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  • 1.  VA report

    Posted 25 days ago

    Hi All,

    I hope you all are doing well.

    We are updating our VA department and I was wondering if you guys could share some VA reports and say what is the most important information that it must contain.

    Thanks,



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    Lucas Lima
    Maintenance Manager
    Oji Fibre Solutions
    Hamilton
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  • 2.  RE: VA report

    Posted 24 days ago

    For pretty much any report, regardless of the technology, I like to see:

    • Equipment number
    • Equipment name
    • Functional location number, owning department name, or building number (optional, but helpful)
    • What was found (high 2x, moisture in the oil, etc.)
    • What it means
    • What needs to be done about it
    • CMMS notification or work request number
    • Any pictures or screenshots that illustrate the concern

    What was found, what it means, and what needs to be done about it can all be written into one or two sentences. That information can then be copied and pasted verbatim into the notification/work request.



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    Dale Nicholson, PE, CMRP, CRL
    Reliability Engineering Mgr
    Evonik Corp
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  • 3.  RE: VA report

    Posted 21 days ago

    I agree with Dale completely, however you may want to consider adding a severity or priority level indicating when the corrective measures should be taken to avoid any possible catastrophic failures.



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    Michael Dwyer
    Strategic Account Manager
    Mobius Institute
    Doniphan MO
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  • 4.  RE: VA report

    Posted 20 days ago

    Good point about the severity. The first question people always ask is, "How long can I run it?", so that may as well be addressed right up front.



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    Dale Nicholson, PE, CMRP, CRL
    Reliability Engineering Mgr
    Evonik Corp
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  • 5.  RE: VA report

    Posted 20 days ago

    What is 'VA department' and 'VA reports'?

     

    Thank you, 

    Mark Schuettpelz, CMRP

    Sr. Maintenance Planner, HVAC & Utilities

    Kohler Co. Wisconsin 

    920-457-4441 ext 72584 

     

     






  • 6.  RE: VA report

    Posted 20 days ago

    A Vibration Analysis Report. Generally distributed to key personnel to make aware of found anomalies and exception during routine data collected from assets being monitored.



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    Michael Dwyer
    Strategic Account Manager
    Mobius Institute
    Doniphan MO
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  • 7.  RE: VA report

    Posted 19 days ago

    I would recommend to include the change in vibration levels from the last reading.

     The vibration levels may look normal if below the thresholds however if the change is high even if below setpoints, then worth investigation. 



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    Hadi Alqahtani
    Sr. Engineering Consultant
    ARAMCO
    Dhahran
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  • 8.  RE: VA report

    Posted 18 days ago

    Absolutely! It should be standard procedure to acquire new baseline data after the corrective actions are taken, and if quality work is recognized and within acceptable ranges, alarm thresholds should be reset for the earliest detection.



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    Michael Dwyer
    Strategic Account Manager
    Mobius Institute
    Doniphan MO
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  • 9.  RE: VA report

    Posted 19 days ago

    Agree with the responses.  I'll add a few to Dale's list.

    I like to have the vibration spectrum, waveform, trend or whatever attached to detail out what has been observed.

    I have my vibration analyst enter a WO for corrective work on calls.  I want that WO on the report as well.

    We add the date that the specific defect was found on each month's report because we have some defects that may be on the list for months (even had a few for years that showed low amplitude defects).  This helps to understand how long the risk has been there as priorities change every month.  We've even had a few that we dropped after 2 years because even though it showed a defect there was obviously nothing series going on or some other condition that was ringing the frequency but it wasn't a real threat.

    We also have low priority things that we are watching that do not have WO for and a call to action.  

    Our reports are generally vibration analysis but we also add any other predictive calls such as our quarterly or monthly oil analysis defects where action is needed.



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    Randy Riddell, CMRP, PSAP, CLS
    Reliability Manager
    Essity
    Cherokee AL
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  • 10.  RE: VA report

    Posted 19 days ago

    All great ideas on reporting content. My experience from being on both sides of the fence comes down to business needs. I have had clients and stakeholders with various needs. I have standardized reports that have all the supporting data that includes all associated plots to report the asset faults, and others that do not. All were configured due to what was needed for management to make the correct decision. Some folks know how to interpret the data, and some don't. I know that including all of this info in a routine exception report make it a very heavy read. In my experience stakeholders need to know the following 

    • the asset
    • the defect
    • the solution
    • and when it should be addressed

    Vibration plots can be provided as needed upon request. I favor trends as they are also great in recognizing good work after corrective actions have been taken to correct the fault. Celebrate success and quality work to drive a positive reliability culture!

     



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    Michael Dwyer
    Strategic Account Manager
    Mobius Institute
    Doniphan MO
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