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Sessions (16)

Controlling Equipment Failures Caused by Petroleum-Based Fluid Degradation (Room 317)

06 May 19
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Tracks: Maintenance & Reliability

Speaker(s): John Schlobohm
Air compressors, gearboxes and hydraulic systems that use mineral oils are susceptible to varnish and sludge. The life expectancy of petroleum-base... More...

The Development of Composite Bushings to Increase Performance and Reliability of Hydraulic Automatic Gauge Control Systems (Room 317)

06 May 19
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM

Tracks: Maintenance & Reliability

Speaker(s): Tim Girardi
Through the development of composite materials and profiles for guidance, the performance and reliability of hydraulic automatic gauge control (HAG... More...

Advantage of Rubber in Compression Couplings (Room 317)

06 May 19
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Tracks: Maintenance & Reliability

Speaker(s): Rachael Cunningham
The rubber in compression coupling has been in existence for more than 60 years. The fail-safe design of the maintenance-free coupling reduces TVAs... More...

Reparation of Trusses in the Steel Plant Environment (Room 317)

06 May 19
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Tracks: Maintenance & Reliability

Speaker(s): Antônio Maria Claret de Gouveia ; Gustavo de Oliveria Daumas ; Hisashi Inoue ; José Geraldo de Araujo Silva ; Lucas Teixeira Araujo
In an competitive world, where the growing need to develop industrial production/productivity requires maximum performance, new technologies/equipm... More...

Maintenance Practices of Gas Analyzers in the Steel Industry (Room 317)

06 May 19
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Tracks: Maintenance & Reliability

Speaker(s): Ashish Garg ; Pradyot Basu
In the iron and steel industry, the use of process analytics is required at several locations of the plant with different objectives. The measured ... More...

Reduction of Maintenance Costs and Improved MTBR of Boiler Steam Drum and Superheat Safety Valves (Room 317)

07 May 19
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Tracks: Maintenance & Reliability

Speaker(s): Charles Kuntz ; Larry Frey ; Timothy Shelton
The goal of this project was to reduce the cost of maintenance and repair of the safety valves on all six boilers located at the Burns Harbor mill.... More...

Blast Furnace Air Feed Turbo Blower RPM Control (Room 317)

07 May 19
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

Tracks: Maintenance & Reliability

Speaker(s): Mark Ferra
Blast furnaces need a constant and reliable supply of compressed air to ensure an optimized level of oxygen for the burning process and pressure to... More...

Condition Monitoring System For Steam Ejector Vacuum Pumps (Room 317)

07 May 19
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Tracks: Maintenance & Reliability

Speaker(s): Andreas Kubbe ; Frank Dorstewitz ; Jochen Schlueter
SMS Mevac’s CMS processes the cyclic data of an augmented set of field transmitters and gives advice to maintenance personnel in case of deteriorat... More...

Hear the Difference: Acoustic Plant Monitoring (Room 317)

07 May 19
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM

Tracks: Maintenance & Reliability

Speaker(s): Adnan Husakovic ; Andreas Rohrhofer ; Anna Mayrhofer ; Franz Hartl ; Swathish Thazhath Johnce
Intuitively, living beings use sounds in the environment to gain information. This seldom-applied, but very bionic, approach can be used for mainte... More...

Monitoring Industrial Assets – Avoiding Big Data Overload; Focusing On Context & Relevance (Room 317)

07 May 19
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Tracks: Maintenance & Reliability

Speaker(s): Mike Foley
Generating volumes of equipment data is not a problem. Lacking data context, relevance, and the actions to be taken often is. Hear how productivit... More...

A Digital Approach for Caster Maintenance (Room 317)

07 May 19
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Tracks: Maintenance & Reliability

Speaker(s): Jörg Bausch ; Martin Friedrich ; Nicholas Romeo
3D laser measuring technology has become the new maintenance standard in caster workshops. With the adaptation of Industry 4.0, this process can be... More...

Comprehensive Condition Monitoring for the Metals Industry (Room 317)

07 May 19
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Tracks: Maintenance & Reliability

Speaker(s): Andreas Maierhofer ; Arno Haschke ; Bernhard Voglmayr ; Klaus Stohl ; Richard Stadlmayr
Excellence in maintenance has recently gained more attention since steel producers are facing challenges like lowering production costs and increas... More...

Designing Technical Training With PRECISION — A Training Methodology (Room 317)

08 May 19
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM

Tracks: Maintenance & Reliability

Speaker(s): Edward Karpinski
The revitalization of the metals industry involves the influx of many new personnel, both in operations and maintenance. In the past, new employees... More...

Bridging the Skills-Trades Gap (Room 317)

08 May 19
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM

Tracks: Maintenance & Reliability

Speaker(s): Doug Robey
Whether it is a job task analysis, skills assessment or a training needs analysis, all of these types of front-end analyses can be instrumental in ... More...

Operator-Driven Reliability for Rapid Improvement (Room 317)

08 May 19
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM

Tracks: Maintenance & Reliability

Speaker(s): Ken Arthur
The revitalization of the metals industry involves the influx of many new personnel, both in operations and maintenance. When properly trained and... More...

Reliability Achievement Award - Silver Presentation (Room 317)

08 May 19
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM

Tracks: Maintenance & Reliability

Speaker(s): Sarah Spinelli
Reliability Achievement Award - Silver Presentation More...