We are new to R/3 and on a steep learning curve. Our present struggle is to figure out the best way to configure a Single Cycle plan for REMOVING an existing relief valve, sending it to the maintenance shop for INSPECTION and INSTALLING a spare Relief Valve to get the operation up quickly. Any recommendations would be very much appreciated. Thanks…

Take it easy.

Create the single cycle PM & schedule it. What is the frequency? Are you doing it one by one or for a group of PSVs?

The Pm generated is to remove & reinstall the incoming spare and you may want to complete this WO.

For the removed, outgoing PSV, create a refurbishment WO for the workshop people to do & return to Store as a spare, ready for next use.

If you combine the whole job, you will have to create at least 3 operations in the WO:
1) Remove existing PSV
2) Install spare PSV
3) Refurbish existing PSV for spare.

Is this Al S. from Chambers? I used to work for J. Koch in PRV shop?

Thanks Josh, The valves are PM'ed one by one. How would you invision the Mechanical History looking. The next time the PM kicks out a workorder it will have the wrong equipment number attached.. correct ?

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Originally posted by Josh:
Take it easy.

Create the single cycle PM & schedule it. What is the frequency? Are you doing it one by one or for a group of PSVs?

The Pm generated is to remove & reinstall the incoming spare and you may want to complete this WO.

For the removed, outgoing PSV, create a refurbishment WO for the workshop people to do & return to Store as a spare, ready for next use.

If you combine the whole job, you will have to create at least 3 operations in the WO:
1) Remove existing PSV
2) Install spare PSV
3) Refurbish existing PSV for spare.

Hi Sandy, yes I am at Chambers..

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Originally posted by sandyk:
Is this Al S. from Chambers? I used to work for J. Koch in PRV shop?

SO Sandyk, did you manage to plan for your PSVs?

Al,

"The next time the PM kicks out a workorder it will have the wrong equipment number attached.. correct?"

Set up your maintenance plan against the functional location of the PSV and not the equipment. Then the scheduling is independent of the equipment(PSV) which may be installed there at the time. The equipment number may be later added to the work order created if desired (must be done before equipments are dismantled and installed otherwise the newly installed equipment will be added).

I talked to Steve B. yesterday. How is the PRD spec info coming along? I was working on getting the data from 3MCS formatted to put into SAP before I left. I am working for Life Cycle Engineering in Philly now as Program Manager for Reliability Support Services.

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Originally posted by Al - Deepwater:
Hi Sandy, yes I am at Chambers..

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Originally posted by sandyk:
Is this Al S. from Chambers? I used to work for J. Koch in PRV shop?

Hi Josh, I was the QC Manager for the VR shop that provided contract valve maintenance to the site. I also was the planner/scheduler in the valve shop on the customer site during the implementation of the SAP program. Now working as reliability and maintenance service provider. We do data remediation; build equipment hierarchy, BOM's, PM's and PdM's, storeroom set-up and CMMS implementation. I am preparing for the CMRP exam that is how I signed on to this forum. What do you do?

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Originally posted by Josh:
SO Sandyk, did you manage to plan for your PSVs?

Sorry Sandyk, my last question was meant for AL. I directed the question wrongly. Anyway, I'm one of the maintenance guys.

So can you tell us what is the best maintenance strategy for PSVs in the oil & gas platforms?

Do we have to dismantle all PSVs for bench test or do we need to pop test insitu eg using Furmanite?

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Al

As mentioned by David, you have to dismantle the equipment from the FunctLoc each you install a different equipment into the same FunctLoc.

Anyway, how often do you test your PSVs?

Thanks Dave and Josh, sorry for the delay, I don't get out to the internet as often as I would like. For your questions.. we have many PSV's over 5000, they get tested on many different frequencies. I'm starting to understand the problem as we came from an equipment based legacy system with no such thing as Functional Locations. So many still view things from an equipment basis instead of a Functional Location basis. FL's call for a different way of viewing things. Basicly in SAP equipment is expendable and Functional Locations live on for the life of the facility. All supporting documents and maintenance items need to to linked to FL's.. if not I'm starting to believe SAP will not function effectivly.

Oh yes. Now you see it. SAP PM is comprehensive, man. If you understand all the functionalities, I think we all be very good at maintenance management system. At leat, that's my experience.

Anyway, you have many PSVs. Do you periodically test your PRVs on the wellhead control panel hydraulic powerpack and wellhead control modules? How do you ensure these PRVs are relieving when needed?

Big problems in CMMS is design Equipment Hierarchy and register into CMMS

Refer to above topic, our plant set PM program for PSV testing based on insurrance, I use strategy plan to create MO for reinstall,testing and install...However, the important are how to the group PSV for utilization resource such as Crane etc.