. . . As if you needed to be reminded, you might say. Nevertheless, industry continues to experience equipment and component failures that could have been avoided by simple root-cause a..
. . . As if you needed to be reminded, you might
say. Nevertheless, industry continues to experience equipment
and component failures that could have been avoided by simple
root-cause analysis and appropriate specification followup. A
recent motor shaft failure example will illustrate the
point.
Cold temperature performance. At a U.S. power
plant, several electric motors in cold weather experienced
severe bearing failures, followed - in at least one case - by
massive shaft failure. The incidents were attributed to stiff
grease not reaching the bearings. In response, a government
regulatory agency sent out a message advoc
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