Bearing Reliability –

It’s a Journey

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 Where are you headed?

• Corporate Objectives

“If you don’t know

• Assess Current State
where you are going,
then any road will get
you there” • Develop KPI’s

-Lewis Carroll • Monitor & Adjust

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 Elements of Reliability
Optimize
Maintain
&
Repair
Operate
Install

Design

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 P-F Curve
Design & Install
Potential Failure – Functional
P Failure Zone
Equipment Condition

Time

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 Precision Maintenance
• Everything is
• Skills a nail…

Training Tools

Job
Improve
Plans

• Correct? • Update PM’s

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 Design & Install
• Up to 95% of TCO is • Proper training –
determined by design & Bearings, alignment,
install stage grouting, etc.

• Improper bearing • Target bad actors with

selection can contribute local Distributors and
up to 10% failures Application Engineers

• Improper bearing • Feedback from

installation can contribute Operations &
6 – 20% Maintenance to Central
Engineering & Purchasing

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 Operate
• Overload around 10% of • Operations, BEP, Belts
bearing failures Precision Balancing

• Lubrication related 50 – • Sealing, Lubrication

80% of failures Type, Frequency,
Method

• Misalignment 10 – 15% • Shaft & Pulley

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 Maintain & Repair

• Lubrication related can • Complete Program

contribute more than – Type
50% – Storage
– Routes and/or
Automation
• Precision Maintenance
• Assembly errors

• Vibration Testing,
• Acceptance Testing
Electrical

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 Optimize
• Lubrication • Automatic Lubrication

• Design Upgrades • Bearings, Lubricants

• Online Monitoring • Wireless

• Reliability Methods • Review effectiveness

(and ROI)

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 Horizon
• Sensorized Bearings • Vibration, Load, Temp,
Lubrication, Speed, Op
Hours

• Cloud Based Support – • Information anywhere

Remote & Additional Support

• Prognostics • Life Extension, not just

Defect Detection!

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 Summary
• Decide where to start your Journey & where you are headed

• Advance technology with no maintenance fundamentals results in

money wasted – Like a Cell Phone with no Carrier Service!

• Priority is to push out incipient failure as long as practical (economic

considerations)

• Learn from ‘’Bad Actors’’ & strive to Optimize - Proactive

• Conference Agenda is loaded with practical information on these

issues

• Email: dbcg@cox.net

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