Dealing with Worker’s Alibis
It’s not unusual to find someone in the work place who tries to always find an excuse for not doing his tasks. I was not spared with those types of …
Predicament of the Filipino Maintenance Engineer Maintaining End of Service Life Equipment
Maintaining an equipment past the end of its service life is a real pain in the neck for Filipino Maintenance Engineers. End of support from the manufacturer and the presence …
Did you Even Read the Manual?
It is very common mistake for most engineers and technical people not to consult the accompanying instruction manual of a newly purchased equipment. As the new equipment is just a …
Extending Equipment Service Life
In critical operations, extended plant shutdown is not acceptable unless it is a turnaround. A turnaround (TAR) is a scheduled event wherein an entire process unit of an industrial plant …
Non-electrical methods of Partial Discharge (PD) detection
Partial discharge is defined as the localized electrical discharge that only partially bridges the insulation between conductors and which can or can not occur adjacent to a conductor. Partial discharge …