Reliable Plant September 2007

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Paul V. Arnold, Noria Corporation

I want to take this opportunity to express my gratitude to you. Thank you for reading Reliable Plant magazine, our Web site content and our e-mail newsletters (Reliable Plant Mail and Lean...

Drew Troyer

Companies buy and sell plants every day. There are many reasons why a firm might choose to buy or sell a plant. Buyers seek to extend their business into new markets or gain scale economies within a...

Paul V. Arnold, Noria Corporation

Jody Willeman began to feel a tremendous amount of pressure on his left foot. Then came the sound of his foot bones breaking, one by one. "The foot popped and cracked at least five times," he...

Tor Idhammar, IDCON INC

Let us start this column with a short version of an old story. Once upon a time, an emperor was offered some fantastic clothes by traveling tailors. They told the emperor that their clothes were the...

Doc Palmer

In my previous columns, I've outlined the overall benefits of planning and scheduling as well as my six principles that make planning "work." The past two columns explained scheduling as a specific...

Noria Corporation

I spend a considerable amount of time in plants helping companies develop a strategic plan to improve lubrication practices. I've visited almost every type of plant and industry, from...

Andy Page

In the past three columns, my colleague John Schultz has asked you, "How mature is your PdM program?" He explained the five levels of predictive maintenance maturity, from Level 1 (not engaged) all...

John Ha

I had a conversation recently with a prospective client to talk about their recruiting strategy and process. As our discussion progressed, my interest started to focus on their actual interview...

Tim Goshert

I was born in Pennsylvania and grew up near Philadelphia. Philadelphia is referred to as the City of Brotherly Love, and is home to Independence Hall, the Liberty Bell, the Philadelphia Phillies and...

Jim Ralston

Mechanical failure of motors, drives and other vital electromechanical equipment is among the most common reasons for production stoppages. Fortunately, recent advancements in vibration monitoring and...

David Zdrojewski

I am a shaft alignment trainer. My insight on the real state of industrial alignment practices comes from many hours spent making alignment checks and corrections on process equipment. Here are some...

In the Reliability Forum department of Reliable Plant magazine, companies provide their insights to a question posed by editor Paul V. Arnold. This issue, the call went out to manufacturers of...

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...

Drew Troyer; Stacey McCauley

As a professional community, we in the plant reliability management industry value the traditional definitions of diversity (e.g. race, gender, ethnicity, religion, lifestyle, etc.), which enables...