of Electrical Products category which enclose more than thousands standard Products & Tools. We provide all type of Wrenches, Air compressor supplier, Screw Drivers, Nut Drivers, Accessories, Adapters, Temperature Indicators, Vacuum Tools and Holders. We are the top leading supplier of Hardware, Electrical, drills and Fastening Tools.

Bedi Exports International Bedi Exports International is the leading and most reputed company in India supplying Malleable Scaffolding parts. We cater to domestic as well as international markets. Our products confirm to ISO 9001:2000 series of international standards. We are supplying to the leading export houses in India and also exporting to Middle East and the Far East.

Horizon Agencies & Commercial Services HACS provides a continuous support to oil & gas companies, Yemeni refineries, many power stations, seaports & airports, the Free Zone of Aden, some power and water authorities, the LNG Project, foreign companies, Yemeni Ministries & Authorities, factories, and many other companies with variety of services and with various products.

jonesshipman Jones & Shipman,Holroyd and Edgetek are world leaders in the supply of high quality, precision grinding,milling and superabrasive machining systems.

Lock and Hinge Bommer Spring Pivots & Double Acting Spring Hinges and large selection of Brand Name Hardware.

mightylube Leading manufacturer of conveyor lubrication and automatic conveyor lubrication equipment. Mighty Lube provides conveyor components and equipments which increase performance and reduce costs.

OneMRO OneMRO combined Process and Products at implementing MRO projects. Hard and Soft savings are targetted. Besides this hard commitments are given at implementation project all over Europe.

perma-tec GmbH & Co. KG perma-tec is the manufacturer of perma single and multipoint lubrication systems.

Shun Chuan Machinery Ind Co., Ltd. Manufacturer of CNC Lathe and High Speed Lathe.

Trend Robotics, Inc. Buy Robot Parts, Teach Pendants, Servo Amps, Power Supplies and more!

Yida Precision Machinery Company Manufacturer of CNC lathe, CNC turning machine, vertical machining center,horizontal machining center.

Maintenance Contractor or Repair Shop

Besturingen.com in the webshop www.besturingen.com we repair plc,s industrial electronic and we sell and buy used materials

Management Consultant

Integrated Maintenance Services, Inc. Enterprise Asset Management has become one of the most lucrative ways your company can improve the bottom line. Extracting the full potential of your physical and human assets is what IMS is all about.

Technical Consultant

JR Language Translation Services, Inc. Translating technical manuals and material to and from English, Spanish, German, Japanese, Arabic, French. Specializing in industrial processes, equipment and machinery. Fast and reliable service.

Maintenance Software Vendors

Aleier, Inc. Aleier’s solutions enable companies and organizations of all sizes to manage and maintain a wide variety of assets across their entire life-cycles. Aleier’s cornerstone solution is the FM1 EAM Suite – a comprehensive EAM system that includes a full-featured CMMS with robust workorder management functionality.

APSYS Developer of SIMLOG

Atlantic Global Powerful enterprise timesheet and expense management software for contractor management and resource tracking. Project management software for business information tracking and risk management.

California Software Company Ltd Calsoft is a global software company providing product development services and product based business solutions in carefully chosen domains.

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Pipeline Software, Inc. Pipeline Software's Transporter solution provides a prepackaged integration solution that connects SAP R/3's Plant Maintenance (PM) module with third party management tools such as Primavera P3e, Microsoft Project, reporting databases and other shutdown/turnaround management applications.

Root Info Solutions Rootinfosol provides offshore software solutions, application development, application maintenance & support services, web design and 3D graphics solutions.