In the Windy City of Chicago, the 2024 Reliable Plant Conference provided a place where experts and beginners alike could find a safe haven to explore topics that have been top-of-mind for industrial ...

Things break. No matter what you do, there is always a chance that products will fail. The same holds true for bearings, but that doesn’t mean that you can’t prevent many of the issues that result in ...

Perceptiv empowers teams to proactively manage their assets, reducing costly downtime and enhancing overall equipment health.

Asset management is critical to operational excellence in the maintenance and reliability industry. By implementing a ...

According to Gallup, 51% of Americans are not engaged in the workplace, mostly due to management, which has severe ...

What is a Fishbone Diagram? A fishbone diagram is a cause-and-effect discovery tool that helps figure out the reason(s) for defects, variations or failures within a process. In other words, it helps ...

The 5 Whys tool is the straightforward process of asking "why?" in an interrogative fashion to get to the root cause of a specific problem. Read about when and how to use 5 Whys, see 5 Whys examples ...

Technologies for monitoring machine-vibration levels have been around for decades. The further development of such technologies has been relatively slow, but the rapid advancement of digital component ...

When people hear the terms artificial intelligence (AI) and the internet of things (IoT), most think of a futuristic world often depicted in the movies. However, many of those predictions are now ...

A machine is being monitored to avoid catastrophic failure. A machine has a problem, and technicians are employing vibration technology to figure out what it is. What is often overlooked is how ...

Creating a maintenance plan is generally not difficult to do. But creating a comprehensive maintenance program that is effective poses some interesting challenges. It would be difficult to appreciate ...

Maintenance Management is the process of maintaining a company's assets and resources while controlling time and costs, ensuring maximum efficiency of the manufacturing process. Maintenance management ...