Up Time Magazine - February/March 2009 - (Page 21) currently spends over $2,000,000 per year on replacement bearings. This habit of regularly running bearings to failure means a constant hit on equipment efficiency and energy consumption. What is the net result of relying primarily on human memory? It is significant cost and loss. This includes unplanned downtime, capital equipment replacement, excessive energy consumption and poor use of human resources. This is in addition to poor production quality and environmental risk. lockout/tagout safety information. Powerful Routes vs. PM Blocks — As previously stated, PM systems and spreadsheets are left to release lubrication work in small blocks – blocks of tasks sharing the identical lubricant and frequency. This yields handfuls of PM work orders with no opportunity for efficiency of execution on the plant floor. A task-specific system consolidates this array of PMs into footstep efficient routes by combining (however one desires) machines, frequencies, lubricants, and so on, without restriction. Such routes clearly direct personnel from point to point, showing all task information, including detailed procedures. These routes are walked consistently week after week – performing only currently due tasks (as released and presented) while moving past lube-points due at a future date. For example, weekly tasks are presented every week, while monthly tasks appear on the route just once a month, and so on. Rather than having to mark an entire block as completed or not, individual tasks are able to be marked complete as work progresses. Gains in efficiency on the plant floor and the elimination of backtracking are easily obtained by using a drag & drop feature to quickly re-sequence tasks within a route. Having task specific details will also allow for the straightforward implementation of lubrication ODR (Operator Driven Reliability). Mobile computing for accuracy — A feature that also helps productivity greatly is the provision for routes to be performed on rugged Windows Mobile™ handheld computers. This brings a great deal of efficiency to the system, with information literally at the finger tips of the lubrication specialist. No paperwork and no clipboards. Fingertip data collection includes work accomplished, consumption volume, and equipment problems and issues, all with no keyboard data entry. Mobile routes will also include provisions for positive verification of tasks performed via Bar-Code or RFID, as desired. Energy Savings, Safety and Oversight — It’s the lube-point level management of lubrication which enables a system to drive energy savings and provide a wide array of other lubrication reliability benefits, such as safety requirements, accurately and clearly presented, right at the lube-point. Significant simplification of lubrication consolidation—thanks to the system’s exact knowledge of lube product usage. Abnormal machine and lubrication conditions will also be easily noted, recorded SKF and Baker Instrument Gaining the Benefits Responsibilities become clear and known — What are the features and benefits of a well designed lubrication reliability software solution? Most important is the clear presentation of all pertinent details to lubrication personnel at the task-specific level, ensuring lubrication is done right. That means: The right lubricant is used in the right place, at the right time, using the right procedure. A good system will include an automatic lubetask based work release. Tasks are released individually, and only as needed, not as blocks of work. These lubrication work assignments are automatically pushed to those responsible via footstep efficient routes. Such a lubrication reliability system will also provide automatic backlog management. Individual lube-tasks, if not complete, are automatically marked pastdue and brought forward each week until they are completed, with no user intervention required. This frees maintenance planners and reliability professionals from the details of lubrication so they can focus on other important initiatives. Other important capabilities include: consumption tracking and trending, shutdown/outage planning and equipment Sharing knowledge to save you time, money and energy. It’s not if an electric motor will fail, it’s when. At Baker Instrument, understanding why motors fail is fundamental. Now that Baker is part of SKF, you can benefit from an unrivalled combination of knowledge, predictive maintenance technologies and asset management expertise – all from the same company. To learn more about how SKF and Baker Instrument can help maintain your assets and improve your bottom line, talk to your SKF/Baker representative or visit us at www.bakerinst.com. Figure 2 - The ability to Perform Lubrication routes with rugged Windows Mobile™ handheld computers increases productivity. www.uptimemagazine.com 21 http://www.bakerinst.com http://www.bakerinst.com http://www.uptimemagazine.com
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