Up Time Magazine- February/March 2008

vices are used to ensure that each lubricated bearing point is always properly lubricated. The first step in this process is to review the equipment drawings and make sure that all lubrication points are identified. The next step is to determine the correct lubrication for each type of bearing; fill your automatic lubrication system with the correct lubricant and set the lubrication time period correctly for type and size of bearing. Electro-luber’s are used throughout the facility and monitored by the technician while completing the daily route. A lubrication level mark is placed on the side of the dispenser; the technician automatically changes it out when the level in the dispenser is below the mark. Auto-Lubers eliminate the need to issue lubrication PM’s; we set it up once and the daily route will manage the system. dedicated components is the key for us. Proper scheduling goes hand in hand with standardized work. Each technician assigned to an area is given a standard route to cover. The breakout looks something like this: Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Visual Inspection Ultrasound Vibration Infrared Visual Reactive maintenance are core components to our program. Through Predictive Maintenance, we promote a proactive culture that finds and prevents issues rather that waits and fixes problems. Mark Burgett serves as senior manufacturing engineering manager, Texas Operations for Dell. In this role, he is responsible for manufacturing process engineering, factory automation, factory controls and maintenance engineering for Dell’s operations in Central Texas. Mark has 20 years of manufacturing and technology experience. He joined Dell in 1997 as a quality engineer and has served in a variety of engineering and management roles. In 2005, following assignments in test engineering, Mark moved into the role of senior manufacturing engineering manager. Prior to Dell, Mark worked at Texas Instruments in Dallas. Mr. Burgett holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Kansas State University and a master of business administration degree from Southern Methodist University. Scheduling is also critical to assure the best utilization of tools and to free personnel to complete their routes without interruption. Summary Predictive Maintenance at Dell includes standardized scheduled routes performed by all maintenance technicians. Routes utilize visual inspection, ultrasound, vibration, and infrared. Technicians are assigned to an area and given short duration, dedicated routes to complete. Scheduling is key to assure equipment, tool and technician availability. PdM, along with the best of Preventative and Scheduling Where some companies choose to use specially trained experts to implement their CbM or PdM, we chose to involve everyone. Standardizing the work into small, consistent and 40 february/march 2008

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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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