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THE INTERNATIONAL MAGAZINE FOR ENGINEERING AND MAINTENANCE PROFESSIONALS

ISSUE 5

MAY/JUNE 2008

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‘The era of cheap energy is over’. Now there’s a revelation,I couldn’t see that one coming. Actually, lets get the picturestraight. Oil, gas and coal are finite resources which willbecome ever more costly to extract. Renewables need afew decades, if not centuries, of development to becomeviable alternatives. Nuclear fell out of fashion in the UK.Our Government is more interested in tax revenue thandiscounting fuel. Finally, there’s global warming to lob in.Yes, I guess the era of cheap energy is over: for now.

I believe market forces will drive the reinstatement ofnuclear energy in the UK followed, in the end, by fusionreactors. Welcome to the new era of cheap energy. In theintervening 100 years or so we need a quick fix.

One of the most important issues is factory design andmaintenance. Be honest, in the past how much effort hasbeen applied to calculating energy consumption beforeinstalling new plant or maintaining existing equipment.

A leaking air line, jammed radiator valve, scaled boiler,slipping drive belt, corroded drive chain, old motor andcontroller, poorly lubricated bearing: the list goes on and on. Individually, the losses are small. Across UKindustry as a whole I shudder to calculate the waste and consequences.

With the cost of energy suddenly in the forefront of everybody’sminds, maybe it’s time to revisit maintenance processes.

Finally, if you don’t believe these little losses matter, try riding a bicycle with a rusty chain and flat tyres, you’ll soon change your mind.

Jon Barrett, EDITOR

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Most Preventive Maintenance (PM)programs were set up many years ago.Each department in a plant set up their ownprogram in isolation from each other. As anexample, a plant set up a PM programcovering mechanical equipment, thenanother program was set up for electricalequipment and another to coverautomation and control system. A lubricantvendor then added lubrication routes andon top of this other PM activities such asVibration Analysis and Operator Inspectionswas added in addition to all other PM tasks.

It is not uncommon to also find thatmany old Fixed Time Maintenance (FTM)tasks, such as programmed overhauls andreplacements, are still being done on anannual basis because that is what theplant always have done, and nobody haschallenged the validity of these tasks.These tasks are often driven by theavailability of time and maintenancepeople instead of the true validity of thetask. In some industries, for example foodprocessing, there might be a seasonalperiod when crops are not being harvestedand processed. Maintenance people arethen more available and some equipmentare idling, so to keep people busy someequipment are overhauled and somecomponents are replaced. The decisions todo these tasks are often based on believesrather than facts. This presents a goodopportunity to ask if the life expectancy ofcomponents in question are predictable orknown, and if there is a method availableto do inspections while equipment is

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Failures can be categorized as failure modes that develop over a period of time as visualized in the left graph.These failures have a Failure Developing Period (FDP). You can say there is a time difference between the point offailure until the break down occurs. A break down is when the intended function of a component ceases. A COMPLETELY REACTIVE MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION will act upon break downs.A BETTER ORGANIZATION will find the failures before they develop into break downs. They will use the warningtime they have gained by finding failures early to plan and then schedule a corrective action, and execute thisaction before the break down occurs. By doing so, you have started to optimize the life of a component. If youcan estimate how long the FDP is you can use this information as a guide to decide the frequency of inspection.The frequency of inspection should be no less than FDP divided by two.BEST ORGANIZATIONS are spending considerable time to not only find failures and plan and schedule theircorrections, but also to find the source of the failures and then design out those failures. Your organization hasthen evolved to a thinking and learning maintenance organization. If a failure develops over a very short period of time, which is typical for failure modes of electroniccomponents, then there is no, or very short, time to discover a deteriorating condition. See the right graph.Condition monitoring is therefore not an option. In this case you can ask if the failure mode has a random orregular distribution in time. If the failure mode is random, and the FDP is very short, then it is a waste of timeto do inspections of the component. You can inspect for example that the cabinet for electronic components issealed and kept cool and clean and you should prepare a corrective action for when the failure will occur. If the failure mode has a regular, or predictable, distribution in time, then you can consider Fixed TimeMaintenance, such as overhauls or replacements on a regular basis. I propose that you analyze all your FTMactivities and question if they can not be moved to CBM and if their frequencies are right. My experience is thatnot more than 5 - 10% of all failure modes have a regular distribution in time.

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operating. If the condition of a componentcan be measured while a production line isoperating, then the condition of thecomponent will determine what correctiveaction we can take to avoid a break down. Ifthis is done we have chosen to do ConditionBased Maintenance (CBM).

As an alternative to the abovementioned PM activities you can also choseto Operate to Break Down (OTB).

Best alternative is to Design OutMaintenance (DOM) or even better DesignFor Reliability and Maintainability beforethe equipment is manufactured. In this

article I am not going to cover thesealternatives, I gave some examples of thisin the March/April issue of this magazine.

In 1968 I learnt about failuredistribution in time and failure developmentperiods, you might want to call thisReliability Centered Maintenance (RCM)methodology. In my opinion it is goodcommon sense and it is the most usefulpart of RCM along with knowing thecriticality of a component. To enable you toanalyze existing PM tasks and optimize yourtotal PM program you need to understandthis concept.

Some of the readers might think that theaforementioned is just theory and notapplicable in real life situations. To demonstratethe usefulness of understanding failuredevelopment theories when optimizing PM Ilike to show an example.

The company has decided to replacethe bearings once a year during the annualshut down. They had always done that buthad still had three break downs of thebearings during the last ten years.

The manufacturer’s handbook said“Once a year, open top of screen, idlescreen and listen to the bearings with astethoscope or similar device. If thebearings sound bad, replace bearings”

To install transducers for vibrationanalysis of bearings is an obviousalternative. To do that will cost Euro 1500.The financial decision maker said no to themaintenance manager’s request to installthe transducers because she thought it wastoo expensive and the maintenancemanager had not provided a financialjustification to install transducers. Besidesthat, she referred to the instructions in themanufacturer’s handbook and claimed thatmust be right.

TO BE CONTINUED IN NEXT ISSUE.

What is your opinion? How would youjustify moving from FTM to CBM on thebearings of the screen? Please send yourcomments to [email protected] attn ChristerIdhammar. I will send a reward to the bestanswers in return.

� Reader Reply Number: 300

Christer Idhammar is a world renownedexpert in reliability and maintenancemanagement best practices. He started theIdhammar group of companies in Sweden in1972 and Idcon Inc in USA in 1985. In 2002he received the Euromaintenance Incentiveaward (EFNMS) for outstanding internationalcontributions to improve reliability andmaintenance in industries world wide.

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The picture shows a rotating screen where incoming media is separated in good product, and reject. Theinside rotary assembly rotates with 350 rpm inside a stainless steel basket with drilled holes. Thediameter of stainless steel basket is one meter. The inside bearings are lubricated through two pipes. Therotary assembly is driven by an electric motor and V-belts. If the function of the screen ceases, it willshut down a process at a cost of Euro 20000 per hour in lost production. A break down of the bearingsmight cause the rotary assembly and the stainless steel basket to be destroyed at a cost of Euro 100000.

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Monitran has established MonitranTechnology as its formal research anddevelopment arm.

The new company will concentrate on thedesign of innovative products that exploitthe use of new materials, technologiesand techniques, particularly where jointventures or knowledge transfer

partnerships are involved. Several suchlinks are already being formed withleading industrial organisations andacademic institutions.

Donald Lyon, MD of Monitran Technology,comments: “Monitran is renowned as aleading OEM of vibration sensors forgeneral and special purposes. Historicallythe product range has grown through theevolution of standard products, and thiswill continue. Monitran Technology hasbeen set up, however, to handle thedevelopment and marketing of moreinnovative, cutting-edge products, forwhich specific research and partneringwith other specialists may be required.”

Whilst not revealed at the time [March2008], the most notable initialdevelopment project for MonitranTechnology has been the partnership withQinetiQ to develop the T3 Turbo-machinery Tip Timer.

Lyon continues: “Monitran Technology isour future-facing R & D arm, backed up byMonitran’s strong heritage of over 21 yearsof manufacturing experience. The aim is toidentify and realise market-led opportunitiesfor the development of innovative solutionsfor challenging applications.”

Other recent developments fromMonitran’s research arm include sensorsable to cope with high shock-loading onwind turbines, wireless systems for windturbines, integrated compensatoryelectronics to cope with bias-drift andlinearity, and an acoustic emission sensorto detect defects in compressor valves.

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While the erection of new wind turbines incountries where wind power has alreadybeen used for several years has reachedmarket saturation, there is still stronggrowth in younger developing countries.For companies that operate on a globallevel, for example, the benefits of usingpermanent remote monitoring servicesprovided by a qualified monitoring centrecan be a very attractive option.

In Australia, wind power as a source ofrenewable energy has to compete with

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and outputs, and so can be expandedfrom monitoring an individual machine,right up to monitoring completeproduction plant systems or wind farms.Multiple FAG ProCheck units can beconnected to a network and managedusing the same database.

To summarise, such large-scale windturbine projects on a global level can onlybe realised with an efficient team ofspecialists on site. Both the installation of amajor project and service in close contactwith customers cannot be ensured withoutthe presence of condition monitoringspecialists in that particular country.

Although logistics in the wind turbinesector are typically very complex andcostly, being able to plan maintenanceactivities efficiently is so important inview of the topographical conditionsprevailing in Australia.

F’IS online condition monitoringsystems such as FAG WiPro and FAGProCheck ensure the user receives alengthy advance warning period. In thisway, technicians, material (deliveryperiods) and sometimes even a heavy-duty crane, can be dispatched in plenty oftime so that any unexpected shutdownscan be prevented.

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The wind farm comprises 14 turbines,each with a capacity of 1.3MW. ChallicumHills Wind farm has 35 turbines with acapacity of 1.5MW each and was originallycommissioned in 2003. The turbines arelocated on a range of hills near the city ofArarat in Western Victoria.

The condition monitoring systemsinstalled there are serviced by ConditionMonitoring Services Australia (CMSA) – asubsidiary of F’IS – which employs around25 staff and has offices in all regions ofAustralia and New Zealand. As all F’ISmonitoring centres are in permanentcontact with each other, there is a constantexchange of condition monitoringinformation and experience. However,choosing the most suitable communicationchannel is often a genuine challenge – andnot only where large-scale projects areconcerned. This includes not only thetransmission of data within the wind farm but also transmission to a servicestation, which is indispensable for remote monitoring.

The majority of wind farms have atelephone line to the outside world, but itis used primarily to monitor electricityproduction data. This telephone line alsodetermines the maximum possibletransmission rate for the farm, soinstalling high speed networks would notbe much of an advantage in the networkwithin the wind farm.

When selecting the most suitablecommunication channels within the site, anumber of factors must be taken intoaccount, including the size of the windfarm, the distances between theindividual turbines, existing optical waveguides or copper lines – possibly in theform of a network – as well as the cost ofdata transmission. For wirelesstransmission (for example via WLAN), thegeographical conditions must also betaken into account.

At both Codrington and Challicum Hillswind farms, no lines between the turbinescould be used, so only the wirelesstransmission option remained. In Challicum,the site uses GSM technology (fully digitalwireless network), as the customer wasable to reduce the cost of GSMtransmission drastically, thanks to a specialagreement with its telephone company.

In contrast, at Codrington Wind Farm,the GSM network coverage was notsufficient for reliable monitoring, so thesite uses CDMA modems instead. Theadvantages offered by the CDMAtechnology (multiplex system) include the

possibility to establish networks and thenaccess these networks via the Internet.This offers significant advantages over astandard GSM version when it comes todata security and cost.

After the most suitable communicationchannels had been selected and thesystems installed, the measuring tasks forthe FAG WiPro condition monitoringsystems were then defined.

The favourably priced FAG WiProsystem, which is available with up to 8sensor channels and the ability to perform16 measuring tasks with 12 frequencywindows each, is a powerful vibrationmonitoring system for permanent,frequency-selective monitoring. Monitoringthe condition of large wind turbines (3 to5MW) of the type erected preferably inoffshore regions, the size of thecomponents may make it necessary to useadditional sensor technology and toperform additional measuring tasks. As themonitoring activities in offshore turbinesmay extend to include additional machinecomponents, users should consider therecently-developed FAG ProCheck onlinecondition monitoring system.

Jointly developed with NationalInstruments, this innovative onlinecondition monitoring system canaccommodate up to 16 sensor channelsplus additional analogue and digital inputs


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discounted to today”. A freecash flow is the differencebetween income andexpenditure. So a company iscreating value when it isearning more money than it isspending. Also, value focuseson the future. Achievementsfrom the past are not takeninto account when valuatingthe company. It is about futureexpectations. We do have tomention that these futureexpectations have to bediscounted to today, to moreor less level these cash flowsand make them more realistic.

If we apply this formula tomaintenance, we will see that

maintenance can create valuein more ways than by loweringmaintenance costs (CostControl) alone. In a marketwhere there is more demandthan supply, greater machineavailability (Asset Utilization)means more income and thusa higher value. Similarly, thesafety, health & environment(SHE) factor affects value. SHEaccidents tend to necessitatesubstantial expenditure, whichresult in large negative cashflows. Think of expendituresdue to damage to personnel,the environment and image.An even greater danger is theloss of the license to operate,

Not being able to answer thisimportant question often leadsto the conclusion thatmaintenance is nothing morebut a cost center. And the thingabout cost centers is that theycan only generate economicalvalue by improving efficiency,causing the maintenancedepartment to become awilling victim of one costcutting program after another,and with consequences for theavailability, reliability andsafety of the factory, aeroplane, ship or infrastructurethat has to be maintained.

Many maintenance expertstherefore claim that steering

on economical value added is a serious threat tomaintenance. It only causescost reductions and is shortterm focused. I don’t agreewith this criticism. Evenstronger than that; if youinterpret the concept ofeconomical value addedcorrectly, it offers enormousopportunities for maintenance.

To be able to understandthis, we first have tounderstand the concept ofeconomical value added. Inthe financial literatureeconomical value added isdefined as: “the sum of allfree future cash flows,


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the bulk chemical industry, forexample, the prices worldwideare under considerablepressure although thetechnical availability of theseplants most of the time havealready been brought up tohigh levels. The valuepotential here lies mainly inCost Control and the smarterdeployment of people andrecourses. In the pharmaceuticalindustry, the situation is theother way around. With a lotof patented medicinesdemand is greater than supply,but the technical availability ofthe production process isrelatively low. This matter isobviously receiving attention.The SHE factor here is becomingmore and more important withthe growing role of theAmerican regulating FDA (Food & Drug Administration)in the Europeanpharmaceutical industry.

because of an inability tocomply with SHE legislation.No license to operate meansno production and thereforeno income at all. Finally,maintenance can also createvalue through the smartermanagement of recourses(Resource Allocation).Especially the stock oftechnical spare parts has anegative impact on valuebecause there aren’t anyreturns on invested capital.

Maintenance managerssteering on economical valueadded are continuously lookingfor the optimal economicbalance between these forconflicting value drivers.Calculation models andbenchmark studies can help toclarify the improvementpotential on each value driver.Note that this value potentialwill differ markedly dependingon the industry involved. In

SHE

Practice shows thatthinking in economical valueadded will help themaintenance manager toprofessionalize maintenance.It helps the manager tobetter sell maintenancewithin the company. Withvalue driver calculations it canbe demonstrated to the uppermanagement that in manycases investing inmaintenance will create morevalue than cutting costs. Witheconomical value calculationsit can also be demonstratedthat intended maintenanceimprovements will definitelycontribute to the well-beingof the company, despite thefacts that the results won’t bevisible until a few years aheadin time. So it isn’t only shortterm politics or cost focused;it seamlessly connects to thetrue importance ofmaintenance.

Mark Haarman is one of foundersand managing partners ofMainnovation, a leadingmaintenance consultancy firm with offices in the UK, US, Sweden,Belgium and the Netherlands. He is a well respected expert inmaintenance and assetmanagement and is author of the international best seller “Value Driven Maintenance®, new faith in maintenance”.

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OEE

OEE providesa way to measure

the effectiveness ofmanufacturing operations

from a single piece ofequipment to an entire

manufacturing plant, or severalmanufacturing plants in a group. In doing

so OEE provides a complete picture ofwhere productive manufacturing time andmoney is being lost and uncovers the true,hidden capability of the factory. It becomesthe key manufacturing decision support toolfor continuous improvement programmes.

OEE measurement is made up of threeunderlying elements, each one expressedas a percentage and accounting for adifferent kind of waste in themanufacturing process:� Availability: a measure of the time the

plant was actually available forproduction compared to themanufacturing requirements. Any lossesin this area would be due to majorbreakdowns or extended set up time.

� Performance: the rate that actual unitsare produced compared to thedesigned output. Losses in this areawould be due to slow speed running,

minor stoppages or adjustments.� Quality: a measure of good quality,

saleable product, minus any waste. Losesfor this element would be damagedrejects or products needing re-work.

OEE = Availability x Performance x Quality.

Today’s OEE Systems provide apowerful tool for automatically capturingand measuring OEE performance data,enabling analysis and drill-down to drivethe continuous improvement agenda.

The truth of the matter is that it isvery difficult to manage or improve whatyou don’t measure. The improvementpotential that OEE highlights can surpriseeven the most experienced productionprofessional, especially the potential toimprove energy efficiency.

Most manufacturers have alreadyimplemented a wide-range of energyrelated programmes with varying degreesof success including: switch-off campaigns;intelligent production scheduling at alower time-tariff; installing new energy-efficient equipment or enhancingmaintenance to reduce leaks. All of theseprogrammes are necessary for an ongoingimprovement in energy consumption butthey are not sufficient on their own. Thereis a bigger prize to be gained in operating

the factory as effectively as possible tomaximise energy-efficiency.

OEE Systems enable companies todiscover ways to enhance their energyefficiency way beyond conventional energysaving programmes with dramatic resultson their carbon footprint. And there isproof to support this claim. Hovis, thebread producing division of Premier Foods(the UK’s largest food producer), is veryfamiliar with high volume, high-pressuremanufacturing process. Producing thenation’s daily bread to the tune of 2 millionloaves a day requires precision operation,efficient production and a skilled,professional workforce. One of the UK’slargest plant bread bakers, Hovis has over6,500 employees and supplies around onethird of the UK’s daily bread.

By harnessing the power of theIdhammar OEE System to gain greaterproduction efficiency, Hovis was able toreduce its annual gas budget, saving£400,000 in 2007 alone.

“In addition to savings in labour unitcost and product wastage, we haveachieved significant savings in energyusage. Optimised OEE has a hugelybeneficial impact on our energy-efficiencyprogramme which supports ourenvironmental objectives” said Bob King, formerly the Manufacturing


As today’s businesses focus on the triple bottom line of

finance, social responsibility and the environment, the

challenge for lean manufacturing increases. While OEE

Systems are known to identify inefficiency in machine

availability, production speed and quality, the subsequent

reduction in energy consumption is a lesser known fact

HOW HOVIS SAVEDTHOUSANDS ON ENERGY

OEE

Director for Hovis and nowGroup Head of OperationalExcellence for Premier Foods.

A number of productionrelated factors contribute towasted energy; 1. Breakdown – apart from

the broken equipment,during breakdowns most ofthe plant (conveyors,pumps, ovens, shrinktunnels, etc.) continues tocycle, wasting largeamounts of energy.

2. Start-up – most items ofplant use more energy,particularly electricity, atstart-up than at normaloperating speed, , so if theplant breaks downfrequently more energy isused.

3. Slow running equipment–the same amount ofenergy used to operateslow running equipment isrequired to run equipmentfunctioning at full capacity

4. Rejects – substandardproducts waste all theadded-value used tomanufacture themincluding labour, materialsand energy

5. Under-utilised capacity –companies regularly investin additional capacitywhich increases carbonfootprints, unaware thatexisting lines areunderperforming and couldprovide the productionincrease they are lookingfor. It is well proven thatimprovements to existingplant are 10 times moreeffective than theinstallation of new capacityand result in reducingenergy requirements. The following diagram

illustrates the impact of aparticularly bad day on theshop floor. Every dayunplanned production stops,slow running equipment, lackof materials and wrong datecodes cause waste, not onlyimpacting productivity, but alsoimpacting energy efficiency.

By taking a holistic view

of manufacturing production,OEE calculates the averageperformance of productivity(throughput), availability(uptime) and quality(wastage). The Idhammar OEESystem takes all of these andadds an energy module,providing automaticmeasurement, monitoring andclear reporting tools to enableforward-thinking manufacturerslike Hovis, to identify areas ofwaste and evaluate the actionstaken to improve bothproduction and efficiency.

By using OEE to driveimprovements across fifteenbakery sites, Hovis were able tobenefit from huge savings to gasconsumption. Far from increasingenergy spend as expected inline with energy inflation, Hovismade a 7% annual reduction tothe bottom line as illustrated inthe chart below.

While this exampleconcentrates on energyconsumption, the same resultsmay be achieved whenmonitoring and measuring water usage – resulting infurther savings.


Manufacturing – Gas KW per hour / Tonne (saleable) – YTD 06/07 cumulative view

Greater generalawareness of environmentalissues together with risingenergy costs and increasedGovernment targets hascaused manufacturing energyconsumption to rise to aboard-room level concern. Itis no longer acceptable forcompanies to treat energysimply as a fixed cost ofproduction, there is an urgentrequirement to monitor andimprove energy-efficiency.

OEE systems provide therich functionality necessary toexpose exactly whatpercentage of production timeis truly productive and to digdeeper to reveal the causes oflost productivity and waste.Increasing your OEE score notonly means enhancedproduction capacity, butgreater energy efficiency too,resulting in visible benefits tothe bottom-line.

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Clare Darlison is the Technical Directorof Idhammar Systems.

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We spent some time discussingthe importance of eachelement, but could notprioritise either way - theconcepts are directly linked,despite the curious fact thatoften the maintenance andproduction functions in a plantwork in isolation ComputerisedMaintenance ManagementSystems (CMMS) have, formany years, been regarded asan essential element in theengineers’ toolbox. Indeed,maintenance engineers theworld over use CMMS tomanage mission criticalactivity. But unfortunatelythese systems are often usedby Operation and Productiondepartments as the means toreport the extent of‘engineering failure’, with‘engineering breakdown’records used to excuse missedproduction targets. This limitedview usually results in‘engineering’ being blamed formost output failures, butworse, it results in a great dealof lost economic opportunitybecause no one is keepingscore of the other performanceissues which effect OverallEquipment Effectiveness (OEE).

At the other extreme, OEESystems are regarded as aproduction tool, often ignoredby engineering and as a result,

restricting the value of someengineering KPI’s. Whilstengineers may work hard tocomplete maintenance againstplan, can we be really sure theplan is sound and is the mosteffective way to eliminatelosses and improve plantperformance? There is littlepoint in praising theengineering department forcompleting 490 out of 500work orders on time unless wecan be sure those 500 taskswere necessary and effective.The key issue for maintenanceengineers must be to identifyand complete the mostappropriate maintenance.

To quote Peter Drucker,management guru: “Efficiencyis doing things right;effectiveness is doing the rightthings.” Knowing exactly howwell the plant is performingwill help to drive engineeringto do ‘the right things’. Itseems obvious then that wemust direct maintenance tocritical areas identified by OEEand loss management.

So why not bring themaintenance and productionfunctions more closelytogether? Why not use thedata from OEE analysis togenerate maintenancerequirements? An effective OEESystem will also measure

failures, reporting on when,how, and for how long, as wellas providing MTBF and MTTR.

Companies who recognisethe value of OEE usually beginwith a spreadsheet for eachproduction line; however aspreadsheet simply doesn’thave the power most complexplants needs for OEE analysis,and cannot normally providethe maintenance pointersengineers need. Companiesvery quickly ‘outgrow’ thisspreadsheet approach. OEEmanagement should alsoconsist of more than a seriesof graphs in productiondepartment corridors. A

dedicated OEE System,including software, businessprocesses and a supportiveshop-floor culture, shouldprovide direction for themaintenance strategy and thekey tool for loss management.

Let’s consider the glue unitas an example:

Using an OEE System toanalyse the unit, drilling downthrough OEE availability metricsreveals that glue issues areresulting in the worst loss - over700 minutes in a single week.An immediate temptation isperhaps to have the engineersstrip the unit during a quietevening period, clean, replace

Talking to Joel Leonard,

the ‘maintenance evangelist,’

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maintenance or overall equipment

effectiveness (OEE)?’

The metric shows that the glue unit availability is running at a loss of over700 minutes in a single week. Drill down analysis highlights supply as theroot cause of the issue.

OEE


Maintenance and OEE – how close is the link?

some worn parts and hope for abetter run tomorrow. However,further analysis shows that theresult of not having cartons orouters, has lost a total of 500minutes. Perhaps the FLT driveris just not getting the rightitems in the right place at theright time; surely this is aneasier problem to resolve thanan unspecified, potentiallycomplex engineering issue.Furthermore, ‘what if’ OEEanalysis shows that severalmachines of a similar type arehaving the same problems, a ‘5why’s’ test is completed andthe results show that the rootcause of lost time for the weekis glue supply. Appropriatecounter-measures such asauditing the glue supplier,checking incoming batches etc.will prove more effective.Stripping the glue unit couldwell have made the matterworse. Completing the

wrong/unnecessarymaintenance, even if donequickly and to the higheststandard, won’t enable theplant to run to speed.

Maintenance decisions,then, need to be made usingaccurate and completeperformance data. But oftencompanies spend too muchtime gathering data, leavinglittle time to re-act to that data.OEE tools need a powerfulimprovement agenda so that asincidents are identified, targets,reviews and completion datescan be set. These tasks shouldbe highly visible, provide clearaccountability and clarifyimprovement responsibilities.

At all times, everydepartment should be able toanswer three questions:� When was the last time a

1 hour breakdown occurred?� When was the time

before that?

� What about the timebefore that?And then three more:

� What maintenancecounter-measures havebeen put in place toeliminate the issue?

� Is the maintenance planworking?

� Does the whole teamunderstand what was lost,and the financial prize tobe gained? And the answers should be

the same. Constantly measuringOEE and aligning maintenanceplans according to the results willensure that the most effectivemaintenance is planned andthe most accurate picture ofperformance is painted.

One final point; if you believeyour CMMS alone can improveyour plant’s performance, I’mafraid you are missing the biggerpicture. On the other hand, don’tunderestimate the fact that good

OEE


maintenance systems and a clearstrategy are essential to helpresolve the issues OEE systemsidentify. Integrated OEE andMaintenance systems form aneffective combination – and aboveall else, we must be effective.

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Our experience is that in its present stateof development it’s a very useful optionalthough not necessarily the answer in all cases. However one thing is for certain, wireless technology isn’t a ‘onemonth wonder’.

A common approach to implementingwireless Condition Monitoring (CM)technology is to have a hub with wirelesscommunications into which a number ofconventional CM sensors andinstrumentation can be hardwired. This hasthe benefit of removing the communicationscable between the hub and the remote datahandling system but has the disadvantageof still requiring hardwiring from each of thesensors back to the instrumentation and intothe wireless hub.

An alternative approach is to have thenecessary signal processing and wirelesscommunications built into the CM sensoritself. The advantages of a wireless CMsensor are :� Easier retro-fitting to established

machinery. � Easier installation on awkward, moving

& restricted access machinery.

� Greater flexibility to re-site sensors asmonitoring concerns change.

� Dramatic reduction of data beingtransmitted (and ultimately handled bythe remote data handling system). Although wireless sensors require a

greater degree of integration and a biggerinvestment, the advantages are such that itmay well be the approach of choice in thelong run. For these reasons we have beendeveloping such a wireless CM sensor atHolroyd Instruments but before launchinginto a description, it is first necessary tobriefly explain its measurement capability.

The sensor is based around the highfrequency technology of Acoustic Emission(AE), which is one of the four CMtechnologies specified in the ISO 18436Condition Monitoring standard. Whilst allfour technologies have their role to play ina comprehensive CM strategy, AEtechnology brings specific benefits to such aCM sensor when compared with, say,vibration technology :� Ability to easily monitor very slowly

rotating machinery.� Good tolerance to line speed variations.

� Removal of need to tune or set up fordifferent speeds, bearing details etc..

� Applicability to plain as well as rollingelement bearings.

� Identical alarm levels over a wide rangeof machine types and conditions.

� High sensitivity to developing faultswithout recourse to frequency analysis.Importantly the above benefits have

been proven over many years on theindustrial shop-floor on tens if not hundredsof thousands of machines using portable CMinstruments. With AE technology it istherefore realistic (i.e. useful and practical onthe shop floor) to integrate the signalprocessing, and even alarm levels, into thesensor itself. Accordingly the sensor we havecreated has an architecture shownschematically in Figure 1 and takes thephysical form shown in the photo in Figure 2.

Without going into unnecessary detail thissensor (called the MHC-ViTAE®) has industrialstrength Bluetooth Class I communications aswell as an internal antenna and rechargeablebattery. In terms of its functionality it allowswireless access to its :� alarm functions (including initiation of

email messaging).



Figure 1Schematic diagram of the MHC-ViTAE® wireless CM sensor

Figure 2 Photo of the MHC-ViTAE® wireless CM sensor

NEW OPPORTUNITIES WITHwireless condition monitoring sensors

Maintenance personnel are justifiably wary of new technological developments.

What looks good on paper may not be so useful or practical on the shop floor.

Take instrumentation with wireless communications for example, just how easy is

it to use and how reliable is it in practice?



� deep trend history of pre-processed fault sensitiveparameters.

� diagnostic waveformoutputs (e.g. remotely listento activity on a remote PCas a .wav file).So in terms of functionality

the MHC-ViTAE sensor is noslouch but where will it beapplied ? The most obvious areais for retrofitting onto machinerythat would otherwise be veryawkward to hardwire. Forexample, initial areas in whichwe are working with clients areon overhead cranes, windturbines and monitoringspecialised machinery thatnecessitates the sensor beingmounted on rotating parts. Theother lead area of application iswhere the cost of hard-wiring amulti-channel CM system wouldbe prohibitive.

Another area of concernwith wireless communications isrange. With hard-wired systemsyou can be confident thatsignals will get through,provided specified maximumcable lengths are not exceeded.However with wireless sensorsfew organisations currentlyhave the necessary experienceto have such confidence. In factit has been a learning curve forus over the last few years aswe have developed the MHC-ViTAE sensor. Although off theshelf BluetoothTM Class Imodules (as used in our sensor)are specified to have a range of250 metres in standard form (1 km in the longer range form)we refrain from making anybold claims for our sensor. Wehave shown that within afactory environment it isentirely realistic to expect thestandard form to establish areliable communication linkover a distance of around 50metres even when machineryobstructs the direct pathbetween the sensor and PC.Furthermore, we have yet tofind difficulties when the PC isin a control room or themachine being monitored is inan acoustic enclosure. In fact

the typical response ofmaintenance personnel whenfirst seeing the sensor in actionon their shop floor has beenone of astonishment at theease of connection and range ofthe sensor.

To provide an exampleFigure 3 shows a bar graph ofthe readings of the fourstandard pre-processedparameters used for slowlyrotating machinery taken on thetop of two gearboxes on anoverhead crane. No problemswere experienced inestablishing a connection to aPC at ground level at a distanceof 40 metres. Note the dramaticdifference in the readings takenon the two gearboxes clearlyindicating a mechanical concern(and in this case able to beconfirmed by climbing up to thecrane and directly listening tothe two gearboxes).

However one other issue ofpractical concern is the supplyof electrical power to a wirelesssensor. The built in rechargeablebattery of our sensor haslimited power so for long termmonitoring or regular wirelesscommunication it will benecessary to provide anexternal DC source. This couldbe from a larger battery (oreven energy harvesting) but ourexperience is that it is usuallymost convenient to simplyutilise local electrical power.

So having looked atpracticality issues such asapplicability, ease of use andconnection reliability the finalconcern of an end user is that

of price. When you consider thata standard AE sensor containsonly the piezo crystal and thepre-amplifier (the circle and thetriangle in Figure 1) it is clearthat there is much moretechnology packed into thewireless CM sensor that hasbeen described. In addition thecreation of the sensor hasrequired the development ofmuch microprocessor code aswell as the PC software whichprovides the user interface. Thisinevitably results in a higherselling price than that of astandard AE sensor, which itmust be remembered alsoneeds a separate CMinstrument. However it isrealistic to think in terms of awireless CM sensor having asimilar price to the combinedprice of a conventional hard-wired AE sensor andinstrument. In other words, thesavings on sensor cabling andinstallation costs that a wirelessCM sensor offers can be 100%savings to the end user.

So there it is, wireless CMsensing offers easier and lowercost installation and because itis wireless it has one finaladvantage over hard-wiredsystem - you can move thesensor at any time tocontinuously monitor a machinethat is giving you increasedconcern. That’s got to be worthlooking into.

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market with say a longer reach then aliability could be established.

Whilst reports of official approvals andremarkable rescues subsequently built upit was not until 2000, just 27 years sinceBELLs were first launched, that theyreceived official international recognitionof their superiority!

In December 1999 Balcan wasapproached by the naval support of theMOD who needed to trial BELLs for use bythe Royal Navy who had recently lost theirCrown Immunity and were now requiredto bring their lifesaving equipment up tothe current standards of the Health &Safety at Work Act. By March they wereadvised that BELLs had been assessed assuperior to all other equipment because ofbeing easier to throw with greateraccuracy much further than anything elseand as a result all 3 models of BELLs wouldbe allocated NATO Stock Numbers (NSNs)by the Royal Navy so they could be usedby all members of the Armed Forces. Infact we understand they remain the onlyline to have received this accolade.

After the introduction of the BELL otherthrowing lines came onto the market in theform of plastic duffle bags filled with muchshorter and thicker lines claiming to beeasier for victims to see and grab. Theseclaims were clearly incorrect because beingonly 15-20 metres in length the lines couldquite obviously drop some distance short ofthe victim that the BELL could otherwisehave reached so would not be so easy tosee nor grab!

The BELL comprises of a speciallydesigned bright orange plastic capsule intowhich a specially wound cop of buoyantpolypropylene braided line of 118kgsbreaking strength is fitted. This is 5 kgstronger and 10 metres longer than thatspecified in use for life-rafts and lifeboats.One end is tied to a stainless steel washerto ensure it is retained within the capsuleand the other passes through the handleand formed into a loop to act as a grip. Inuse the blue sealing cap over the mouth ofthe capsule is pulled off and the line isgripped in one hand whilst the capsule isthrown over and past the victim who is thenable to grip the line somewhere along itslength and is then hauled in to safety.

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Balcan throw a lifelineThe Balcan Emergency Life Line – BELL –should be set to take on a much higherpriority and significance with directors andmanagers of organisations and companiesresponsible for ensuring the public andemployees have the most effective life-saving equipment on hand following theManslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act,which became law this April, believes itsinventor John Rinfret, managing directorBalcan Engineering Limited.

The new law applies to almost allcorporate bodies - large and small, privateand public, which include those who bearthe responsibility of ensuring that there isappropriate lifesaving equipment on hand,which could prevent fatal accidents.

Under the Manslaughter and CorporateHomicide Act, an offence will becommitted where failings by anorganisation's senior management are asubstantial element in any gross breach ofthe duty of care owed to the organisation'semployees or members of the public,which results in death. This is particularlyrelevant to organisations such as Fire &Recue and the Police. Failure to complywith these requirements can have seriousconsequences for both organisations andindividuals. Sanctions include fines,imprisonment and disqualification. Themaximum penalty is an unlimited fine andthe court can additionally make a publicityorder requiring the organisation to publishdetails of its conviction and fine.

The Balcan Emergency Life Line – BELL- invented in 1973 and launched at the1974 London Boat Show, has theremarkable ability to allow anyone tothrow it without prior preparation and

without tangling up to its full length of 40metres and was immediately recognisedas potentially a vast improvement on allexisting lifesaving and rescue equipmentbecause of its exceptionally long reach.

This was because it could be thrownboth over and under arm in excess of 30metres further than the traditionallifebuoy, which at the time was the onlylifesaving equipment in common, usage.Not only can it achieve rescues atdistances which would have beenimpossible previously, but the device is socompact there is no excuse for it not to becarried or located whenever and whereverit might be needed.

It will be this fact that may very wellcause liability issues when drownings occurposing the question as to what reason wasthere for the BELL not to have beenavailable? Whilst Balcan has occasionallyreceived criticism that the fine braided linemay scuff the hands of both the victim andrescuer and that the empty capsule mayeven cause injury should it actually hit thevictim, it is considered this is not a sufficientexcuse and defence for not providing theBELL as the obvious alternative is to providea shorter thicker line with a much less reachwhich could have contributed to theresultant drowning tragedy.

This problem was foreseen andhighlighted as the result of a typicaldrowning tragedy which occurred in theearly 1980’s on a frozen reservoir belongingto the North West Water Authority inLancashire. Two boys had formed a slideon the ice which when it broke threw oneof them into the icy water. The other ran tothe office of the reservoir manager whowas unable to achieve a rescue with theavailable lifebuoys because of their limitedrange. At the inquest the Coroner severelycriticised the NWWA for providing suchlimited safety equipment. This resulted inBalcan receiving an urgent order for 400 oftheir BELLs.

In the light of the Coroner’s criticismBalcan sought Counsel’s Opinion about anemployers liability should a drowningoccur out of reach of the lifesavingequipment provided. The Opinion statedthat if the circumstances of the drowningcould have been foreseen to indicate thatthe equipment provided was inappropriateand if other more appropriate lifesavingdevices were readily available on the

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DRAFTSMAN/DESIGNER (M/F) The Draftsman/Designer is responsible for designing and drawing of machinery and parts ofmachinery. The Draftsman/Designer is the contact person for the departments Production andProject Management for the drawings which he/she produced. Duties: • Calculate and designing of machinery

• Drawing of parts of machinery in detail • Entering of material bills in the ERP-system • Maintenance of contacts with for instance the departments Production and

Project Management • Follow up for instance the following duties as Product Specialist:

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Job requirements: • Technical College-level mechanical engineering, or equal experience • Experience as a Designer of machinery • Experience with the food sector is an advantage • Managerial capacities • Pro-active attitude to work • Great moderation of self-reliance• Knowledge of CAD systems, with preference Inventor

CONSTRUCTIONAL FITTER-WELDER (M/F) The constructional fitter-welder is partly responsible for constructing stainless steel machineryfor the food industry in a team as well as independently. The constructional fitter-welder isalso partly responsible for the correct procedure of constructing these machines, taking intoaccount the current quality and safety standards. Job requirements: • Professional training level of mechanical or metal engineering.

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(level 2 minimum)• Being able to work independently as well as in a team• Critical yet positive craftsman• Willing to work and being able to work under pressure

PLANNER/OUTSOURCING MANAGER (M/F) The Planner/Outsourcing Manager is responsible for the planning of the Drawing Office andthe Production. He/she is co-responsible for outsourcing-projects which are being made bythe department Bedrijfbureau and program the laser cutting block. Duties: • Organize a planning for the Drawing Office and the Production

• Issue delivery periods for the various projects, and keep watch on these delivery periods

• Co-responsible for outsourcing-projects which are being made by the department Bedrijfsbureau

• Co-responsible for programming the laser cutting block • Closely consult with Head Logistics & Production, Head Drawing Office

and Head Production Job requirements: • Education and/or experience on Higher Vocational Education level

• Great moderation of self-reliance• Pro-active attitude to work

DRAFTSMAN (M/F) The Draftsman is responsible for drawing of machinery and parts of machinery and the contact person for the departments Production and Project Management for thedrawings which he/she produced. Duties: • Drawing of machinery

• Drawing of parts of machinery in detail • Entering of material bills in the ERP-system • Maintenance of contacts with for instance the departments Production

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engineering, or equal experience • Experience as a Draftsman of machinery is an preference • Experience with the food sector is an advantage • Knowledge of CAD systems, with preference Inventor

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MECHANIC (OR A STUDENT MECHANIC) (M/F)The mechanic will assist with installing, maintenance and modification duties on machineryand systems of Kiremko B.V.’s customers. These duties will be carried out on site in theNetherlands as well as abroad. A job with options for future development. Duties: • Installing machinery and systems on site

• Modification and revision of machinery and systems• Maintenance of machinery

Job requirements: • Experience in several welding techniques like Mig-, Tig-, backinggas- and electrode-welding and experience in processing stainless steel would be an advantage.

• Being prepared to work irregular hours and at weekends. Also being prepared to work away from home for longer periods.

• Performing at the professional training level of mechanical engineering.• Some working experience would be an advantage

SALES ENGINEER (M/F) The Sales Engineer works closely together with, and assist the Area Sales Managers, Agents,Account Managers en Project Managers. De Sales Engineer takes care of offers and budgetproposals and will follow them up if necessarily. The Sales Engineer will also take care of theadministrative handling of order confirmations. Duties: • Being a good assistant of the Area Sales Managers, Agents, Account

Managers en Project Managers • Take care of commercial descriptions for products/product groups • Self-employed preparing of offers en budget proposals in case of

standard machinery • Prepare offers and budget proposals together with Product

Managers in case of specials Job requirements: • Education and/or experience on Higher Vocational Education level,

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verbal and in writing

APPLICATION MANAGER (M/F) The Application Manager is responsible for the optimal functioning of the ERP-software. For this purpose, he/she consults with the key-users of Kiremko and the supplier of the ERP-software. Duties: • Maintenance, testing and organizing of the ERP-software

• Consult with the key-users of Kiremko and the supplier of the ERP-software

• Manage the several Crystal-repports • Act as stand-in co-worker Planning Engineer

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CONDITION MONITORING EQUIPMENT/SERVICESRockwell Automation www.rockwellautomation.co.uk [email protected] 0870 2425004

DATA ACQUISITIONMetrum www.metrum.co.uk [email protected] 0118 973 3000

HEALTH & SAFETYIntegrity&Compliance Management www.icm-uk.com [email protected] 01779 474748

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PLANNED MAINTENANCET Cards Direct www.tcardsdirect.com [email protected] 01732 871417

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THERMOGRAPHY TRAININGThe Institute of Infrared Thermography www.infraredinstitute.co.uk [email protected] 44 (0)151 424 4060

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