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Selecting Machines for Oil Analysis
Jim Haynes, Equipment Reliability Supervisor,
Blue Ridge Paper Products, Inc.
Identify: (usually accomplished by production or area managers)
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The criticality of each production or process
areas to the overall facility
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The criticality of each piece of lubricated
equipment to the individual production or process line
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Whether or not the equipment lubricant is
a circulated system – I would perform oil analysis on
all circulated systems
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Total cost of ownership for other equipment:
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Importance of equipment to production
line (what cost applied if equipment is down?)
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Total cost of PM effort (labor annualized)
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Cost to replace effected equipment (run-to-fail
?)
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Other factors one might consider
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Operating environment
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Temperature / Speed
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Operating time (run time)
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OEM recommendation
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