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T1 01 MajorChemCompJourneyToReliability - v2
T1 01 MajorChemCompJourneyToReliability - v2
Forrest Pardue,
President
24/7 Systems, Inc.
Louisville, TN
This presentation discusses:
• The plant’s predictive maintenance history
• Focus on improving communication & use of equipment
condition status information by both operations &
maintenance personnel
• Creating ownership & accountability for equipment
reliability
• Using integrated historical condition information to target
reliability improvement
Vision
Plant’s early
Maintenance Maintenance
communication Contact Contact
structure for
condition status Negotiation with
Operations over need for
information repair, change in
operations, or scheduling
Performance
Testing
Modified
Integrated Condition Status
communication Plant
Report (Web based) Operations &
Maintenance
structure for Manager Managers
information
WO Backlog Monday AM – Weekly
from SAP Planning Meeting
• Circulated monthly to
area managers
• Monitors use of PDM info
by work crews
• Key tool for PDM techs to
gauge response to their
information
2005
Major Culture Change Achieved
• Reduction gearboxes quickly stand out with the highest number of faults
• Drilling into the report would uncover filter design and lubrication issues as
common denominators behind the gearbox faults
• Significantly reduced chronic equipment problems such as imbalance,
misalignment, lubrication, and installation issues by using historical failure mode
information to change procedures and justify special training and tools
Use Condition History to Adjust Monitoring Schedules
Finds as % of total monitored components
Generally accepted:
• 10% at start of program
• 5% 6 to 8 years into program
• 3% after 10 years
How have they sustained a Reliability focus when many others start /
stop / wonder why?
Maintain Support From
Top & Mid-level Management
• They had a great starting point as their current plant
manager came from a maintenance background
• Persistent visibility of condition status was key in making
operations and maintenance joint owners of reliability