Still feel as if you’re just putting out fires in your maintenance efforts? This article offers some helpful tips for moving out of the reactive mode.
Still feel as if you’re just putting out fires in your maintenance efforts? This article offers some helpful tips for moving out of the reactive mode.
New technologies in the power industry can introduce new, perhaps massive, maintenance costs. What to do?
“Al, bent over the wheel, kept shifting eyes from the road to the instrument panel, watching the ammeter needle, which jerked suspiciously, watching the oil gauge and the heat indicator. And his mind was cataloguing weak points about the car. He listened to the whine, which might be the rear end, dry; and he listened to tappets lifting and falling. He kept his hand on the gear lever, feeling the turning gears through it.
By Bob Williamson, Contributing Editor
“Our preventive maintenance (PM) expenses seem out of line compared with our other mainte-nance costs. PM downtime also is eating into our production. Show me bottom-line benefits of all these PMs or we’ll be making some big cutbacks.”
By Bob Williamson, Contributing Editor
“Sure, I know. Preventive maintenance (PM) helps avoid unplanned downtime or breakdowns.
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