Live coverage from Ultrasound World and Reliable Asset World

May 13, 2014
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Conference highlights from May 13

Ultrasound detection of electrical anomalies
Basics of analyzing electrical wav files at Ultrasound World X.

Predictive maintenance technologies save time and money
Condition-based monitoring has advantages over time-based PMs.

From the show floor: Larry Shyne at Reliable Asset World
Larry Shyne, PdM supervisor at Novozymes in Raleigh, North Carolina, talks about the workshop he attended at Reliable Asset World in Clearwater Beach, Florida.

From the show floor: Sigmond Bush at Ultrasound World X
Sigmond Bush, owner of Liberty Machinery Testing in Okanagan, British Columbia, talks about the workshop he attended at Ultrasound World X in Clearwater Beach, Florida.

Shon Isenhour at Reliable Asset World/Ultrasound World X
From the exhibit hall at Reliable Asset World/Ultrasound World X in Clearwater Beach, Florida, Plant Services Chief Editor speaks with Shon Isenhour, partner at Eruditio, about his company’s blended learning approach.

Jason Kopchinsky at Reliable Asset World/Ultrasound World X
From the exhibit hall at Reliable Asset World/Ultrasound World X in Clearwater Beach, Florida, Plant Services Chief Editor speaks with Des-Case’s Jason Kopchinsky, CMRP, about the value proposition of lubrication training programs.

Tim Goshert at Reliable Asset World/Ultrasound World X
From the exhibit hall at Reliable Asset World/Ultrasound World X in Clearwater Beach, Florida, Plant Services Chief Editor speaks with Tim Goshert, CMRP, principal at Allied Reliability Group, about identifying quick wins to build early momentum for maintenance programs.

Joel Crawford at Reliable Asset World/Ultrasound World X
From the exhibit hall at Reliable Asset World/Ultrasound World X in Clearwater Beach, Florida, Plant Services Chief Editor speaks with Joel Crawford, national sales director at Allied Reliability Group, about the new World Class Reliability benchmarking tool.

John Kravontka at Reliable Asset World/Ultrasound World X
From the exhibit hall at Reliable Asset World/Ultrasound World X in Clearwater Beach, Florida, Plant Services Chief Editor speaks with John Kravontka, CMRP, president of Fuss & O’Neill Manufacturing Solutions, about how preventive maintenance can lead to more profits.

Dean Trytten at Reliable Asset World/Ultrasound World X
From the exhibit hall at Reliable Asset World/Ultrasound World X in Clearwater Beach, Florida, Plant Services Chief Editor speaks with Dean Trytten, president of Anchor Elite, about his extensive career.

 Conference highlights from May 14

From the show floor: Bruce Hawkins at Reliable Asset World/Ultrasound World X
C. Bruce Hawkins, CMRP, director, technical excellence, at Management Resources Group, talks about the keynote address delivered by Jack Nicholas at Reliable Asset World/Ultrasound World X in Clearwater Beach, Florida.

The secret to improving asset reliability
The single most important factor was learned from decades of experience.

Reliability-based maintenance
Use key performance indicators to drive proactive maintenance.

Steam leakage tips
Detecting, estimating, and correcting steam loss at Ultrasound World X.

Expanded ultrasound at the Kennedy Space Center
Jacobs Engineering shares the wisdom at Ultrasound World X.

From the show floor: Mark Burton at Reliable Asset World
Mark Burton, maintenance manager at Tate & Lyle in Lafayette, Indiana, talks about what he learned from a presentation on reliability-based maintenance and KPIs given by Robert Ford.

From the show floor: Tomas Gil at Ultrasound World X
Tomas Gil, president of Spectra Services, talks about the presentation on ultrasound at Kennedy Space Center given by Lorna Hall, CMRP, from Jacobs Enineering at Ultrasound World X in Clearwater Beach, Florida.

From the show floor: Roger Earley at Ultrasound World X
Roger Earley, predictive maintenance specialist, engineering & maintenance, at Lubrizol, explains what he learned from the presentation on steam leakage given by Kelly Paffel of Swagelok Energy Advisors at Ultrasound World X in Clearwater Beach, Florida.

Conference highlights from May 15

From the show floor: Don Jones at Reliable Asset World/Ultrasound World X
Don Jones, predictive systems specialist at Citizens Energy Group, explains what he learned from the keynote presentation on the future of reliability given by Eruditio's Shon Isenhour.

The future of reliability
Insights on the changing world of asset management, maintenance, and reliability.

From the show floor: Jeffrey Ng at Reliable Asset World/Ultrasound World X
Jeffrey Ng, reliability engineer at Kimberly-Clark, explains what he learned from the presentation by Steve Toth, president and founder of Delta Focused Improvement.

Adrian Messer at Reliable Asset World/Ultrasound World X
From the exhibit hall at Reliable Asset World/Ultrasound World X in Clearwater Beach, Florida, Adrian Messer, manager of U.S. operations at UE Systems, the conference host, speaks about the event and his organization's latest offerings.

Joe Carolan at Reliable Asset World/Ultrasound World X
From the exhibit hall at Reliable Asset World/Ultrasound World X in Clearwater Beach, Florida, Joe Carolan, director of marketing at Management Resources Group, talks about the event and the presentation that Bruce Hawkins.

Tim Rohrer at Reliable Asset World/Ultrasound World X
From the exhibit hall at Reliable Asset World/Ultrasound World X in Clearwater Beach, Florida, Tim Rohrer, president of Exiscan Infrared Windows, explains what his company does and talks about the conference.

From the show floor: David Arndt at Ultrasound World X
David Arndt, senior mechanical engineer at University of Michigan Plant Operations, talks about what he learned from the presentation on lubrication by Jason Kopchinsky of Des-Case at Ultrasound World X in Clearwater Beach, Florida.

From the show floor: Barry Sperling at Reliable Asset World
Barry Sperling, sustainable solutions expert, water and energy solutions, food care, at Sealed Air, explains what he learned from the presentation about budgeting for maintenance by Robert Hill, PepsiCo's senior manager, global operations,, at Reliable Asset World in Clearwater Beach, Florida.

Expose the unheard with ultrasonics
Use ultrasound, visual inspections, safe permitted contact, and temperature sensing to make the business case.

The business case for proper lubrication
Speak in the language of management to make maintenance understandable.

What is affecting your maintenance budget?
Chaos Theory, the Butterfly Effect, and your maintenance budget.

CMMS data sampling at Amtrak
Track equipment reliability through analysis of operations and maintenance data.

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