Reliable Plant 2012 Conference and Exhibition

Optimize your conference and show experience by attending specialized pre-conference workshops.
 

Lubrication Excellence Managers Summit

Jim Fitch, Noria Corporation
Monday, April 30, 2012,  1:00 pm – 4:30 pm

There's a revolution occurring. Managers who once desired equipment machine reliability now demand it … it's a matter of corporate survival in the global economy, and effective machinery lubrication is an essential enabler to success.

This movement has let companies in all industries to take control of reliability by reinventing their lubrication programs. Those who are responding to the challenge are seeing amazing results … on the bottom line, where it counts most.

The change goes beyond simply using better lubricants. The leaders are employing technologies, empowering employees and building ultramodern new practices – creating a new and energized reliability culture. 

You will learn:

• Performance metrics for PM compliance, contamination control and lubricant quality targets.
• How to evaluate needed lubrication and oil analysis skills.
• The top 10 things organizations do wrong when trying to attain lubrication excellence.
• How to benchmark your program to world-class and construct a master plan for transformation.
• The role of certification, education and continuous improvement.
• How to convert 80% reactive maintenance to 80% plus proactive maintenance without diversions – and make it stick!
• How to leverage the “behavior factor” in lubrication excellence.
• How to build a first rate lubrication team with the specific collection of skills needed.
• The critical role of well-aligned lubricant suppliers and machinery OEMs.
• Why on-site oil analysis is a “secret sauce” for world-class lubrication.
• What kind of return-on-investment you can expect from your program.
• The importance of standardization and procedure-based lubrication.
• The honest truth about synthetics and premium lubricants.
• Lubrication low-hanging fruit and quick kills.
• The power of the daily one-minute inspection when done correctly.
• Three crucial requests to make of component rebuild shops.
• How to select a lubricant supplier and what needs to be put in a supply agreement.

The Managers Summit is for managers who don’t require technical expertise in the field, but need enough information to plan, organize, staff and support a best practice lubrication and oil analysis program with guidance and resources.

With Full Conference Registration - $225
Workshop Only - $295

Understanding Oil Analysis Reports

Matt Spurlock, Noria Corporation
Monday, April 30, 2012,  8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m

Oil analysis is a key component in reliability programs worldwide – what isn’t as readily evident is the ability to fully understand what oil analysis reports tell us. Identifying defects in a proactive manner allows a preventative repair window to address potential failures before extensive damage sets in.

In this full day workshop, you’ll learn how to identify potential and confirmed defects that register high on the P-F curve so that appropriate action can be taken before a catastrophic event occurs.

Many questions exist regarding oil analysis and related data. This workshop will help you to answer questions such as:

• What tests should be run and why?
• Why do I need so many tests and why does the lab ask for more?
• How are alarm levels established?
• What other information should be considered when evaluating oil sample data?
• How do I establish a trend and identify deviations from that trend?
• How do we use tests for cross test data confirmation?

By the end of the workshop, the attendee will be armed with the necessary information to proactively use oil sample data to his/her advantage in the battle against poor equipment reliability.

With Full Conference Registration - $425
Workshop Only - $495

How to Extend the Life of Rolling Element Bearings

Jason Tranter, Mobius Institute
Monday, April 30, 2012,  8:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m

In this workshop, you will learn the main reasons why bearings fail and exactly how vibration analysts can contribute to eliminating those root causes.  Many condition monitoring professionals focus on detecting bearing faults, but too few consider how they can increase the life of the bearing through reliability improvements. Vibration analysts have the tools to learn why bearings fail and to make changes so that bearings run for many years before failure occurs.

You will learn:

• Why a vibration analyst is only doing half of his/her job if they only work to detect faults
• How examination of vibration data can lead to the root cause of the failure
• How examining the surface of the bearing (once it fails) reveals the reason why it failed
• How reducing unbalance, misalignment, and resonance will increase the life of the bearing
• How improving lubrication and installation techniques will improve reliability

Reliability Engineers and vibration analysts and anyone who has an interest in reliability and condition monitoring should attend.  Detailed knowledge of vibration analysis is not required.

With Full Conference Registration - $225
Workshop Only - $295

Root-Cause Analysis Tools for Plant Equipment Failures

Rich Wurzbach, Maintenance Reliability Group, LLC
Monday, April 30, 2012,  8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m

In this workshop, you will learn how to conduct streamlined and high-value analysis of equipment failures to determine root causes, and implement proactive maintenance strategies to improve reliability. Many companies utilizing diagnostic technologies like vibration analysis, infrared thermography, and lubricant analysis, primarily make determinations on when to repair incipient and developing failures.  What’s missing is the Proactive Maintenance approach, which requires a review of component failures and degraded conditions so that root-causes can be identified and systemic changes made to eliminate future failures from occurring.

You will learn:

• Understanding and calculating  the cost of machinery failures
• The indications of impending failures and finding the warning signs in routine data sources
• Failed component evaluation for bearings, belt-drives, electrical components, and others
• How to conduct effective personnel interviews after a failure
• Distinguishing causal factors and root causes
• Developing and executing corrective action plans

Instruction will include:

• Failed components included for hands-on demonstrations
• Group labs for troubleshooting failed components

Reliability Engineers, Predictive Maintenance technology practitioners, and anyone who has an interest in reliability and condition monitoring should attend.  Detailed knowledge of Root-Cause philosophies and techniques is not required.

With Full Conference Registration - $425
Workshop Only - $495

Detecting and Controlling Sludge and Varnish

Greg Livingstone, Fluitec International
Monday, April 30, 2012,  8:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m

More sensitive equipment, higher stress environments and newer types of lubricants are some of the reasons that sludge and varnish has become a growing concern throughout many industries. Sludge and varnish deposits are derived from oil degradation by-products, however unlike other contaminants like dirt, water and air, oil degradation products require new analytical methodologies to detect. The removal of these by-products also requires the application of different contamination control technologies. This course summarizes the various mechanisms involved in lubricant degradation and how to determine which processes are degrading your fluids. It also reviews how sludge and varnish can impair the reliable operation your plants. Finally, clarity will be provided about the maze of potential solutions and technologies available and what appropriate technologies are suitable for different applications.

With Full Conference Registration - $225
Workshop Only - $295