Why is this course unique?
One of the main reasons for repeat equipment failures is that the root causes of the failures are not investigated correctly. Methodical root cause investigations are needed to prevent repeated mechanical equipment failures. PII’s 3-day course teaches the essential root cause analysis techniques necessary to correctly resolve mechanical equipment failures. Students learn the 1,520 possible failure modes of mechanical equipment in a typical production facility. It is all-inclusive.
Benefits of this course:
This course enables attendees to diagnose common equipment failures with a very high success rate. Based upon the exam scores of past students, it is anticipated that attendees’ root cause investigation success rate is increased from about 50% to nearly 100%. While other courses teach only the typical 100 failure mechanisms, PII’s course will increase the student’s knowledge to 1,520 failure mechanisms. It is all inclusive.
Topics covered in this course:
- Error-Free® traps and error-free techniques for investigators
- Error-Free® 10 step troubleshooting & RCA process
- Overload failures
- Vibration failures (flow, mechanical, EM-induced)
- Fatigue failures
- Wear and friction induced failures
- Water hammer failures
- Erosion or corrosion failures (general, galvanic, selective leaching, stress corrosion cracking, FAC, erosion, cavitation)
- Microbiologically-induced failures
- Bolting failures
- Seal failures (mechanical seal, labyrinth seal, and lip seal)
- Bearing failures (ball, journal, tilted pad)
- Spring failures
- Valve failures (check valve, globe valve, gate valve, ball valve, butterfly valve, safety relief valve)
- Valve actuator failures (hydraulic, pneumatic, and motor operated actuators)
- Concrete structure failures
- Scaffolding failures
- Diesel engine failures
- Turbine failures
- Pipe and pipe support failures
- Steam trap failures
- Lubricant failures (mineral oil, polymer, and grease)
- Methods to improve success rates to 100%