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1	Plant systems integration using the SAMI model to achieve asset effectiveness in modern plants Joubert, André 05 1900 (has links) Thesis (D.Tech. - Electrical Engineering, Dept. of Process Control and Computer Systems, Faculty of Engineering and Technology)--Vaal University of Technology. / In recent years, industrial plant maintenance has changed dramatically. These changes are due to a considerable increase in the number and variety of physical plant assets, increased design complexity, new maintenance techniques and changing perspectives regarding on how to perform maintenance effectively. Managers at modern process plants are becoming increasingly aware of the extent to which equipment failure affects safety and the environment. Process plant personnel are limited in their ability to accurately and consistently evaluate the health of plant assets. Due to poor record keeping, maintenance staff often has little defence against aging equipment and asset failures. As a result companies have undertaken to implement planned equipment maintenance schedules and install new technology to allow for efficient tracking and analysing of equipment health across the board. The introduction of an integrated asset management solution is presented in this thesis. The integrated asset management solution will assist maintenance staff to cost-effectively predict the probability of asset failure prior to the occurrence of any actual plant incidents. The integrated solution documented in this thesis will be implemented at the Sasol Solvents site to enhance plant availability, maximum up time for all plant assets and plant safety. Strategic Asset Management Inc. (SAMI) uses the Operational Reliability Maturity Continuum model to improve profitability, efficiency and equipment reliability. The SAMI empirical model employs various stages to address improved performance and asset management and was used as a guideline to develop an integrated solution to optimise plant performance and profits. The integrated asset management solution, documented in this thesis, was developed with the intended function of bringing information from diverse plant based systems and field equipment to the maintenance personnel in an understandable interface so that the information can be used to improve the reliability and availability of all plant assets. Industrial plant maintenance Process plants Planned equipment maintenance schedules Strategic Asset Management Inc. (SAMI) Integrated asset management solution SAMI 658.27
2	Guidelines for successful implementation of total productive maintenance in a chemical plant / Jethro Padya Mahlangu Mahlangu, Jethro Padya January 2014 (has links) With the world economy becoming unpredictable, it has become a necessity for businesses to relook at the way they do business. The world has become competitive and companies that aim to become profitable have seen the need to find ways to improve efficiencies and increase productivity to stay relevant. There has been an adoption of strategies that are aimed at improving the efficiencies in companies such as Total Productive Maintenance (TPM). The strategy is aimed at improving equipment efficiencies and increase productivity through the transfer of certain skills from maintenance personnel to operators. The aim is that the operators perform some of the activities that the maintenance people used to do and they do the more complex tasks. By transferring these skills to operators there is constant cleaning, inspections and lubricating of equipment. This frees up time for maintenance people to do planning and other jobs that require time and higher skills levels. The implementation of these activities allows companies to tap into unused capacity that was always hidden by breakdowns and unplanned stops. The process however requires commitment from management and all stakeholders involved in the organisation. There are prescribed implementation processes that can be followed or companies can follow their own processes but the fundamentals of involving people from the onset must be followed. The involvement of stakeholders creates commitment at all levels and in order to sustain this initiative people must be committed to it. The inclusion of the activities transferred from maintenance people to operators, will reinforce the knowledge and habits required from operators and perhaps sustain the initiative. / MBA, North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2015 Total Productive maintenance Overall equipment efficiency TPM Deployment Autonomous maintenance Plant maintenance Preventative maintenance Planned maintenance Quality maintenance Focused improvement Early equipment management Training and education Safety Health and Environment TPM in administration Zero defects Zero waste Zero downtime 5S Breakdown maintenance Preventative maintenance Corrective maintenance Maintenance prevention Downtime losses Speed losses Defect losses Quality defect losses Normal production loss Abnormal production losses Maintenance schedules Prescribed TPM deployment Equipment failure Function failure Function reduction Reprocessing losses Factors of successful TPM deployment
3	Guidelines for successful implementation of total productive maintenance in a chemical plant / Jethro Padya Mahlangu Mahlangu, Jethro Padya January 2014 (has links) With the world economy becoming unpredictable, it has become a necessity for businesses to relook at the way they do business. The world has become competitive and companies that aim to become profitable have seen the need to find ways to improve efficiencies and increase productivity to stay relevant. There has been an adoption of strategies that are aimed at improving the efficiencies in companies such as Total Productive Maintenance (TPM). The strategy is aimed at improving equipment efficiencies and increase productivity through the transfer of certain skills from maintenance personnel to operators. The aim is that the operators perform some of the activities that the maintenance people used to do and they do the more complex tasks. By transferring these skills to operators there is constant cleaning, inspections and lubricating of equipment. This frees up time for maintenance people to do planning and other jobs that require time and higher skills levels. The implementation of these activities allows companies to tap into unused capacity that was always hidden by breakdowns and unplanned stops. The process however requires commitment from management and all stakeholders involved in the organisation. There are prescribed implementation processes that can be followed or companies can follow their own processes but the fundamentals of involving people from the onset must be followed. The involvement of stakeholders creates commitment at all levels and in order to sustain this initiative people must be committed to it. The inclusion of the activities transferred from maintenance people to operators, will reinforce the knowledge and habits required from operators and perhaps sustain the initiative. / MBA, North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2015 Total Productive maintenance Overall equipment efficiency TPM Deployment Autonomous maintenance Plant maintenance Preventative maintenance Planned maintenance Quality maintenance Focused improvement Early equipment management Training and education Safety Health and Environment TPM in administration Zero defects Zero waste Zero downtime 5S Breakdown maintenance Preventative maintenance Corrective maintenance Maintenance prevention Downtime losses Speed losses Defect losses Quality defect losses Normal production loss Abnormal production losses Maintenance schedules Prescribed TPM deployment Equipment failure Function failure Function reduction Reprocessing losses Factors of successful TPM deployment

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