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5 Top Ways Your Equipment Operators Can Improve Reliability
From experience we can tell you your critical equipment and operators are the most valuable assets in your organization. This includes everything from simple machines to the most complex and costly. Operators are the first line of defense and most likely to notice when something is amiss. Don’t waste this important human asset as there…
Read MoreA Guide to Sealing Strips in Turbines and Compressors
One of the main reasons rotating equipment can fail or not perform up to par are the sealing strips. Having a working knowledge of sealing strips will help you keep them working optimally. Following is some basic information about sealing strips in turbines and compressors. Sealing Strips in Turbines A turbine sealing strip is generally…
Read MoreRepair, Upgrade, or Replace Your Pump?
At Houston Dynamic, we see pumps of all types in all sorts of conditions. With regular maintenance, most pumps will last a long time. However, all pumps will breakdown or come to the end of their natural life cycle. In this case, we are often asked about the benefits of repair versus upgrade versus replacement.…
Read More4 Tips to Achieve Sustainable Pump Reliability
Centrifugal pumps have been the industry standard for years because they are meant to run for long periods of time with no issues. Along the way, improvements have been made in efficiency, containment, and reliability to keep them the preferred choice in many applications. These improvements include items such as pump controls, variable speed drives,…
Read MoreOperating Gas Turbines in Freezing Temps
The team at Houston Dynamic Supply are experts in all things rotating equipment. We have one of the largest and most advanced facilities in Houston. As a result, we and our clients were sub-ject to experience a Texas deep freeze, like last year. To help you out, we will tell you every-thing about operating gas…
Read MoreVertical Pumps and Vibration
All equipment has a natural frequency in which it should vibrate. A common occurrence in vertical pumps that are near to each other is for them to have excessive vibration. The pump may be deemed to have a resonant condition when vibrations excite the natural frequency of the pump’s structure. It all depends on the…
Read More4 Steps to Set Up a Proactive Maintenance Plan
We’ve previously written about Proactive vs Reactive Maintenance – but there is more to say on the topic. It is one thing to know what proactive maintenance is. It is another thing entirely to implement it correctly in your organization. Here are four crucial steps to implement. Create a RAMS Team Reliability, availability, maintainability, and…
Read More5 Top Ways to Reduce Equipment Maintenance Costs
You can change how you operate by adopting practices that ensure you always get the best results in maintenance, reliability, and life cycle. This is possible when you embrace a new philosophy and methodology that allows you to quickly make site improvements in your engineering, operations, and maintenance processes. Given that many plants report maintenance…
Read More6 Steps to Optimize Maintenance Practices
Plant owners across the globe are aware Lean maintenance practices can improve production, minimize downtime, and reduce costs. Unfortunately, as much as 90% of performed maintenance in the United States is done reactively, instead of proactively. Reasons for this include aging equipment, scarcity of spare parts, and the increasingly higher demand in manufacturing speed. We…
Read MoreEquipment Series – Wind Turbines
In the next installment of our Equipment Series, we will focus on wind turbines. A wind turbine uses the natural movement of air to spin the turbine and create energy. They are manufactured in a wide range of vertical and horizontal axis turbines. The smallest wind turbines can be used to charge batteries or as…
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