Up Time Magazine- April/May 2008 - (Page 21) continue to maintain focus on these valuable observations especially when they affect design standards. Terry Spychalski is a Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company Senior Manager responsible for Facility Risk Management. He has 25+ years experience in Facilities Engineering as a Mechanical Figure 6 - The 30-ton overhead crane used for lifting Engineer and Manager. He has satellites. been leading a Critical Crane Risk Reduction Program durand then loading them into the CMMS. This ing the last two years. requires sorting tasks by frequency and performing craft personnel in preparing necessary work orders. The process is made easier Tim Allen is a Reliability Consultant for AMS thanks to the flexibility of the software which Associates. He is the former RCM Program manager for the US Navy’s submarine mainteautomates this sorting. nance engineering group. Tim was a leader in building the submarine group’s RCM program The second step is to create maintenance and has authored several technical papers tasks for the remaining 120 critical cranes documenting the results of his efforts. In applying the RCM template. We are comfort2006, after twenty years of Navy civilian serable with this approach because our critical vice, Tim joined Mac Smith and AMS Associcranes’ designs and features are very similar. ates to utilize his expertise in RCM assisting The significant differences are enhanced those in the private sector. safety features such as drum over speed brakes and motor controls. After a 23 year career in the crane industry with involvement in the manufacture, repair Maintenance Training and service of overhead cranes and monorails, Terry Finnegan came to Lockheed After many years of applying the same crane Martin Space Systems Company in Sunnyvale, maintenance template to all systems, it’s imCalifornia in 2005. In his current position as portant to ensure that the maintenance team Senior Facilities Engineer, he is the site lead is properly introduced to RCM and is trained for Crane Risk Reduction. As part of a team on all new PM tasks. We are planning a training session with crane maintenance crew effort to formulate design and maintenance standards for Lockheed Martin’s critical hardmembers from both Sunnyvale and Denver. It ware handling cranes, he joined with other will include an introduction to RCM and proteam members to complete this RCM study. vide actual hands-on training while performing the new PM on the subject crane. Anthony M.(Mac) Smith, consulting engineer, is the principal of AMS Associates. Mac is Maintenance Staffing internationally known for his pioneering efforts in the application of RCM to complex The RCM team was concerned that the RCM systems. His career spans 54 years of technimaintenance program might create the cal and management experience. For the need for a significant increase in manpower. past 26 years, he has concentrated on RCM When the team analyzed the differences Consulting services to many of the Fortune between the current PMs and RCM PMs, 100 companies, and also the USAF, Navy, considering the new tasks, deleted tasks and NASA and USPS. He has authored over 50 RTF decisions, they arrived at an estimated technical papers on RCM, and is the principal increase of one technician. Managers will author of “RCM - Gateway To World Class be closely tracking actual hours for accurate Maintenance” (Elsevier, ISBN 0-7506-7461-X). manpower planning. we from the crowd. Avoid lubricant cross contamination and misapplication with our Spectrum Visual Lubrication Management System. The Spectrum System ensures the correct lubricant is used in the right piece of equipment, and in the proper location. VISUAL LUBRICATION MANAGEMENT MADE EASY! Spectrum Products Available: • Grease Identification System • Grease Meter • EZI-action® Drum Pumps • Oil Safe® Containers • Opto-Matic® Color Collars • Spectrum wall charts • Color-coded labels and tagging system • Bulk oil storage system FOR SIMPLE AND EFFECTIVE LUBRICATION MANAGEMENT, CALL TRICO. Items Of Interest (IOIs) The team made excellent use of this part of the RCM process. Again, the software is designed to easily track each item. We will www.uptimemagazine.com Reference 1. RCM - Gateway To World Class Maintenance by Anthony M. Smith and Glenn R. Hinchcliffe, Elsevier – Butterworth Heinemann, © 2004 www.tricocorp.com 800-558-7008 http://www.tricocorp.com http://www.uptimemagazine.com
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