In the USA Uptime Magazine a publication that serves over 50 000 maintenance reliability professionals, has announced the winners of the 2010 Predictive Maintenance Program of the Year Awards.
The winners were honoured during a special award ceremony at Solutions 2.0 conference, run by Reliabilityweb.com Inc, which was held on 8-11 November 2010 in Bonita Springs, Florida. The winners also presented an overview of their programmes in a special workshop at the conference.
“This group of maintenance reliability professionals help keep their companies operating reliably and safely,” said Terrence O'Hanlon, Publisher and Chief Executive Officer, Uptime Magazine.
“This year, by contrast, we have seen the unfortunate results of unreliability blasted 24/7 on cable news channels. We are very proud of these winners because they each demonstrate that in leading companies, reliability, safety and profits are all aligned. They have used best practice strategies and spent years of effort evolving maintenance practices from the typical reactive nature so often employed, to a more proactive, safe approach that eliminates many of the emergencies that set up dangerous conditions for workers in the first place. These programmes stop failures before they happen. Eliminating failures is good for business.”
The awards recognise organisations that demonstrate excellence in managing equipment reliability using advanced strategies and high- tech sensing technologies in order to determine the early onset of a potential failure. Technology areas include vibration analysis, infrared thermography, electric motor testing, oil analysis and airborne ultrasound. This year’s winners are:
*Arnold Engineering Development Center/ATA - ‘Best Overall Predictive Maintenance Program’;
*Arch Coal - ‘Best Overall Predictive Maintenance Program’ (mobile/fleet);
*Talecris Biotherapeutics - ‘Best Emerging Predictive Maintenance Program’ and ‘Best Ultrasound Program’;
*FutureMark Paper - ‘Best Green Program’;
*Lightship Group - ‘Best Vibration Program’;
*Hibbing Taconite - ‘Best Vibration Program’ (mobile/fleet);
*Arizona Public Service - ‘Best Infrared Program’ (transmission and distribution);
*Medtronic - ‘Best Infrared Program’ (plant maintenance);
*Southern Co - ‘Best Electric Motor Testing Program’;
*Iron Ore Canada - ‘Best Ultrasound Program’ (mobile/fleet);
*Peabody Energy - ‘Best Lubrication/Oil Analysis Program’ (mobile/fleet);
*Domtar Espanola - ‘Best Lubrication/Oil Analysis Program’; and
*Well's Dairy - ‘Best Lubrication/Oil Program’.
“In recent years we have noticed significant increase in C-Level sponsorship for proactive maintenance reliability. These corporate leaders view proactive maintenance as an enabler of productivity and profit rather than the outdated context of maintenance as a cost-centre,” continued O'Hanlon.
“They also recognise the contribution that higher reliability makes to safety. It is satisfying for us to provide visibility for these superior programmes so that more reliability improvements can be leveraged both inside and outside of winning organisations.”
John Eaves, President and Chief Operating Officer, Arch Coal, commented: “Earning the ‘Best Predictive Maintenance Award’ is an important achievement for Arch Coal's national network of mines.”
“The mining environment is very dynamic, which makes the maintenance of equipment intense and challenging. That is why our mining personnel value the recognition for their best-in-class PdM practices that include managing risk and reducing exposure through planned, preventative and predictive maintenance.”
Steve Silver, Chief Executive Officer, FutureMark Paper, added: “Our predictive maintenance programme is a prime example of how new technologies and process innovations can help transform a business. Our maintenance engineers have helped us achieve our highest-ever production levels to meet the unprecedented demand for our recycled paper. We are grateful for their hard work and are proud to be honoured as Uptime's ‘Best Green Reliability Program’.”
(Uptime Magazine begins accepting nominations for the 2011 Predictive Maintenance Program of the Year Awards on 2 January 2011.)
For further information, contact:
Uptime Magazine, PO Box 60075, Fort Myers, FL 33906, USA. Tel: +1-239-333-2500, Web: www.uptimemagazine.com
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