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"Maintenance" alone cannot make equipment and processes reliable. Often, a maintenance department is reacting to problems caused by decisions and/or actions of other departments. Further, in high-reliability plants, the maintenance department is NOT a "supplier" of maintenance services to the operations group "customer," but rather a "partner" WITH the operations group for improving equipment and process reliability. Given this perspective, I would ask my own 10 questions to answer the one asked at MARCON. (By the way, the "correct" answer for each of these is "yes.")
An active reliability program for reciprocating machinery, based on proven dynamic monitoring and analysis techniques, enables meaningful asset protection, mechanical condition monitoring and economic performance assessment. According to Windrock, Inc., end users of the large reciprocating compressors and engines used in natural gas gathering and storage, gas transmission, oil refi ning and petrochemical manufacturing can achieve signifi cant cost advantages by adopting an appropriate reciprocating machinery reliability program that will reduce downtime, eliminate unnecessary maintenance and maximize unit operating effi ciencies and production capacity.
Skyrocketing energy demands… The rising need for raw materials to produce more consumer goods… An ever-expanding global economy connecting the continents… These macroeconomic forces are spurring further productivity investment by owner operators (O/Os), as well as engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) companies. These entities need every possible advantage to differentiate themselves from their competitors.
