Reliable Plant January 2007

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Paul V. Arnold, Noria Corporation

One of my early supervisors and mentors frequently told me that surrounding yourself with incredibly talented, diverse people is a key to success. In his words, "it's not necessarily what you know,...

Paul V. Arnold, Noria Corporation

Dick Cole, the vice president of operations for Karl Schmidt Unisia, calls the company's plant in Marinette, Wis., "the most diverse piston facility in the world." He offers a variety of...

Tor Idhammar, IDCON INC

Many reactive organizations conclude that root cause analysis (RCA) is the first agenda item for improving reliability. But after completing a few root cause activities, it's obvious that the...

Doc Palmer

Let us share a few words about wrench time: What is it? Why is it important? And, how do we measure it? What is wrench time? Wrench time is a measure of crafts personnel at work, using...

Noria Corporation

In many companies, it's common practice to review and re-tender MRO contracts on a three- to seven-year cycle. Lubricants are no exception, particularly in today's economy where lubricant prices,...

John Schultz

What is your biggest challenge related to condition-based maintenance? That's the simple question we at Allied Reliability have asked thousands of maintenance and reliability professionals. The No. 1...

John Ha

I'm willing to bet that the great majority of you can tell me where I can find the "plaque on the wall." You know what I'm talking about. It's the plaque that states all or some combination of...

Tim Goshert

"What should I do to advance my career, get ahead and/or get to the next level in an organization?" In my travels, I am asked this question on a rather consistent basis. I hear this from...

Mark A. Lewis

For nearly all manufacturing plants, an efficient maintenance, repair and operations (MRO) process is a fundamental requirement for success. From storage of strategic spares, to facility maintenance,...

Ray Garvey

Do you ever wish that your thermography trainer would walk along with you and answer questions while you are in the field doing an infrared survey or route? Now that would be real on-the-job training!...

Andy Bardon

Threaded fasteners set and hold tolerances on assemblies ranging from light-duty equipment to heavy machinery. Loosening is one of the major causes of industrial equipment failure, and results in...

The Reliability in Action department features case studies submitted by our readers. To have your case study considered for inclusion in an upcoming issue, e-mail it to parnold@noria.com or mail it to...

Mike Verdin

Brian Kenny, a plant manager at Paulco Inc., had a good problem. He had just gotten off the phone with Randall Tinsley, the company's vice president of operations. Mr. Tinsley had let him know - in...