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NOTE: I have included the Table of Content for download so that you can see the detail that went into the development of each procedure … also, for each individual procedure their is a corresponding “reporting procedure” … though I have not included within this post …
Not photography, though one of the most rewarding projects I have ever worked on … the development of Machinery Vibration Analysis Standards for SKF Asia-Pacific …
SKF is a bearing company (global) and had bought out a major player in the Rotating / Reciprocating Machinery Condition Monitoring (Vibration Analysis) market … I had just left a long standing job with a major power company and took on a position with SKF’s Asia-Pacific Reliability Services group located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia … task at hand; develop comprehensive condition monitoring standard for use in the 14 Asia-Pacific SKF Countries and certify all engineers on the standard within each of these countries …
The SKF standard was developed around the American Society for Nondestructive Testing (ASNT) “ASNT-TC-1A - Personnel Qualification and Certification in Nondestructive Testing” and supported through credible reference material published by “Technical Associates of Charlotte” …
Why ASNT … as a service company, SKF was in the field formulating decisions for a clients critical machinery … these decisions were based, in part, on the accuracy of the vibration data collected and of more importance, the ability of the analyst to properly analyze this data … at times, the decisions made by these analyst for the client was “run your facility” or “shut your facility down” … so it was paramount that all of this “decision making” was “educated” to a credible standard and that each step of the data collection and reporting process adhered to a globally recognized standard where the end was defensible and could be easily audited …
In summary, here is how the procedural development came together:
Services Flow Chart (pictured above)
Develop structured “services” flow chart; four (4) parts, seven (7) procedures all aligned back to the ASNT-TC-1A standard … all procedures referenced back to “master references” for each subject matter …
ASNT-TC-1A “written practice” (Download Table of Content)
PURPOSE
The objective of this written practice is to establish the degree to which SKF Reliability Systems aligns itself with ASNT to qualify as:
An educational resource for the seminar instruction of Vibration Analysis personnel in Level I, II, and III; and
A certifying organization for Vibration Analysis Level I, II, and III when incorporated in the employer’s own written practice as its external Level III authority or agent in accordance with Inquiry 86-5 listed in the ASNT Booklet “Interpreting SNT-TC-1A”, 2nd Edition, for Interpretations from 1976 through 2001.
Predictive Maintenance (PdM) Procedure - v1.0 - March 2003 (Download Table of Content)
PURPOSE
The objective of this procedure is to furnish a standard to:
Provide a basis for the reliable operation of equipment, contingent on whether the equipment is operating in a satisfactory manner, was properly designed, applied, repaired, or installed.
Evaluate the integrity and reliability of rotating machines and equipment.
Maximize the life and performance of rotating machines and equipment.
Reduce operating and maintenance costs of rotating machinery and equipment.
Diagnostic Investigation Procedure - v1.0 - March 2003 (Download Table of Content)
PURPOSE
The objective of this Diagnostic Standard is to furnish procedures to:
Provide a basis for determining the current health of operating equipment on a one-time basis using vibration analysis and to determine if the equipment is operating in a satisfactory manner, was properly designed, applied, repaired, or installed.
Evaluate the current integrity and reliability of rotating machines and equipment.
Consider the life and performance of rotating machines and equipment.
Produce maintenance action needed on rotating machinery and equipment.
NOTE: While many similarities do exist between routine PdM Programs and Diagnostic Investigations and Acceptance Testing, i.e. Alarm Values, Mounting, Database Set-up, Measurement Axes, etc.; there are however subtle to extreme differences that do exist between these procedures. Thus, this Diagnostic Investigation procedure must be utilized as a stand-alone document so the entire machine condition evaluation process using vibration analysis for Collecting the right data, Detecting the machine faults and providing the detail for Correcting these machine problems works properly.
Acceptance Procedure - v1.0 - March 2003 (Download Table of Content)
PURPOSE
The objective of this Acceptance Standard is to furnish a benchmark to:
Provide a basis for the reliable operation of equipment, contingent on whether the equipment is operating in a satisfactory manner, was properly designed, applied, repaired, or installed.
Evaluate the integrity and reliability of rotating machines and equipment.
Maximize the life and performance of rotating machines and equipment.
Reduce operating and maintenance costs of rotating machinery and equipment.
Audit Report Procedure - v1.0 - March 2003 (Download Table of Content)
PURPOSE
The purpose of this Audit Report Standard is to furnish procedures to:
Show who may perform a PdM (NDT) audit of SKF personnel and their Business Units.
Provide qualifications for the audit personnel ‘approving’ SKF PdM (NDT) Practices.
List the preliminary information required prior to the audit.
Outline what is to be audited and how to properly document the information.
Identify the records that need to be contained in the audit.
Provide a proper time frame to perform PdM (NDT) audits.
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