Up Time Magazine- February/March 2008

broad industry knowledge has major benefits in terms of both time and efficiency. Knowledge must be applied with the caveat that actual application must account for specifics of use including risk, operating environment and operating context within RCM. Achieving and Measuring Success As with any advanced technology, there is always a range of successes, often within the same operating company. As an example, Meridium users have reported: • Savings and identified benefits of anywhere from $5-35M per annum • Improved identification and prioritization of sources of lost production, substandard availability/reliability and excessive costs • Reduced lost opportunity events due to improved mechanical availability • Reduced maintenance and turnaround costs • Overall improvements and efficiencies in the management of inspections and mechanical integrity and regulatory compliance To ensure all Meridium APM users gain consistent success, a major effort has been launched to guarantee results and success: the Meridium Value Assurance Program (MVAP). This effort (led by Roy Whitt, a highly respected Meridium vice president, who recently retired as a senior executive from Marathon Petroleum) is, in part, focused on successes gained from work culture and organizational improvements, areas normally outside the control of a technology supplier. These improvements can include increasing the prescriptive nature of the technology solution and providing highly intuitive interfaces so that “occasional users” will have the same effectiveness as a reliability engineer or inspectors for whom Meridium is the driver of their work process. With 40 years of experience in maintenance and reliability, John Mitchell is an authority in the fields of asset and reliability management, machinery monitoring and analysis. John has served as a maintenance engineer, engineering supervisor, corporate executive and industry consultant. In addition to the books “Physical Asset Management Handbook” and “An Introduction to Machinery Monitoring and Analysis,” John has authored over 100 technical papers and articles and has delivered numerous presentations and workshops worldwide. John was Site manager for Fluor Corporation at a large petrochemical facility, Vice President Maintenance Operations & Engineering for ABB, Inc., as well as founder and President of both MIMOSA, Inc. and Palomar Technology International, Inc. He is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. VALVES AND TRAPS CAUSING EFFICIENCY LOSSES? ULTRASONIC VALVE & TRAP LEAK DETECTION IMPROVING PERFORMANCE FOR MORE THAN ✦ Enhance Efficiency ✦ Increase Output ✦ Lower Heat Rate ✦ Reduce Maintenance Costs ✦ Avoid Unnecessary Repairs 25 YEARS Summary The keys to the success of an APM initiative lie not only in the tools but in the top-down approach of establishing and asserting overall asset strategies, enforcing benchmarks of performance, and reinforcing appropriate culture and behaviors. Companies can “raise” an APM initiative to get the greatest value and return from production assets while improving overall reliability, safety and profitability, as well as improvements to best practices and strategies. www.uptimemagazine.com LDS provides a systematic, time-proven method of improving cycle efficiency. We use our patented ValveAlyzer® System,custom databases, test procedures, physical inspections, ultrasonic testing, and complex thermal analysis to provide significant plant wide savings. For more information, contact us today: 800-345-7157 www.leakdetect.com http://www.leakdetect.com http://www.leakdetect.com http://www.uptimemagazine.com

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Up Time Magazine- February/March 2008 Contents Upfront Upclose: Lessons Learned from the Walter Reed Story Information Technology: Parenting and Asset Performance Infrared: It's Alive! Lubrication: A Sense of Change Maintenance Management: PdM, Standardized Motor Testing: Being Well Connected Precision Maintenance: How to be Marketable Reliability: The Voyage of Wells Dairy Ultrasound: Two is Better Than One Vibration: Diagnosing a Cracked Shaft Upgrade: A Different Kind of Journey

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