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In
this Issue:
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Focus
on Reliability
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| Failure
Modes & Effects Analysis "A Modified Approach"
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Wouldn't
it be great if you knew exactly what all of those costly
chronic (repetitive) failures were actually costing your
facility? There is a way. It is called Failure Modes &
Effects Analysis or FMEA for short. FMEA is a technique
first utilized in the aerospace industry to find problems
with an aircraft before it ever left the ground. In short,
it is a way of looking into the future and determining
where potential failures might be located. This sounds
wonderful in theory but it takes a tremendous amount of
time and energy to do this. Sometimes as much as 100 man
years. More
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Editor's
Note: This bi-monthly series of articles on root cause
failure analysis is from our good friends at the Reliability
Center.
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| How
to Write a Top-Drawer Lubrication Procedure |
| By
Mike Johnson |
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The typical
industrial lubrication program lacks order, structure, continuity
and respect, even though the ideas and practices have been around
for 100 years. Billions of dollars are spent annually to replace
lubricated machinery components that have worn out due to the
inability of the lubricant and the lubrication process to perform
the required task.
More.
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| NECs
2002 Changes: What Does it Mean to You? |
| By
Alan Manche, RE. Senior Standards Engineer, Square D |
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Members
of the electrical community have made the 2002 edition of the
National Electrical Code the industry's new benchmark
for electrical safety. Just how do these changes happen?
More.
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| Lube-Tips |
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