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M-News - the Maintenance Newsletter

Edition 48, August 2004

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Contents

My apologies for the delay in issuing this edition of the newsletter (it was due last month). Look forward to receiving Edition 49 in two weeks time.

In this edition...
Feature Article - Defining Asset Management
Feature Article - Getting Root Cause Analysis to Work for You
Feature Article - Centrifugal Pumps: Basic Concepts of Operation, Maintenance, and Troubleshooting
Feature Article - Electrical Troubleshooting
2004 CMMS Implementation Benchmarking Survey
Maintenance Survey Survey!
Recommended Books
On the Lighter Side - Engineering Humor


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Feature Article - Defining Asset Management

Asset management is a term that has been getting a lot of press recently. The term implies many things to many people, and there is no industry standard for application. This article, from Bradley Peterson of Strategic Asset Management Inc. defines asset management as a global management process through which we consistently make and execute the highest value decisions about the use and care of our assets. You will find this article at http://www.plant-maintenance.com/articles/Defining_Asset_Management.pdf. Note that you will require the free Adobe Acrobat reader to be able to view this file.


Feature Article - Getting Root Cause Analysis to Work for You

This paper from Sandy Dunn, and first presented at ICOMS 2004 provides several tips regarding how to make the most of Root Cause Analysis to progressively eliminate failures. Specific topics that are covered include:

  • The need for training - why Root Cause Analysis is not just "common sense"
  • The benefits of a team-based approach to Root Cause Analysis
  • RCA Software - is it necessary for effective Root Cause Analysis?
  • Creating the organisational environment for RCA success

You can read it at
http://www.plant-maintenance.com/articles/Getting_Root_Cause_Analysis_to_Work_for_You.pdf. Once again, you will require the free Adobe Acrobat reader to be able to view this file. Additional papers from ICOMS 2004 are available for purchase - you can access the list of papers and videos from www.icoms.org.au/icoms_proc.htm


Feature Article - Centrifugal Pumps: Basic Concepts of Operation, Maintenance, and Troubleshooting

This article, from Mukesh Sahdev, Associate Content Writer at The Chemical Engineers' Resource Page, www.cheresources.com covers all aspects of operation, maintenance, and troubleshooting of centrifugal pumps. The article has been written specifically with students and beginners in mind, but is a worthwhile refresher for more experienced engineers. Yet again, you will require the free Adobe Acrobat reader to be able to view this file.

Read the article at http://www.plant-maintenance.com/articles/centrifugalpumps.pdf.


Feature Article - Electrical Troubleshooting

This article from Larry Bush of www.maintenancepolicy.com contains a number of practical tips to assist with troubleshooting of a range of electrical and electronic equipment. The article can be read at http://www.plant-maintenance.com/articles/electrical_troubleshooting.shtml


2004 CMMS Implementation Benchmarking Survey

Our CMMS implementation survey closed recently, with responses from over 100 people. We are analysing the results, and will bring them to you in our next newsletter.


Maintenance Survey Survey!

This is our simplest survey yet. It consists of one question - what topic would you like covered in our next survey?

You can complete the survey, and view the results to date, at http://www.plant-maintenance.com/survey.shtml. The survey will remain open until September 15, 2004, and we will announce the topic for our next survey in our September newsletter.


Recommended Books

Here are ten Maintenance-related books that we have reviewed recently, and strongly recommend:

Get more information on these and other books at http://www.plant-maintenance.com/maintenance_books.shtml.


On the Lighter Side - Engineering Humor

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I hope you have enjoyed this newsletter. All feedback, comments and contributions to future editions are very welcome (as are enquiries about contributions to, and sponsorship of, this newsletter).

Alexander (Sandy) Dunn
Plant Maintenance Resource Center
webmaster@plant-maintenance.com
http://www.plant-maintenance.com


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