igus offers free plant shutdown inspections this summer PEM Staff | Jun 18, 2010 igus has announced that its engineers are once again available to examine cable carriers and continuous-flex cables free of charge during plant shutdowns this summer. Those involved with maintenance or production are invited to take advantage of the free inspections to help reduce the risk of production downtime due to cable ... Read more |
Shutdowns - Turnarounds - Outages Conference dates announcedNewswire | Jan 11, 2010 Is your company running the most productive and reliable shutdown it can? If you answered no, then save the date for STO 2010, North America's leading conference dedicated to the full lifecycle of shutdowns, turnarounds and outages (STO). STO 2010 is not just another conference, it is a community that is ... Read more |
Modicon Advance Program helps out Alcan facilityPEM | Dec 17, 2008 TORONTO-Schneider Electric says Alcan's Grande Baie, QC, primary aluminum production facility recently migrated from the Modicon 800 series to Quantum PLCs, through its Modicon Advance Program (MAP). Designed to support Schneider Electric's installed base of Modicon customers with technical expertise, service and support, MAP's goal is to ensure that customers' ... Read more |
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Into the Groove: Grooved mechanical piping systems improve turnaround time John MacFarland | Aug 25, 2010 The single biggest burden plant owners face in terms of maintenance is plant shutdowns. When operations fully stop at a site, the plant isn’t profitable. The longer the shutdown, the deeper it cuts into the plant’s bottom line. As a result, plants are turning to grooved mechanical piping systems to help ... Read more |
Hydro staff power up when equipment goes down PEM Staff | Jun 17, 2010 Taltson Hydro is back in service. Located 64 kilometers north of Fort Smith on the Taltson River in the Northwest Territories, the 18-MW plant with the Northwest Territories Power Corp. provides power to Fort Smith, Hay River, Hay River Reserve, Fort Resolution and Enterprise. Last fall, from Sept. 9 to ... Read more |
Lean Shutdowns: Cut waste wisely from your outages Joel Levitt | Mar 16, 2010 For companies that run continuously, shutdowns and outages consume a lion’s share of maintenance and capital budgets. By its very nature, the shutdown is “fat.” The reason for this is the skewed balance between downtime expenses and the cost of shutdown resources. In some cases, having extra resources, such as ... Read more |
Shutdowns happen every dayJames V. Reyes-Picknell | Oct 9, 2009 For some companies and their maintenance departments, implementing best practices is more about the journey rather than the destination itself. With many years of experience, James V. Reyes-Picknell will help you make critical change happen on the shop floor and chart a course for success. SHUTDOWN SUCCESS Major shutdowns and turnarounds involve ... Read more |
Smart Shutdowns: Strive to improve your next turnaroundKen Bannister | Oct 9, 2009 Historically, maintenance texts have defined a shutdown as "an unplanned equipment failure event that causes an operational production line, process, area or section of a plant to be temporarily turned off or closed for emergency repair, and resumed to operational status immediately following the repair of the failed equipment." Turnarounds ... Read more |
In This Corner: Revenue versus expense in STO battleTerry Wireman, C.P.M.M. | Oct 9, 2009 Properly balancing shutdown, turnaround and outage (STO) strategies requires a company to have a complete view of its entire asset base. This means being able to balance the demands for production, maintenance and engineering changes from the asset base. By examining the complete lifecycle of the asset, you can determine ... Read more |
Making your final report on the shutdownMichael V. Brown | Dec 15, 2001 The end of a shutdown or project is often accompanied by a sense of relief and disengagement. The project end should also mark a time for reflection and constructive criticism while the shutdown is still fresh in everyone's mind. Much can be learned by reviewing what went right and what ... Read more |
Managing the execution of the shutdownMichael V. Brown | Dec 15, 2001 The execution phase of the project or shutdown is, of course, the most important phase. If the plan was laid out well, all the allocated resources will be pulled together to realize their full potential. However, the shutdown coordinator should not just sit back and watch it all happen. Close ... Read more |
Occupational health and safety considerations during shutdownsBill Martin | Dec 15, 2001 Scheduled plant shutdowns have very specific goals and targets for safety, quality, schedule, and cost. Safety performance is typically measured by the number of injury incidents (fatality + lost time incidents + medical aids) and performance compared to past shutdowns using this measure. Achieving the safety goal requires a coordinated ... Read more |
An examination of risk management in plant shutdownsMichael V. Brown | Dec 15, 2001 All projects include some element of risk. It's natural to be optimistic that you will overcome any unplanned event during the execution of a project. It's also normal to be anxious that all things that can go wrong will go wrong. The old adage, "optimism blinds — pessimism paralyzes" applies ... Read more |
Navigating the shutdown approval processKen Bannister | Dec 15, 2001 A shutdown is often described as "an orchestrated logistical exercise in which workers perform their assigned duties around the clock so as to meet a predetermined start-up deadline". The logistics and magnitude of a shutdown event require going through an approval and planning process well in advance of the actual ... Read more |
Shutdown Work: What's needed, why and when?John Woodhouse | Dec 15, 2001 Major cost items come in three flavours — capital investments, catastrophic failures and deliberate plant shutdowns. The first is subject to intense scrutiny/justification and, with the exception of the patchy adoption of life cycle costing, is pretty much understood. We are trying desperately to avoid the catastrophic events — and ... Read more |
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