Maintenance & Reliability
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HP Reliability: Avoiding electrical damage to bearings
Major machinery often suffers bearing damage due to shaft currents. Common sources of shaft currents are electromagnetic, static charge buildup and electrical equipment related. Such damage can appear..
HP Reliability: Consider retrofit-free bearing upgrades for your pumps
Next to mechanical seals, rolling element bearings are the components that fail most frequently in centrifugal pumps. There are many reasons for these failures. Previous columns have highlighted remed..
Reduce corrosion in amine gas absorption columns
Polymer coating systems provide barriers to protect vital plant equipment against stress-corrosion cracking
HP Reliability: Consider third-party inspection
The HPI, as a provider of quality services and products, would like to receive guaranteed quality from its suppliers. Unfortunately, having set high standards for ourselves does not guarantee that oth..
HP Reliability: Pursue a comprehensive infrared condition monitoring strategy
The best reliability-based condition monitoring programs begin small and expand as needed to cover the plant thoroughly. A thermography program normally begins with the electrical system. This applica..
HP Reliability: Consider reliability-focused maintenance
Reliability professionals attending one of HP's recent International Process Plant Reliability Conferences were briefed on the improvement approach taken by a large U.S. organization. This forward-loo..
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