SMRP18 – Electrical Motor Maintenance with Howard Penrose

Motor maintenance is very important because the electric motors are vital parts of every machinery. There is a trend in the organizations that they don’t pay much attention to the motors. This is also because of the lack of communication between mechanical and electrical technicians. Sometimes, they are not trained and other times, their roles are responsibilities are not clearly defined. This creates great confusion in the mind of the cross-sectional departments and motors end up either not being maintained. Another reason behind motors not being properly looked after is that the technicians don’t have the training to do so.
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Fundamentals of Physics of Failure

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A good physics of failure (PoF) model helps you understand the impact of stresses on the time to failure distribution for a specific failure mechanism. Let’s discuss PoF models, including how to create and use them effectively. [Read more…]

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SOR 385 Evolutionary vs Revolutionary Design and How It Affects Reliability

Evolutionary vs Revolutionary Design and How It Affects Reliability

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Adam and Chris discussing the difference between organizational strength’s in evolutionary vs revolutionary design process
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SMRP18 – What is Machine Learning with Philip Garcia

SMRP 18 – What is Machine Learning with Philip Garcia

Reliability is a very wide term and has numerous applications in different industries. With the new technologies, concepts, and reliability solutions based on iIOT, Cloud servers, and distributed computing, the reliability programs do everything on any kind of machines. Machine Learning plays a huge role in doing these wonderful things. Machine learning can be used to do enhanced condition-bases monitoring. There are a number of variables that we need to take care of if we want to prevent failures ahead of time and increase the uptime of the assets. This is a very generic application of Machine Learning.
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139 – Change Management with Scott Deckers

Change Management with Scott Deckers

The organizations are always going through one or the other change. Whether it’s the change in roles and responsibilities, the change in the technology or the change in the CMMS itself. Everything changes in the industry all the time and it is always at a higher rate than the organizations keep up with it. When we talk about the change, it always starts with the change in processes. When a business process changes, everything else changes with it. Whenever a change is to be implemented, the first question that pops up in everyone’s mind is ‘WHY’.

In this episode, we covered:

What is Change Management?
The various Change Management models available
What organizations need to do to prepare for change
The never ending journey of change

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RRP 033 What Should Reliability Engineers Do? with James Hunting

On this week’s episode, I welcome James Hunting back on to the show. We talk about what reliability engineers should be working on, Pareto/bad actor lists and why maintenance work can be appealing over reliability work.

If you haven’t yet, subscribe to Rob’s Reliability Project on your favorite podcast platform. It’s available on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Anchor, Breaker, Castbox, Overcast, Pocket Casts, PodBean and RadioPublic.

I’m preparing for some great episodes on artificial intelligence with experts from Uptake and Quartic, so please reach out by January 11, 2019, if you have any questions about AI that you want answered on the show and I will be happy to ask your questions to the experts!

If you have any questions, business inquiries or if you’d like to appear on the podcast, email me at robsreliabilityproject@gmail.com

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SOR 384 The Definition of Reliability and Quality

The Definition of Reliability and Quality

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Chris and Adam discuss how the definitions of ‘reliability’ and ‘quality’ align … or differ. What are the differences? Do these differences matter for all applications? Is there merit in arguing that there is a difference? Well … the answer to each question is both ‘yes’ and ‘no.’ Confused? Perhaps listening to this podcast might help. Because we should only use definitions that help us and our organization. In a way, using a definition that makes the most sense to your organization is not only acceptable, it is necessary. And many organizations have failed because they have never understood these differences.
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SOR 383 When Organizational Leaders Won’t Invest in Reliability but Require Deliverables

When Organizational Leaders Won’t Invest in Reliability but Require Deliverables

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Adam and Chris discussing organizational situations where upper management does not commit to reliability even though it advertises it does.
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138 – 4 Tips to Elevate your Coaching with Lisa Brownlee

4 Tips to Elevate your Coaching with Lisa Brownlee

Coaching is one of the key activities that help individual employees bring out the best of themselves to the table. It helps in maximizing their performance by making the best use of their abilities. A good coach helps the trainees to focus on the work they are doing. He facilitates them in every way he can so that they would improve their work by themselves. It can be a hard job sometimes because it’s a two-way street. The coaching will only be effective if the employee and coach are both receptive to the learning. They need to be willing to make improvements.

In this episode, we covered:

How to coach your people
How to motivate and put your people to their highest performance
What is the proper coaching
How to be an effective coach
What is LACE and what this affects your coaching technique
And much more!

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RM 002 When Failure Happens

When Failure Happens – An Interview with Failure Analysis Investigators

What happens when failure happens? This episode features Failure Analysis Investigators Eric Camden and Paco Solis. Together, they discuss stories from the field and some “interesting investigations”.

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RRP 032 Calibration with John Cummins & Ross Lane

On this week’s episode, I welcome John Cummins and Ross Lane from Cal Opex on to the show. We talk about the importance of calibration and data quality.

If you have any questions, business inquiries or if you’d like to appear on the podcast, email me at robsreliabilityproject@gmail.com

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SOR 382 Do Certifications or Degrees Help a Reliability Engineer?

Do Certifications or Degrees Help a Reliability Engineer?

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Carl and Fred discussing the role of certifications and degrees in forming the career path of a reliability engineer. This discussion builds off the previous podcast on the ultimate goal of a reliability career.
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SOR 381 Ultimate Career Goal for Reliability Engineering

Ultimate Career Goal for Reliability Engineering

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Carl and Fred discuss a suggested topic from a listener: what is the ultimate career goal for a reliability engineer? Which are the advantages and disadvantages for each possible career path?
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SMRP18 – What’s New with SDT with Allan Rienstra

What’s New with SDT with Allan Rienstra

Condition based monitoring is good for the equipment to do predictive analysis. Ultrasound helps greatly with this part. SDT is one of the leading ultrasound solutions companies in the world and they have introduced a new ultrasound tool to make the lubrication process better in the facilities. This new tool is called SDT-340 and it is combined with UAS4.0. SDT-340 collects machine data based on the ultrasound sensors and the new Ultra Analysis Suite detects even the slow moving machine parts where even a teeniest of rotation occurs in the systems. That is what makes it unique along with other upgrades that it had built-in.
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E6S 000 Intro to E6S Methods Podcast Series

Intro to E6S Methods Podcast Series

Mission and Vision

The E6S-Methods podcast series is intended for the enthusiast or practitioner of quality, Lean, Six Sigma and other performance improvement tools. Its mission is to provide specific recommendations and different insights and approaches to some of the classic tools, as well as any new tools that may surface. Best practices, tips, and tricks will be shared as well as exploring multiple approaches to reach the same practical end. As this podcast grows in listener-ship, we will entertain listener submissions on specific project issues and use real active projects as a platform for various episodes. ᐅ Play Episode