TPM | Total Productive Maintenance Articles

'Process Plant And Equipment UPTIME'

By Mike Sondalini

150 Articles for Students & Machine Operators

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150 Total Productive Maintenance Articles

ESBN: C60-59-5y38-80C2

Description:

'Process Plant And Equipment UPTIME' Best Practice Workforce Training Program - 150 Total Productive Maintenance Articles for your Machine operators and workforce TPM training and development. This 150 article program, is part of the TPM lean manufacturing training series that was specifically designed for equipment operator training. Even though some are mechanical engineering articles, they are written with the production machine operator in mind. Great to supplement or start your own in-house TPM manufacturing training programs.

These articles where written for use in your own in house employee training program, and written so all of your workforce can understand, not just your maintenance department. Print and distribute throughout your plant, these best practice maintenance and engineering articles so the knowledge transfer will result in continuous process improvement for your company. Instructors can incorporate these article in their curriculum for students so they learn additional real-world equipment maintenance and engineering knowledge too.

Full of best practice maintenance, engineering, reliability and fixed asset management practices for the workforce, and great for students of mechatronics. They can also be used to supplement your cross training program for your machine operator, industrial tradesman, millwright, technicians and field service technician, as well as refreshers and additional insight for your current maintenance and engineering team.

As part of your Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) program, print and distribute these articles throughout your facility so relevant employees have access. Best to distribute articles at regular intervals, as not to overwhelm your machine operators with too much information at one time. But another approach would be print all as a reference library employees has access to any time they want.

The author of these training articles, Mike Sondalini, has more than 35 years in engineering and maintenance, which spans from mechanical engineering, strategic asset management to rotating equipment reliability. He is currently a world renown maintenance, reliability, Lean Six Sigma and quality system consultant.

About 40 cents ($0.40) per maintenance article, to teach Engineering, Reliability, Maintenance and Fixed Asset Management to all your facility's workforce! Aren't your employees worth that? The ROI your company will see will be astronomical!

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TPM Article Title	Category
Bucket Elevator Design Notes	Bucket Elevator
Protecting bearings in dusty places.	Bulk Materials
Changing the service duty of a pump.	Fluid Mechanics
Flange bolting-up practices.	Plant Engineering
Open trickle chutes for wet and sticky products.	Bulk Materials
Maintenance costs capital moneys.	Asset Management
Tracking large rotating equipment.	Bulk Materials
Ultrasonic level detectors - Consider these experiences.	Instrumentation
Chemical corrosion.	Chemistry
Shaft sealing with a packed gland.	Pumping
Some quality paradigms are expensive.	Asset Management
Rotating tyre and trunnion wear.	Bulk Materials
Bitumen roadway repairs.	Civil Engineering
Grease, use the right one for the job.	Lubrication
Fault finding techniques.	Maintenance
The continuous improvement of Thomas Edison.	Asset Management
Vibration and out-of-balance equipment.	Mechanics
Get mechanical seals working properly.	Pumping
Effects of running centrifugal pumps on the right end of the pump curve.	Pumping
Pressure equipment inspections.	Process Equipment
Net positive suction head.	Pumping
How control valves operate.	Process Control
Bridging in silos and hoppers.	Bulk Materials
Glued and applied coatings.	Chemistry
Vibration and its control.	Mechanics
Corrosion in agitated conditions.	Process Equipment
Keep gearboxes running.	Mechanics
The importance of fit, tolerance and clearance.	Maintenance
Bucket elevator experiences.	Bulk Materials
Preheat for welds and when to apply it.	Welding
Can your spare parts be made locally?	Maintenance
Failure analysis of gearbox, fan, bearing & shaft.	Asset Management
Planning maintenance well.	Asset Management
Job types on work orders.	Maintenance
Isolation valves for different chemical services.	Process Equipment
Polyethylene - its properties and uses.	Plastics
Performance reviews.	Man Management
Maintenance Planning and Scheduling.	Maintenance
Valuable secrets in every work order report.	Maintenance
Welding plastics.	Plastics
Making stairs, walkways and platforms.	Plant Engineering
Radar level detectors.	Instrumentation
Agitator shafts steady bearing problems.	Process Equipment
Job descriptions tell tradesmen what to do.	Maintenance
Heating liquids by steam sparging.	Process Equipment
Separation and segregation of dangerous goods.	Safety
Differential pressure transmitters.	Instrumentation
Magnetic drive (magdrive) pump experiences.	Pumping
Equipment identification tags save time.	Maintenance
Sizing pipelines easily.	Fluid Mechanics
Confined space entry practices.	Safety
Magnetic flow meters.	Instrumentation
Angular contact bearing use.	Machinery
Preventive maintenance stops breakdowns.	Maintenance
Fiberglass construction and repairs.	Process Equipment
Shaft alignment on pumps.	Pumping
Control systems can trick operators.	Process Control
Shaft coupling selection issues.	Machinery
Use written work instructions.	Maintenance
Centrifugal pump cavitation.	Pumping
Stress in metals.	Metallurgy
Pneumatic actuator experiences.	Pneumatics
Locating pressure relief valves.	Process Equipment
Use words on work orders instead of code numbers.	Maintenance
How fluid flows in pipes.	Fluid Mechanics
Equipment and plant layout for improved maintenance.	Maintenance
Capacitance level probes.	Instrumentation
Spherical roller bearing use.	Machinery
Watch keeping - added value from operators.	Maintenance
Bronze, use the right one in the right place.	Metallurgy
Converting bearings from oil bath to greased lubrication.	Machinery
Temperature sensing elements.	Instrumentation
Changing out dust collector bags.	Bulk Materials
Components of an effective maintenance system.	Maintenance
Electric motor problems.	Electrical
Pulse jet dust collectors.	Bulk Materials
Plastic air pipelines for instruments and control valves.	Pneumatics
Peristaltic (Hose) pump problems.	Pumping
Have good valve decontamination practices.	Safety
Metal corrosion basics.	Chemistry
Vee-belt drives.	Machinery
Water hammer and its control.	Fluid Mechanics
Helical rotor pumps - benefits and limitations.	Pumping
Predictive maintenance, the way of the future.	Maintenance
Vertical bulk liquid steel storage tanks.	Process Equipment
Metal fatigue failure.	Metallurgy
Proximity switches.	Process Control
Chain drives.	Machinery
How accounting policies affect maintenance costs.	Maintenance
Safety shower installation.	Safety
Cooling tower design, operation and use.	Process Equipment
Static electricity basics.	Electrical
How O-rings work.	Hydraulics
What is Life cycle costing?	Plant Engineering
Steam trap operation and selection.	Plant Engineering
Hazardous areas for dusts and flammables.	Electrical
Using pH meters.	Instrumentation
Sealing threaded connections properly.	Plant Engineering
Air Compressor Operation & Care	Plant Engineering
Heat Exchanger Design & Use	Thermodynamics
Job Safety on Hazardous & Dangerous Work	Safety
Process Logic Controller (PLC) Basics	Process Control
Centrifugal Pump Life Extension - The Volute	Pumping
Gear Pump operation and Maintenance	Pumping
Reducing wear in abrasive conditions	Bulk Materials
Tools to Focus on Plant Reliability	Maintenance
Using Liquid Manometers for Measuring Pressure	Fluid Mechanics
Oil - How clean does it have to be?	Lubrication
Spread Forces through Equipment & Reduce Breakdowns	Mechanics
Cyclone Separators - Low Cost Particle Removal	Bulk Materials
Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) - What is it?	Maintenance
Electrical Motor Current Protection Saves Your Plant	Process Control
Setup Tank Agitators Gearboxes for a Long-life at Low Cost.	Process Equipment
Holiday Detection in Above-ground Tank Bottom Lining Inspection.	Process Equipment
Root Cause Analysis Answers Your Problems	Maintenance
Control Loops - Masters of Automatic Control	Process Control
Gluing Plastic Pipes so You Can Trust Them	Plastics
Is your wet scrubbing tower working?	Process Equipment
Metering & Dosing pump Operation	Process Equipment
Flow Meters - Don't ever believe what they tell you	Instrumentation
Plant Compressed air waste reduction	Pneumatics
Non-destructive testing of welds	Welding
Dust control concepts	Bulk Materials
Electric motor variable speed drives operation	Process Control
Rolling bearing vibration detection	Condition Monitoring
Rotating shafts under bending stress	Strength of Materials
The Big Bang - Starting and stopping equipment under load.	Mechanics
Orifice plate flow meter measurement	Instrumentation
6 Secrets of trouble-free lubrication success	Lubrication
Moving slurries about	Pumping
Belt conveyor tuning	Bulk Materials
Effect of process changes on electric motors	Process Control
Pump life extension - the impeller	Pumping
Heat Transfer Basics	Thermodynamics
Fired Packaged Boiler Basics	Boilers
Conductivity meter operation & use	Process Control
Lubrication cleanliness & filtration	Lubrication
The 9 great benefits of a CMMS	Asset Management
Mechanical level sensor types and use.	Instrumentation
Membrane and leaf filtration overview.	Process Equipment
Dust bag selection for bag houses.	Bulk Materials
Tracking belts on elevators and conveyors.	Bulk Materials
Budgets - what to do and how to use them.	Asset Management

Testimonials:

Karen Chew, Maintenance Engineer Tiwest JV, Kwinana - "Thanks Mike, We are all still enjoying your newsletters (on CD) immensely. The topics are always extremely useful to us and we find the articles well written and easy to understand."

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