Maintenance work in a power plant is prioritized to ensure that the right work is performed at the right time, resulting in the minimum impact to plant operation. When determining how to use existing ...

If you’ve worked in the maintenance department at a power plant, you know how important planning and scheduling are to success. There’s an old saying that goes, “plan the work, and work the plan.” ...

Predictive maintenance is the analysis of the condition and performance of critical machines in a plant to reduce instances of machine failure. In the past, highly experienced plant operators may have ...

Southern Co.’s Plant Scherer was chosen as the 2017 Powder River Basin Coal Users’ Group Plant of the Year based on a rigorous selection criteria, including safety, fire protection, and risk reduction ...

The production department of any manufacturing plant exists to get product out the door, on time, within budget, and made to spec. The maintenance department of any manufacturing plant exists to ...

Routine plant shutdowns commonly are used throughout industry to allow time for preventative maintenance projects, in-depth housekeeping, changeovers, upgrades and other time-consuming tasks that aren ...

It should go without saying that asphalt plants are a complex interconnected system. After speaking with experts from several top asphalt plant manufacturers, one of the biggest takeaways I had from ...

During the winter months, your company should be optimizing plant downtime by completing a myriad of preventative maintenance tasks. A winter repair regimen for asphalt plants consists of checking on ...

Before predictive maintenance was implemented at Perth County Ingredients, a Canadian producer of dried egg products, maintenance manager Tom Dufton and his team spent their days fighting a constant ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Energy (DOE) is studying the possibility of allowing power plants to have longer maintenance periods to ensure that they are repaired properly. Energy Secretary ...