What
is Reliability and Asset Management? By
Christer Idhammar, IDCON, INC.
Reliability has become a buzzword commonlyused to describe maintenance
improvement initiatives. Several books have been written with titles
such as Reliability Centered Maintenance, Reliability Based Maintenance,
etc. In these books I have not yet found a definition of reliability.
Many suppliers of predictive maintenance tools also use the term reliability
to describe their products and services.
Improved
Lube Oil Systems for Paper Machines By Hannu Harkonen,
John Crane
With lubrication acting as the lifeblood of today’s paper-making
processes, paper machines are increasingly using oil circulation
lubrication systems in both their drying sections and other heavily
loaded, hot parts of the process. In addition to traditional oil-lubricated
cylinder bearings, many of today’s machines have oil-lubricated
felt rolls and gear reducers for the drying sections and the wire
and press section rolls. They also run at faster operating speeds
and higher temperatures which increases the demand for lubrication.
Selecting
the Right Key Performance Indicators By Anthony McNeeney
An effective set of interlocking indicators provides feedback to
individuals, groups, and the enterprise, directing the behavior
of all.
Maintenance,
No Limit Texas Hold'em Style By Jason Kopschinsky
The game of Poker, and No Limit Texas Hold’em in particular,
has taken the gambling world by storm. People all over the world
are playing the game in casinos as well as on-line. Professional
and amateur games are broadcast on several different networks in
many different countries. The game of Texas Hold’em has a simple
flow of play. Each player at the table is dealt two personal cards
face-down. Three community cards are then laid on the table face-up.
A fourth community card is dealt, and lastly a fifth. The goal is
to make the best five-card hand using any combination of the two
personal cards and the five community cards. After each deal of the
personal and community cards, a round of betting occurs. In No Limit
Texas Hold’em, a player can bet all his chips at any time.
Oil
Analysis Improves Cooling Tower Problems By J. Mike Weiksner
and J. Brad Harrelson
The Savannah River Site is located in the southeastern coastal area
of South Carolina near the Savannah River, and operates as a U.S.
government Department of Energy nuclear materials management facility.
The Site Utilities Department (SUD) is a department within Solid
Waste and Infrastructure that is within the Operations business unit
of the Savannah River Site.
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Power for Power System Development By DE Editors
SimPowerSystems 4 provides new application libraries for modeling
electric drives, flexible transmission systems, and distributed
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