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Best practices Practical methods for energy, maintenance, reliability and lean operations.
All Best practices New technology Best software Best suppliers Best certifications Best trainings 01 Best practices Compressed air, steam and motors: where industrial energy savings hide Compressed air, steam and motor systems run all day and are rarely metered in detail. A practical programme for finding and keeping the savings.
6 min read Photo: Elanggroup, CC BY-SA 4.0 · credits
02 Best practices Implementing ISO 50001: a practical energy management roadmap How to set up an energy management system, from energy review to continual improvement, using free programmes such as DOE's 50001 Ready.
6 min read Photo: Talbott/NIST, Public domain · credits
03 Best practices Condition monitoring techniques: vibration, thermography, oil and ultrasound Which techniques detect which failures, and how to build a monitoring route that pays for itself.
6 min read Photo: MECA Team/JPL, Public domain · credits
04 Best practices FMEA and root cause analysis: preventing failures before and after they happen Use FMEA to anticipate failures and RCA to learn from them, with practical tips to avoid paperwork exercises.
5 min read Photo: Siyuwj, CC BY-SA 3.0 · credits
05 Best practices Lean on the shop floor: 5S, kaizen, kanban and value-stream mapping The core lean tools, what each does and how to sustain them beyond the first workshop.
6 min read Photo: Jeff.lasovski, CC BY-SA 3.0 · credits
06 Best practices ISO 55000 asset management: from maintenance department to value strategy What ISO 55000 asks, how it relates to EAM software and maintenance, and first steps for industrial operators.
6 min read Photo: Lauri Veerde, CC BY-SA 4.0 · credits
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