There are three interrelated facets of plant or facility management that are crucial to its smooth functioning: maintenance, total plant management, and production management. The horizons of the various regions are as...
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Predictive maintenance is one of the most misunderstood and misapplied plant optimization strategies. It is most commonly used to prevent the catastrophic collapse of key-spinning machinery. Predictive maintenance is...
There are three types of maintenance tasks: (1) breakdown, (2) corrective, and (3) preventive. The fundamental distinction between these emerges when the repair or maintenance operation is carried out. Repairs are not...
Preventive versus Breakdown Maintenance Preventive maintenance has long been recognized as critical to lowering maintenance costs and increasing asset reliability. In practice, it might take many different shapes. The...
It is commonly believed that in any maintenance department with more than 10 craftspeople and more than two or three crafts, some planning, other than day-to-day job allocation by the supervisor or lead person, can result in...
To Schedule or Not to Schedule? It is acknowledged that in any maintenance department with more than 10 craftspeople & more than two or three crafts, some planning, other than day-to-day job allocation by supervisor or...
What is grinding? Where is it used? Grinding is an abrasive machining operation that removes metal using a rotating grinding wheel installed on a suitable machine.Under one or more of the following situations, abrasive...
Explain the mounting of grinding wheels Grinding wheels spin at breakneck speed. It is critical that the grinding wheel is properly installed on the machine spindle. Proper wheel attachment provides safety and lowers the...
What is the need for an alignment test for a machine tool? In plan and elevation, the tool must travel in a straight line parallel to the work piece’s axis of rotation. The axis connecting the centers of the headstock...
Reamers are available in several different types, the most common are the following. Chucking or machine reamers The two types of chucking or machine reamers are the fluted and rose reamers, and they are intended to be...