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When Turkish tissue producer Europap Tezol became weary of constant maintenance of the vacuum system on its TM2, it replaced the existing heavy system with a new, reliable turbo blower technology from Runtech Systems. Now it not only saves energy and water, but also brings more reliability and peace of mind to the mill. Europap Tezol operates on two sites, ...

How do you move from being a reactive to a proactive organization in maintenance and reliability?

Learn about protecting your planners so they can plan, basic elements of a standard job plan, and how to develop good job plans with these Practical Maintenance Planning Tips from IDCON Senior Consultant Leslie Skelly.

Check out these quick maintenance planning tips covering Planner roles, quality work orders, and field job scoping from Leslie Skelly, Senior Consultant with IDCON INC.

Analyzing and eliminating the root cause of a failure is a powerful tool for improving plant reliability. At IDCON, we call this process Root Cause Problem Elimination (RCPE). We find that this term more accurately defines the desired outcome of the process. 

Cutting the maintenance budget will be easier if you have a plan that is well thought through and a partnership with the plant management team.

Imagine you work in a mill as a mechanic and get a work order that states: Replace bearings on a press roll due to high vibration level. You complete the work and the damaged bearings and seals were replaced according to the plan. The machine was started up and is now producing paper again.

"Gemba" is a Japanese word meaning the actual place where value is created, or where actions are executed. It includes Gemba walks to the actual place to observe, learn and improve work.

A key inspection for gear reducers is to listen for noise. The inspection should focus on a change in the sound.

Catch up with Tor's latest installment in the series "How to Document Cost-Effective Preventive Maintenance" here.