AI in equipment maintenance, part 2 - ThyssenKrupp MAX

Published 2023-11-27 by Diego Santos (a 4 minute read)

Introduction

This is the second installment on use-cases of AI and ML applied to equipment maintenance. While we stated on the previous article that there are plenty of pilot projects but little actual application of these concepts in the average company, this time here's another practical per...

The 5 whys & 5 hows approach applied to industrial maintenance

Published 2023-11-21 by Diego Santos (a 2.4 minute read)

In a nutshell

The "5 whys" and "5 hows" approach is a method of root cause analysis and problem solving that is widely used in industrial equipment maintenance.

Basic procedure

The basic idea is to ask "why" five times to identify the underlying cause of a failure, and then ask "how" five times to devise a corrective action plan - this requirement of asking...

Glossary of Maintenance Acronyms for Maintenance Technicians

Published 2023-11-15 by Alvaro Oberon (a 6.2 minute read)

Introduction

Welcome to our list of common maintenance-related acronyms that you are sure to come across on your professional life. Keep checking back as we update the list and resources where you can find more about each of these concepts. Do CTRL-F or COMMAND-F to search for an acronym. LAST UPDATE: 1st Apr, 2024.

Acronyms

FMECA

Failure Modes, Effects, and Criticality Analysis (FMECA) is a systematic approach used to identify potential failures in equ...

What are the different maintenance types out there?

Published 2023-11-07 by Alvaro Oberon (a 1.9 minute read)

On this installment (#3) of short and to-the-point maintenance-related articles, we present our definitions for the different types of industrial equipment maintenance - bonus at the end where we include a quick definition for RCM (methodoly rather then a maintenance type), lets go:

Reactive, corrective or run-to-failure

These are maintenance strategies where repairs or replacements of equipment are only perform...

What is a CMMS and what you need to consider to make it work for you?

Published 2023-11-04 by Rui J Alves (a 12.3 minute read)

Introduction

A Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) is, in very general terms, a software tool that helps ...