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You Say You Want A Revolution
by  Terrence O'Hanlon , Publisher and CEO  Reliabilityweb.com  and  Uptime Magazine   On the song Revolution that appeared on the White Album many Beatles experts think John Lennon wrote “ We all want to change the world”  and  “We’d all love to see the plan”  to express his doubts about the methods being employed by some of the 60s protest movements who wanted to use him as a sponsor or...
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Does anyone agree that in addition to being smart business that Reliability should rise to the level of safety and environment in today's organizations?   Can and should Reliability be held as a Legal/Regulatory, Ethical and Moral responsibility by the companies that operate in the USA/North America?   Could a framework for Reliability as a... more...
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Posted by Terrence O'Hanlon on Terry O's Transformation Train May 20, 2010 9:39 PM EDT
Vibration Alarm Limit Settings Project
We have a request to facilitate a group to collect and define vibration alarm limits for specific equipment types in different types of plants. Questions: 1) Is this project even possible? 2) Is there any interest by AMP Members to participate and possibly manage and facilitate? 3) Are there any suggestions for format and structure if possible... more...
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Britain's new Prime Minister David Cameron will probably spend his early days on reviving UK economy and of course ensuring security - but he may need to turn some of his attention to giant energy sucking sound coming from his new home on 10 Downing Street. A UK Thermography company gained official permission to take some Infrared Thermal Images of... more...
Posted by Terrence O'Hanlon on Terry O's Transformation Train May 13, 2010 9:38 AM EDT
Cash For Clunkers - Trade In Your Power Hungry Motors
The Industrial Energy Efficiency Incentive bill S.1639 is four steps away from the President's signature. If this bill passes what does it mean to you and your company? How about $25/hp to the purchaser for the replacement of an older motor with a new premium efficiency motor and $5/hp to the distributor with evidence of disposal. Not too bad! 　 Here... more...
Posted by Terrence O'Hanlon on Terry O's Transformation Train May 11, 2010 8:54 AM EDT
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Should we ban the word fail and failure and replace it with defered success? How important are the words we use? Terry O more...
Posted by Terrence O'Hanlon on Terry O's Transformation Train Dec 2, 2009 4:45 PM EST
Training during downturns
Just a short note to explore the current state of the economy. Contrary to published news reports – the world has not ended. In fact we see some bright spots in certain segments even though we appreciate that some industries have been hurt badly and are not at all recovered. I do have to wonder if companies that have frozen all travel and training budgets... more...
Posted by Terrence O'Hanlon on Terry O's Transformation Train Sep 22, 2009 8:59 AM EDT
Maintenance Poem
I got a call and email from a friend of mine who wrote a poem I wanted to share here for a couple of reasons. http://tinyurl.com/mfa4eu It is pretty extraordinary because to my knowledge - I had never seen a poem about maintenance and reliability before. I hope you value it as much as I did. Would love to get your input and feedback. ... more...
Posted by Terrence O'Hanlon on Terry O's Transformation Train Sep 19, 2009 5:06 PM EDT
Accountability
I recently entered a discussion with some independent vibration analysis consultants who were relating stories of clients who do not read the reports and actually some who ignored warnings of impending failure.   The machine that started this discussion eventually failed – although no one was injured.   Never one to shy away – I ventured into the... more...
Posted by Terrence O'Hanlon on Terry O's Transformation Train Apr 23, 2009 12:04 PM EDT
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