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188-Thermal Growth with Daus Studenberg

188-Thermal Growth with Daus Studenberg

Thermal Growth with Daus Studenberg

When a machine heats up and starts expanding in all the directions is simply called the thermal growth. When it actually comes to understanding it, it means that you are dealing with machinery movement and that can cause misalignment in the machine. Also, your alignment is only as good as your target. If your machine starts moving and you have a bearable misalignment in the off-set condition, you will allow that bear minimum of misalignment in your machine deliberately in that condition. So, before you detect thermal growth, you need to have a correct target in place to measure it against.

In this episode, we focus on the following points:

  • What is thermal growth?
  • What are the standards of thermal growth measurement?
  • What packages are available that come with laser alignment tools?

And much more!

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RRP 081 Productive Leadership with Tom Moriarty

RRP 081 Productive Leadership with Tom Moriarty

RRP 081 Productive Leadership with Tom Moriarty

On this week’s episode, I welcome Tom Moriarty to the show.  Tom is the author of The Productive Leadership System and the president of Alidade MER.  We discuss the skills and processes around productive leadership and how it impacts reliability.

If you haven’t yet, check out my website robsreliability.comand sign up for the weekly reliability newsletter with bonus content.  If you like the show, please tell your colleagues about it and follow Rob’s Reliability Project on LinkedIn and YouTube.

Finally, if there are any topics, guests you’d like to hear from, questions you want answered, or if you’d like to appear on the podcast, email me at robsreliabilityproject@gmail.com

Check out Alidade MER – https://alidade-mer.com/

Follow Tom Moriarty on LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/alidade-mer/

Tom’s telephone number – 321-773-3356

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Music by XTaKeRuX, Song: White Crow is licensed under a Creative Commons 4.0 Attribution License.

 

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187-Master Data Management with Scott Taylor

187-Master Data Management with Scott Taylor

Master Data Management with Scott Taylor

For organizations, data that is critical for parties, places, and things is called master data. While conventional strategies are available for manipulating data, this episode places special emphasis on how to make the most out of your master data. 

Scott Taylor, the Data Whisperer, shares his advice on aspects like:

  • Why Master data Management (MDM) has become so important
  • The main pillars of MDM
  • Why organizations go through different implementation cycles
  • Can common software be used for data governance
  • Tips for successful implementation

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MIM 015 Ricky Smith

MIM 015 Ricky Smith

An Interview with Ricky Smith

This week on Masterminds in Maintenance, we hear from Ricky Smith, CMRP.

Ricky Smith has a wealth of knowledge and years of experience in the maintenance and reliability industry and we were so thrilled to have him join us on our podcast. Ricky Smith started his maintenance journey in the US army, where he wanted to go to school to become a heavy equipment mechanic. He went on to work at a refinery and then Alumex as a technician and then as a maintenance engineer. He’s held a wide range of roles from maintenance supervisor, to maintenance manager, to maintenance company commander while in Iraq. Currently, Ricky Smith is a Maintenance and Reliability Best Practices Advisor at World Class Maintenance, where he is the Vice President.
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SOR 479 Tips for Improving People Skills

SOR 479 Tips for Improving People Skills

Tips for Improving People Skills

Abstract

Carl and Fred discussing the broad subject of people skills in the application of reliability engineering. The ability to influence other people in a positive and constructive manner, is an essential skill.
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SMRP 06 – Motion Amplification with Jeff Hay

SMRP 06 – Motion Amplification with Jeff Hay

Motion Amplification with Jeff Hay

How Motion Amplification Helps Us Learn More About Our Machines

In this episode, James interviews Jeff Hay. Jeff is the CEO and founder of RDI technologies and today helps us to understand motion amplification and how it used in reliability today and how RDI is playing a role in this process.

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RRP 080 Mediocre Organizational Leadership with Paul Daoust

RRP 080 Mediocre Organizational Leadership with Paul Daoust

RRP 080 Mediocre Organizational Leadership with Paul Daoust

On this week’s episode, I welcome Paul Daoust to the show.  Paul is the founder of Scio Asset Management and an organizational asset management expert.  We discuss asset management, why most organizational leaders focus on the short term and why that short term focus results in mediocre performance.

If you haven’t yet, check out my website robsreliability.comand sign up for the weekly reliability newsletter with bonus content.  If you like the show, please tell your colleagues about it and follow Rob’s Reliability Project on LinkedIn and YouTube.

Finally, if there are any topics, guests you’d like to hear from, questions you want answered, or if you’d like to appear on the podcast, email me at robsreliabilityproject@gmail.com

Check out UpKeep – http://www.robsreliability.com/upkeep/

Follow Paul Daoust on LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-daoust-12554b11/

Follow Rob’s Reliability Project on LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/company/robsreliabilityproject/

Follow Rob’s Reliability Project on Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/robsreliabilityproject/

Music by XTaKeRuX, Song: White Crow is licensed under a Creative Commons 4.0 Attribution License.

 

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186-Third Habit with Peter Horsburgh

186-Third Habit with Peter Horsburgh

Third Habit with Peter Horsburgh

If your machines aren’t running smooth, clean, cool, and dry, there’s no way you will ever be able to get its lifetime out of it. When you are facing such situation where one of these indicators isn’t being met by your machine, it’s time for a change. To make a change in the way you treat your assets, you need to start asking the questions. If you don’t know or understand something, ask someone who can help you make sense of things. If you don’t have the tools for solving a problem, start getting the support of management to invest in the equipment.

In this episode, we covered:

  • What is the Third Habit?
  • How can you get vital support from the management?
  • Why do you need to think out of the box?

And much more!

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MIM 014 James Kovacevic

MIM 014 James Kovacevic

An Interview with James Kovacevic

This week on Masterminds in Maintenance, we hear from James Kovacevic, Principal Instructor at Eruditio, joining our podcast all the way from Ontario, Canada. James is principal instructor at Eruditio an adult education firm based in Charleston, South Carolina focused on applying core skills associated with Asset Management, Lean Six Sigma, and organizational change leadership. We discuss James’ journey from electrician, to maintenance planner and manager, reliability engineer, then global reliability consultant.
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