Hello,
I am in charge of developing some new standards in our preventive maintenance program. I have made some significant progress with most of our machinery, and I am now working with our electrition to develope a PM program for electrical components. We are relatively new to the indusry "Lumber/Sawmill" and I would like any input from anyone in a similar situation/environment. Whether you are in a similar situation or you simply have a suggestion I am all ears. I have hardly any electrical experience so I'll take anything you have to share.

Is it possible for you to benchmark with another company for your electrical PM program. I have witnessed some excellent programs in the paper industry, most recently during an SMRP (Society of Maintenance Reliability Proffessionals) conference. We took a tour of an International Paper facility and part of the tour was a detailed description of the reliability efforts and successes.

Lib,

Two excellent technologies for in-service inspection are infrared temperature or thermography and ultrasound airborne emissions. The temperature measurements or images detect hot spots from poor connections or circuits. Ultrasound detects electro-mechanical faults and corona discharge from dust buildup or insulation breakdown. Both technologies use hand-held instruments for periodic surveys. Computer-based data logging that includes observations and reporting is highly recommended. There is a lot of info on the Web and many discussions on this BB and the previous one.

Walt

Please find the following attached document. I have several others to add.

Note: There is a new IEEE standard in the voting process, right now, that covers condition-based testing and troubleshooting of electrical motors and related systems. The PAR number is P1415.

Howard

The_Multi_technology_approach_to_motor_diagnostics.pdf (154 Kb, 13 downloads)

You can also find related documents on:

http://www.motordiagnostics.com/presentations.htm

Howard

Considerations.pdf (91 Kb, 11 downloads) Considerations when selecting technology

Thank you for the input. I appreciate and will use the information you have shared.