Author Archives: Murray Wiseman
Smart CBM demo
This table top demonstration predicts failure by compiling and analyzing the history of an equipment that can fail at any time. The principles of Living RCM are applied as a prerequisite for smart Condition Based Maintenance (CBM). The failure mechanism, as in … Continue reading
Safety Instrumented Systems
Safety in a plant is provided by layers of protection. The diagram from Emerson SIS Course shows the Safety Instrumented System (SIS) as the “safety layer” providing the final preventive layer before the mitigation layers must engage. Typically, safety instrumented systems (commonly known … Continue reading
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So you’re getting an EAM
Maintenance engineers are constantly aware of obstacles impeding their organization’s maintenance goals. Hence they explore specific actions, activities, and projects that would remove those barriers and support the goals. In the context of their on-going EAM investment, given real day-to-day time and human … Continue reading
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Deepwater Horizon
The Deepwater Horizon accident resulted in 11 deaths and 700,000 T of crude oil dumped into the Gulf of Mexico causing the largest environmental disaster in United States history. We discuss briefly some of the most significant Technical, Organizational, Regulatory … Continue reading
Why Living RCM works
First let’s settle on what “RCM” is, really. Many say it is a process. That’s true. But at its core it’s a data model – a template in which to classify the answers to seven clear “questions”. Those answers contain … Continue reading
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