Uptime Magazine - October/November 2008 - (Page 19)

Best Overall PdM Program - ATA/AEDC, Arnold Air Force Base The Aerospace Testing Alliance (ATA) at Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) operates and maintains 63 test facilities at Arnold Air Force Base, TN, White Oak, MD, and NASA’s AMES Research Center in CA. AEDC on Arnold Air Force Base, is the most advanced and largest complex of flight simulation test facilities in the world. Originated in 1951, the center operates 58 aerodynamic and propulsion wind tunnels, rocket and turbine engine test cells, space environmental chambers, arc heaters, ballistic ranges, and other specialized units. The center’s test facilities simulate flight conditions from sea level to space and speeds up to Mach 20, with 27 test capabilities unique within the United States and 14 worldwide. Every high performance aircraft, missile, space launch system and most satellites in use by the U.S. Department of Defense today The 4,000 acre Arnold Engineering have been tested Development Center lies within the 40,000 at AEDC as well acres of Arnold Air Force Base. as all of NASA’s manned spacecraft and many commercial aircraft and spacecraft. ATA’s mission is “to be a trusted partner in delivering best value warfighter support and asset stewardship to AEDC. The Aerospace Testing Alliance team at Arnold Engineering Development center is a group that understands the benefits of PdM and can effectively communicate those benefits to upper management within the Air Force. This highly qualified team is a repeat winner, having taken home the award in 2007 for the Best Infrared Program. ATA/AEDC - Arnold Air Force Base PdM Staff Best Motor Testing Program - TransAlta Utilities TransAlta is a power generation and wholesale energy marketing company with 50 facilities located in Canada, the United States, Mexico, and Australia. TransAlta has 8,468 MW of capacity (not including plants in development). TransAlta is one of Western North America’s leading power generation companies, and have been in the power business for almost 100 years. TransAlta owns and operates three coal-fired generating stations West of Edmonton, Alberta near Lake Wabamun. Collectively these assets are referred to as Alberta Thermal which includes the largest power plant in Western Canada, Sundance (2,073 megawatts, pictured below). Together Keephills, Sundance and Wabamun have a combined net capacity of 3,118 megawatts enough to power nearly three million households. The condition monitoring team at TransAlta’s Sundance Plant does an exceptional job of maintaining their equipment. This year the Infrared program’s three biggest findings alone helped the company to avoid nearly $80 million in lost production, and created nearly $4 million in risk weighted savings through elimination. This is the team’s second PdM Program of the Year award, the first coming in 2006 for Best Motor Testing Program. TransAlta Condition Monitoring Team (left to right): Harvey Henkel, Journeyman Electrician; Dwaine Thomsen, Journeyman Electrician; Gilles Martin, Journeyman Millwright; (not pictured) Mark Kumar, Journeyman Millwright www.uptimemagazine.com 19 http://www.uptimemagazine.com

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Uptime Magazine - October/November 2008 Contents Upfront Upclose: An Asset Management Oasis in the Desert Information Technology: Streamlining Through Simplicity Lubrication: Phases for Framing a Solid Foundation Infrared: Do Your Homework Before You Buy Maintenance Management: Get It Together by Getting Together Motor Testing: Key Elements in Motor Decision Making Precision Maintenance: Shedding Some Light on Tolerances Reliability: RCM & the Mortgage Meltdown Ultrasound: A Multidimensional Tool Vibration: The Whirling Pump Mystery, Solved with ODS Upgrade: Are You Looking in the Right Place for Your Wear Debris?

Uptime Magazine - October/November 2008

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